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MA Religious Studies at University of Regina

University of Regina, Canada

Programme overview

The Master of Arts in Religious Studies is a thesis-based programme offering courses on religious traditions, thematic issues and academic approaches to the study of religion, with an interdisciplinary mix of history, anthropology, sociology and philosophy. Students may draw on course offerings from Luther College and Campion College, and classical language courses are available.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts  |  Department: Department of Gender, Religion, and Critical Studies  |  Duration: 2 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

What you will study

Students work closely with a supervisor on thesis research. Sample courses include RLST 802 Religion after Modernity, RLST 890DA Storytelling in Japanese Religions and RLST 890DD Contemporary Conspiracy Culture.

Career pathways

Professor, clergyperson, child and youth worker, human rights advocate, international aid worker, non-profit administrator, public policy advisor, teacher; graduates also work in law, journalism, government and social work.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (master's): a graduating average of at least 70 per cent from a four-year baccalaureate degree or equivalent is required (70% equals 2.67 on a 4.0 scale for international credentials). Applicants must hold the academic background needed for graduate study in the field; background deficiencies may be addressed through additional courses before or alongside graduate work. Admission is competitive and meeting the minimum does not guarantee acceptance.

Requirements published at faculty level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate terms: Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring/Summer (May-August). The application portal opens in the first week of August for Fall, the first week of February for Winter and the first week of April for Spring/Summer, in the year before the start.

Undergraduate terms: Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring/Summer (May-August). Indigenous Education and Nursing do not admit to the spring/summer term; Bachelor of Social Work admits to the fall term only.

Faculty of Graduate Studies programmes without their own deadline: Spring/Summer March 1, Fall July 1, Winter November 1. Some programmes have their own deadlines, for example Aging Studies March 31, History March 31, Anthropology January 31 (Fall) and September 30 (Winter), English February 15 (Fall) and October 15 (Winter). Applications are made online through the application portal.

The graduate application fee is $125, paid online before documents can be uploaded.

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