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Apr 24, 2024
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2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Religious Studies, Ph.D.
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Admission Requirements
The deadline for completed applications is January 5. The requirements for admission to the Ph.D. degree program in religious studies are as follows:
- The B.A. degree or its equivalent from an accredited institution.
- A cumulative grade point average of 3.000 or above on a 4.000 scale.
- A satisfactory score on the GRE general graduate school admission test, ordinarily including a combined score of 310 or greater on the verbal and quantitative sections.
- Sufficient previous study in religion or related areas to be able to satisfy the requirements of the degree program.
- When English is not the applicant’s native language, a satisfactory TOEFL English language proficiency test score also is required. Internet-based version: 79-80 or better (preferably 100 or above); or paper-based version: 550 or better (preferably 600 or above).
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Required Courses
Satisfactory completion of 48 credit hours of approved graduate coursework, including the four courses of the core seminar in religious studies, each of which is taught during one of the four terms of the student’s two years of coursework::
Reading Competence
Demonstrating, by examination, a reading competence in two approved languages, other than English, relevant to the student’s field of study. (For students in the fields of Hebrew Bible and New Testament, four languages are required. Examinations must be passed in both Hebrew and Greek as well as in two additional languages.)
Comprehensive Field Examinations
Passing four comprehensive field examinations on the subjects designated for examination in the student’s field, each consisting of a six-hour written examination based on the bibliography agreed upon with the examiner.
Dissertation Proposal
Securing the GPRS Steering Committee’s approval of a dissertation proposal endorsed by the student’s dissertation adviser, two other members of the SMU faculty and one reader from outside the University.
Practice Teaching Requirement
Satisfactorily meeting the practice teaching requirement.
Doctoral Dissertation
Satisfactorily completing the doctoral dissertation.
Oral Examination
Satisfactorily passing an oral examination covering the student’s entire course of study as well as the dissertation.
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