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Oct 06, 2024
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USC Catalogue 2024-2025
Religious Studies Certificate
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The Graduate Certificate in Religious Studies (GCRS) allows students across diverse fields in the humanities, social sciences and professional schools to take advantage of the broad knowledge and expertise of Dornsife’s Religion faculty.
Students interested in pursuing the GCRS program should meet with the director of Graduate Studies to apply to the program and plan a course of study. In addition to taking relevant course work, candidates must also do one of the following: (1) include the study of religion in their dissertation projects; or (2) take a concluding qualifying oral exam based on three seminar or research papers written in conjunction with their Religion course work.
Students admitted into the GCRS program will be required to complete REL 500 Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion or REL 502 Themes in the Study of Religion. They must also take 12 units of elective courses from the pre-approved list below. (Students may also take as an elective whichever of the REL 500 - REL 502 series they did not take as a requirement.) In addition to the courses listed below, others may also be considered for credit on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the director of Graduate Studies. All GCRS courses must be at the 500-level or above, and at least 50 percent of their content must focus on the study of religion. REL 590 Directed Research may not count for more than 4 of these additional 12 units.
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Required Course (4 units)
Select one course.
Electives (12 units)
Select 12 units. Pre-Approved Religion Courses
- REL 500 Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion Units: 4
- REL 502 Themes in the Study of Religion Units: 4
- REL 525 Colloquium in Global Islam Units: 4
- REL 535 Colloquium in Christian Studies Units: 4
- REL 545 Colloquium in Asia Pacific Religions Units: 4
- REL 590 Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- REL 625 Advanced Graduate Seminar in Global Islam Units: 4
- REL 635 Advanced Graduate Seminar in Christian Studies Units: 4
- REL 645 Advanced Graduate Seminar in Asia Pacific Religions Units: 4
- REL 650 Readings in Islamic Texts Units: 4
- REL 651 Readings in Christian Texts Units: 4
- REL 652 Readings in Buddhist Texts Units: 4
- REL 653 Readings in Indic Religious Texts Units: 4
- REL 654 Readings in Chinese Religious Texts Units: 4
- REL 655 Readings in Japanese Religious Texts Units: 4
Pre-Approved Cross-Listed Courses
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