Certificate in Religious Studies
Examine beliefs, rituals, practices, and social structures from religious communities around the world.
Through the certificate in religious studies, students examine beliefs, rituals, practices, and social structures from communities around the world. The program offers students an opportunity to study the history and formation of these practices, beliefs, and structures, as well as their reinterpretations over time.
This significant area of human activity throughout history remains a potent force today in modern politics, society, and culture. Its study is an essential part of a global liberal arts education.
As an interdisciplinary program that stresses the role of religion in human affairs, the religious studies certificate program requires six courses taken from a variety of departments.
Featured faculty
Anne Broadbridge
Director, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Professor, History
Anne Broadbridge is chair of the Department of History, director of the Middle Eastern studies program, and a history professor.
Susan Shapiro
Associate Professor, Judaic Studies
Susan Shapiro is the director of the religious studies certificate program and an associate professor of Judaic studies.
Judaic Studies
Expand your Hebrew language skills and develop a keen understanding of Jewish history and culture in a program closely allied with Middle Eastern studies.