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PROGRAMS / COURSE DESCRIPTION
REAL ESTATE • RELIGIOUS STUDIES
PSYC 213 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU, UC. (No
prerequisite)
This course explores the history and classifications of
psychological disorders, symptom criteria, clinical
assessment, diagnosis, and the major theoretical
treatment modalities. The Psychoanalytic, Cognitive-
Behavioral, Humanistic, Biological, and Socio-Cultural
theories are emphasized. How we define, assess, treat,
and study psychological disorders from each theoretical
perspective is the thematic focus of the course. A
variety of class exercises are used to illustrate and
understand the etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and
treatment of psychological disorders.
REAL ESTATE
See Business Real Estate
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
The academic study of religion is an objective, factual
study of the texts, symbols, myths, rituals, ideas, and
values of the world’s many religious traditions. Students
are encouraged to view religion multiculturally as a
means of understanding more deeply the spiritual
dimensions of human nature, history, and society. Study
in this field prepares students for life in a multicultural
society and provides practice in such valuable skills as
empathetic reading and listening, critical reflection, and
descriptive and analytical writing.
Career Opportunities
(Most careers require a bachelor’s or advanced degree.)
Chaplain
Counselor
Government Service
Nonprofit Management
Professional Religious Leader
Religious Broadcaster
Religious Business Manager
Religious Educator
Religious Journalist
Religion Publisher
Social Worker
Teacher
Faculty
Full Time
Marc Skuster
Degrees and Certificates Awarded
Associate in Arts, Liberal Arts
Associate Degree
No associate degree offered with a major in Religious
Studies. Religious Studies courses may be used to fulfill
requirements for an Associate in Arts degree with a
major in Liberal Arts. See Liberal Arts for degree
requirements for this major.
Transfer
To pursue a bachelor’s degree in this field, here is an
institution that has a program that might interest you.
For the most up-to-date information on this program and
others, visit www.assist.org. Please stop by the
Transfer Center in Building 55 or make an appointment
with a counselor if you have questions.
• University of California, Riverside
Religious Studies major
RELIGIOUS STUDIES COURSES
RLST 101 INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU, UC. (No
prerequisite. Recommended preparation: ENGL 50 or
eligibility for ENGL 101.0 is recommended.)
Introduction to the primary forms of religious experience
and expression and to the structure of religious
worldviews. Examples from a variety of societies and
time periods introduce and illustrate such topics as
religious symbols, myths, ritual, and communities, as
well as alternative concepts of ultimate reality,
cosmogony, theodicy, and soteriology.
RLST 105 RELIGIONS OF THE ANCIENT NEAR
EAST, THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES, AND THE OLD
TESTAMENT
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU,UC. (No
prerequisite. Recommended preparation: ENGL 50 or
eligibility for ENGL 101.0.)
Introduction to the religious history of the ancient Near
East. Historical study of the sources, contents, interpretation,
and religious and historical significance of the
Hebrew Scriptures and the Old Testament.
RLST 106 INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW
TESTAMENT AND EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU, UC. (No
prerequisite. Recommended preparation: ENGL 50 or
eligibility for ENGL 101.0 is recommended.)
Historical introduction to classical Mediterranean religion
and culture. Comparative literary, historical, and
sociological analysis of the New Testament and early
Christian literature.
RLST 110 RELIGIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND
THE WEST
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU,UC. (No
prerequisite. Recommended preparation: ENGL 50 or
eligibility for ENGL 101.0.)
Survey of the history, beliefs, and practices of the major
religious traditions of the Middle East and West; ancient
Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Persian
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