Religion and Cultural Studies (B.A.)

General Education Program (GEP) (36 Credit Hours)

Common Program Prerequisites (CPP)

• None

Core Requirements: Basic Level (3 Credit Hours)

• REL 2300 - World Religions Credit Hours: 3 (GEP)

Core Requirements: Advanced Level (27 Credit Hours)

Restricted Electives (3 Credit Hours)

• Any course from Traditions, Theories and Methods, or Religion in Culture not being used to satisfy those categories can be used here.
• Note: Related courses may be substituted with consent of Religion and Cultural Studies advisor.
• A list of approved restricted elective courses is found in the myKnight audit.

Capstone Requirements

• REL 4910 - Senior Research Seminar Credit Hours: 3

Electives

• Select primarily from upper level courses after meeting with a departmental advisor. Courses may be outside the department.

Foreign Language Requirements

Admissions

• Met by graduation requirement

Graduation

• Proficiency equivalent to one year of college instruction in a foreign language taught by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures or the Department of History (Hebrew). Standardized examinations for foreign languages may be used to meet the requirement. Majors who are contemplating graduate school should complete two years of a foreign language, preferably one functional in their area of proposed graduate interest.

Additional Requirements

• Signature Experience requirement is met by successful completion of the following course(s):

• REL 4910 - Senior Research Seminar Credit Hours: 3

Required Minors

• None

Departmental Exit Requirements

• Earn a “C” (2.0) or better in each required course.
• To avoid delaying graduation, you must request a review of requirements prior to registering for your last term.

University Minimum Exit Requirements

• A 2.0 UCF GPA
• 48 semester hours of upper division credit completed
• 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
• 30 of the last 39 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF.
• A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted.
• Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, and nine hours of Summer credit.

Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 120

Honors In Major

• Students considering graduate school in Religion and Cultural Studies are strongly encouraged to take Honors in the Major.
• Requirements are as follows:

Additional Information

Additional Requirements

• Application and admission through the Humanities Honors Coordinator and the Burnett Honors College.
• Fulfill University requirements for Honors in the Major.
• Maintain a UCF GPA of at least 3.2 and a Religion and Cultural Studies GPA of at least 3.5.
• Successful completion and oral defense of Honors Thesis.
• Earn a “B” (3.0) or better in both of the following:
  • REL 4903H - Honors Directed Readings I Credit Hours: 3
  • REL 4970H - Undergraduate Honors Thesis Credit Hours: 3

Related Programs

• Interdisciplinary Studies (B.A./B.S.)  
• Philosophy (B.A.)  
• Humanities and Cultural Studies (B.A.)  

Certificates

• None

Related Minors

• Humanities and Cultural Studies Minor  
• Judaic Studies Minor  
• Philosophy Minor  

Advising Notes

• None

Transfer Notes

• Lower division courses do not substitute for upper division courses.
• Courses transferred from private and out-of-state schools must be evaluated for equivalency credit. The student must provide all supporting information.

Acceptable Substitutes for Transfer Courses

• None

Program Academic Learning Compacts

• Program Academic Learning Compacts (student learning outcomes) for undergraduate programs are located at: http://www.oeas.ucf.edu/alc/academic_learning_compacts.htm

Plan of Study