WHY HORACE WHY!!!!??? It would no doubt be interesting to learn about the various religions and how they intertwine but what would you do at the end of your studies? And whatever THAT is, do you want to do that for the rest of your life? In porgual I have a friend that was studying to become a Priest (7 years of school) he dropped out after year 1 because it was very hard. I have no religion affiliation, I was raised Roman Catholic for 14 years but it never REALLY made sense to me. Are you affiliated with any religion? Im sorry I cant help you with your question but its curious to me that someone my age would want to pay money and go to school to study religion. -AU
not to study a specific religion or to become a priest or anything like that for the sake of studying it, the history, the culture, the effects i figured i'd end up becoming a professor or something this transition made sense in my mind
i minored in religious studies. never planned on it - just sorta happened. in fact, when i first entered into college, i would have laughed had someone told me that i was going to minor in religious studies. i majored in spanish, with no ambition whatsoever to wind up teaching it. spanish and religion just happened to be two things i REALLY got into. and that´s all i could see myself delving into while at college. jobs be damned - do what you´re passionate about. if you´re not going to enjoy what you´re studying, why are you doing it in the first place? true, i´m not exactly doing anything job-related to these fields right now, but that´s for other reasons altogether. and some of the coolest professors i´ve ever had were religious studies profs. very down-to-earth people. it is insanely interesting to see how religions/belief systems/etc. have shaped and affected every culture since....forever. it shapes peoples´ paradigms. so once you understand religions, you understand the people and the culture. so even if you dont wind up with a job dealing directly with this kind of stuff, at least it´ll make you a better human being (hopefully). and isnt that the ultimate point of pursuing higher education?
I double majored in anthropology and religious studies as an undergrad. And I'm now in grad school, planning to get my PhD and become a prof. When do you have to declare a major? At my school, you didn't have to officially declare until you had completed 55 credit hours... My advice is to take another religion class or two, while working on other stuff that will count toward general education requirements... If you still want to do religion when you officially have to declare, go for it, but keep your options open until then. Maybe sometime next semester, go in and talk to a prof or the director of undergrad studies for the department to see what all is required for a religion major.
i've looked all into what's required for the major we don't have to declare until 45 hours and i know i sound ahead of myself just being (not even a full) semester in when i came into college i wanted to major in anthro, then i decided i wanted to double in anthro in religion, now i'm just leaning towards religion i suppose for ever freshman this is normal. i've got 1 religion class and 2 anthro classes this semester. religion just seems to be so much more fascinating. i'm also taking another religion class next semester.
The main reason I suggest taking a couple more classes before declaring the major is not so much to see whether you really like the topic, but to see whether you like the department. Basically, I've had an experience where I took one class in a department, absolutely loved the way the prof approached the subject matter, was really interested in the topic, but then took another class in the same department but with a different prof and completely hated it. Then come to find out, that one really awesome prof was the only one in the department who took that approach to studying the topic... It won't hurt you to wait and take your time to get a sense of what the rest of the department is like. Rushing off to declare won't hurt you or anything, you can always change, but I don't like to do any more paperwork than is necessary!
Oh, yeah, by the way, what specifically are you wanting to study? One of the major world religions, indigenous religions, popular religion, or...? I study indigenous religion -- I started out just interested in indigenous religion in general, but in the course of an honors thesis I narrowed it down to indigenous religious practices in Borneo (southeast asia).
i'm not so sure as to what specifically i just know generally: history and culture (present and past) i think i may end up double majoring in anthro and religion like i initially wanted to or i may just major in religion and minor in anthro (along with creative writing to fill up credit hours) i suppose this collegiate journey will lead me to something specific, isn't that what's supposed to happen?
dude, i changed my major about 6 or 7 times. college is all about finding what you´re into. although you still may have to jump through certain hoops, YOU are designing your own education. anyone that tries to tell you different isnt worth wasting your time (AND money) on.
my university offers a bachelors in history with an emphasis on religion, and probably other programs as well. there are plenty of classes with religion as the main subject matter and usually you can construct something, even if just a minor, talk to an advisor about it
yeah, i've just decided it's too early to tell what i want to major in i'll just wait 'til i have to decide (at 45 hours) 'least i've narrowed the list down: anthro, religion, philosophy, creative writing, english who knows, i may end up majoring in math (no i won't...) lol
After massage therapy school, I plan on majoring in some sort of culture/humanities thing and minoring in religious studies. I also want to join the peace corps for a while after that. Who knows, but I love learning about religion and cultural diversity.
