Senior Project

The department has a two-semester senior project, with the first semester focusing on identifying and collecting material while finalizing the project’s research focus. The second semester is then spent writing and revising the thesis. A proposal/prospectus is expected to be produced during the first semester, including a substantial annotated bibliography.

The James F. Sheridan, Jr. Memorial Fund provides support for senior project research materials, for conference travel, and for senior project research materials required by students in Philosophy and in Religious Studies. The fund was established in memory of Jim Sheridan, Allegheny alumnus (Class of 1950) and Professor of Philosophy, by his friends, family, and beloved wife Nancy. To learn more about this opportunity, talk with your Senior Project Advisor.

Students can use this Religious Studies Comp Template in Word or in Google doc format for the title page of their project.

Senior Project Guidelines

It is now a requirement that your completed Senior Project be uploaded to D-Space.

D-Space Instructions and Permission Forms

Recent Religious Studies Senior Projects

  • Puritanism Made Me Do It: The Religious Movement that Shaped The Mission for Indigenous People in 17th Century Massachusetts Bay
  • The Hasidim: Spiritual Jews of Eighteenth Century Poland
  • Diaspora Nation: Jewish Spiritual Nationalism as a Response to Russian Pogroms
  • “If I Should Fall” – The Functional Role of the Gilgamesh Narrative in the Human Experience of Death