Certificates Archive of Requirements

Religious Studies Certificate Requirements
[valid up to summer 2026]

The Religious Studies certificate requires that students take 15 credits of courses with
substantive religious studies content. Intro to the World’s Religions (ANTH 314) is
required. Students must also take a minimum of 12 additional elective credit hours in at
least two different academic programs, of which at least 6 credits must be at the 500
level or higher. To earn the certificate, religious studies courses must result in a final
cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better.

Core (3 credit hours)

 ANTH 314 - Introduction to the World’s Religions Credits: 3
Electives (12 credit hours)
 ANTH 305 - Cultures of South Asia Credits: 3
 ANTH 509 - Cultures of Africa Credits: 3
 ANTH 510 - New Religions Credits: 3
 ANTH 515 - Creativity and Culture: The Anthropology of Art Credits: 3
 ANTH 508 - Asian Religions Credits: 3
 ANTH 616 - Anthropology of the Future: Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Hope Credits: 3
 ANTH 618 - Religion in Culture Credits: 3
 * ANTH 710 - Writing Cultures: Ethnographic Methods Credits: 3
 * ANTH 715 - Research Methods in Digital Ethnography Credits: 3
 * ANTH 720 - Field Methods in Linguistics Credits: 3
 ART 195 - Survey of Western Art History I Credits: 3
 ART 196 - Survey of Western Art History II Credits: 3
 ART 612 - History of Italian Renaissance Art Credits: 3
 ART 613 - History of Northern Renaissance Art Credits: 3
 CLSCS 310 - Introduction to Classical Mythology in Translation Credits: 3
 ENGL 233 - Reformation to Enlightenment Credits: 3
 ENGL 470 - The Bible Credits: 3

 ENGL 575 - Holocaust Literature Credits: 3
 HIST 520 - Death and Dying in History Credits: 3
 HIST 521 - History of Christianity Credits: 3
 HIST 522 - Religion in American History Credits: 3
 HIST 523 - A History of the Occult and Witchcraft Credits: 3
 HIST 569 - The Reformation Credits: 3
 HIST 585 - Medieval Christianity Credits: 3
 PHILO 115 - Introduction to Philosophy of Religion Credits: 3
 PHILO 337 - Religious Freedom and Democracy Credits: 3
 PHILO 615 - Philosophy of Religion Credits: 3
 POLSC 524 - Political Islam Credits: 3
 POLSC 661 - Ancient and Medieval Political Thought Credits: 3
 POLSC 675 - Religion and Politics Credits: 3
 SOCIO 505 - South Asian Civilizations Credits: 3
 SOCIO 618 - Religion in Culture Credits: 3
 SOCIO 643 - Sociology of Religion Credits: 3
 SOCIO 742 - Society and Change in South Asia Credits: 3


*Courses with asterisks are methods courses that will only count for the Religious Studies
certificate if the semester–long student research project is focused upon a religious studies topic.

**NOTE: Students can petition to transfer in up to half of their credits with relevant religious studies classes from outside K-State, if each specific transferred course directly substitutes for a specific course on the approved list above. Since this is not a Theology certificate, theology classes (and classes from religious institutions that are teaching religion from an internal, liturgical, non-academic point of view) are not eligible to transfer in as part of the certificate.
Total hours required: 15