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Christianity, Interfaith Dialogue and Community Engagement (BA)
formerly Christian Studies and Global Citizenship (BA)
As a student in this program, you will learn to think critically about your faith, the world, and your place within it. The Christianity, Interfaith Dialogue and Community Engagement program promotes a greater sense of social responsibility and spiritual awareness, an appreciation of diversity, and experience in serving the community.
- Graduates of this program will be prepared to pursue careers where their values and worldview can be integrated into their career.
- The experiential learning opportunities available to students are internships, field trips, service-learning projects and study-abroad experiences.
- Learn from organizations and communities locally and globally while gaining practical experience.
- This degree is project-based learning where the knowledge you gain is applied in a practical skill-building setting with no exams.
- Scholarships and bursaries are available to help students achieve their academic and career goals, making this program an affordable and accessible option for students from all backgrounds.
We encourage applicants of all academic backgrounds to apply.
Ontario High School Curriculum
- Minimum admission range of low 70s.
- Competitive admission range of low 80s.
- English at 60%.
Visit our admission requirements section to find specific requirements for other Canadian curriculums, international curriculums, transfer students and more.
Late applications are still being accepted.
Application Deadlines
- April 1, 2024: The application deadline.
- April 25, 2024: Deadline to submit your Applicant Background Summary form.
- April 25, 2024: Deadline to submit your statement, if applicable, letting us know about your special case or extenuating circumstances.
- April 24, 2024: Deadline to apply for an entrance bursary.
- May 12, 2024: Deadline to submit your required documentselectronically.
- June 3, 2024: Accept your offer of admission by June 3 at 11:59 p.m., unless a different date is noted on your official Offer of Admission letter.
- June 3, 2024: The last day to apply for residence is June 3, at 11:59 p.m.
- mid-June, 2024: Course registration opens for first-year students.
- July 15, 2024: Deadline to submit your final official documents.
- Late July 2024: Entrance scholarships are finalized
Application Checklist
There are two specializations available to Luther students:
Care and Counselling Specialization:
Required:
- GC230 - Introduction to Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy
Three of the following (1.5 credits):
- GC231 - Restorative Contemplative Arts
- GC232 - Introduction to Couples and Families
- GC233 - Identity Formation and the Family
- GC234 - Eco-consciousness and Spirituality
- GC235 - Questioning Ability
- GC330 - Neuroscience, Social Relationships, and Spirituality
Spirituality and Global Music Specialization:
Required (0.5 credit):
- GC352 - Inshallah: Worship and Global Song
Three of the following (1.5 credits):
- GC231 - Restorative Contemplative Arts
- GC345 - Faith and Fiction
- GC351 - Lift up Your Voice: Leading the People’s Song in Worship
- GC353 - Sing Fires of Justice: Music towards the Common Good
- GC354 - Sounds of the Sacred
Program Courses
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Complete the following 10 courses:
- Christianity and Global Citizenship (GC101)
- Loving God, Self, and the World (GC102)
- Public Faith and Public Theology (GC201)
- Survey of the Christian Tradition: The Bible (GC202)
- Doing Justice and Christian Social Ethics Today (GC203)
- Survey of the Christian Tradition: History and Theology (GC204)
- Critical Questions in Christian Life (GC302)
- (The Art and Science of) Listening (GC303)
- Faith and/in the Margins: Intersectionality’s Role in Religion (GC304)
- Senior Project and Integration Seminar (GC401)
9 half-credit courses in Global Citizenship at the 200-level or above
- A New Global Christianity (GC342)
- Abrahamic Faiths: History/Beliefs (GC373)
- Abrahamic Faiths: Mysticisms (GC372)
- Antisemitism, Anti-Judaism, and Judeophobia (GC275)
- Art as Therapy: Self-Care/Development
- Bob Dylan: Jewish Ethics (GC374)
- Canadian Questions (GC221)
- Christian Studies and Ecojustice (GC343)
- Cross Cultural Encounter I (GC398)
- Cross Cultural Encounter II (GC399)
- Death, Dying, and Leonard Cohen (GC378)
- Eco-consciousness and Spirituality (GC234)
- Engaging Youth Culture (GC241)
- Faith and Fiction (GC345)
- Faith and Film (GC341)
- Faith and Sustainable Development (GC346)
- Identity Formation and the Family (GC233)
- Inshallah: Worship and Global Song (GC352)
- Introduction to Couples and Families (GC232)
- Introduction to Nurturing Faith (GC361)
- Introduction to Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy (GC230)
- Introduction to Worship (GC355)
- Jesus in Islam (GC362)
- Jewish Business Ethics (GC272)
- Jewish Studies and Practice (GC270)
- Lift up Your Voice: Leading the People’s Song in Worship (GC351)
- Neuroscience, Social Relationships, and Spirituality (GC330)
- Politics and Faith in an Age of Anger (GC223)
- Questioning Ability (GC235)
- Restorative Contemplative Arts (GC231)
- Sing a New Song: Christian Music in All Times and Places (GC252)
- Sing Fires of Justice: Music towards the Common Good (GC353)
- Sounds of the Sacred (GC354)
- Special Topics Seminars in Christian Studies and Global Citizenship (GC480)
- Special Topics in Christian Studies and Global Citizenship (GC380)
- Special Topics in Public Ethics and Spirituality (GC280)
- The Bible and Globalization (GC301)
- Why Am I Here?: Worldview, Meaning-Making, and Authenticity (GC205)
18 half-credit elective courses from Luther and/or Laurier
- Minimum six at the 200 level or above
- Minimum 14 from the Faculty of Arts
Electives available at these Laurier programs:
- Anthropology
- Arabic
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Business
- Chemistry
- Communication Studies
- Computer Science
- Criminology
- Cultural Studies
- Economics
- English
- Environmental Studies
- Film Studies
- French
- Geography
- Geology
- German
- Global Studies
- Health Science
- History
- Indigenous Studies
- Interdisciplinary
- Italian
- Kinesiology
- Leadership
- Mathematics
- Mediterranean Studies
- Music
- Muslim Studies
- North American Studies
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Religion and Culture
- Science
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Women and Gender Studies
- Youth and Children’s Studies
Two half-credit courses in any non-English language
Laurier offers classes in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Spanish. Learn more at the Department of Languages and Literatures page.
Scholarships and Bursaries
Full-time students, in addition to being eligible for financial assistance from Laurier, may be eligible for the following bursaries from Luther.
This $500 scholarship is available to incoming students. If you receive this scholarship and maintain an exceptional grade-point average during your first term of full-time study, you may be eligible to receive it again for a second term. There’s no need to apply for this scholarship; recipients will be contacted by the program director. There’s a limited number of entrance scholarships issued each year.
Value: $1,000*
*Amount subject to change
This grant is available to BA students in Martin Luther University College programs who are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC). The grant is worth $500 per term of full-time study, up to a maximum of $1,000 per year and $4,000 throughout your program. If you attend a congregation that is an ELCIC-partner, contact Allen Jorgenson to see if you are eligible. To receive this grant, have your pastor write a letter to the student advisor to confirm your active participation at your home congregation.
Deadline to apply: The third week of each term. (Applications will roll over to subsequent terms.)
Value: $4,000*
Deadline to apply: The third week of each term. (Applications will roll over to subsequent terms.)
Value: $4,000*
*Amount subject to change
Women enrolled in a Luther undergraduate program are eligible to receive this award. In addition to academic achievement, the criteria for this award includes volunteer work and other extracurricular involvement that demonstrate well-rounded leadership potential. Faculty members will send their nomination to scholarship committee by end of December each year and the final decision will be made by end of January.
Value: $500*
*Amount subject to change
The Serenia Life Financial Scholarship program is available to members of Serenia Life Financial. One-time scholarships are awarded each year to a limited number of members pursuing a full-time undergraduate or graduate university degree, or college diploma at any accredited institution in, or outside of, Canada.
Deadline to apply: June 1
Value: $2,000*
*Amount subject to change
Funds may be available through the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Such funds intend to encourage, through financial support, young Christians enrolling in post-secondary schools. This support is especially designed to enable them to pursue a vocation in society as men and women. Scholarship opportunities may vary from year to year.
Deadline/Value: varies
Deadline/Value: varies
Scholarships:
A scholarship is granted on a competitive basis for outstanding academic achievement.
Bursaries:
A bursary is a monetary gift based on demonstrated financial need and satisfactory academic achievement. Bursaries do not have to be paid back to the university.