Our Early Entry M.A. Program

if you are thinking about the value of an advanced, post-graduate degree AND love Religious Studies, why not consider the advantages this particular MA offers? You can’t get an MA without advanced analytical skills; an MA is also evidence that you can manage your time and tasks, use your initiative, and demonstrates that you are self-reliant.  Employers are well aware that an MA demonstrates intellectual and personal strengths in potential employees. That can have an effect on your starting salary – no matter where you work.

For instance, with an MA in Religious Studies, you can demonstrate to any employer – in any kind of field – that you are particularly aware and sensitive to religious difference. This kind of expertise is valuable in a great many work settings, from medical management to local government and from private to not-for-profit workplaces.

If you are accepted into the early MA program, you can take up to 12 hours of credit for which you will pay undergraduate fees. But those 12 hours can count for BOTH your undergraduate degree and an MA degree. An MA in Religious Studies requires 30 hours of credit. You can earn almost half of that credit – in essence – for free. Nearly half of your degree doesn’t cost you a thing.

You can find more information about our M.A. program here. If you have questions about the early entry program, please contact Undergraduate Program Director Dr. Alex Kaloyanides at akaloyan@charlotte.edu. If you have questions about the graduate program, please contact Graduate Program Director Dr. Will Sherman at wsherma@charlotte.edu.