Bachelors in Religion

The School of Religion offers courses in the following areas of religious studies: Bible and ancient near eastern religions; religion in world societies; ethics and theology; and religion and American life. Courses are designed to facilitate the appreciation and critical evaluation of all religious traditions in the light of past and present scholarship. An opportunity is also provided to undergraduates to focus on the social and ethical contributions and implications of humankind's religious heritages through the study of business and medical ethics. Opportunities for comparative religious study abound. USC and its surrounding neighborhood serve more than a dozen distinct faith communities. Students also have the opportunity to take courses at Hebrew Union College and receive regular USC course credit. As a discipline involving multiple tools literary analysis, language and cultural studies, sociological data, psychology, and ethics Religion often leads students to many different kinds of graduate education.