Learning Outcomes

Students who choose to major in religious studies at Elmhurst University will:

• Comprehend significant aspects of religion through the critical examination of classical primary texts and related artifacts
• Examine historic and contemporary expressions of religion with intellectual integrity and spiritual sensitivity
• Analyze the nature and importance of one’s own convictions about faith, meaning and values while at the same time respecting the commitments of others
• Examine the religious basis for, and be committed to, personal integrity, benevolent service and social justice
• Describe central characteristics of our multicultural, interdependent and global human family