A major in Religious Studies and Theology deepens knowledge of Catholic and Christian traditions as well as a variety of non-Christian traditions, and their impact on modern life and issues.

Earn both your bachelor's degree and master's degree at the University of Dayton through one streamlined program.

The 5-year “Bachelor's Plus Master's” (BPM) degree option allows students to obtain both a bachelor of arts in religious studies and theology and a master of arts in theological studies in five years. The undergraduate degree is earned in the first four years, with the master's degree being earned in the fifth year.

BPM students are charged at the regular undergraduate tuition rate for their first four years, and are offered an ~30% discounted rate (the graduate tuition rate) for the 24 semester hours of graduate coursework they must complete in their fifth year. To help support their M.A. degree completion, several paid teaching opportunities in the department are available for BPM students.

This interdisciplinary 12-credit minor engages the history of Judaism, development of Jewish thought, religious practice and culture. In addition to a survey course in the Jewish tradition, the minor includes an elective on a topic in the Hebrew Bible and two additional electives from a collection of courses in English, Global Languages and Cultures, Philosophy and Religious Studies.

This interdisciplinary 12-credit minor, housed in the Religious Studies department, investigates key sources of the Catholic-Marianist tradition with emphasis on their import for today’s world. The minor includes at least one course on special topics in Marianist Studies, a course on the Theology of Mary and two additional electives from among a list of courses in English, Sociology, Political Science, Education or Religious Studies.

Whether your career goals are in business, communication, medicine, law, public service, the arts, engineering or any other field, this minor will strengthen your understanding and appreciation for the perspectives, values and contributions of coworkers, clients and others.

If you are intrigued by belief systems, ethical values and devotional practices in your personal life and around the world, this minor can connect those concepts and questions with your current studies. This minor can compliment any degree program at the University of Dayton.

Theology is a search for a deeper understanding of one's faith and experience of God. It explores one's knowledge of faith and how that faith can lead to service and promotion of the common good.

This minor offers an excellent opportunity to prepare to teach religion (catechesis) in Catholic schools or parish ministry today, whether as a full-time vocation or as a volunteer.

Our certificate programs strengthen your professional formation with 12 credits of coursework in a particular area of concentration. Certificates may be pursued as an integral part of the Master of Arts degree program, as a free-standing program for non-degree seeking students or a supplement to a completed Master of Arts degree.

Disability studies is a young academic field, but has developed over the past 15 years to become an important field related to many disciplines, including but not limited to: anthropology, biology, health professions, bio mechanical engineering, history, literature, religious studies, and communications. We propose this interdisciplinary minor as a way to bring together the several faculty on campus who research and teach in disability studies, and to offer their expertise to a wider range of students than just in their major field of study.