Menu icon Menu
Faculty, staff, and students in the Vaughn Chapel.
Bachelor's Degree

Religion Minor

Back to All Programs

Why Minor in Religion at Ferrum College?

The flexibility of the religion minor enables students to explore different religious traditions outside the more formal structure of the religious studies major. This flexibility also means students can minor in religion while working toward other majors such as psychology, sociology, social work, history, English, and art.

17 Ferrum College students posed for a photo holding a Ferrum College flag in Florence, Italy

Religion Minor Sample Courses

The religion minor offers the possibility to receive course credit for internships and classes stress development of critical thinking and writing skills to understand cultural expressions of both Christian and non-Christian religious traditions.

Religion in Film

This course examines the ways religion is portrayed in film and the ways various films present a view of human existence with a view toward understanding the ways that religion impinges upon our culture.

Literature of the Old Testament

An introductory examination of the Old Testament using tools of modern Biblical scholarship for interpreting, understanding, and appreciating the origins, development, and structure of the literature of Israel.

American Gods

A survey of religious movements and phenomena in the United States from the Revolutionary War until the present.

Meet the Faculty

Eric Vanden Eykel

Associate Professor of Religion