DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
for students entering the program in 2008 and after

Requirements for the M.A. degree

• 30 semester hours of course work, including 12 semester hours in the four common courses in Religious Studies:
  • Philosophical Study of Religion
  • Approaches to Asian Religions
  • History, Theory, and Method in Religious Studies
  • Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion
• Proficiency examination in a foreign language
• Thesis
• Oral examination covering thesis and entire course of study

Requirements for the Ph.D. degree

• 48 semester hours of course work, including 12 semester hours in the four common courses in Religious Studies
  • Philosophical Study of Religion
  • Approaches to Asian Religions
  • History, Theory, and Method in Religious Studies
  • Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion
• Proficiency examination in two foreign languages
  Biblical Studies students must take exams in Hebrew and Greek as well.
• Four comprehensive field examinations
• One-semester practice teaching
• Dissertation
• Oral examination covering dissertation and entire course of study