University Core: Religious Education

Religious Education administers and offers courses in ancient and modern scripture, Church history and doctrine, and related subjects. Religion courses—both doctrinal foundation and religion electives—are provided so that students may progress in their religious understanding and convictions simultaneously with their educational progress in secular fields. As such, religion courses are not meant to be a mere devotional supplement, but an integral part of the university curriculum that parallels university standards and expectations. As a result, no more than 4 hours of religion credit per semester may be counted toward the religion hours requirement at BYU. For this purpose, spring and summer terms combined equal a single semester.

BYU students are expected to complete 14 hours of religion courses on the BYU campus or here at the BYU Salt Lake Center . All students must complete the Doctrinal Foundation requirement of the university core as follows: Book of Mormon (Rel A 121/H and 122/H), New Testament (Rel A 211/H or 212/H); and Doctrine and Covenants (Rel C 324/H or 325/H). In addition to the Doctrinal Foundation requirement, students must complete 6 elective hours of religion courses. If you have questions, go to http://religion.byu.edu.

Religion courses taken from LDS institutes of religion (including stake institute) or Church Educational System schools (BYU–Idaho or BYU–Hawaii) will not fulfill the "religion courses taken at BYU" requirement. Only religion hours taken on the BYU campus (Provo or Salt Lake Center) will fulfill this requirement.

Transfer Credit

Students with transfer credit must fulfill the religion requirements according to the table below.

For more detailed information concerning religion requirements and to view the most accurate listing of religion courses, please refer to the undergraduate catalog or the current class schedule. You may also wish to visit http://religion.byu.edu at your convenience.