The Department of Ancient Studies and Religious Sciences (religious sciences sector) intends to pursue, through research and teaching, the study of the religious phenomenon in the same way as any other category of facts accessible to the public. human experience and observation.
The disciplines used in the study of religions are mainly history, sociology, psychology and anthropology. The object of this multidisciplinary approach is also plural, because the religious phenomenon diversifies into numerous religious traditions with variable forms of expression.
Research into the meaning of religious phenomena is carried out through analysis and comparison of various forms of religious expression, both from the past and the present. No tradition is considered normative.
Programs focus on religions in Canada, including Native American and Inuit traditions, and religions in a comparative cultural context as well as religions in the Greco-Roman world. The comparative cultural approach makes it possible to study religious phenomena across different religious traditions, especially in their specific cultural contexts. The programs rely primarily on anthropological, historical, psychological and sociological methods.
The Department participates in multidisciplinary programs in Women’s Studies and Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the master’s level. For more information, please refer to the “Submit an application for admission” section.
The multidisciplinary master’s degree in Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MDR) has two objectives:
- Offer multidisciplinary training in Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the graduate level;
- Teach students theoretical approaches and research methods specific to the study of the period.
Since the 16th century, studying the Middle Ages has consisted of studying a “middle” period, that is to say intermediate, between what is perceived as two great civilizations, the classical Roman world and the modern Western world. This definition had a profound impact on academia, crystallizing a periodization that is now traditional in most human sciences disciplines.
NOTE: The University of Ottawa offers a partial tuition fee waiver scholarship to French-speaking international students. This significant contribution to financing their study project allows for a considerable reduction in tuition fees.
To benefit from the partial exemption scholarship, international students must:
- accept an offer of admission to a program of study offered only in French;
OR
- have completed secondary or post-secondary studies in French for at least two years and have obtained their diploma; And
- register for compulsory courses in French if these courses are given in both official languages (French and English).
