Major and Minor

How to Declare your Religion Major, Minor, or Modified Major:

1. Request a meeting with Religion Department Chair, Professor Christopher MacEvitt. Be prepared to discuss your academic interests, specific courses that you would like to take, and any questions you may have regarding the major. Exemptions, special permissions, and proposals need to be addressed by Professor MacEvitt as well.
    
2. Review the requirements of the major, minor, or modified major and fill in your worksheet (see links below) and DartWorks major planner with your proposed course of study.
    
3. Bring the completed worksheet to your meeting with Professor MacEvitt.
    
4. Confirm your proposed course of study for approval in DartWorks.

Watch for occasional email announcements (events of interest, major degree requirements, Commencement, etc.) from the Religion Department.

The Dartmouth Organization, Regulations and Courses (ORC) contains online information about Religion course requirements. Please refer to the ORC of your matriculation year for the appropriate major requirements, and/or see the worksheet for your class year, here:

• Religion Major Worksheet
• Religion Modified Major Worksheet
• Religion Minor Worksheet

See also the online Religion Course Schedule to find the correct course numbers (include decimals when provided) for the terms being offered.

Students will be able to describe and articulate a wide range of religious phenomena (e.g., ritual, scripture, worship, meditation, religious art, etc.) from multiple cultural contexts.

• Students will demonstrate, through oral and written expression, the ability to think analytically and critically about religion and religious phenomena.
   
• Students will demonstrate an ability to interpret, evaluate, and make use of typical theories and methods used in the academic study of religion (e.g., anthropological, sociological, textual, literary, etc.).

• Students will demonstrate the ability to critically engage with primary and secondary sources to articulate a thesis about religious phenomena and argue for it persuasively in the form of a 25-page Senior Essay.