About the Program

The UCI Religious Studies program offers a critical multidisciplinary lens into history, global philosophies, and cultural expressions that continue to shape the contemporary world. 

Check out our wide-ranging line up of quarterly approved courses here.

News

Imagine Wildfire Religion
RS professor Brianne Donaldson invites readers to "Imagine Wildfire Religion" in new issue of Reforestation Magazine
In the March 2025 issue of Reforestation Magazine, focused on Urban Nature, Religious Studies professor Brianne Donaldson invites readers to reimagine religion…
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Winter 2025 Meaning of Life Silence Sessions
 Meaning of Life Silence Sessions 2024-25 Thursdays 3:45-4:45 pm Winter Meeting Dates JAN 15, 2, 30/ FEB 6, 13, 20, 27 / MAR 6, 13  Krieger Hall 200E…
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F21 student temple visit

Put Your Religious Studies Degree to Work

in nonprofit leadership, mediation, counseling, education, social and ecological justice, journalism, technology, business, or graduate study in law, medicine, public health, diplomacy, and more.

 

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F22 Meaning of Life lunch

Student Experiences

Students explore the wooden temple at the Jain Center of Southern California, Fall 2021 (top), Students and faculty complicate the "Religion vs. Atheism" split during Meaning of Life Lunch conversation, Fall 2022 (bottom)