R S283 classes

Religious Studies classes at UT Austin

UT lists 283 R S classes. 80 have grades since 2011, with a 3.64 average GPA and 65% A’s.

By Sulayman Bowles · Grade data updated October 27, 2026

Lower-division classes 51

R S 302History of the Religions of Asia3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20243.5656% A’s
R S 304Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: An Introduction3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.4446% A’s
R S 304GJews, Pagans, and Christians3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 305Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20163.3829% A’s
R S 306CComparative Religious Ethics3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20223.8294% A’s
R S 306DThe Roots of Religious Toleration3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 306EEthics of Space Exploration3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20223.8375% A’s
R S 307Introduction to Interreligious Dynamics3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20243.8381% A’s
R S 307FGods and Goddesses of India3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 309CMedieval Material Culture3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 310Introduction to the Study of Religion3 credit hours · grades through Summer 20263.7878% A’s
R S 310RIntroduction to Middle East Religions3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 310SIntroduction to Yoruba Religions3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 311Topics in Religious Studies3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20243.4965% A’s
R S 311EReligion and the Environment3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20233.4435% A’s
R S 311FEthical Food Systems3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.7880% A’s
R S 312GHOST/GOD/ANCST: RLG E ASIAgrades through Fall 2016 · not in UT’s catalog3.3146% A’s
R S 312CIntroduction to Buddhism3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20253.7878% A’s
R S 312EYoga Past and Present3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20243.2656% A’s
R S 313INTRO TO THE HEBREW BIBLEgrades through Fall 2011 · not in UT’s catalog3.2127% A’s
R S 313CIntroduction to the Old Testament3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20243.4546% A’s
R S 313DIntroduction to Jewish Studies3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20213.9389% A’s
R S 313EIntroduction to Jewish Latin America3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 313MJewish Civilization: Beginnings to 14923 credit hours · grades through Fall 20143.8770% A’s
R S 313NJewish Civilization: 1492 to the Present3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20123.7550% A’s
R S 314INTRO M EAST: REL/CUL/HIST FNDgrades through Fall 2012 · not in UT’s catalog3.6367% A’s
R S 314KIntroduction to the Middle East: Religious, Cultural, and Historical Foundations3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20253.3568% A’s
R S 3151-THE BIBLE & ITS INTERPRETERSgrades through Spring 2020 · not in UT’s catalog3.5236% A’s
R S 315CThe Bible and Its Interpreters3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20253.2723% A’s
R S 315JThe Conversion of Pagan Europe3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 315KRussian Icons and Propaganda3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 315MLuther's World3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 315NIntroduction to the New Testament3 credit hours · grades through Summer 20263.6868% A’s
R S 315OThe Faust Legend: From the Magus to Today3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 316CHistory of Religion in the United States3 credit hours · grades through Summer 20263.8282% A’s
R S 316EAmerican Jews: The Yiddish Experience3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 316LIntroduction to Religions of Latin America3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 316MEarly Mesoamerican Religions3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20233.4053% A’s
R S 316U1-HIST OF RELIGION IN THE USgrades through Spring 2020 · not in UT’s catalog3.4852% A’s
R S 317NIntroduction to Modern North Africa3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 318The Rise of Christianity3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.1531% A’s
R S 119STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 219STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 319Introduction to Islam3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20183.1533% A’s
R S 319STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 419STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 519STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 619STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 719STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 819STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 919STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only

Upper-division classes 182

R S 320Introduction to Research Methods in the Study of Religion3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.7582% A’s
R S 320JThe Bhagavad Gita: Interpretation and Ethics3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 321History of Hindu Religious Traditions3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20123.5855% A’s
R S 322History of Indian Buddhism3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20123.3340% A’s
R S 325Prophet of Islam: His Life and Times3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 325CRussia's Soul: Spiritual Traditions3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 325GThe Qur'an3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20153.2445% A’s
R S 326History of Religion in America since 18003 credit hours · grades through Spring 20123.2247% A’s
R S 129STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 229STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 329STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 429STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 529STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 629STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 729STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 829STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 929STopics in Religious Studies1–9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 330GFood and Religion in Asia3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 335Jesus in History and Tradition3 credit hours · grades through Summer 20263.8381% A’s
R S 335CPolitical Ideologies and Manifestos3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20243.5967% A’s
R S 335DQueering Black Religions3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 337Religion and Society3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20233.8583% A’s
R S 340CShrines and Sanctuaries3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 341CGandhi and Gandhism3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 341EThe Taj Mahal and the Diversity of Indian Art3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 341FJainism: Religion of Non-Violence3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 341IFormation of Indian Art3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 341KKarma: Ethical Theories of India3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 341MGender, Sexuality, and the Family in Indian Religions and Cultures3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 341PIndian Poetry and Religions3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 341TBuddhist Art3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 341UDevotional Literature of India3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 341VIndian Philosophies3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 342CMajor Islamic Texts3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 342FBuddhist Thought and Practice3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 343DMuslim Travelers and Traders3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 344The Age of Reformation3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20253.4046% A’s
R S 345Islamic Spain and North Africa to 14923 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 346RELIGION/SOCIAL JUSTICE US-WBgrades through Summer 2020 · not in UT’s catalog3.5055% A’s
R S 346CReligion and Visual Culture in the United States3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 346DNative American Religions3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20233.3049% A’s
R S 346EReligion and Film3 credit hours · grades through Summer 20233.6867% A’s
R S 346FUnited States Catholic History3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 346GReligion in the American West3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 346IUnbelief in America3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 346JEvangelical Christianity3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 346KThe Black Church in African American Politics3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 346LRepresentation of Jews in the American Public Sphere3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 346MMusic and Religious Identities in the US3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.4873% A’s
R S 346NAmerican Jewish Material Culture3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 346OReligion and Food3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 346PReligion in American Political Thought3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 346RReligion and Social Justice in United States3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20213.9586% A’s
R S 346SDebating the Bible in the Twenty-First Century3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 346UThe History of Islam in the United States3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 346VAfrican American Religions3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 352SHAMANISM & THE PRIMITIVEgrades through Spring 2019 · not in UT’s catalog3.2834% A’s
R S 352DJapanese Religion and Western Imagination3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 352EConfucianism3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 352FReligion and Family in Japanese Society3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 352GShamanism and the Primitive3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 352RRitual and Religion in Korea3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 352SJapanese Concepts of Body and Self3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20213.6773% A’s
R S 353DEBATING GENESISgrades through Spring 2020 · not in UT’s catalog3.6356% A’s
R S 353CAngels, Demons, and Magic in Early Christianity3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20223.5454% A’s
R S 353DThe Dead Sea Scrolls3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20213.3644% A’s
R S 353EBeyond the New Testament3 credit hours · grades through Summer 20263.8691% A’s
R S 353FInterpretation of Jesus' Death and Resurrection3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20233.7894% A’s
R S 353GAbraham and Abrahamic Religions3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 353IAncient Mediterranean Religion and Astrology3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 353JRevelation and Apocalyptic Literature3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20253.4243% A’s
R S 353KLaw and Justice in the Bible3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20223.2823% A’s
R S 353LThe Sacred and the Secular in Contemporary Jewish Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 353MDebating Genesis3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 353NBiblical Prophecy3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 353PPaul and His Social World3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.6065% A’s
R S 353RThe Five Books of Moses3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 353USlavery and the New Testament3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 353VArchaeology of Jesus's World3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 354DThe Bible and History3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 354JHistory of Jewish Thought3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 355The Bible as Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 355KThe Bible in British and American Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 356CItalian Renaissance, 1350-15503 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 356DSatan and the Idea of Evil3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 356FTwelfth-Century Renaissance: 1050-12003 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 356JNorthern Renaissance: Religion, Magic, and Humanism3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 356MChristian Quest for Meaning3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 356PPeople of the Midnight Sun - Sami Culture and Civilization3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 356RRitual and Belief in Ancient Greece3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357CHRISTIAN QUEST FOR MEANINGgrades through Spring 2018 · not in UT’s catalog3.6561% A’s
R S 357CMachiavelli: Politics and Culture3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357DHeresy and the Inquisition3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357EJews of Eastern Europe3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357FHeretics and Freedom Fighters, 1350-16503 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357GGeography of Religion in Eastern Europe and Russia3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357IByzantine Art3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20253.0730% A’s
R S 357JNorthern Renaissance Art, 1350-15003 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357KNorthern Renaissance Art, 1500-16003 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357LThe Spanish Inquisition3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357MSpinoza and Modernity3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357NNorthern Gods, Northern Faiths: The Conversion of Scandinavians, Finns, Northern Slavs and Shamans3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357OThe Church and the Jews3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357PJewish Folklore3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357QGothic Cathedral: Amiens3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357RThe Age of Rembrandt and Rubens: Northern Baroque Art3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357SThe Sacred and the Secular in Modern European Thought3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357TIntroduction to Germanic Religion and Myth3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357UMedieval Women Mystics3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357VHolocaust Aftereffects3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 357WRussian Orthodox Religion and Culture3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 358ORIGINS OF MONOTHEISMgrades through Spring 2020 · not in UT’s catalog3.6740% A’s
R S 358CIslam and Politics3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20232.620% A’s
R S 358DMuslim Women in Politics3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 358FFrench Empire: The West and Islam3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 358GGender Politics in the Islamic World3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 358ISufism: Islamic Thought and Spirituality3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 358JSex and Sexuality in the Muslim World3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 358KIslamic Law3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20243.4348% A’s
R S 358LRule of Law in the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 358OOrigins of Monotheism3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 358PHistory of the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Hajj3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 358QSupervised Research3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 358RIslamic Ethics3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 358SSaints and Shrines in Islam3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 358UIslamic Theology3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 358VVeiling in the Muslim World3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 358WGender and Art in the Muslim World3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 359CGraffiti and Poster Art in the Islamic World3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 359DIslam in the Early Modern World: Religion and Culture3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 359EShia Islam3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 359JMulticulturalism in Jordan3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 359KThe Shock of Modernity in the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 359LMyths and Legends of the Ancient Near East3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.7062% A’s
R S 359MArts of Islam, 650-15003 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 359NArts of Islam 1500-Present3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 359OMinorities in the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 359PReligions in the Ottoman Empire3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 359QArt and Architecture of Late Antiquity3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 359RMaterial Cultures of Coexistence3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 360CAfrican Religious Culture and Creativity3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 361Topics in Religious Studies3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20253.7674% A’s
R S 362Independent Research in Religious Studies3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 365HERMITS/MONKS/STS EARLY CHRISTgrades through Spring 2019 · not in UT’s catalog3.6545% A’s
R S 365DHermits, Monks, and Saints in Early Christianity3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 365GDeath and the Afterlife in Graeco-Roman Antiquity3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 365JThe Book of Job3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 365KContemporary Jerusalem3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 366RELIGIONS OF THE CARIBBEANgrades through Spring 2016 · not in UT’s catalog3.4547% A’s
R S 366CThe Bible in the Colonial Americas3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 366DReligions of the Caribbean3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 366EJewish Cuba3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 366MColonial Encounters in Mesoamerica3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 366NAfrican Religion in the New World3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 368CWhen Christ was King3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 368DChurch and State in Latin America3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 368FReligion, Conquest, and Conversion in Colonial Latin America3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 373HISTORY OF CHRISTMASgrades through Fall 2018 · not in UT’s catalog3.6459% A’s
R S 373CReligious Ethics and Human Rights3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 373DThe History of Christmas3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20223.9996% A’s
R S 373EAnthropology Of Religion3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20213.4345% A’s
R S 373GGoddesses in World Religions and Cultures3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20233.5358% A’s
R S 373IRace, Gender, Sex, and Religion3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 373JCreation and Evolution: Human Origins in Scientific and Religious Discourses3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 373KExtraterrestrial Intelligence: Culture, Religion, and Imagination3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 373LScience, Magic, and Religion3 credit hours · grades through Summer 20243.4044% A’s
R S 373MBiomedicine, Ethics, and Culture3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20253.5447% A’s
R S 373NReligions in Contact3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 373SSport, Religion, and Society3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 373TTalk, Text, and God3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 375STopics in Advanced Seminars in Religious Studies3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20243.4952% A’s
R S 375S.1What is Religion?3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 375S.2Comparing Religions3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 375S.4Radical Religion: Ascetics and Holy Persons3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 375S.5Religion, the Supernatural, and the Paranormal3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 375S.6Religion in the American South3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 375S.7Religions Of No Religion3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 375S.8The Crusades3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 375S.9Religion in the Workplace3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 375S.11Space, Time, and Religion3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 375S.12Death and the Afterlife in Ancient China3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 679HHonors Tutorial Course6 credit hoursCatalog only

Graduate and professional classes 50

R S 180Topics in Proseminar1 credit hourCatalog only
R S 380RTopics in Readings in Religious Studies3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 381Conference Course in Religious Studies3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 383CTopics in Comparative Religion3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20223.7867% A’s
R S 383C.1Violence, Sovereignty, and Religion3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 383EEthnographic Methods for the Study of Religion3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 383MTheory and Method in the Study of Religion3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20243.8258% A’s
R S 383TTopics in Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Religion3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20253.7968% A’s
R S 383T.3Reading Arabic Literature3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 384DDoctoral Seminar in Religious Studies3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 385KEarly Jewish and Christian Literature I3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20153.7171% A’s
R S 385LEarly Jewish and Christian Literature II3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20213.7859% A’s
R S 386CTopics in Critical Issues in Christian Origins3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20213.8770% A’s
R S 386HTopics in Critical Issues in the Hebrew Bible3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 386MTopics in Critical Issues in Ancient Mediterranean Religions3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20263.8668% A’s
R S 386M.1Religion and Economics in Ancient Mediterranean3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 386M.3Critical Problems in Second Temple Judaism3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 386M.4Critical Problems in Judaism in Late Antiquity3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 386M.5Critical Problems in New Testament3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 387MTopics in Seminars in Ancient Mediterranean Religions3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20243.9171% A’s
R S 387M.2Seeing Gods3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 387M.3Art, Gender, and Religion in Late Antiquity3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 389RTopics in Research Seminars on Religion in Europe and the Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 390RResearch and Grant Proposal Writing for Social Sciences and Humanities3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 390TTopics in European and Middle Eastern Religion3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20153.8760% A’s
R S 390T.1Islamic Studies: Discipline Intro3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 390T.2Sovereignty in Islam: Theory Practice3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 390T.4The Arabic Humanities3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 390T.5Gender, Islam and Representation in the Modern Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 390T.6The Qur'an and Its Interpretations3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 390T.7Law and Religion in the Modern Middle East3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 391LApproaches to the Study of Religion in Latin America3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 391NApproaches to the Study of Religion in the United States3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20153.7457% A’s
R S 392TTopics in Religion in the Americas3 credit hours · grades through Spring 20133.8556% A’s
R S 393FTopics in the Foundations of Asian Religions3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 394TTopics in Religion in Asia3 credit hours · grades through Fall 20233.8350% A’s
R S 394T.1The Body in Indian Medicine and Myth3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 394T.2Intellectual History of Indo-Iranian Islam3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 396EExamination Preparation3, 6, or 9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 396PDissertation Prospectus3, 6, or 9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 696EExamination Preparation3, 6, or 9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 696PDissertation Prospectus3, 6, or 9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 996EExamination Preparation3, 6, or 9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 996PDissertation Prospectus3, 6, or 9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 398RMaster's Report3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 398TSupervised Teaching in Religious Studies3 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 698Thesis6 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 399WDissertation3, 6, or 9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 699WDissertation3, 6, or 9 credit hoursCatalog only
R S 999WDissertation3, 6, or 9 credit hoursCatalog only

How we got this

Class names, credit hours and descriptions come from UT’s Religious Studies catalog page, checked October 27, 2026.

Grades come from UT’s grade dashboard. We combine every letter grade since Summer 2011, so bigger classes count for more. A’s counts A grades; A− has its own bar on each class page. How the averages are calculated.

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