Honors and Awards

Students with a high grade point average may choose to do a six-credit Honors project over two semesters. During the first semester, students carry out research for the project under the auspices of a faculty member as independent study; during the second semester, they write an Honors thesis under the supervision of a committee chaired by a Study of Religion faculty member. In recent years, students have composed Honors theses on themes such as Native American Ghose Dance religion, the gospel of Matthew, female "hysteria" as religious performance, and religion and identity politics.

Each year one graduating student with strong accomplishment in the field is awarded the Book Prize for the Study of Religion.