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Honours BA Society, Culture & Religion at McMaster University

McMaster University, Canada

Programme overview

Honours Society, Culture & Religion (B.A.) is a 120-unit honours program studying religion in its social and cultural contexts. Students are assigned a faculty mentor on entry and are encouraged to add language study.

Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences  |  Department: Religious Studies  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

Requirements include Level II and III Society, Culture & Religion courses, SCAR 3F03 Approaches to the Study of Religion, SCAR 4SC3 Society, Culture & Religion Seminar, either SOCSCI 2J03 or three units of a language other than English, and 27-30 units of electives. The Department of Religious Studies offers Arabic, Hebrew and Sanskrit.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Completion of any Level I program with a Grade Point Average of at least 5.0.

Undergraduate applications are submitted through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC).

Apply through the official page: https://future.mcmaster.ca/apply/

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