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I can vouch for the excellence of this program at UNC. The religion department is excellent, and the early Christianity/Judaism faculty especially so. One of the faculty members won the Archaeological Institute of America award for excellence in teaching and is one of the very best professors at Carolina.</p>
<p>The religion departments at UNC and Duke collectively crush BC, and either is more than on par. Most people are surprised to learn that nearly all of the strongest religion departments are in the South (Duke, Vandy, Emory, UVA, UNC). The only schools outside the South on par with any of them are Harvard, Princeton, and Chicago.</p>
<p>Some of umcp11’s post is incorrect. UNC does NOT have more than 20,000 students. It has about 17K total undergrads and roughly 15K in Arts & Sciences. Furthermore, I find the claim that BC’s humanities classes would be smaller highly dubious. The average size for a humanities class at UNC is 17 students, and it has far more courses available. In Classics, it is not unusual for a class to have fewer than 10 students.</p>