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Religious Studies

Religious Studies as a teachable subject in the Faculty of Education builds upon the existing strengths of the Religious Studies program in the Faculty of Arts. Currently, this program offers courses clustered into four main areas: Religion and Culture, Biblical Studies, Judaic Studies and Christian Studies. There are also courses which support students' inquiry into Islam, the religious traditions of Asia and South Asia, and North American First Nations Spirituality.

Students wishing to teach Religious Studies must take six full courses for a first teachable or four full courses for a second teachable from the extensive list of approved courses in the Religious Studies program. In consultation with the Education Religious Studies adviser, students will be able to design a program of studies that will enable them to teach World Religions as a comparative religion course in public schools, Catholic schools or Jewish schools. They will also be able to design a program of studies that will enable them to teach religion classes in Catholic schools, Islamic private schools and a variety of courses related to classical and modern Judaism in Jewish schools.

Academic Requirements:

1. AS/HUMA 2800 9.0/AS/SOSC 2600 9.0 Introduction to the Study of Religion.

2. One of:

• AS/HUMA 2830 9.0 Founders of Christianity;
• AS/HUMA 2000C 6.0 Islamic Traditions;
• AS/HUMA 2850 9.0 The Jewish Experience - Symbiosis and Rejection;
• AS/HUMA 2810 6.0 The Hebrew Bible;
• AS/HUMA 3420 6.0 Interpreting the New Testament.

All courses will be counted as 6 credits towards the teachable subject.

3. For a second teachable, two more upper level full courses selected in consultation with a faculty adviser.

4. For a first teachable, four more upper level full courses selected in consultation with a faculty adviser.

All teacher candidates will also take ED/INDS 3900 6.0 Independent Study: Religious Studies a practicum course with appropriate practicum placement which allows students to teach Religious Studies in an Intermediate and/or Secondary school.

Teacher candidates preparing to teach in Jewish Day Schools should be enrolled in the Jewish Education program and should be sure to include:

• AS/HEB 3210 3.0 Selections from Hebrew Religious Legal Texts;
• AS/HEB 3220 3.0 Hebrew Liturgical Texts;
• AS/HEB 3230 3.0 Hebrew Literature of Celebration and Commemoration.

Teacher candidates preparing to teach in Catholic schools should also take ED/EDUC 3000 3.0 Teaching Religious Education in the Catholic District Schools.

For courses that are weighted 9.0, only 6.0 of the course weighting will be applied to meet the teachable subject requirement.