Major Requirements

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
CTH 180	INTRODUCTION TO CATHOLICISM	4
CTH 209	THEORIES OF THE CHURCH: CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES	4
Select two of the following:		8
CTH 220	EARLY CATHOLIC HISTORY: ORIGINS AND EXPANSION
CTH 221	CATHOLIC HISTORY FROM MEDIEVAL TO MODERN: REFORM AND REVOLUTION
CTH 222	CATHOLICISM IN THE MODERN AGE: SECULAR AND SACRED
Select one of the following:		4
CTH 202	CATHOLICS AND SCRIPTURE
CTH 203	WHAT CATHOLICS BELIEVE
Select three courses over three of the five areas listed below		12
Select four Electives, three of which must be at the 300-level ¹		16
Select one Senior Capstone ²		4

The Study Abroad Program in Rome is encouraged.

One Senior Capstone (four credit hours) is required. Consult with the Department of Catholic Studies for approved Capstone options.

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
CTH 110	THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE
CTH 183	THEMES IN CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT
CTH 190	METHODS OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION
CTH 212	ANCIENT ISRAEL: HISTORY, LITERATURE AND RELIGION
CTH 213	THE NEW TESTAMENT
CTH 214	THE HISTORICAL JESUS
CTH 215	VARIETIES OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY
CTH 216	PAUL AND HIS INFLUENCE IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY
CTH 218	THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE
CTH 223	THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL
CTH 228	MEDIEVAL MYSTICS IN EUROPE: 1000-1600 A.D.
CTH 230	THINKING ABOUT GOD
CTH 231	ROMAN CATHOLIC LITURGY
CTH 238	ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
CTH 239	MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
CTH 240	TOPICS IN CATHOLIC THOUGHT
CTH 243	ROMAN CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL THINKING
CTH 244	DEBATES ABOUT GOD
CTH 246	INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIAN ETHICS
CTH 248	CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES
CTH 249	NATURE, COSMOS AND GOD: CATHOLICISM AND SCIENCE
CTH 336	THEORIES OF INTERPRETATION
CTH 337	GREEK AND MEDIEVAL THOUGHT
CTH 338	EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY
CTH 339	PHILOSOPHY SINCE KANT
CTH 341	LIBERATION THEOLOGY: THEORY AND PRACTICE
CTH 354	SPECIAL TOPICS IN CATHOLIC THOUGHT

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
CTH 226	ROMAN CATHOLIC SPIRITUAL LITERATURE
CTH 229	CATHOLICISM AS A SPIRITUAL PATH
CTH 250	ART IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN EMPIRE
CTH 251	CATHOLIC THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY CINEMA
CTH 252	BYZANTINE ART
CTH 253	CONQUEST AND CONVERSION: THE ART OF THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
CTH 254	THE AGE OF CATHEDRALS: THE ART OF THE LATER MIDDLE AGES
CTH 255	ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL ART
CTH 256	ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART
CTH 257	BAROQUE ART
CTH 258	NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART
CTH 260	ART, LITURGY AND LIFE
CTH 261	CATHOLIC FAITH AND MUSICAL EXPRESSION
CTH 264	CATHOLICISM AND LITERATURE
CTH 265	LITERATURE AND THE SACRED
CTH 266	CONTEMPORARY SPIRITUAL MEMOIRS
CTH 294	THE ART OF CRUSADING
CTH 350	LOVE IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION
CTH 369	SPECIAL TOPICS IN THE ART, MUSIC AND LITERATURE OF CATHOLICISM

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
CTH 210	CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
CTH 241	VIRTUE ETHICS
CTH 247	ROMAN CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT IN CONTEXT
CTH 248	CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES
CTH 270	JESUS ACROSS CULTURES
CTH 271	ROMAN CATHOLICISM'S ENCOUNTER WITH OTHER RELIGIONS
CTH 273	HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE U.S.
CTH 274	IRELAND: RELIGION AND THE CONTEMPORARY "TROUBLES
CTH 275	MEDIEVAL PEOPLE: 400 TO 1400 A.D.
CTH 276	CATHOLICISM IN AFRICA
CTH 279	CATHOLICISM AND THE FAMILY
CTH 280	RELIGION AND EDUCATION IN WESTERN CULTURE
CTH 282	GOD, JUSTICE AND REDEMPTIVE ACTION
CTH 288	IRELAND, 1450-1800, CONQUEST, COLONIZATION & REBELLION
CTH 289	IRELAND, 1800 - 2000
CTH 384	THE CULTURE OF AMERICAN CATHOLICS

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
CTH 290	THE LIFE AND TIMES OF VINCENT DE PAUL
CTH 292	WOMEN AND SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL
CTH 293	NOTABLE VINCENTIAN WOMEN
CTH 295	OZANAM: A VINCENTIAN LIFE

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
CTH 181	INTRODUCTION TO WORLD CATHOLICISM
CTH 386	THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WORLD POLITICS
CTH 389	SPECIAL TOPICS IN THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF CATHOLICISM

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.