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chair at least 3 weeks before the end of the semester after the
qualifying examination.
Admission to candidacy: On successfully completing the qualifying
examination and the dissertation proposal, and all other course and
language requirements, and with the approval of the supervisory
committee, students make formal application to the Department
and Graduate School for admission to Ph.D. candidacy.
Dissertation and its defense: The final years of the program are
devoted to dissertation research and writing. The student is
expected to present the completed dissertation and defend it at a
public oral defense conducted by the supervisory committee.
Mentoring: Each student is assigned a faculty mentor on admission
to the program, based on expressions of faculty interest and the
student’s intended area of concentration. The mentor and graduate
coordinator answer questions and provide support for the student in
choosing courses and planning a program. By the end of the second
semester, all master's degree students must designate their
supervisory committee chair and one additional department
committee member. By the end of the second semester, all
doctoral students must designate their committee chair. By no later
than the end of the fourth semester of study, all doctoral students
must designate a four-member supervisory committee including the
chair and one member from outside the department. For details
about the programs listed above, visit http://www.religion.ufl.edu.
REL 5143: Religion and Social Change (3) Religion's role in
social movements and other forms of cultural, economic, and
political transformation.
REL 5195: Topics in Religion and Society (3; max: 6) Examines
the interaction between religious bodies and the structures of the
societies in which they function, with particular attention to the
United States.
REL 5297: Topics in Biblical Studies (3; max: 9) Examines
methods of interpreting particular texts or themes chosen from
Hebrew scriptures or the Christian New Testament.
REL 5338: Topics in Asian Religions (3; max: 9) Examines
religious traditions that are indigenous to India, China, or Japan.
REL 5348: Buddhism across Boundaries (3) Cross-cultural
history of Buddhism from the perspective of selected primary and
secondary sources.
REL 5365: Studies in Islam (3; max: 9) Historical study of
development of selected doctrines, institutions, and practices, using
primary and interpretive material.
REL 5396: Religion and Animals (3) Examines the place of
animals in the cosmologies and ethical systems of the world's
diverse religions.
REL 5495: Topics in Religious Thought (3; max: 9) Investigation
of particular themes in a religious tradition or the comparative