Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in RELG 101H.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course introduces students to the religious studies discipline. It provides an overview of the history, beliefs, and practices of a diversity of ethnic and religious groups from both Eastern and Western hemispheres, including Indigenous traditions of North America, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. It explores the differences and similarities of the central tenets in the world's major religions and analyzes the close relationship among religion, society, and culture/ethnic groups. It evaluates multidisciplinary methodological approaches to the study of religion and religions. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for RELG 101 or RELG 101H.