Student Learning Outcomes

The student who completes the major in Theology & Religious Studies will:

• Demonstrate an ability to interpret primary texts—scriptures or other classical documents from a religious tradition—in a scholarly fashion.
• Describe the ethical doctrines and practices of a religious tradition.
• Exhibit an understanding of a religious tradition, including its doctrines, practices and methods of reasoning.
• Conduct substantive research on a question in theology or religious studies, and articulate and defend an argument based on this research.