Major in Catholic Studies
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMajor in Catholic Studies
Requirements for students who enrolled BEFORE Fall 2006:
The major consists of 32 credits: 20 credits in core courses and 12 credits in electives (eight elective credits for double majors).
Core courses consist of:
- CATH 240 Faith and Doubt
- CATH 301 The Catholic Vision
- CATH 312 Catholic Social Thought
- CATH 334 Literature from a Christian Perspective
- one additional CATH course
The 12 elective credits must be chosen from three of the following four categories (two of the four for double majors):
- CATH 222 The Catholic Literary Tradition: Medieval to Modern
- THEO 310 Christian Worship
- An historically-based course from the Catholic Studies curriculum or a course approved by the chair
- An aesthetics course from the Catholic Studies curriculum or a course approved by the chair
Requirements for students who enrolled beginning Fall 2006:
The major consists of 36 credits: 16 credits in core courses and 20 credits in electives. (Double majors need complete only 32 credits.)
Core courses consist of:
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CATH 101 The Search for Happiness
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CATH 201 Paths and Practices of Catholic Spirituality
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CATH 301 The Catholic Vision
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CATH 401 The Church and Culture: Social Dimensions of Catholicism
Twelve credits must be chosen from required distribution area electives:
- One philosophically-based course
- One historically-based course
- One literary- or aesthetic-based course
Eight additional credits are chosen from additional Catholic Studies offerings.
