RAM学生专注于整个古代地中海和近东宗教的跨学科研究。选择主要和相关的次要领域，学生可以同步检查古代宗教，了解他们在社会，知识和政治背景下的形成和运作方式。学生可以选择从公元五世纪到公元一世纪的以色列宗教，犹太教（犹太教）的主要或次要野外工作，从公元一世纪到公元七世纪（包括犹太教）的犹太教（犹太教）和/或希腊罗马人散居地），希腊宗教，罗马宗教，早期基督教（公元前四世纪），上古晚期基督教（公元前四十七世纪），伊斯兰教。
RAM students focus on the interdisciplinary study of religion throughout the ancient Mediterranean and Near-East. Choosing both a major and a related minor area, students examine ancient religions synchronically, understanding how they formed and functioned in their social, intellectual, and political contexts. Students may choose as either a major or a minor field work in Israelite religion, Judean religion (Judaism) from the fifth century CE to the first century CE, Judean religion (Judaism) from the first century CE to the seventh century CE (including rabbinics and/or the Greco-Roman Diaspora), Greek religion, Roman religion, Early Christianity (first-fourth centuries CE), Christianity in Late Antiquity (fourth-seventh centuries CE), Early Islam.