Degree Programs 
| DEGREE REQUIREMENTS |
UCLA Interdisciplinary Department for the |
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| PREPARATIONS FOR THE MAJOR (4 COURSES TOTAL) |
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| History | 4 |
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| Philosophy | 2 | |
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| Anthropology | 9 | |
| East Asian L&C | 60 | |
| History | 1A, 1B, 1C, 9A, 9C, 9D, 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B |
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GROUP I -- METHODS (4 COURSES TOTAL) |
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| Philosophy | 175 | Philosophy of Religion |
| Religion | 100 | Study of Religion Seminar |
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| Anthropology | 130 | Study of Culture |
| 156 | Comparative Religion | |
| History | 193A | History of Religions: Myth |
| 193E | Special Topics in History of Religions | |
| 194C | Jesus of Nazareth in Historical Research | |
| Philosophy | 175 | Topics in Philosophy of Religion |
| Study of Religion | 110 | Religion and Violence |
| 120 | Abrahamic Religions: Traditions in Tension | |
| Theater | 101A | Ritual & Religions Drama |
| World Arts & Culture | TBD | |
GROUP II -- NON-LITERATE AND ANCIENT RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS |
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| Ancient Near East (NEL) | 130 | Ancient Egyptian Religion |
| Anthropology | 114P | Ancient Civ. of Western Middle America (Nahuatl Sphere) |
| 114Q | Ancient Civ. of Eastern Middle America (Maya Sphere) | |
| 171 | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| 174P | Ethnography of South American Indians | |
| 177 | Cultures of the Pacific | |
| Classics | 166A | Greek Religion |
| 166B | Roman Religion | |
| 168 | Introduction to Comparative Mythology | |
| Folklore and Mythology | M122 | Celtic Mythology |
| M126 | Baltic and Slavic Folklore and Mythology | |
| M128 | Hungarian Folklore and Mythology | |
| M129 | Folklore and Mythology of the Ugric Peoples | |
| M129 | Folklore and Mythology of the Ugric Peoples | |
| 130 | North American Indian Folklore and Mythology Studies | |
| 131 | Folklore of India | |
| M155 | Oral Traditions in Africa | |
| M183 | Korean Folklore | |
| History | 193D | Religions of the Ancient Near East |
| Iranian (NEL) | 170 | Religion in Ancient Iran |
| Korean | 183 | Korean Folklore |
| Latin American Studies | 250C | Interdisciplinary Topics in Latin American Studies |
| World Arts & Culture | 181B | Dance in Southeast Asia |
| 181D | Dance in South Asia | |
| C187 | Dance in Native American Cultures | |
GROUP III -- WESTERN & NEAR EASTERN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS |
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| CHRISTIANITY | ||
| Classics | M170 | Power and Imagination in Byzantium (Same as History M122) |
| Greek (Classics) | 130 | Greek Testament |
| History | 119 | The Christian Church, 100-1517 |
| 120 | The Christian Religion, 100-1350 | |
| 125B | History of Modern Europe: Reformation | |
| 150C | History of Religion in the U.S. | |
| 194A | History of Early Christians | |
| 194B | Religious Environment of Early Christians | |
| 194C | Jesus of Nazareth in Historical Research | |
| Philosophy | 100B | Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy |
| 107 | Topics in Medieval Philosophy | |
| 118 | Kierkegaard | |
| Russian (Slavic Languages) | 201 | Introduction to Old Church Slavic |
ISLAM |
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| Arabic (NEL) | 120 | Islamic Texts |
| Art History | C104C | Problems in Islamic Art |
| History | 107A-107B | Islamic Civilization |
| 109A | History of North Africa from the Moslem Conquest to 1578 | |
| 110A | Iranian History: Islamic Iran to 1800 | |
| Islamics (NEL) | 110 | Introduction to Islam |
JUDAISM |
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| Ancient Near East (NEL) | 162 | Archeology and Religion of the Holy Land |
| 170 | Introduction to Biblical Studies | |
| Comparative Literature | M101 | Hebrew Literature in English-Literary Traditions in Ancient Israel: Bible & Apocrypha |
| Hebrew (NEL) | 120 | Biblical Texts |
| 125 | Hebrew Bible with Medieval Commentaries | |
| 130 | Rabbinic Texts | |
| History | 111C | History of Jews in the Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic |
| M191A-M191B | Survey of Jewish History (Same as Jewish Studies (NEL) | |
| 191G | European Jewry from 1881 to the Present | |
| M192A-M192B | Jewish Intellectual History (Same as Jewish Studies (NEL) | |
| Jewish Studies (NEL) | 130 | Modern Jewish Religious Movements and Their Ideologies |
| M150-150B | Hebrew Literature in English | |
| Sociology | 159 | Comparative Studies of Jewish Communities in the U.S. and Abroad |
GROUP IV -- SOUTH ASIAN & EAST ASIAN TRADITIONS |
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| Art History | 114A | Early Art of India |
| 114C | Japanese Art | |
| 114D | Later Art of India | |
| 114E | Arts of Korea | |
| 114F | Arts of Southeast Asia | |
| Chinese (EAL) | 160 | Chinese Buddhism |
| 165 | Introduction to Chinese Buddhist Texts | |
| 175 | Introduction to Chinese Thought | |
| 265A-265B | Seminars: Chinese Buddhist Texts | |
| EAL and Cultures | 161 | Buddhist Literature in Translation |
| 162 | Buddhist Meditation Traditions | |
| History | 186 | Shinto, Buddhism, and Japanese Folk Religion |
| 188A | Early History of India | |
| 193B, 193C | Religions of South and Southeast Asia | |
| Indic (EAL) | 175 | Introduction to Indic Philosophy |
| Japanese (EAL) | C160 | Japanese Buddhism |
| 161 | Religious Life in Modern Japan | |
| 175 | Introduction to Japanese Thought | |
| 265A | Seminar: Japanese Buddhist Texts | |
| Korean (EAL) | 160 | Korean Buddhism |
| 165 | Introduction to Korean Buddhist Texts | |
| 175 | Introduction to Traditional Korean Thought | |