Combined Honours in Religious Studies and Another Subject (B.A.)

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Admission

Completion of any Level I program with a Cumulative Average of at least 5.0 including an average of at least 5.0 in six units of Religious Studies courses, preferably including one Level I Religious Studies course. Satisfaction of the admission requirements for the Honours program in the other B.A. subject. For continuation in the program, see the section on Minimum Requirements for Entering and Continuing in a Program Beyond Level I in the Faculty of Social Sciences Academic Regulations.

Notes

Subject to meeting admission requirements, students may combine two subjects and be graduated with a combined Honours B.A. degree. These combinations are available within the Faculty, with programs in the Faculty of Humanities and with the Arts and Science Program.
All Honours students are encouraged to consult a departmental undergraduate advisor in the selection of their Levels III and IV courses.
Part-time students should note that RELIG ST 3F03 is regularly offered in the evening. Other courses required for completion of the degree are offered in the evening whenever possible. Students who anticipate difficulty in fulfilling program requirements should consult a departmental undergraduate advisor as early as possible in their program.
With the written approval of a departmental undergraduate advisor, courses from other departments may be substituted for Religious Studies.
Students must consult both departments to determine the manner in which the Research Methods/Statistics requirement is to be satisfied.
Students who entered the program prior to September 2004 may use RELIG ST 2EA3, 2EB3, RELIG ST 2Q03 or 2V03 toward the Contemporary and Comparative Fields of Study.
RELIG ST 4R06 is strongly recommended for students considering graduate work in Religious Studies.
Since not all Level IV seminars are offered each year, students in the Honours program are encouraged to take one Level IV seminar during Level III.

Requirements

120 units total (Levels I to IV), of which 48 units may be Level I

30 units

from

the Level I program completed prior to admission to the program.
(See Admission above.)

3 units

from

Asian Religions

6 units

three units each from two of Biblical Studies, Western Religious Thought and Contemporary and Comparative Religions
(See Note 6 above.)

3 units

RELIG ST 3F03 - Approaches to The Study of Religion

21 units

Levels II, III Religious Studies of which at least nine units must be Level III. Level III courses which have been taken to satisfy the above fields of study requirements may be subtracted from these nine units of Level III.

3 units

Level IV Religious Studies

36 units

courses specified for the other subject

6 units

If requirement completed in Level I, these units will be taken as electives.

from

Linguistics, a language other than English, Statistics or in combined programs within the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Research Methods/Statistics course specified for the other subject.
(See Note 5 above.)

12 units

Electives. If not completed in Level I, a minimum of six units must be from the Faculty of Humanities. Students combining Religious Studies with Arts & Science, or with a Humanities subject are exempt from this requirement.

Fields of Study

The Department offers courses in four fields of study. Students are encouraged to specialize in any one of these fields. Levels II, III and IV courses are allocated to the fields as follows:

I. Asian Religions

II. Biblical Studies

III. Western Religious Thought

IV. Contemporary and Comparative Religions

Note:

Students wishing to specialize in Asian Religions should consider beginning language training in Sanskrit or Japanese or both early in their program (See Course Listings listed under Sanskrit or Japanese in the Course Listings section of this Calendar.). Students wishing to specialize in Biblical Studies should consider work in Greek or Hebrew or both (See Course Listings under Greek or Hebrew in the Course Listings section of this Calendar).