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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Students at the University of Utah may soon be able to earn a minor in Mormon Studies for the first time.
Director Bob Goldberg of the school's Tanner Humanities Center says discussions are underway with the dean's office to develop a 15-unit, secular course of study under the umbrella of religious studies.
Goldberg says a class examining the Book of Mormon as literature was offered in the fall and was well-received by students. He's proposing adding classes in Mormon architecture, Mormonism in politics and Mormonism and Christian theology.
The proposal still must clear several hurdles before approval, but Goldberg says the minor could be in place by Fall 2015.
The school has historically offered few classes on Mormonism, even though it's in the same city as the church's headquarters.
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