Minor in Religious Studies

Our students become insightful observers of our contemporary world by understanding the world’s religious traditions and enjoy careers in religious institutions, international service organizations, NGOs, social services and academia.

The minor in religious studies allows students to explore many of the world's long-standing religious traditions and gain insight into our contemporary world while working toward a BA in another major at CU Boulder. The program teaches religious beliefs in the context of gender and sexuality, interreligious interaction, law and politics, and religion and violence. 

  • Explore the interrelation between religion and other human experiences
  • Engage in questions of value and meaning
  • Complement your undergraduate studies with a minor

Learn about topics like the Bible, the role of gender in religion, and relationships between different religions from interdisciplinary, award-winning faculty

Learn in the only religious studies BA program in Colorado

Explore media and religious studies at our Center for Media, Religion and Culture

Be successful.

With a minor in religious studies you will be able to communicate and analyze practical information regarding religious diversity as an educated citizen of a pluralistic society.

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Broaden your employment possibilities with additional knowledge and skills gained from a minor

 

Outreach worker, church administrator, writer, K–12 educator, service manager and military chaplain are common job opportunities for students

 

Work for religious institutions, international service and aid organizations, nonprofits and NGOs, social services, or in academia

Academic Plan & Requirements

To earn the minor, students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours in religious studies courses, including a total of 9 upper-division credit hours. Â鶹ÒùÔº have flexibility choosing their class topics for this minor.

Community & Involvement

We offer students opportunities to network with peers and faculty, further their studies, and get the most out of their undergraduate experience.

Be inspired.

Religious studies majors end up in a vast array of jobs and fields.

Some alumni of the program include:

('07)
The director of the Rocky Mountain region of the National Security Innovation Network. He is a U.S. Army veteran and former counterterrorism analyst who has worked for RAND Corp. and the U.S. Department of Defense, among many other organizations.

John Lauer

('08)
Deputy district attorney with Colorado’s 20th Judicial District (Boulder County). He also has worked in disaster response for Gov. John Hickenlooper’s Governor’s Office of Legal Counsel and as a wildland firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service’s Tatanka Hotshot Crew. He partnered with Change.org to for health insurance for seasonal federal firefighters during the Obama administration and founded Groundswell, a clean-energy nonprofit in Washington, D.C.

Sarah Ballard

('14)
The clinical research coordinator at the University of Colorado Cancer Clinical Trials Office, Anschutz Medical Campus. She earned a master’s degree in public health from the Colorado School of Public Health in 2017.

Anna Ptasznik

('15)
A spatial analyst for Microsoft. Her past work includes internships with NPR, the Nature Conservancy and Community Food Share. She was a double honors major in religious studies, and ecology and environmental biology.

Samuel Davies

('15)
A cinematographer and producer for Intelligent Solutions Inc. in Denver.

Christopher Javornik

('08)
An ecologist with Colorado Parks and Wildlife. In 2008 he was named Distinguished Graduate for Arts and Sciences.

Alison Mason

('11)
A monitoring and evaluation coordinator for the Institute of International Education, New York. Previously, she served as a community development extension volunteer with the Peace Corps in Namibia.

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