1. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (Carol Meyers, convener)
2. New Testament (Joel Marcus, convener)
3. Early Christianity (Warren Smith, convener)
4. European Christianity (Hans Hillerbrand, convener)
   a. Christianity in Reformation Europe
   b. Modern European Christianity
5. American Religion (Grant Wacker, convener)
6. History of Judaism (Eric Meyers, convener)
7. Islamic Studies (Bruce Lawrence, convener)
8. Christian Theological Studies (Randy Maddox, convener)
9. Religion and Modernity (Leela Prasad, convener)
10. Asian Religions (Richard Jaffe, convener)

Applicants should make clear the subdiscipline (or at least general area) in which they wish to concentrate, e.g., medieval Islam; early Judaism; contemporary Christian ethics; religion in modernity. Applicants should consult the following writeups of each field in selecting which area of concentration they will choose as a major and minor area. Students who are unsure about which area of concentration to select should confer with the Director of the Graduate Program in Religion or the respective field convener.

Though recommendations and requirements for course loads differ among the subfields, students in the Graduate Program in Religion generally take three to four advanced classes per semester. Where four courses are taken, advisors and matriculation committees will work with students to ensure that under normal circumstances students have no more than two major research papers in a single semester.