BY PURSUING A PROGRAM OF STUDY in Comparative Religion at Miami University, you'll enjoy a great deal of flexibility in designing a program that enhances a broad liberal arts education.

You will explore how such thinkers as Marx, Durkheim, Freud, Eliade, Foucalt, and Doniger and others have helped shape the study of religion, or you may examine the common similar themes among religions in different parts of the world. You may trace the development of one particular religion over time. You may study the cultural aspects of religions in different times and places, or you may study religion together with such fields as psychology, literature, philosophy, anthropology, women's studies, black world studies, or science to see how these fields influence and enrich each other.

The Department of Comparative Religion at Miami University offers programs of study leading to the Bachelor of Arts, Undergraduate Minor, and four Miami Plan Thematic Sequences, or the Master of Arts.

Typically, 18 to 20 courses are offered by the Department each semester, out of the more than 50 listed in the Miami General Bulletin. Each semester, nearly 700 Miami University students enroll in classes offered by the Department.  Check the BannerWeb Course Lists to find out what classes are being offered this semester.

For Religion Major, click here.

For Religion Minor, click here.

For Religion Thematic Sequences, click here.

For Graduate Program, click here.

For Jewish Studies, click here.