Students prepare for careers in parish pastoral ministry, youth ministry, hospital ministry, religious education administration and teaching, campus ministry, church/religious architecture, religious art, music ministry, missionary work, religious bookstore sales and management, religious journalism, church camp ministry, academic scholarship and teaching, parish administration, social justice advocacy, prison ministry, retreat ministry, and ministry to the elderly.
Even more career choices emerge when the religious studies major is combined with another major or minor, such as business administration, education, nursing, family studies, health services management, long-term care administration, art, music, psychology, English, languages, philosophy, interior design, graphic design, historic preservation and public relations. For volunteers in church communities, courses in religious studies provide the background necessary for effective service.
