The USC Department of Religious Studies provides undergraduates with an opportunity to explore the variety and depth of the world's religious traditions, including their histories, scriptures, systems of belief, rituals, sacred art, and social institutions. Both a major and a minor are offered.

• A curriculum of over 40 courses is designed to help students acquire expertise in at least one major tradition while at the same time challenging them to take seriously a wide diversity of religious expression and meaning. Students who are seeking a broadly based education in the liberal arts will find the Department's program especially valuable, for it is in the very nature of religious studies to draw upon the methods and insights of many different disciplines, such as philosophy, literature, history, psychology, international studies, anthropology, and art. Students frequently combine a major or minor in one of these fields with a program of study in religion.

• The Department is very proud of its strong teaching record. Its faculty include former winners of the University's AMOCO and Mungo Teaching Awards as well as awards from the USC Mortar Board and the South Carolina Honors College. Class sizes range from as many as 100 in introductory courses to as few as 5 in small upper-level seminars, but in every case faculty are dedicated to working closely with students and to assisting them in pursuing their personal interests and career goals.