Religious Studies
Bachelor's degree
In Halifax (Canada)
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Halifax (Canada)
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Duration
Flexible
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Start date
Different dates available
If you find world religions fascinating, Religious Studies may be for you. Explore topics like religions and science or religions in relation to contemporary culture on subjects like ethics, love and death.
Religious Studies is the comparative study of religions, traditional and modern ideas about faiths, rituals, beliefs, and what they show about gender, death, conflict, death, diversity, ethics, spirituality, love, and new religious movements.
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About this course
At Saint Mary’s, a wide selection of courses are offered by a diverse faculty, applying a multidisciplinary perspective to religion and culture. The program allows students the flexibility to pair their degree with either Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, Criminology, Geography, Political Science, History, English, or Classics. There are numerous opportunities for academic awards, including the Regis College Award.
Teacher
Human rights and diversity worker
Cultural liaison
Social worker
Librarian
Historian
Mediator
Counselor
Clergy
Reviews
Subjects
- Religious Studies
- Religions
- Ethics
- Comparative Religion
- Religion Today
- Religious Tradition
- Film
- Buddhist
- Tradition
- Islamic Religious
- Anthropology
- Psychology
Course programme
Hands-on learning
Students have many opportunities for international academic exchange. Our Religious Studies students have studied abroad in Uganda and joined the Peaceful Schools International program in Northern Ireland.
Sample courses offered:
- Introduction to Comparative Religion
- Women and Religion Today
- Buddhist Religious Tradition
- Religions and Film
- Religion and International Development
- The Islamic Religious Tradition
Plus introductory courses from programs such as History, English, Anthropology, Psychology, Classics Sociology, Criminology, Political Science, and Geography
Religious Studies