Catholic Studies Minor

Catholic Thought

A minimum of one course (three credit hours) from the list of offerings on Catholic thought:

• CA 3000 - Catholic Social Teaching (3)
• TH 3000 - Christianity II: Development (3)
• TH 3300 - Roman Catholicism (3)
• TH 3550 - Medieval Christianity (3)
• TH 3666 - The Book of Revelation (3)
• TH 4030 - Pauline Letters and Theology (3)
• TH 4050 - Sacraments (3)
• TH 4100 - Catholic and Protestant Theology (3)
• TH 4110 - Mystical Traditions in Christianity (3)
• TH 4340 - Eastern Christianity: Orthodoxy and Catholicism (3)
• TH 4444 - Feminine Face of God (3)
• PL 3200 - Philosophy of God (3)
• PL 3410 - Medieval Philosophy (3)
• PL 3770 - Philosophy of Religion (3)
• PL 3775 - Religion and Science (3)
• PL 4140 - The Philosophy of Aquinas (3)
• PL 4410 - The Philosophy of St. Augustine (3)
• PL 4620 - Just War and International Ethics (3)

Catholic Culture

A minimum of one course (three credit hours) from the list of offerings on Catholic culture:

• CA 3500 - The Jesuits (1)
• CA 3510 - The Jesuits in Spirituality and Theology (1)
• CA 3520 - The Jesuits in the Arts (1)
• CA 3530 - The Jesuits in the Sciences and Health Care (1)
• CA 3540 - The Jesuits in Business and Management (1)
• EN 3870 - Irish Literature (3)
• EN 3896 - The Literature of Catholicism and Christian Spirituality (3)
• FR 3870 - French Writers and Religion (3)

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• FR 4940 - Senior Capstone (3) (with approval)

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• SP 4940 - Senior Capstone (3) (with approval)

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• HS 3055 - Europe in the High Middle Ages (3)
• HS 3110 - Reformation Europe (3)
• HS 3120 - Law and Justice in the Pre-Modern World (3)
• MS 3350 - Renaissance and Baroque Music (3)
• SP 3420 - Spanish Mystics (3)
• SP 4665 - The Way or El Camino de Santiago (3)
• SP 4700 - The Spanish Golden Age (3)
• TH 3550 - Medieval Christianity (3)
• TH 4080 - Christianity in Film (3)
• TH 4181 - Religion in Latin America and the Caribbean (3)
• TH 4200 - Christian Marriage (3)

Additional Information:

Two additional courses (six credit hours) from either of the above lists or as approved by the director of the program (who may substitute other courses, including occasional special topics courses in Catholic Studies as developed by the program).

Additional courses may be added to the list of approved Catholic Studies electives. For descriptions of the upper-division courses listed above, see the catalog sections of the various departments that sponsor and schedule them.

Students must earn a grade of C or better in each upper-division course to count toward the Catholic Studies minor. (A grade of C- will not satisfy this requirement.)