<p>I was looking through schools and Fordham was one of my options at first but I was kind of thrown off that they required religion courses there. I go to a Catholic high school so I was looking forward to shaking that off. Are all Christian schools like this and if they are how much do they actually effect schedules? Would I still be able to take whatever elective classes I wanted to?</p>
<p>Depends on what type of religious school you’re looking at. Some, like Furman, have pretty much separated from Baptist beginnings …I think required to take a general ed course on Big Question which can be religion, philosophy, etc. Some schools have moved religion courses under social sciences. However, some are still very tied to religious beginnings and may actually require Bible. I think you’ll have to look at individual curriculums.</p>
<p>@scmom13: Thanks! Do you know if Fordham offers more bible courses or are more general like the ones at Furman?</p>
<p>I don’t want to limit myself to secular school just because I’m not a very religious person. Are there anymore schools that are more liberal? I don’t want to take a class and then have everything backed by the bible or Jesus if you know what I mean. I would want different points of views on top of that.</p>
<p>Bumping this to get answers to my last couple of questions!</p>
<p>My daughter attends a small Christian university in southern CA. They require that all students take 2 very basic Bible courses.</p>
<p>In regards to Fordham, have you been able to find a suggested curriculum for your declared major? Usually that is where you would find exactly what is required vs. what will be elective.</p>
<p>There are two required theology courses at Fordham. Faith and critical reason is required of everyone for the lower level core curriculum and there are a number of upper level options. </p>
<p>The theology classes are excellent at Fordham and there are only two required.</p>
<p>…sorry, couldn’t edit properly on my phone…what I wanted to say was if you like Fordham don’t let two courses keep you from looking further. There are a lot of options and most of the courses are not doctrine like the Religion classes you took in HS.</p>