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PROGRAMS / COURSE DESCRIPTION<br />
REAL ESTATE • RELIGIOUS STUDIES<br />
PSYC 213 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY<br />
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU, UC. (No<br />
prerequisite)<br />
This course explores the history and classifications of<br />
psychological disorders, symptom criteria, clinical<br />
assessment, diagnosis, and the major theoretical<br />
treatment modalities. The Psychoanalytic, Cognitive-<br />
Behavioral, Humanistic, Biological, and Socio-Cultural<br />
theories are emphasized. How we define, assess, treat,<br />
and study psychological disorders from each theoretical<br />
perspective is the thematic focus of the course. A<br />
variety of class exercises are used to illustrate and<br />
understand the etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and<br />
treatment of psychological disorders.<br />
REAL ESTATE<br />
See Business Real Estate<br />
RELIGIOUS STUDIES<br />
The academic study of religion is an objective, factual<br />
study of the texts, symbols, myths, rituals, ideas, and<br />
values of the world’s many religious traditions. Students<br />
are encouraged to view religion multiculturally as a<br />
means of understanding more deeply the spiritual<br />
dimensions of human nature, history, and society. Study<br />
in this field prepares students for life in a multicultural<br />
society and provides practice in such valuable skills as<br />
empathetic reading and listening, critical reflection, and<br />
descriptive and analytical writing.<br />
Career Opportunities<br />
(Most careers require a bachelor’s or advanced degree.)<br />
Chaplain<br />
Counselor<br />
Government Service<br />
Nonprofit Management<br />
Professional Religious Leader<br />
Religious Broadcaster<br />
Religious Business Manager<br />
Religious Educator<br />
Religious Journalist<br />
Religion Publisher<br />
Social Worker<br />
Teacher<br />
Faculty<br />
Full Time<br />
Marc Skuster<br />
Degrees and Certificates Awarded<br />
Associate in Arts, Liberal Arts<br />
Associate Degree<br />
No associate degree offered with a major in Religious<br />
Studies. Religious Studies courses may be used to fulfill<br />
requirements for an Associate in Arts degree with a<br />
major in Liberal Arts. See Liberal Arts for degree<br />
requirements for this major.<br />
Transfer<br />
To pursue a bachelor’s degree in this field, here is an<br />
institution that has a program that might interest you.<br />
For the most up-to-date information on this program and<br />
others, visit www.assist.org. Please stop by the<br />
Transfer Center in Building 55 or make an appointment<br />
with a counselor if you have questions.<br />
• University of California, Riverside<br />
Religious Studies major<br />
RELIGIOUS STUDIES COURSES<br />
RLST 101 INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS STUDIES<br />
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU, UC. (No<br />
prerequisite. Recommended preparation: ENGL 50 or<br />
eligibility for ENGL 101.0 is recommended.)<br />
Introduction to the primary forms of religious experience<br />
and expression and to the structure of religious<br />
worldviews. Examples from a variety of societies and<br />
time periods introduce and illustrate such topics as<br />
religious symbols, myths, ritual, and communities, as<br />
well as alternative concepts of ultimate reality,<br />
cosmogony, theodicy, and soteriology.<br />
RLST 105 RELIGIONS OF THE ANCIENT NEAR<br />
EAST, THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES, AND THE OLD<br />
TESTAMENT<br />
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU,UC. (No<br />
prerequisite. Recommended preparation: ENGL 50 or<br />
eligibility for ENGL 101.0.)<br />
Introduction to the religious history of the ancient Near<br />
East. Historical study of the sources, contents, interpretation,<br />
and religious and historical significance of the<br />
Hebrew Scriptures and the Old Testament.<br />
RLST 106 INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW<br />
TESTAMENT AND EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE<br />
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU, UC. (No<br />
prerequisite. Recommended preparation: ENGL 50 or<br />
eligibility for ENGL 101.0 is recommended.)<br />
Historical introduction to classical Mediterranean religion<br />
and culture. Comparative literary, historical, and<br />
sociological analysis of the New Testament and early<br />
Christian literature.<br />
RLST 110 RELIGIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND<br />
THE WEST<br />
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU,UC. (No<br />
prerequisite. Recommended preparation: ENGL 50 or<br />
eligibility for ENGL 101.0.)<br />
Survey of the history, beliefs, and practices of the major<br />
religious traditions of the Middle East and West; ancient<br />
Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Persian<br />
296 2012-2013 <strong>Victor</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>College</strong> Catalog