Religion major has a number of pathways open to them. As you’ll see, Religious Studies is a great-way to start your career. In today’s multicultural workplace and global economy, basic knowledge about other cultures and religious perspectives is indispensable. In addition, good interpreters of information are in high demand. Gathering data, organizing it, understanding it, and presenting it are vital skills in the study of religion, and in most professions, these skills are absolutely required.

Studying Religion provides many occasions for personal and intellectual growth

• In Religious courses, you’ll gain a fundamental cultural literacy
• You’ll be trained in the skills associated with data gathering and direct observation.
• As a religion major, you are asked to interpret and express your position on perplexing phenomena, exercising both your analytical skills and your originality.
• Your critical intelligence will constantly be tested and developed, along with your fellow human beings in order to understand his/her perspective.

Starting with a Bachelor’s degree in religion, there are many places to go. As an academic major in the humanities (or social sciences), the study of religion is like a history or English major; it imposes no limitations. But it also lends its own particular strengths to a number of different career choices. Religion majors have successfully gone on to professional training in:

• Business (particularly international business)
• Counseling and Social Work
• Education
• Clergy personae
• Journalism
• Banking
• Ministers in government portfolios
• Law

Others have moved directly into the job market, taking up positions in:

• Event planning, hospitality, or the service industry
• The government, foreign service, or the Peace Corps
• Marketing and management
• Museums and the arts
• Non-profit or non-governmental organizations
• Publishing

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