The World Religions program undertakes the study of texts, institutions, rituals, and belief systems of the different world religions and prepares students to understand and live in a multicultural global community.
     
Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements with no failures.  Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses including Religious Studies 1023E, plus 2.0 additional courses, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%.

 Module
 9.0 courses:

1.0 course normally taken in second year: Religious Studies 2200E.
3.5 courses:  Religious Studies 2218A/B, 2281F/G, 2283F/G, 2285F/G, 2286F/G, 3300F/G, 4400F/G.
0.5 course on religion from an approved list of Social Science courses*.
3.5 courses from: Philosophy 2660E, Religious Studies 2260F/G, 2261F/G, 2262F/G, 2263F/G, 2282F/G, 2284F/G, 2287F/G, 0.5 language course** from: Arabic 1030, Chinese 1150, 1151, 1152A/B, 1153A/B, Hebrew 1030, 1040A/B, 1041A/B.
0.5 additional Religious Studies course at the 2200 level or above, not listed above.

* See the Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies for the current list.
** If a 1.0 language course is taken, the module will be 9.5 courses.