Eligibility Criteria
Admission Requirements. A Master of Arts in Religion, or equivalent, with
high standing from a recognized university.
The Department will consider the application of students to the Ph.D. program for entry without completion of the master’s degree if the following requirements are met:
The student has completed 18 credits of graduate level course work in Religion;
The student is recommended by full-time members of the faculty of the Department of Religion;
The student has acquired a breadth of knowledge in the study of Religion through course work or scholarly or professional experience;
The student has demonstrated her or his ability to do independent graduatelevel research in religious studies, and has demonstrated the ability to produce an original analysis of her/his research (in the form of research papers, conference papers, or publications);
The student has a well-formed and focused research plan that will serve as a basis for her/his doctoral research.