宗教研究课程涵盖了来自世界各地的各种引人入胜的宗教和宗教现象课程，与其他专业相辅相成。宗教研究专业也被研究生院和许多主要企业认可，非常适合进修和国际商务关系。RS为包括医学院在内的所有研究领域提供了必要的批判性思维技能，并为专业学生提供了需要对多元文化交易和对话敏感的工作。宗教学双学位课程提供跨文化和多学科的文科教育，并与许多专业相辅相成，并促进对不同文化的理解和知识。
The Religious Studies major is designed to provide a liberal arts education with an emphasis on the critical study of religious phenomena. The Religious Studies major provides an excellent basis from which to pursue careers requiring imagination, problem-solving and communication skills, and awareness of human diversity. <br>The Religious Studies department seeks to provide students with analytical models used in the humanities and social sciences to learn about and appreciate diverse cultures and religions around the world. Students learn methods of cross-cultural religious inquiry and analysis and apply these methods in a wide variety of social, political and religious contexts. Religious Studies provides students with critical-thinking and writing skills that employers across a wide range of careers seek in addition to expertise in diverse cultures.<br><br>The Department of Religious Studies at California State University, Northridge, was founded and began offering courses in 1969. The Religious Studies program includes a major, double major and minor. The department offers courses in comparative religions, Asian religions, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, ethics, literature, art, film, critical thinking, history, cognitive science, psychology, science, and theory and method. Summer sessions and evening classes are available to help working students complete their degree.