The Department of Religious Studies offers a wide range of undergraduate courses on the study of religion. For course descriptions (to find out what a course is about), please see the Undergraduate Calendar. To view when and where courses are offered, please see the Schedule of Classes. To view our most recent course outlines or syllabi, please see the PDF and Word document links below. These will provide you with specific details on what to expect from our courses.
If you require older versions of these syllabi, please contact us directly.
RS 100s
RS 100: Religions of Asia
RS 101 / GRK 101: Introductory Ancient Greek 1
RS 102 / GRK 102: Introductory Ancient Greek 2
RS 110: Religions of the West
RS 111 / JS 120: Relationships in the Bible (Old Testament)
RS 112 / JS 130: Power and Corruption in the Bible (Old Testament)
RS 114 / JS 114: Jews and Jewishness
RS 115R: Sex, Politics, and Religion in the U.S. and Canada
No syllabi available.
RS 121: Evil
RS 123 / EASIA 120R: Monsters and Magic in Japanese Popular Culture
RS 125: What is Religion?
RS 130 / JS 131: Big Ideas of the Bible
RS 131 / JS 105A: Classical Hebrew 1
No syllabi available.
RS 132 / JS 105B: Classical Hebrew 2
No syllabi available.
RS 150: Christian Ethics
RS 151: Roman Catholicism
No syllabi available.
RS 152: Introduction to Christian Theology
RS 170: Religion and Popular Culture
RS 180: Love and Friendship
RS 200s
RS 201 / EASIA 205R: Religions of East Asia
RS 202: Sikhism
RS 203: Hinduism
RS 204: Buddhism
RS 205: Buddhism in Tibet
RS 206 / EASIA 206R: Japanese Religions
RS 210 / JS 217: Judaism
No syllabi available.
RS 211 / JS 203: Jewish Responses to the Holocaust
RS 212 / JS 125: Great Texts in the Jewish Tradition
No syllabi available.
RS 213 / JS 211: Kabbalah: Jewish Mysticism
RS 214 / JS 210: Jewish Philosophy
No syllabi available.
RS 215 / JS 250: Special Topics
No syllabi available.
RS 216: Islam
RS 219: Religion in America
RS 220: World Religions and Politics
RS 223 / GRK 201: Intermediate Greek
RS 224 / GRK 202: Selections from Greek Authors
RS 225: Sacred Beauty: Religion and the Arts
RS 227: Buddhism in North America
RS 229R: Christianity and Social Change in Canada
RS 230 / JS 215: Visions of Israel in Judaism: From Biblical to Modern Times
RS 232 / JS 205: The Hebrew Prophets
No syllabi available.
RS 235: Jesus: Life and Legacy
RS 236 / JS 236: Paul: Life and Letters
RS 237 / JS 237: Insiders and Outsiders in the Bible
No syllabi available.
RS 240 / HIST 235: History of Christianity
RS 242R / SDS 242R: Religious Diversity and Social Development
RS 245 / HIST 234: The Catholic Church in Canada
No syllabi available.
RS 250: History of Christian Thought
RS 251: Catholic Social Thought
RS 252: Religious Responses to Political Oppression
No syllabi available.
RS 254: Christian Sexual Ethics
RS 256 / PACS 320: Christian Approaches to Peacemaking
RS 257: Eastern Christianity: Being God and Human
No syllabi available.
RS 258: God
RS 259R: Gender, Sexuality, and Christianity
No syllabi available.
RS 260: How to Study Religion
RS 261 / PHIL 237: Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
RS 262 / SOC 260: Religion in Sociological Perspective
RS 265: Religion Online
No syllabi available.
RS 266: Death and Dying
RS 270R / FINE 252: Religion in Popular Film
RS 271R / FINE 253: Special Topics in Religion and Film
No syllabi available.
RS 272 / JS 233: The Holocaust and Film
RS 272 winter 2019 (Word docx)
RS 273: Religion and the Media
RS 275 / EASIA 275R: Religion and Japanese Film
RS 280 / SOC 262: Cults and New Religious Movements
RS 281 / SOC 258: Millennialism & Violence
No syllabi available.
RS 282: Christian Fundamentalism
No syllabi available.
RS 283: Current Ethical Issues
No syllabi available.
RS 284 / GSJ 261: Gender and the Great Religions
RS 285 / ERS 294: The Sacred Earth: Religion and Ecology
RS 286: Spirit in Motion: Secular and Religious Spiritualities Today
RS 291: Special Topics
No syllabi available.
RS 300s
RS 301R: Engaged Buddhism
No syllabi available.
RS 302R / EASIA 305R: Buddhism in East Asia Today
No syllabi available.
RS 312: Muslim Lives and Practices Worldwide
RS 312 spring 2017 (Word docx.)
RS 315 / CLAS 325: Greek and Roman Religion
RS 316 / SI 316R: Religion & War: The Language and Imagery of War within Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
No syllabi available.
RS 318 / RE 318 (Laurier): Canadian Native Religious Traditions
No syllabi available.
RS 319: Religion in Canada
No syllabi available.
RS 325 / GSJ 320: Sex and the World Religions
RS 327 / CLAS 326 / GSJ 327: The Body, Dress, and Religion
RS 330: Selected Topics in Biblical Studies
No syllabi available.
RS 335: The Violence of the Bible
RS 337: The Bible and Peace
No syllabi available.
RS 338 / JS 338: Seeking Wisdom in the Bible
No syllabi available.
RS 342 / HIST 304 / MEDVL 304: Heresy and Religious Crises in Late Medieval Europe
RS 343 / HIST 379: Reformation History
RS 344 / HIST 348: The Radical Reformation
RS 348: Vatican II
RS 349 / ITAL 349: The Mystical Imagination
No syllabi available.
RS 351: Contemporary Christian Thought
No syllabi available.
RS 353 / PACS 330: War and Peace in Christian Theology
RS 354: Shapers of the Roman Catholic Tradition
No syllabi available.
RS 355: Christian Feminist Thought
No syllabi available.
RS 357 / CMW 363 / MUSIC 363: The Christian Hymn
RS 358 / CMW 364 / MUSIC 364: Worship and its Music
RS 361 / ANTH 311: Anthropology of Religion
RS 364 / JS 364: Jewish Humour: Laughing Your Way Through History
No syllabi available.
RS 370: Atheism, Skepticism, and Free Thought
RS 375: Icons in Eastern Christianity: Windows to Heaven
No syllabi available.
RS 380 / PACS 326: Religion and Peacebuilding
RS 382: Bioethics and Religious Values
No syllabi available.
RS 383: Justice, Peace, and Development
No syllabi available.
RS 387: Aging and the Spiritual Life
RS 391: Special Topics
No syllabi available.
RS 395: Study-Travel Seminar in Religion
No syllabi available.
RS 398: Directed Readings in Special Subjects
No syllabi available.
RS 400s
RS 420R / SDS 420R: Critical Encounter with Human Nature
RS 462 / SOC 402: Sociology of Religion
No syllabi available.
RS 491: Special Topics
RS 495: Study Term Abroad
No syllabi available.
RS 498: Directed Readings in Special Subjects
RS 498 spring 2018 (Word docx.)
