Major Requirements

Course Requirements

• CTH 180 INTRODUCTION TO CATHOLICISM 
• CTH 209 THEORIES OF THE CHURCH: CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES
• Two of the following:
• CTH 220 CATHOLIC EXPERIENCE I: EARLY CHURCH - 1200
• CTH 221 CATHOLIC EXPERIENCE II: 1200 - FRENCH REVOLUTION
• CTH 222 CATHOLIC EXPERIENCE III: FRENCH REVOLUTION - PRESENT
• One of the following:
• CTH 202 CATHOLICS AND SCRIPTURE
• CTH 203 WHAT CATHOLICS BELIEVE 
• Three courses over three of the areas listed below.
• Four CTH Electives, three of which must be at the 300-level. 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.

Areas

Philosophy, Scripture, and Theology

• 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 PROPHETS AND PROPHECY
  
• 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: CATHOLISM 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

Catholicism and Aesthetics

• 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 EARLY MEDIEVAL ART
• CTH 254 LATE MEDIEVAL ART
• 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 350 LOVE IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION
  
• CTH 369 SPECIAL TOPICS IN THE ART, MUSIC AND LITERATURE OF CATHOLICISM

Social Concerns and Moral Questions

• 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

Vincentian Studies

• 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 THE VINCENTIANS IN AMERICA

World Catholicism

• 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 Electives

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

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