Religious Studies

Office: Sturm Hall, Room 266
Mail Code: 2000 E. Asbury Ave. Denver, CO 80208
Phone: 303-871-2749
Email: rlgs@du.edu
Web Site: http://www.du.edu/ahss/religiousstudies

The University of Denver's undergraduate religious studies program offers you the opportunity to study religion in ways that you won't find at other universities—as a major, a double major, or a minor.

  • You'll learn about many of the major religious traditions of the world.
  • You'll investigate how theories of religion can help you interpret the religious phenomena that you see around you.
  • You'll learn about religion by experiencing it, for instance by going on class visits to religious institutions in Denver and by doing projects in local religious communities.
  • You'll be able to take a community-engaged learning course, where you'll see up close why many religions emphasize the value of service to others.
  • Finally, you'll learn what it means to do independent research in religious studies while developing excellent writing skills.

The department also serves other students who want introductory courses in religious studies or advanced courses coordinated with their special interests.

Program Learning Outcomes

Religion, Culture, and Society Major

  • State major features of 4 of 5 major world religions.
  • Engage with diverse religious communities through site visits and service learning commitments.
  • Apply appropriate interpretive strategies to theoretical texts and texts from religious traditions.
  • Name features that scholars usually expect to find in religious traditions and point out how they appear in local traditions, in addition to the five major world religions.
  • Use knowledge of religion or methods of study learned in major in later life, and articulate how the alumnus/a did so.
  • Identify and articulate the major aspects of at least three methods of the study of religion.