Religious Studies Certificate Program
Department of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Spring
This program encourages and facilitates interdisciplinary study of religious thought and its effects on civilization. Students may select courses that focus on one tradition or a broader thematic study across traditions and cultures. Courses are mainly drawn from the Departments of Humanities, History, Asia-Canada Program, and others. The program is available to those without a bachelor鈥檚 degree. Credits earned may be applied to a major or minor. Units applied to one certificate may not be applied to another 丁香园AV certificate or diploma. Students may apply for relevant transfer credit to a maximum of 15 transfer units.
丁香园AV Requirements
Prospective students must apply for 丁香园AV admission and meet the normal admission requirements. Certificate program admission approval must be obtained from the department advisor.
Program Requirements
Students complete a total of at least 30-31 units, 13-14 of which are earned by completing the four required courses. The remaining units are selected from the elective list. Students are responsible for meeting the prerequisite requirements for courses used toward the certificate.
Required Courses
Students complete 13-14 units including both of
- HUM 130-3 Introduction to Religious Studies
- HUM 330-4 Religion in Context
and two of
- ARCH 226-3 The Prehistory of Religion: Shamans, Sorcerers and Saints
- HUM 204-3 Great Religious Texts
- HUM 331-4 Studies in Asian Religions
- PHIL 240-3 Philosophy of Religion
Elective Courses
Students complete a total of 17 units, chosen from
- ASC 202-3 Studies in Asian Cultures*
- ASC 302-3 Selected Topics in Chinese Studies*
- ASC 303-3 Selected Topics in Japanese Studies*
- ASC 400-3 Selected Topics in Asia-Canada Studies*
- HIST 220-3 Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe
- HIST 249-3 Classical Islamic Civilization
- HIST 288-3 History of Christianity to 1500
- HIST 320-4 European Reformation
- HIST 352-4 Religion and Politics in Modern Iran
- HIST 388-4 Christianity and Globalization
- HIST 404-4 Protestants, Papists and Puritans: Culture and Belief in Early Modern England 1500-1640
- HIST 439-4 Catholicism in Early Modern Europe
- HIST 466-4 Religion and Society in Africa, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
- HIST 468-4 Problems in the History of Religion
- HIST 469-4 Islamic Social and Intellectual History
- HUM 102W-3 Classical Methodology
- HUM 203-3 Great Texts: Asian Thought and Literature*
- HUM 219-3 The Early Middle Ages
- HUM 305-4 Medieval Studies *
- HUM 307-4 Carolingian Civilization
- HUM 332-4 Mythology in Context
- HUM 350-4 Great Figures in Humanistic Tradition*
- HUM 375-4 The Woodsworth Seminar*
- SA 322-4 Sociology of Religion (S)
- SA 323-4 Symbol, Myth and Meaning (A)
- WS 305-4 Conceiving Creativity
*when topics are appropriate; consult with the advisor; other courses with appropriate content may be counted with prior approval of the advisor.