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.
Events
News
Join us for a discussion and listening session of the shakuhachi, a bamboo flute that originated in 8th-century Japan and is associated with Zen Buddhism. The…
On April 3, five graduate students presented their work at the 2nd Pan-UC Religious Studies conference at UC Davis. Recent undergrad Marissa Gomez ('26) also…
"De-ontologizing Thinking by Integrating the Animal Body with the Mystic Mind"
Dr. Balbinder Singh Bhogal, Sardarni Kuljit Kaur Bindra Chair in Sikh Studies at…
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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)
