Catholic Studies

What principles can enrich the encounters between Catholic theology and the natural and applied sciences?

Studies the Christian vision of the man under the light of divine revelation: his creation in God's image and likeness, his ultimate end, and his spiritual and material faculties. Readings focus on the development of Christian anthropology in its historical context, both ancient and modern, as well as the anthropological foundations of moral action, ascetical praxis, and sacramental discipline. Primary source readings will typically be chosen from scripture, the fathers, and recent Magisterium, including documents of the Second Vatican Council, with an eye to comparison and contrast between Christian anthropology and modern and post-modern views of the human person. Key topics may include deification, personhood, freedom, the mind, passions, relationality, or sexuality. Prerequisites: THEO 1301/3301 and 2301/3311

This course examines the ways in which the Catholic faith is presented and illuminated through the literary arts. Prerequisites: THEO 1301/3301 and 2301/3311. Co-requisite: THEO 3349.

A practical experience with a community organization dealing with social justice issues. Both a faculty member (Political and Social Science Department) and a field supervisor will coordinate and evaluate the internship. Periodically, throughout the semester, interns in this program will meet to discuss how their internships are related to Catholic Social Teaching.

Student research on the Catholic Tradition in regard to an elective offered by a particular discipline, pursued under the guidance and evaluation of a faculty member within that discipline and approved by the Director of Catholic Studies.

Student research on the Catholic Tradition in regard to an elective offered by a particular discipline, pursued under the guidance and evaluation of a faculty member within that discipline and approved by the Director of Catholic Studies.

A practical experience with a Catholic organization dealing with social justice issues. Both a faculty member (Political Science Department) and a field supervisor will coordinate and evaluate the internship. Periodically, throughout the semester, interns in this program will meet to discuss how their internships are related to Catholic Social Teaching.

Student research on the Catholic Tradition in regard to an elective offered by a particular discipline, pursued under the guidance and evaluation of a faculty member within that discipline and approved by the Director of Catholic Studies.

Upper division treatment of inter-disciplinary or cultural expressions of theological doctrines within the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.

Student research on the Catholic Tradition in regard to an elective offered by a particular discipline, pursued under the guidance and evaluation of a faculty member within that discipline and approved by the Director of Catholic Studies.

Explores the Catholic understanding of the human person with a view towards implications for pedagogy. This course examines many aspects of human nature: the unity of soul and body, sensation, emotion, thought, free choice, and habits.

This course focuses on what a Catholic school is, what makes it distinctive, what rule it plays in the Church and the lives of families, and how all of that affects the way teachers approach their various subjects.