The Department of Classics and Religious Studies offers programs of study leading to the degrees of Master of Arts (MA) in Religious Studies and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Religious Studies.
Objectives and Methods
The Department of Classics and Religious Studies (sector: Religious Studies) focuses on the study of the religious phenomenon through teaching and research in the same manner and on the same level as any other category of facts accessible to human experience and observation.
The disciplines that play a role in the study of religions are primarily of a historical, sociological, psychological and anthropological nature. Such a study must take into account the plurality of religious traditions and expressions in society and examine the relationships among them.
Research on the meaning of religious phenomena is accomplished through analysis and comparison of the various means of religious expression, both in the past and present. No tradition is considered normative.
Areas of Research
The programs focus on religions in Canada, including Amerindian and Inuit traditions, and on religions in the comparative cultural context as well as religions in the Greco-Roman World. The comparative cultural approach provides an opportunity to explore religious phenomena across different religious traditions expressly within their specific cultural contexts. The program favors the methods of anthropology, history, psychology and sociology.
The Department participates in collaborative programs in Women’s Studies and in Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the MA level and in Canadian Studies at the PhD level.
Compulsory Courses (SRS):
SRS 8115 Seminar in Religious Studies
SRS 8915 Seminar in Religious Studies
Esperado Janeiro, Setembro 2025
University of Ottawa
75 Laurier Avenue East,
OTTAWA,
Ontario (ON),
K1N 6N5, Canada
Candidates must have a Master of Arts in Religious Studies or the equivalent, and must meet the requirements in effect for graduate studies. When they apply, candidates must indicate their preferred area of research, consult a full-time professor of the department whom they hope to have as a supervisor, and submit a two-page statement of their doctoral research project.
TOEFL 580 / IELTS Overall 6.5 - Individual 6.0 (Paper-based)
TOEFL 92-93/IELTS 6.5 - Individual 6.0 (Internet-based)
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