Apr 03, 2025  
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

RLS 256 - Hinduism


Survey of the principal religious and philosophical currents of Hindu civilization in India from the time of the Vedas and Upanishads through the development of the major devotional ways and schools of thought current in India today. These include the polytheism of Hindu mythology, the theism of various forms of devotional practice, and the monotheism and nondualism of Hindu philosophy.

3 credits

Advisory Preq: one D.E.C. B or HUM course

Offered: This course is offered as both AAS 256  and RLS 256.

DEC: J

SBC: GLO, HUM