Religious Studies (Graduate Minor Field)
Graduate School
Program Description
Graduate students working in fields related to the study of religion are welcome to apply for the Religious Studies Graduate Minor. The minor is designed to offer students in relevant major fields—including Asian Literature, Religion, and Culture, Anthropology, Africana Studies, Medieval Studies, Near Eastern Studies, Classics, and/or Philosophy—the opportunity to delve more deeply into religious studies, to build an intellectual community around the study of religion, and to prepare themselves professionally for academic positions in a Religious Studies Department.
This is a minor field. Application for admission is made only to the major fields. To discuss the program and to apply, students should contact the Director of the Religious Studies Program.
Graduate Minor Field Requirements
For students in graduate research degrees, earning a “minor” in a specific subject or concentration is not explicitly linked to the completion of coursework but is instead defined by the student’s special committee. Faculty serving on the student’s special committee each represent a concentration. Because many graduate faculty are active in more than one graduate field or academic discipline, students and faculty should be clear about which concentration will be represented when a committee is formed.