Overview

Examining religious traditions—their notable leaders, their valued texts, and the social behaviors designed to embody their visions—is a central way to study the profound questions that direct so many areas of human endeavor.

The study of religion is an excellent way of organizing a liberal arts education so that diverse cultures, artistic expressions, political forces, and gender assignments can be questioned and set in historical and changing contexts.

Learning Goals

The Religion major from Mount Holyoke College is, by its very nature, intercultural and comparative, multi-disciplinary, critical, integrative, creative and constructive. Students are expected to:

Explore more than one religious tradition and engage the phenomena of religion comparatively across and within cultures.

Understand and apply a range of methodological and theoretical approaches to religious phenomena.

Examine and engage religious phenomena, including issues of ethical and social responsibility, from a perspective of critical inquiry and analysis of both the other and the self.

Apply theoretical knowledge of religious phenomena to lived, practical contexts, both historical and current.

Employ knowledge of religious phenomena and the skills of religious studies in the solving of complex problems, including those raised in the personal and social engagement of issues of life, death, love, violence, suffering, and meaning.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek and Roman Myth

Islamic Political Thought

Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology

Social Science Research and Data Analysis

Methods and Practices in Feminist Scholarship

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

South Hadley, United States

Disciplines

Anthropology Theology and Religious Studies View 660 other Bachelors in Anthropology in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Common Application or Coalition Application

Mount Holyoke Writing Supplement (optional)

Secondary School Report, including official high school transcript

Counselor Recommendation

Two Teacher Evaluation Forms (from core academic courses)

Standardized Test Scores (optional)

Art Supplement (optional)

English Proficiency Requirements for non-native English speakers

Early Decision Agreement (if applicable)

Interview (optional, but strongly encouraged)

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

67782 USD / year

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Out-of-State

67782 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

67782 USD / year

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Living costs

South Hadley

United States

1068 - 2212 USD / month

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Learning Goals

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Delivered

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