About the Program
The UCI Religious Studies program offers a critical multidisciplinary lens into world religions, global philosophies, history, and cultural expressions that continue to shape the contemporary world.
Check out our wide-ranging lineup of quarterly approved courses here.
News
The UCI Religious Studies community congratulates two student winners of the 2024–25 Betsy Tang and Kent W. Ho Award in Buddhist Studies for their early promise in…
Elemental Climate Conversations
Earth: An Interfaith Exchange
Thursday, June 5, 2025
6:30-7:45 pm
Pacifica Institute
25351 Commercentre Dr
Lake Forest, CA…
The UCI Religious Studies Program is pleased to announce three winners of the Shri Parshvanath Achievement in Jaina Studies award. These awards typically apply to…
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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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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)
