The Department of Religious Studies offers a program of study leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree. The department seeks to give students an understanding of Christian theology and the phenomenon of religion in its various manifestations. The religious quest is investigated in relation to other areas of life, particularly human relationships, social interaction and political realities.  

Non-majors are advised to select introductory level courses early in their college programs and continue selections that complement their major programs or represent a diversion from them as well as help to develop new interests in fundamental issues of life and its meaning.

Our faculty conduct internationally recognized research and innovative, technologically-enhanced instruction. Grounded in practical experience but exploring the frontiers of their disciplines, they define the nature academic excellence.

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Fahy Hall. Opened in 1968, this building houses many departments of the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as the dean of this College. In addition to classrooms and faculty offices, it contains communication and language laboratories, and a television studio.

The University Libraries have notable resources, including extensive holdings of almost 700,000 book volumes, and 1,127 current periodical subscriptions, back-files of more than 6,500 serial titles, electronic access to full text articles in more than 25,000 journals, a broad selection of indexing and abstracting services in both digital and print formats, various microform collections, music CDs, and audiovisual aids.  A complete listing of database resources can be found at library.shu.edu