Related courses can be found in the offerings of the Department of English, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences and perhaps in some of the professional schools. For more information, students may consult their advisor or the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Religion. When the courses recommended for a Religion student on the graduate cluster are added to those required for graduation from Duke, the workload will be heavy. With the program of study here recommended, however, an undergraduate Religion major will be at least minimally prepared for most fields of graduate work within Religion. In order to provide both depth and breadth within the major field, students on the graduate cluster will need to take several more religion courses than the minimum required for the major.
Language study is the most important pre-requisite for graduate work in religion.
Other courses outside Religion are particularly appropriate for students planning to enroll in graduate programs. Students will be expected to take at least one course in each of the first two areas, and a minimum of four courses in the third area. The remaining two courses can be taken in any of the three areas. Other possibilities include Political Science 119. Other possibilities would certainly include some 200-level courses.