Eight 4- semester hour courses of which at least three must be at the 300 level; participation in the Junior Colloquium on Approaches to the Study of Religion, two semester hours; and submission of a satisfactory Senior Essay, one semester hour in both the fall and spring semesters, by the fifth week of the spring semester. Students must take at least three courses in different Western and non-western traditions under Traditions and Texts and at least three courses (one other than ethics) under Religion and Culture. A cognate course in another department may be counted toward the major with the permission of the Chair.