宗教研究B级.A.

The religious studies major aims to help individuals clarify their religious convictions and life goals, 批判性地思考自己和他们生活的世界, and develop a range of cognitive skills that can be transferred to a variety of important life situations

项目跟踪

• 宗教研究
  This 36-hour discipline explores ideas and texts that have profoundly shaped human history and identity. 它是一个多学科交叉的学术领域, 宗教信仰的非忏悔性研究, 行为和制度. 通过课程作业和深入讨论, 你探索, 比较, 解读和解释宗教, 强调系统的, 基于历史和跨文化的观点.

• 青年及家庭事工
  这个39小时的学科项目分享了类似的课程, but further focuses on providing practical training and hands-on experience working in religious organizations as well as social service agencies and other community-focused and non-profit organizations throughout the region. This program blends a rich attention to the academic components of religious study with applied study and experiences.

课堂外的学习

宗教研究 students benefit from a variety of opportunities outside of the classroom, 哪些公司提供雇主需要的经验和培训. A wealth of service opportunities exist on- and off-campus, from chapel and 学生组织 to 实习 和会议.

实习 and mentor opportunities help you gain valuable experience, 与非营利组织的专业人士一起工作, 社会服务机构或宗教组织. There are a number of student organizations at LR which provide spiritual support and service opportunities such as Lutheran Student Movement, 校际和纽曼俱乐部.

你也可以利用许多LR提供的项目 信仰与学习研究所. 旨在启发和启发所有信仰传统的人, the institute features speakers and hosts events aimed at addressing issues facing the world today through a theological lens.

职业发展机会

Success in religious studies or youth and family ministry opens doors to a full range of graduate programs or a variety of career opportunities. Studying religion gives you a unique set of skills in 批判性思维, 理解和观察其他文化. 这些技能往往受到雇主的高度追捧.

宗教专业的毕业生知道如何综合思想, 如何向他人解释自己的想法, 如何说服别人接受自己的观点, 以及如何理解那些让企业运转起来的人.

You learn all types of skills that are transferable and marketable: reading and analysis, 口语和写作, 快速获取想法, 批判性思维, 教育学, 模式发现, 从证据中得出结论, 说服, 等.

作为一名宗教学生, 你被鼓励去思考你为什么在地球上, 关于你要去哪里, about what some of the greatest and most creative thinkers in the past have said about the meaning of human existence and about what is most worth doing in life.

These skills and dispositions translate generally to a wide range of professional opportunities. 更具体地说, religion majors are prepared for graduate school and/or for career opportunities in the ministry, 社会活动和倡导, 政府或非营利机构, 基督教教育, 咨询和人文服务, 在高等教育中.