The religious studies program encourages students to develop their personal values and beliefs by exposing them to a variety of religious expressions. Many students will add a major in religious studies to their primary one because they have a personal interest in this discipline. Students may plan their programs for graduate study or for work in the ministry, religious social work, or pastoral counseling.

Offerings are divided into historical/intepretative courses—Religion of the Ancient World, and Sacred Architecture, among others—and ethical/critical courses—for example, God and the Holocaust, and Liberation Movements and Human Freedom.