course descriptions
 

           
     

Course Details

SOC 250   Sociology of Religion
   
Lecture: 03 Lab: 00
Clinical:  00 Credit: 03
   
Components:  None
Prerequisites: Take DRE-098 or ENG-090 and RED-090 or Placement Test Credit Equivalent.
Corequisites:   None
   
This course examines religion from a sociological perspective as part and product of human society. Topics include the origins, development, and functions of belief systems; religious organizations; conversion; and interactions with politics, the economy, science, and the class system. Upon completion, students should be able to describe and analyze religious systems.
This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement pre-major and/or elective course requirement.