Religions building Constructed in 1960, the Center for the Study of World Religions building was designed by the Catalonian architect Josep Lluis Sert, then dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Design, for what was his first Harvard commission. Rockefeller Hall Rockefeller Hall, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes in 1970, featured seminar rooms and a refectory on the ground floor and student housing above. A 2008 renovation by VSBA/Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc. transformed the upper floors into staff offices, modernized access and created the fourth LEED Gold building at Harvard. Academics Degrees Harvard Divinity School is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS) and approved by ATS to grant the following degrees: Master of Theological Studies (MTS) Master of Divinity (M.Div.) Master of Religion and Public Life (MRPL) Master of Theology (Th.M.) In April 2014, the faculty of HDS voted to suspend admission to its Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) program, although students already enrolled in the Th.D. program were allowed to complete their degrees. Instead, doctoral students pursue Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees under the auspices of the Committee on the Study of Religion, which is made up of 50% Arts and Sciences and 50% Divinity faculty members and housed in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. While many Ph.D. students in the GSAS take courses at HDS, and both HDS and FAS characterize the Ph.D. as a joint program, Ph.D. students are formally enrolled in the GSAS and not HDS; only the GSAS at Harvard may award the Ph.D. Curriculum Candidates for the MTS choose among 18 areas of academic focus: African and African American Religious Studies Buddhist Studies Comparative Studies East Asian Religions Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Hindu Studies History of Christianity Islamic Studies Jewish Studies New Testament and Early Christianity Philosophy of Religion Religions of the Americas Religion, Ethics, and Politics Religion, Literature, and Culture Religion and the Social Sciences South Asian Religious Studies Theology Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion Candidates for the M.Div. are required to take at least 12 courses in scriptural interpretation and histories, theologies, and practices. Those 12 courses must include: Three courses in the theories, methods, and practices of scriptural interpretation Six courses in the histories, theologies, and practices of religious traditions No more than nine courses in the same religious tradition, or listed in no religious tradition(s) At least six courses