Overview

Key Features

The MA in Women’s and Gender Studies in Religion from Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is designed to introduce students to the field of feminist scholarship in religion. Our program addresses a vital need for more scholars whose training addresses gender and identity and how different religious traditions approach sexuality and spirituality. As is true of other CGU programs, the program gives you the flexibility to design your own course of study in line with core courses that will introduce you to important methodologies in these fields. You will study and build close working relationships with expert faculty-scholars, learning side by side with doctoral students as you prepare to become a teacher, enter a doctoral program, or consider careers outside academia.

Program Highlights

Interdisciplinary concentrations are available to you, including American Studies, Early Modern Studies, Hemispheric & Transnational Studies, Media Studies, and Museum Studies.
You will meet once a month for an Advisory Group Meeting held in the home of one of the faculty members, thus gaining an opportunity to get answers to questions and bond with classmates.
You can take courses and interact with faculty and students in other CGU departments and at The Claremont Colleges in such areas as Asian religions, African American religions, New Testament, women’s studies, and U.S. history.
The program allows students great flexibility in designing their studies while core courses introduce students to important methodologies in these fields
You will have access to the libraries of CGU and Claremont University Consortium which offer more than two million volumes – more than 250,000 in the field of religion alone.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Women’s Studies in Religion

Major Interpreters in the Study of Religion

Body, Gender & Sexuality in Early Christianity

Theories of Religion

Religion in America: 1865-present

Ancient Mesopotamian Religion

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

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Credits

40 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Claremont, United States

Disciplines

Gender & Sexuality Studies Theology and Religious Studies View 749 other Masters in Theology and Religious Studies in United States

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Academic requirements

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Application

$80 Application fee

Official transcripts (undergraduate/graduate)

Resume

English proficiency exam (international applicants only)

Copy of Passport

Affidavit of Financial Support

Financial Statement or Proof

Statement of purpose

Writing sample

Three letters of recommendation

Tuition Fees

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41400 USD / year

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41400 USD / year

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Living costs

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1100 - 1600 USD / month

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