宗教研究文学硕士

该系的研究生课程研究宗教观念以及宗教传统随着时间的流逝而产生，发展和互动的方式。学生学习识别并使用多种方法研究宗教，包括历史，哲学，伦理，文学，语言，心理，人种学和数字方法。研究生学习很灵活。根据系内和大学周围的教师专业知识，学生可在与顾问和核心委员会成员协商后创建个性化的学习计划。程序通常是针对以下四个集中领域之一制定的：中东的宗教，古代近东和地中海的宗教，亚洲的宗教，美洲和欧洲的宗教，或宗教，伦理和社会。
The Master of Arts program in the Department of Religious Studies is designed for students who wish to advance their understanding of a particular area of religious studies or explore multiple traditions and topics beyond the undergraduate level. Many M.A. students choose to later pursue a Ph.D. Many others bring their advanced education to such careers as medicine, nursing, law, diplomacy, ministry, social advocacy, journalism, counseling, and informatics. M.A. students analyze the ways in which diverse religious traditions originate, develop, and interact over time. Students learn to identify and use multiple methods for the study of religion, including historical, philosophical, ethical, literary, linguistic, psychological, ethnographic, and digital approaches. Students draw on the expertise of the religious studies faculty and also are encouraged to work with faculty members in other UI departments who specialize in their areas of interest. M.A. students have worked, for example, with scholars in the Departments of Anthropology, English, History, and Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures, as well as in Classics and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies.