Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body (Dalhousie University)
Authorized form of name
Dalhousie University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Department of Classics. Religious Studies Program
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Dalhousie University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Department of Comparative Religion (1988-2009)
- Dalhousie University. Faculty of Arts and Science. Department of Religion (1971-1988)
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1971-
History
Religious Studies became a program within the Department of Classics in 2009. Prior to that, religion was a small but independent department approved by Senate in the late 1960s and established in 1971, and during its last two decades going by the name Comparative Religion. The program offers an academic, non-confessional discipline that examines the world's religious cultures and expressions, both historical and contemporary.
Places
The Religious Studies Program is located in the Marion McCain building on Dalhousie's Studley Campus.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Religious Studies offers a program of study leading to the usual range of BA and BSc degree options.
Mandates/sources of authority
The basic statute relating to Dalhousie University is Chapter 24 of the Acts of 1863. This statute replaced earlier statutes, and the 1863 statute itself has been amended and supplemented several times over the years. The provisions of these various statutes provide for the establishment and regulation of the university, the membership of the Board of Governors and its rights and powers, the authority of senate for the internal regulation of the university (subject to the approval of the board), and various other matters.
Internal structures/genealogy
The Religious Studies Program is administered through the Department of Classics, within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. The program is taught by faculty across the departments of classics, history, and sociology and anthropology, one of whom also serves as the program's director and undergraduate advisor.