Hons in Religion, Culture, and Spirituality at St. Jerome's University in Waterloo, Canada is a honours degree in Religious Studies programme. The programme runs for 4 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 58,000 per year (CAD 9,000 per year for local students).
Also offered as: Bachelor's Degree
At a glance
Degree:Honours Degree
Field:Religious Studies
Duration: 4 years
Local tuition: CAD 9,000 / year
International tuition: CAD 58,000 / year
Last checked September 2026 · Source: uwaterloo.ca ·
Program details
Overview
This Honours undergraduate program at St. Jerome's University, a federated university within the University of Waterloo, examines the world's major religious traditions from historical, cultural, and social perspectives. Coursework draws on faculty expertise in contemporary Christianity and Roman Catholicism alongside Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Islam, and other faiths, and explores how religion intersects with politics, economics, and social development. Students engage with topics such as theology, ethics, peace-making, social justice, and environmental and ecological concerns from a range of religious and secular viewpoints. The program offers a co-op option and an experiential-learning stream through the Beyond Borders Program, which grants academic credit for combining an international work placement with related coursework. As an Honours degree within the Faculty of Arts, it can be paired with a double major, specialization, or minor. The program suits students who want to examine fundamental questions about meaning, belief, and ethics across cultures, including those considering further study in religious diversity or Catholic thought.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Religion, Culture, and Spirituality is an Honours Arts program delivered through St. Jerome's University under full co-registration with the University of Waterloo, so admission follows Waterloo's own undergraduate process rather than a separate St. Jerome's standard. Waterloo publishes its Grade 12 subject and average cut-offs only through an interactive province-by-program admissions tool with no static text for this program, so an exact course list or minimum average cannot be quoted here. All applicants, domestic and international, must meet Waterloo's institution-wide English language requirement: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (6.5 in writing and speaking, 6.0 in reading and listening), TOEFL iBT 90 overall with 25 in writing and speaking for tests taken before 21 January 2026, PTE Academic 63 overall (65 in writing and speaking), or Duolingo English Test 120 overall with Literacy and Production at 125. Applicants who fall short of these scores may still qualify through Waterloo's Bridge to Academic Success in English program.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:St. Jerome's University is federated with the University of Waterloo, so its undergraduate programs are admitted through Waterloo's own process rather than a separate SJU deadline. For programs other than Engineering, which cover all six SJU majors, the application deadline for September 2027 entry is February 1, 2027, with supporting documents such as transcripts due by February 15, 2027; Waterloo's deadlines page states plainly that 'international students have the same deadlines as those listed above.' Waterloo does not publish a fixed opening date on this page, and admission is not described as rolling: applications and documents received after the published dates are considered only as space allows. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
