Careers
Graduates secure positions in seminary, graduate school and church-oriented vocations in education, medicine, communications and social services. Students have the opportunity to become certified as a church staff worker after completing a 1-year work-study program in a parish in addition to the Augustana degree.
Hands-On Learning
Internship and practicum opportunities include:
- Chaplaincy at Avera or Sanford Health
- Local congregations/parishes
- Bioethics at Sanford Health
- Bible or book studies at Touchmark at All Saints Retirement Community
- Church camps
- Church on the Street
Service opportunities include:
- Prison ministries
- Pine Ridge Reservation
- The Banquet
- Lutheran Social Services (LSS) mentoring
- Good Shepherd Center
Faculty members regularly collaborate with students on research projects in areas such as biblical storytelling and theology in medicine. Many religion students choose to present their academic research at Augustana’s Arthur Olsen Student Research Symposium.
Religion students study away in:
- Germany and Scotland — focusing on pilgrimage with AU faculty
- London, England, and Ireland — focusing on race and religion with AU faculty
Courses & Organizations
Students often choose to take these courses:
- Story and Theology
- Hope and the Future
- Reason, Faith and the Search for Meaning
- Judaism, Islam and the Christian Faith
- Religion and American Culture
The major is designed to integrate with other majors to strengthen students’ overall understanding.
Religion students often participate in:
- Campus Ministries
- Better Together
- Muslim Student Association
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
- Augie Worship Night
