Major in Religious Studies [Arts]

General Information

See Bachelor of Arts  for additional regulations and requirements, including specific regulations for cross-listed courses.  

Degrees in Religious Studies are interdisciplinary programs administered by the Department of History, Classics, and Religion, Faculty of Arts. They combine required RELIG courses with approved cross-listed courses offered in various departments of the Faculty of Arts and, exceptionally, in other Faculties.

Requirements for the Major

A major in Religious Studies requires RELIG 102  and RELIG 103 , and a minimum of 30 units to a maximum of 48 units at the senior level in RELIG or approved cross-listed courses*. 

These credits will include:

• 3 units in RELIG courses numbered 201 to 229
• 3 units in RELIG courses numbered 230 to 249
• RELIG 375 - Approaches to the Study of Religion  
• 6 units in RELIG at the 300-level in addition to RELIG 375
• 6 units in the 400-level in RELIG or approved cross-listed courses.  See the program website for the list of approved cross-listed courses.

Recommended Courses

As Religious Studies is an interdisciplinary program that draws on the methods of other disciplines, majors are encouraged but not required to take one of:

• ANTHR 401

• HIST 290 - Introduction to History as a Discipline
• PSYCH 212 - Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology
• SOC 315 - Introduction to Social Methodology
• WGS 302 - Feminist Research and Methodologies