BA in Religious Studies in Irvine United States | University of California Irvine

The Religious Studies program offers an interdisciplinary major and minor centered on comparative analysis of how diverse cultures throughout history have shaped their spiritual concepts, ethical frameworks, belief systems, ceremonial practices, and cultural customs in response to life's profound questions. Through coursework spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, Social Ecology, and Claire Trevor School of the Arts, the program delivers comprehensive scholarly insight into religion's societal role. This academic field conducts objective, methodical investigations into religious frameworks, their adherents, worldviews, purposes, and manifestations using diverse analytical techniques. The curriculum examines religion's influence on both human cognition and lived experience through multiple scholarly lenses. Majors can specialize in either Global Religious Traditions or focus specifically on the Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.