Offered By	ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Academic Contact	Dr Alastair Greig

Please note that this major is for existing students (pre 2009) only and is not available to new students.

Religious Studies is an interdisciplinary program. It operates in association with the Faculty of Asian Studies major in Asian Religions, but is administratively separate and attached to the School of Social Sciences.

Religion is a phenomenon known to human societies of all times and places, and it is intimately connected with the social organisation, psychology, literature and art of those societies. The critical study of religion can therefore take the form either of the study of religious concepts, patterns of behaviour, and linguistic or artistic forms of expression common to a variety of societies; or of the study of the religious aspects of a particular society. Both of these forms of study are exemplified in the religion courses offered in this program.

Requirements

The major in Religious Studies requires a minimum of 42 units (7 courses) including RELS1002 Introduction to Religion A and RELS1003 Introduction to Religious Studies B plus a minimum of 30 units (5 courses) of approved later-year courses - see list below.

Warning: Students should note that although courses from the Faculty of Asian Studies may be used in the Religious Studies major, they are not classified as Arts courses. For students enrolled in a single BA the program rules allow for a maximum of 48 units (8 courses) out-of-Faculty. For BA students enrolled in a combined degree up to two out-of-Faculty courses are available in this major. For details of Arts courses, see the schedule at the end of the Faculty of Arts Handbook entry in the Undergraduate Handbook or see the Undergraduate Courses offered by the ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences. 

Assessment

Students are required to submit written work by the due dates, to attend workshops and tutorial classes, and to present any prescribed tutorial exercises. Students are expected to possess copies of the prescribed texts.

The information published on the Study at ANU 2011 website applies to the 2011 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2010 website.