Sounds like you want religious studies and not theology. It is taught many places but usually first appears in high school or you can get degrees in college. I can’t speak for how they break down their study guide, I’m sure they all vary a bit.

would be good for cultural awareness if nothing else. You could mix and match the concepts you like from each religion so you take something away from it.

I wonder what the reaction would be if the teacher chose tst as thier pick.

10 weeks on the 10 biggest religions of the world, 1 week on a religion that is not in the top ten globally but it locally important or historically important to the area

I’d say it should be the opposite - learning about the culture around you is more meaningful to learn about your own roots (even if you don’t believe it it, knowledge is useful).

I remember needing to learn about different mythologies of different cultures in English classes throughout my time as a student, sounds like a more structured, modern version of that.

Now that I’m thinking back, I do remember one American teacher I had (this was not in America) who taught us “The Bible as Literature” back in middle school and am only now realizing she was probably trying to convert us.