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Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 20874
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207
Requirements Met:
Writing in the Discipline
This course provides a critical investigation into the quest for meaning and happiness as found in the Catholic tradition. Beginning with fundamental Catholic claims about what it means to be a human being, this course explores the call to beatitude in materials from several disciplines, including theology, philosophy, literature, and art, as well as ancient, medieval, and contemporary sources. Topics explored include a consideration of human persons in relation to divine persons, the supernatural end to human life, the human person as experiencing desire and suffering, the Christian paradox that joy may be found in the giving of one's self, and the search for happiness through friendship and love. Through all these topics, the course particularly examines the question, "What is the specifically unique character of Christian happiness?"
4 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 20875
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207
Requirements Met:
Writing in the Discipline
This course provides a critical investigation into the quest for meaning and happiness as found in the Catholic tradition. Beginning with fundamental Catholic claims about what it means to be a human being, this course explores the call to beatitude in materials from several disciplines, including theology, philosophy, literature, and art, as well as ancient, medieval, and contemporary sources. Topics explored include a consideration of human persons in relation to divine persons, the supernatural end to human life, the human person as experiencing desire and suffering, the Christian paradox that joy may be found in the giving of one's self, and the search for happiness through friendship and love. Through all these topics, the course particularly examines the question, "What is the specifically unique character of Christian happiness?"
4 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 20876
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Integ/Humanities
This course explores from an interdisciplinary perspective the history of the Catholic Church as it interacts with the secular world and is shaped by its dominant personalities and events. No other institution in history has survived, and flourished, for so long and in the face of so many challenges. This course will critically reflect upon the history of the Church, from its origins in the Apostolic Age to the modern period, as a series of cycles with a common pattern of creativity, achievement, and retreat. Students may expect to complete the course with an awareness and understanding of the major personalities and events, secular and ecclesial, that have shaped the life of the Church.
4 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 20877
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
This course explores a variety of Catholic identities that have emerged over the course of American history. We will not only grapple with the distinct historical experiences, spiritual and social practices, and cultural expressions of these identities, but will also try to grasp their fundamental unity as manifestations of the universal Church. We will particularly focus upon historically marginalized or underrepresented Catholic identities in the context of the United States, and the significance of their contributions to the nation and the Church. Our method will be interdisciplinary: students may expect to encounter literature, history, theology, political philosophy, film, visual art, and music.
4 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 20878
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207
Requirements Met:
Catholic Studies Traditions
This course takes an interdisciplinary look at one of the most important figures of Catholicism—Mary, the Mother of God. Drawing on philosophy, theology, poetry, music, and the visual arts, we will focus on three key moments in Mary’s life as mother: the Annunciation, the Nativity, and the Stabat Mater (Mary at the foot of the cross). These culturally and historically diverse depictions of Mary set the stage for an investigation into the meaning of her role, within Catholicism as a whole and within the lives of individual Christians.
4 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 20880
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
The subject matter of these courses will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses. Descriptions of these courses are available in the Searchable Class Schedule on Murphy Online, View Searchable Class Schedule
2 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 20881
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Integ/Humanities
At the center of the Catholic vision are the two great works of divine love: creation and redemption. This course considers the implications of these divine works for a radical reconsideration of the world and the human person. Students will examine characteristic Catholic approaches to and emphases concerning creation, redemption and ecclesiology, and discuss how Catholic understandings of creation and redemption inform, respond to, and critique Catholic practices in various cultural settings. In addition, the course will compare and contrast contemporary Catholic cultural monuments with that produced in earlier eras, and compare and contrast Catholic Christianity with other forms of Christian and non-Christian belief and practices. In illustrating its themes, the course draws upon sources in art, literature, history, philosophy, and theology with special attention given to the intellectual, spiritual, and cultural consequences of Catholic doctrine. Prerequisites: CATH 101
4 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 20882
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
[Core] Signature Work
At the center of the Catholic vision are the two great works of divine love: creation and redemption. This course considers the implications of these divine works for a radical reconsideration of the world and the human person. Students will examine characteristic Catholic approaches to and emphases concerning creation, redemption and ecclesiology, and discuss how Catholic understandings of creation and redemption inform, respond to, and critique Catholic practices in various cultural settings. In addition, the course will compare and contrast contemporary Catholic cultural monuments with that produced in earlier eras, and compare and contrast Catholic Christianity with other forms of Christian and non-Christian belief and practices. In illustrating its themes, the course draws upon sources in art, literature, history, philosophy, and theology with special attention given to the intellectual, spiritual, and cultural consequences of Catholic doctrine. Prerequisites: CATH 101
4 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 20883
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Integ/Humanities
This course provides an investigation into the ways in which Catholicism is inherently social and ecclesial. Its specific focus is on the Christian engagement with the world. The course's framework will be taken from the analysis of society into three spheres of action (culture, politics, and economics) as described in Centesimus annus. We will examine the ways that Revelation, the sacramental life, and the teachings of the Church call Catholics to seek holiness and to witness to their faith in the world. Specific topics may include social and economic justice, politics and public policy, lay and religious apostolates, education, and marriage and family. Course materials may include resources from philosophy, theology, history, economics, and political science.
4 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 21879
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
[Core] Signature Work
This course provides an investigation into the ways in which Catholicism is inherently social and ecclesial. Its specific focus is on the Christian engagement with the world. The course's framework will be taken from the analysis of society into three spheres of action (culture, politics, and economics) as described in Centesimus annus. We will examine the ways that Revelation, the sacramental life, and the teachings of the Church call Catholics to seek holiness and to witness to their faith in the world. Specific topics may include social and economic justice, politics and public policy, lay and religious apostolates, education, and marriage and family. Course materials may include resources from philosophy, theology, history, economics, and political science.
4 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 20884
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207
This interdisciplinary Catholic Studies/literature course explores Dante Alighierl's Divine Comedy in its literary, historical, theological, religious, political, and linguistic contexts. The course studies in critical detail the complete text of the Commedia in English as well as portions of related works such as Dante's La Vita Nuova. Throughout the course, particular attention will be paid to the Divine Comedy's Catholic Christian themes.
4 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (Grad) (CSMA)
CRN: 20999
Hyflex: Flexible Learning | Lecture
St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207
This course will focus on a theological study of the Catechism of the Catholic Church in its entirety, aimed at helping students develop a broad and comprehensive grasp of the essential claims of the Catholic faith and an understanding of its unity and integrity. Particular attention is given to the scope and integrity of the teachings of the Catholic Church with regard to the inter-relationship of the four sections of the Catechism, namely, the Profession of Faith, the Sacraments, Life in Christ, and Prayer. Explicit attention will be given to ways in which Catholic teachings are manifested in the classic texts and works of art, such as those examined in Catholic Thought and Culture I and II.
3 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (Grad) (CSMA)
CRN: 21000
CoFlex:In Person&Online Sync | Lecture
St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207
In some regards the 13th century was a barbarous age, pre-scientific and sometimes superstitious, torn by conflicts and wars. At the same time it was an era of magnificent intellectual and cultural achievement, a time in which cathedrals were built and universities founded. St Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274) was a man of his time but his work, like that of many of his contemporaries, transcended his century. Today Thomas is remembered principally for his Summa theologiae, the textbook on theology that he wrote for beginning students and for his numerous careful commentaries on the work of Aristotle, the Greek philosopher. Even so, as important as the Summa is, about a third of Thomas’s extant work consists of commentaries on Scripture. Another major portion of his work, much neglected, consists of efforts to defend the teachings of Catholicism against its critics, both internal and external. The focus of this course will be to explore critical elements of Thomas’s thinking as a theologian in three general areas: systematic theology, biblical commentary, and apologetics.
3 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (Grad) (CSMA)
CRN: 21001
CoFlex:In Person&Online Sync | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207
This course considers particular topics in the area of Catholic Studies and Philosophy. Although the topics will vary, the course will have both a philosophical foundation and an interdisciplinary focus. These topics courses will fulfill the area requirement of Catholic Studies and Philosophy.
3 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (Grad) (CSMA)
CRN: 21002
Hyflex: Flexible Learning | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
In this course, we will read and discuss Dante's masterpiece, The Divine Comedy. While we will situate the poem in history and will pay close attention to the poem's engagement with political and theological controversies, our main task will be to attend to the language, structure, and imagery of Dante's poem itself.
3 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (Grad) (CSMA)
CRN: 21003
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
This course explores the history, philosophy, and theology of PreK-12 Catholic education in the United States over the past 100 years. The course aims to help students understand the challenges PreK-12 Catholic schools face with respect to their mission and culture. Students will be exposed to the philosophical and theological foundations upon which Catholic schools have been built, the changes within church and society that have affected Catholic PreK-12 education, and the future of Catholic PreK-12 education. Discussions and assignments will focus on creative solutions to mission and culture challenges facing Catholic schools today.
3 Credits
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Subject: Catholic Studies (Grad) (CSMA)
CRN: 21004
Hyflex: Flexible Learning | Lecture
St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207
Topics courses examine in detail a small, focused set of questions arising from one or more of the disciplines within the graduate Catholic Studies program. Topics and instructors will vary.
3 Credits
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Subject: Dogmatic Theology (Div.) (DVDT)
CRN: 20026
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course investigates the fundamental principles that govern the Catholic understanding of the person of Jesus Christ and his redemptive work. It considers the controversies and councils of the early Church, the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, and contemporary theology. Prerequisite: DVDT 501; dual-degree students may substitute for DVDT 661.
3 Credits
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Subject: Dogmatic Theology (Div.) (DVDT)
CRN: 20185
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course examines the origins and meaning of human existence from the perspectives of creation, original sin, grace, and redemption in Jesus Christ. The course focuses on the unity and dignity of the human person created in the image of God, the relationship between grace and freedom, and the relationship between each person's supernatural vocation and role in the world.
3 Credits
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Subject: Dogmatic Theology (Div.) (DVDT)
CRN: 20585
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course explores the origin, nature, and mission of the Church as revealed in Scripture and Tradition. The course examines the Church as mystery, People of God, Body of Christ, and sacrament. It also addresses the marks of the Church, ecumenism, the magisterium, and the relationship between the laity and the ordained ministry. Special attention is given to the ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council with a focus on the conciliar texts. Questions of Church unity and diversity, inculturation, and development of doctrine are examined.
3 Credits
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Subject: Dogmatic Theology (Div.) (DVDT)
CRN: 20583
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
Presents a Christian understanding of God based on Scripture and the historical tradition, with attention given to questions of interpretation. This course emphasizes careful reading of key magisterial texts, their implications for the development of Christology and Trinitarian theology, and contemporary questions and issues.
3 Credits
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Subject: Dogmatic Theology (Div.) (DVDT)
CRN: 20582
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
The course will examine the method, thought, and personality of Aquinas as well as the historical context and contemporary relevance of his work. This course emphasizes careful reading of selected texts of the Tertia pars of the Summa Theologiae.
3 Credits
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Subject: Dogmatic Theology (Div.) (DVDT)
CRN: 20092
Dissertation/Thesis
St Paul: No Room
Instructor: TBD
0 Credits
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Subject: Historical Studies (Div.) (DVHS)
CRN: 20027
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course studies the history of Christianity from the fifteenth century to the present time. It surveys major events and developments, including the Protestant and Catholic reformations, Church/state relations in the eras of absolutism and revolution, the councils of Vatican I and Vatican II, and the complexity and diversity of global Christianity. Prerequisite: DVHS 501.
3 Credits
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Subject: Historical Studies (Div.) (DVHS)
CRN: 20610
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course examines the development of prominent Protestant denominations and the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Attention is also given to various religious experiments, divergent theological opinions, and other spiritual phenomena that have flourished in this country. Ecumenical and multicultural considerations include an examination of the experiences of various indigenous, ethnic, and racial groups that have significantly influenced the American religious landscape. Prerequisite: M.A.T. Students - one core course or permission of instructor; M.Div. Students - DVHS 502.
3 Credits
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Subject: Historical Studies (Div.) (DVHS)
CRN: 20327
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course introduces students to the origins and philosophical principles that have defined the mission and purpose of Western and Catholic education, both in approach and content, over the course of history from Classical Greece to present day United States. Reading the key texts that have shaped the course of educational history, students will investigate when and why Catholic education has diverged from modern philosophies of education. Additionally, the course examines the historic and current role of the Catholic school in society and within the Church through a careful reading and discussion of Church documents on education. Prerequisite: DVPT 575
3 Credits
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Subject: Historical Studies (Div.) (DVHS)
CRN: 20587
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course introduces students to the origins and philosophical principles that have defined the mission and purpose of Western and Catholic education, both in approach and content, over the course of history from Classical Greece to present day United States. Reading the key texts that have shaped the course of educational history, students will investigate when and why Catholic education has diverged from modern philosophies of education. Additionally, the course examines the historic and current role of the Catholic school in society and within the Church through a careful reading and discussion of Church documents on education. Prerequisite: DVPT 575
3 Credits
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Subject: Language Studies (Div.) (DVLS)
CRN: 20572
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course is a continuation of Basic Ecclesiastical Latin I. Students will learn more advanced principles of grammar and syntax, while continuing to develop the vocabulary necessary for praying in the language of the Church and for thoughtful engagement of her intellectual tradition in preparation for the Catholic priesthood.
3 Credits
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Subject: Language Studies (Div.) (DVLS)
CRN: 20577
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course is a continuation of Intermediate Ecclesiastical Latin II. Students will continue to study the Vulgate and Roman Catholic liturgical texts, even as they will read more advanced works in the Catholic theological and doctrinal tradition. In particular, students will be introduced to the great Latin writers of the patristic age, such as Tertullian, St. Augustine, and St. Leo the Great, as well as important works from the High Middle Ages, such as the Summa Theologiae of St. Thomas Aquinas.
3 Credits
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Subject: Language Studies (Div.) (DVLS)
CRN: 20578
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course is one-semester survey of Koine Greek. Its purpose is to equip students with enough knowledge of the phonology, morphology, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of the Greek New Testament to do basic reading and study with the aid of a lexicon. Students will also learn the etymologies of a variety of Greek terms which have been pivotal in the history of doctrine and the Tradition of the Church.
3 Credits
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Subject: Moral Theology (Div.) (DVMT)
CRN: 20584
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of Catholic moral theology. Special attention is given to the sources of morality, moral decision-making, the natural law tradition in conscience formation, and Catholic social thought. In M.Div. sections, the course includes the assessment of human actions especially in light of the sacrament of Reconciliation.
3 Credits
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Subject: Moral Theology (Div.) (DVMT)
CRN: 20186
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course identifies and evaluates the Catholic theological principles that inform the Church’s engagement with sexual morality. Special attention is given to major documents and teaching instruments employed by the Church. The course also enables students to identify and apply ethical principles in the evaluation of human sexuality. Prerequisite: DVMT 601 or DVMT 602.
3 Credits
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Subject: Moral Theology (Div.) (DVMT)
CRN: 20207
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course presents essential Catholic theological principles that inform the Church’s teachings on issues of biomedical morality. Students examine the major documents relevant to the field and consider how to apply them in a pastorally effective manner. Prerequisite: DVMT 601 or DVMT 602.
3 Credits
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Subject: Philosophy (Div.) (DVPH)
CRN: 20574
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course examines the sensible beings of material reality—inanimate and animate—in their natures, their mutability, and their causes. Special attention will be given to the relation of matter and form, the categories of being, and the nature of change. Because sensible beings are more knowable to the human mind, this course is ordered towards preparing students for further philosophical studies in what is more knowable in itself in the study of Metaphysics and Natural Theology.
3 Credits
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Subject: Philosophy (Div.) (DVPH)
CRN: 20575
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course provides an introductory survey of the foundations and methods of ethical reasoning in the philosophical tradition. Special attention will be given to the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas and the ways in which ethical reasoning in the philosophical tradition is to be considered from the vantage of the Catholic doctrinal and moral tradition. This course is offered as preparation for the Catholic priesthood.
3 Credits
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Subject: Philosophy (Div.) (DVPH)
CRN: 20579
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
3 Credits
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Subject: Philosophy (Div.) (DVPH)
CRN: 20576
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course is an investigation of major philosophical questions in their medieval context. Special emphasis will be given to the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. Possible topics include: the existence of God, the relation of faith and reason, free will and the providence of God, and the relation of political and ecclesiastical authority.
3 Credits
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Subject: Philosophy (Div.) (DVPH)
CRN: 20580
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course investigates several major schools of philosophy with the Western tradition from the 19th and 20th centuries and how they have impacted contemporary thought and culture. In particular, it considers the influence of romanticism, existentialism, postmodernism, neo-thomism, and phenomenology. It considers briefly the contours of analytic philosophy in contrast to continental philosophy.
3 Credits
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Subject: Pastoral Theology (Div.) (DVPT)
CRN: 20028
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This supervised ministry course provides first-year theology students with a greater understanding of the pastoral care given in a parish setting to the sick and those in need through ongoing participation in the Teaching Parish Program. By completing the tasks outlined in the Teaching Parish Program Manual for Theology I Spring Semester, seminarians gain valuable experience in the work of pastoral care that will be of benefit to future ministry. Prerequisitie: DVPT 500
1 Credits
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Subject: Pastoral Theology (Div.) (DVPT)
CRN: 20029
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course provides an overview of the context of Roman Catholic ministry with special attention given to the organization and resources of the dioceses of students in the class. It entails grasping the meaning of evangelization, understanding the importance accorded by the Church to the impact of culture on ministry, and exploring how to become effective pastoral leaders in varied ministerial circumstances. Prerequisites: DVPT 513 and DVSP 501.
2 Credits
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Subject: Pastoral Theology (Div.) (DVPT)
CRN: 20586
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course examines the Church's teaching on the call to pastoral ministry and the complementary but distinctive roles of priests, deacons, and lay ecclesial ministers in the work of the church. The course focuses on the theological foundations of pastoral ministry and the context for ministry in the contemporary American Church. It also incorporates the development of pastoral and leadership skills necessary for witnessing to and transmitting the faith in a ministerial or educational context.
3 Credits
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Subject: Pastoral Theology (Div.) (DVPT)
CRN: 20031
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course concentrates on the development of theological understanding of fundamental aspects of faith in both its dogmatic and sacramental expressions. Seminarians are introduced to the issues, processes, and structures involved in the faith development of adults and in effective methods of teaching the faith. Emphasis is given to the process of conversion and sound pastoral methods that facilitate conversion. Within the context of a supervised ministry experience, seminarians actively engage in the teaching parish’s RCIA program or other adult faith formation experiences. Prerequisite: DVPT 600
1 Credits
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Subject: Pastoral Theology (Div.) (DVPT)
CRN: 20328
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
In this course, each student is paired with an experienced Catholic school leader who will provide on-site mentorship to the student at a Catholic school throughout the academic year. This course allows students to apply the theoretical principles and strategies of Catholic school leadership presented in their coursework to real situations in the Catholic school in order to increase the effectiveness of their practice as a Catholic school leader. Students are able to gain valuable experience in the Catholic school and immediate support for this demanding role. Periodic online class meetings provide an opportunity for students to reflect on their experiences, challenges, and goals in light of the mentorship experience. Prerequisite: DVPT 575
1 Credits
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Subject: Pastoral Theology (Div.) (DVPT)
CRN: 20237
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course provides a basic understanding of the civil and canonical administration of the parish. Key topics include the proper stewardship of Church property and finances, personnel management, and administrative leadership. Resources are also provided that will support a priest’s continued formation in these areas. Prerequisite: DVPT 602.
2 Credits
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Subject: Pastoral Theology (Div.) (DVPT)
CRN: 20208
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course expands on methods of preparation and delivery essential for homiletcs, focusing on the preaching that accompanies baptisms, weddings, and funerals. Attention is given to preaching with ecumenical sensitivity and special occasions such as times of communal crises.
2 Credits
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Subject: Pastoral Theology (Div.) (DVPT)
CRN: 20581
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course provides seminarians with a broad examination of the liturgical and sacramental practices of the Church while developing the skills to celebrate the liturgy and sacraments. Seminarians learn how best to prepare themselves and others to participate in the sacraments with special emphasis given to the role of the deacon in the celebration of baptism, marriage, and funeral rites. Reflecting with his supervisor on the competencies expected of associates and pastors, the seminarian gains valuable experience in liturgical ministry. Prerequisite: DVPT 740
1 Credits
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Subject: Pastoral Theology (Div.) (DVPT)
CRN: 20400
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
3 Credits
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Subject: Pastoral Theology (Div.) (DVPT)
CRN: 20236
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
The capstone seminar guides seminarians in a final review of their theological formation for future pastoral practice. The course utilizes case studies and assessment instruments to hone practical skills necessary for priestly ministry.
2 Credits
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Subject: Sacred Scripture (Div.) (DVSS)
CRN: 20030
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course examines the Synoptic Gospels in light of the theological themes appropriate to each evangelist. It provides insight into each Gospel’s unique and complementary role in revealing the person of Jesus Christ. Issues related to hermeneutics and pastoral ministry are integrated into the exegetical study of the Synoptic Gospels. Prerequisite: DVSS 511 or DVSS 530.
3 Credits
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
Subject: Sacred Scripture (Div.) (DVSS)
CRN: 20034
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
DVSS 705 Pauline Literature and Acts (3 credits) M.Div. Required Course; MAPL Elective Course; MAT Elective Course This course explores the religious and cultural world of Paul and early Christianity as recorded in the Pauline corpus and the Acts of the Apostles. It studies Paul's major theological themes and his understanding of the life of first-century Christian communities. Finally, the course examines the impact of Paul’s teaching on modern Christian life and, when taught as an M.Div. course, explores strategies for effective homily preparation using Pauline Literature. Prerequisite: DVSS 521 or DVSS 530.
3 Credits
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
Subject: Sacred Scripture (Div.) (DVSS)
CRN: 20209
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course introduces students to the literary prophets and the role of prophetic traditions in Judeo-Christian thought. It surveys the Old Testament prophetic books in chronological order with emphasis on the prophetic vocation and canonical shaping of the prophetic corpus while using several interpretive methods. Prerequisites: for M.Div. - DVSS 511, DVSS 521; for MAT - DVSS 525 or 530.
3 Credits
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
Subject: Sacred Theology (Div.) (DVST)
CRN: 20126
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course introduces the concepts and categories that form the basis for sacramental theology and liturgy. It considers these topics from biblical, historical, dogmatic, and ritual perspectives. The course provides the foundation for more extensive study of each of the sacraments in subsequent courses.
3 Credits
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
Subject: Sacred Theology (Div.) (DVST)
CRN: 20210
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course examines the sacraments of initiation and healing: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, and Anointing of the Sick. It addresses the theological foundations and the pastoral implications of each of these sacraments. Prerequisite: DVST 601.
3 Credits
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
Subject: Sacred Theology (Div.) (DVST)
CRN: 20032
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course studies the diaconal, presbyteral, and episcopal orders drawing on Scripture as well as patristic and ecclesiological sources. Attention is given to the relationship between the universal and ministerial priesthood, the sacramental configuration of the priest to Christ, and celibate chastity. It explores contemporary theological, ecumenical, and pastoral issues.
2 Credits
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
Subject: Sacred Theology (Div.) (DVST)
CRN: 20033
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course develops the skills needed to prepare, implement, and evaluate the liturgical celebration of baptisms, weddings, funerals, blessings, the RCIA, and worship of the Eucharist outside of Mass. It prepares students to serve as deacons in the Eucharistic liturgy; and provides principles whereby liturgies may be adapted for pastoral necessity. Prerequisites: DVST 601 and DVST 602.
2 Credits
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
Subject: Sacred Theology (Div.) (DVST)
CRN: 20035
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course prepares seminarians to assume their role as presiders in the liturgical celebrations of Eucharist, Penance, and Anointing of the Sick. Through repeated practice sessions, the course equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to celebrate these sacraments. Prerequisite: DVST 709.
2 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21327
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Sustainability (SUST)
Writing to learn
Major aspects of world and local conflict, theories of social science relating to conflict and violence, and various proposals for solutions. Among the aspects of conflict studied are cultural differences, scarcity of resources, economic and social structures, international trade, the arms race, corruption, oppression and war. Proposed solutions assessed include development, structural changes, world governance, multinational agencies, military power, civilian-based defense, active nonviolence for social change, conflict resolution, disarmament, cultural exchange, religious revival and prayer. These topics are considered in the light of theory, history, and literature. Students apply these concepts by investigating one country or geographic area in depth through a semester long research project. Usually offered every semester.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21328
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Sustainability (SUST)
Writing to learn
Instructor: TBD
Major aspects of world and local conflict, theories of social science relating to conflict and violence, and various proposals for solutions. Among the aspects of conflict studied are cultural differences, scarcity of resources, economic and social structures, international trade, the arms race, corruption, oppression and war. Proposed solutions assessed include development, structural changes, world governance, multinational agencies, military power, civilian-based defense, active nonviolence for social change, conflict resolution, disarmament, cultural exchange, religious revival and prayer. These topics are considered in the light of theory, history, and literature. Students apply these concepts by investigating one country or geographic area in depth through a semester long research project. Usually offered every semester.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21329
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Sustainability (SUST)
Writing to learn
Instructor: TBD
Major aspects of world and local conflict, theories of social science relating to conflict and violence, and various proposals for solutions. Among the aspects of conflict studied are cultural differences, scarcity of resources, economic and social structures, international trade, the arms race, corruption, oppression and war. Proposed solutions assessed include development, structural changes, world governance, multinational agencies, military power, civilian-based defense, active nonviolence for social change, conflict resolution, disarmament, cultural exchange, religious revival and prayer. These topics are considered in the light of theory, history, and literature. Students apply these concepts by investigating one country or geographic area in depth through a semester long research project. Usually offered every semester.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21330
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Writing Intensive
Instructor: TBD
Active nonviolence as a means for societal defense and social transformation analyzed through case studies of actual nonviolent movements, examining their political philosophy and how this philosophy is reflected in their methods and strategies. Examples of possible case studies include: Mahatma Gandhi's movement for a free India, Danish resistance to Nazi occupation, the struggle for interracial justice in the United State, an integrated Canada-to-Cuba peace-and-freedom walk, the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (WHINSEC), fair trade movements, and the Honeywell Project. The course emphasizes the theory and active practice of nonviolence as well as oral histories of successful nonviolent movements. Usually offered every semester.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21331
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Writing Intensive
Active nonviolence as a means for societal defense and social transformation analyzed through case studies of actual nonviolent movements, examining their political philosophy and how this philosophy is reflected in their methods and strategies. Examples of possible case studies include: Mahatma Gandhi's movement for a free India, Danish resistance to Nazi occupation, the struggle for interracial justice in the United State, an integrated Canada-to-Cuba peace-and-freedom walk, the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (WHINSEC), fair trade movements, and the Honeywell Project. The course emphasizes the theory and active practice of nonviolence as well as oral histories of successful nonviolent movements. Usually offered every semester.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21332
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Writing Intensive
Active nonviolence as a means for societal defense and social transformation analyzed through case studies of actual nonviolent movements, examining their political philosophy and how this philosophy is reflected in their methods and strategies. Examples of possible case studies include: Mahatma Gandhi's movement for a free India, Danish resistance to Nazi occupation, the struggle for interracial justice in the United State, an integrated Canada-to-Cuba peace-and-freedom walk, the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (WHINSEC), fair trade movements, and the Honeywell Project. The course emphasizes the theory and active practice of nonviolence as well as oral histories of successful nonviolent movements. Usually offered every semester.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
|||||
Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21333
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Writing Intensive
Instructor: TBD
Active nonviolence as a means for societal defense and social transformation analyzed through case studies of actual nonviolent movements, examining their political philosophy and how this philosophy is reflected in their methods and strategies. Examples of possible case studies include: Mahatma Gandhi's movement for a free India, Danish resistance to Nazi occupation, the struggle for interracial justice in the United State, an integrated Canada-to-Cuba peace-and-freedom walk, the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (WHINSEC), fair trade movements, and the Honeywell Project. The course emphasizes the theory and active practice of nonviolence as well as oral histories of successful nonviolent movements. Usually offered every semester.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21334
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
The subject matter of these courses will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses. Descriptions of these courses are available in the Searchable Class Schedule on Murphy Online, View Searchable Class Schedule
2 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21335
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
The subject matter of these courses will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses. Descriptions of these courses are available in the Searchable Class Schedule on Murphy Online, View Searchable Class Schedule
2 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21336
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
CommGood/Community-Engaged
Writing in the Discipline
In this class students will investigate how and why particular policies are developed, proposed, adopted, and implemented; will explore how social values shape and impact public policies; and will learn how to frame issues in ways that allow for more effective advocacy. The class will examine the relative power of diverse corporate and non-profit sectors in influencing policy debates and outcomes, including the role of think tanks. Students will analyze the limitations and strengths of diverse approaches to advocacy ranging from third-party appeals and solidarity efforts to elite decision makers, as well as the prospects for a politics of agency rooted in citizen-centered politics in which people mobilize to meet the needs of their communities. The course will integrate basic theory, interaction with public policy analysts and advocates, personal experience in persuasive advocacy, and case studies focused on issues such as climate change, economic inequality, land-food-hunger, and approaches to health care. Assignments will introduce students to various tools for persuasive advocacy and allow them to develop skill sets for using them.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21337
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Writing in the Discipline
This course is an introduction to the issues surrounding social conflict. It centers on equipping students with the theory and skills of conflict analysis and processes of engaging in conflict on the global, local and interpersonal levels. It contrasts a traditional conflict resolution model with conflict transformation, a paradigm that appreciates how conflict and violence are connected to underlying issues of justice. The course introduces students to a wide range of conflict transformation processes such as negotiation, mediation, dialogue, facilitation, restorative justice and conflict advocacy. It provides students with the opportunities to participate in these processes and explore potential vocational paths in the field of conflict transformation. As a component of the practice of the skills taught in this course, students organize and lead the annual World Cafe, a university-wide interdisciplinary dialogue. Throughout, the course engages students in a process of rigorous reflection of the ethics involved in engaging conflict. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
5:30 pm |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21338
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Students are required to take this seminar during the semester they are doing an internship of 7-10 hrs/wk. The seminar meets three times (at the beginning, middle, and end of the semester), to provide opportunities for those engaged in individual placements to get peer support for their discernment process. At its core is a reflective process designed to lead students to: a deeper understanding of the practical means of working for social change; an evaluation of their internship experience (both in terms of gaining a deeper understanding of their own vocation and a better understanding of the type of institutions they are working with); and applying these insights to future course work and career planning.
0 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:15 am |
8:15 am |
8:15 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21616
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21617
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21618
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21619
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Instructor: TBD
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21620
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Instructor: TBD
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21621
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Instructor: TBD
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21622
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Instructor: TBD
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21623
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Instructor: TBD
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21624
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Instructor: TBD
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21625
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21626
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Instructor: TBD
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
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| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21627
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
||||||
| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21628
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
8:00 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21629
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21630
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Instructor: TBD
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21631
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21633
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Instructor: TBD
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21634
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Instructor: TBD
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21635
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21636
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21637
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Instructor: TBD
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21638
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 22237
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
8:00 am |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21639
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
Honors Course
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21640
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
Honors Course
Using philosophical methodology, and with substantial attention to Catholic intellectual tradition, this course enquires into the foundations of ethics, including how our conception of the human person affects our understanding of the moral life. It considers also the question of the rationality of belief in God and the difference (if any) God makes to our understanding of the person and the good. In addressing these topics, the course develops and applies basic logic skills, introduced as an essential part of philosophical method and an indispensable tool of critical thinking.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
8:00 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21641
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective
A comparison of Eastern and Western moral theories with an emphasis on their application to contemporary moral issues. Eastern theories may include Confucian, Hindu, Buddhist, or Taoist accounts of ethics. Western theories will include significant attention to accounts important to Catholic intellectual tradition. Contemporary moral issues to be considered will vary from semester to semester, but may include …sexual morality, abortion, suicide and euthanasia, family morality, race, sex, gender, war, capital punishment, technology, media ethics, business ethics, environmental ethics, and questions about Hawaiian sovereignty. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21642
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective
A comparison of Eastern and Western moral theories with an emphasis on their application to contemporary moral issues. Eastern theories may include Confucian, Hindu, Buddhist, or Taoist accounts of ethics. Western theories will include significant attention to accounts important to Catholic intellectual tradition. Contemporary moral issues to be considered will vary from semester to semester, but may include …sexual morality, abortion, suicide and euthanasia, family morality, race, sex, gender, war, capital punishment, technology, media ethics, business ethics, environmental ethics, and questions about Hawaiian sovereignty. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21644
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Sports Management Minor
Sports Studies Minor
Writing Intensive
An in-depth philosophical examination of conceptual, moral, cultural, and legal issues surrounding regulating, watching, and participating in sports. Possible topics include: the definition of sport; the nature of competition; sportsmanship; being a fan; performance-enhancing drugs; gender; race; and the relationships among athletics, moral education, the law, and social responsibility in high school, collegiate, and professional sports. The course integrates various disciplinary perspectives on the nature and practice of sport, and special attention is given to reflection on these topics from within Catholic intellectual tradition. Students cannot receive credit for both PHIL 218 and the less in-depth 2-credit version of the course, PHIL 219. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 22238
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Sports Management Minor
Writing Intensive
An in-depth philosophical examination of conceptual, moral, cultural, and legal issues surrounding regulating, watching, and participating in sports. Possible topics include: the definition of sport; the nature of competition; sportsmanship; being a fan; performance-enhancing drugs; gender; race; and the relationships among athletics, moral education, the law, and social responsibility in high school, collegiate, and professional sports. The course integrates various disciplinary perspectives on the nature and practice of sport, and special attention is given to reflection on these topics from within Catholic intellectual tradition. Students cannot receive credit for both PHIL 218 and the less in-depth 2-credit version of the course, PHIL 219. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21647
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
This course provides students with skills for identifying, analyzing, and evaluating the sorts of reasoning encountered in natural language. Emphasis will be placed on attaining facility with different formal systems for representing and evaluating arguments - including propositional logic, Aristotelian syllogistic, first-order predicate calculus, - as well as on acquiring the ability to apply these systems in the analysis and evaluation of arguments in ordinary and philosophical discourse. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21648
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Drawing on insights from philosophy as well as research from cognitive science, psychology, and behavioral economics, this course aims to help students learn to reason better. Emphasis is on inductive and probabilistic reasoning rather than on deductive logic (which is the focus in PHIL 220). Possible topics covered include cognitive biases to which humans are naturally subject, intellectual virtues that promote the attainment of truth, the nature of evidence, the assessment of the quality of an information source, inference to the best explanation, probabilistic reasoning, and decision-making under uncertainty and risk. Prerequisite: PHIL 110
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21649
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
This course is a comprehensive introduction to the most pressing issues and questions concerning disability. Students will encounter and critically evaluate longstanding stereotypes and biases about the disadvantages of disability. This course examines disability primarily from a philosophical perspective, yet readings from other disciplines will also be used throughout the course. Some of the central questions examined in the course include: What is disability? Is disability merely a medical condition? In what ways do societal barriers disable? How does economic class impact access to educational, medical and social resources? Does disability itself make a person worse off or is it only social stigmatization and lack of accommodation that makes the lives of those with disabilities worse? How have those with disabilities been disadvantaged in the US? What is the basis for human dignity? What conceptual frameworks allow us to uphold the dignity of those with severe disabilities? Which behaviors and assumptions threaten the equality and dignity of those with disabilities? Prerequisite: PHIL 110
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21650
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
This course is a comprehensive introduction to the most pressing issues and questions concerning disability. Students will encounter and critically evaluate longstanding stereotypes and biases about the disadvantages of disability. This course examines disability primarily from a philosophical perspective, yet readings from other disciplines will also be used throughout the course. Some of the central questions examined in the course include: What is disability? Is disability merely a medical condition? In what ways do societal barriers disable? How does economic class impact access to educational, medical and social resources? Does disability itself make a person worse off or is it only social stigmatization and lack of accommodation that makes the lives of those with disabilities worse? How have those with disabilities been disadvantaged in the US? What is the basis for human dignity? What conceptual frameworks allow us to uphold the dignity of those with severe disabilities? Which behaviors and assumptions threaten the equality and dignity of those with disabilities? Prerequisite: PHIL 110
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21651
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Instructor: TBD
This course is a comprehensive introduction to the most pressing issues and questions concerning disability. Students will encounter and critically evaluate longstanding stereotypes and biases about the disadvantages of disability. This course examines disability primarily from a philosophical perspective, yet readings from other disciplines will also be used throughout the course. Some of the central questions examined in the course include: What is disability? Is disability merely a medical condition? In what ways do societal barriers disable? How does economic class impact access to educational, medical and social resources? Does disability itself make a person worse off or is it only social stigmatization and lack of accommodation that makes the lives of those with disabilities worse? How have those with disabilities been disadvantaged in the US? What is the basis for human dignity? What conceptual frameworks allow us to uphold the dignity of those with severe disabilities? Which behaviors and assumptions threaten the equality and dignity of those with disabilities? Prerequisite: PHIL 110
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21652
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
Action to achieve social justice depends, ultimately, on an understanding of what social justice is. What makes a society just? How is a just society ordered? What does social justice look like up close? If our society is not currently just, how may we justly make it so? This course considers competing (though sometimes overlapping) accounts of social justice that are of continuing relevance today, such as those found in the traditions of classical liberalism, socialism, Catholicism, and critical theory. One goal is to understand where such accounts agree, where they disagree, and why. Another goal is to appreciate how such traditions have animated and continue to animate the pursuit of justice, especially for marginalized persons in the United States. Prerequisite: PHIL 110
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21653
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
Action to achieve social justice depends, ultimately, on an understanding of what social justice is. What makes a society just? How is a just society ordered? What does social justice look like up close? If our society is not currently just, how may we justly make it so? This course considers competing (though sometimes overlapping) accounts of social justice that are of continuing relevance today, such as those found in the traditions of classical liberalism, socialism, Catholicism, and critical theory. One goal is to understand where such accounts agree, where they disagree, and why. Another goal is to appreciate how such traditions have animated and continue to animate the pursuit of justice, especially for marginalized persons in the United States. Prerequisite: PHIL 110
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21655
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
This course examines philosophical arguments for and against the existence of God and for the claim that the Christian faith, in particular, has been revealed by God; it also considers how faith, reason, and doubt are related. Possible questions include: Are there any good arguments for God’s existence? Does the evil in the world make it unlikely there is a God? Are faith and reason (including the findings of science) compatible? Could it be reasonable to believe in certain foundational Christian claims such as that Jesus is divine, that Jesus founded and gave authority to the church, and that the Bible is the word of God? Does the plurality of religions undermine the particular claims of any one of them? Can one make religious commitments in a state of doubt about the evidence? Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
8:00 am |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21656
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
A consideration of the ethical dimensions of human interaction with the environment, including inquiry into the scope and justification of our obligations concerning the environment. Possible topics include: the question of who all (or what all) count as the proper objects of moral consideration, animal welfare, species preservation, conservation, climate change, environmental racism, population pressure, sustainability, and what it means to say that human beings are charged with the care of Creation. Special attention will be given to reflection on these topics from within Catholic intellectual tradition, in dialogue with other traditions and perspectives. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21657
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
A consideration of the ethical dimensions of human interaction with the environment, including inquiry into the scope and justification of our obligations concerning the environment. Possible topics include: the question of who all (or what all) count as the proper objects of moral consideration, animal welfare, species preservation, conservation, climate change, environmental racism, population pressure, sustainability, and what it means to say that human beings are charged with the care of Creation. Special attention will be given to reflection on these topics from within Catholic intellectual tradition, in dialogue with other traditions and perspectives. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21659
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Honors Course
A philosophical examination of the mind from both classical and contemporary perspectives. Topics that may be covered include: the relation between the mind and the body/brain, theories of the soul and how it relates to mind and brain, theories of personal identity over time, free will, mental causation, functionalist theories of intelligence, computer/artificial intelligence, and the nature of consciousness. The course considers reflection on these topics from within both Catholic intellectual tradition and other traditions and perspectives, and engages contemporary philosophical work informed by brain and computer science. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21660
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
A philosophical examination of the relation between the doctrine of creation and theories in the evolutionary sciences. The course aims to help integrate insights from science, religion, and philosophy in a constructive and responsible manner. It also introduces students to broader issues in philosophy of science, philosophy of nature, and philosophy of religion as they apply to evolution and creation. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21662
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
[Core] Signature Work
PHIL 301 is a signature work course in philosophy, open to all students. Topics vary from section to section, but all sections focus on issues relevant to our university’s mission. Various sections will, therefore, focus on questions concerning such things as the nature and dignity of human beings, what makes for a meaningful human life, the compatibility of faith and reason, what makes for a just society, or the application of ethical principles, to a variety of settings and professions, for the sake of the common good. The course provides students the opportunity to reflect on and integrate knowledge acquired throughout their academic career, and to approach problems through multiple disciplinary lenses. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and at least 80 credits completed by the start of the course. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and 80 credits completed
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21663
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
[Core] Signature Work
PHIL 301 is a signature work course in philosophy, open to all students. Topics vary from section to section, but all sections focus on issues relevant to our university’s mission. Various sections will, therefore, focus on questions concerning such things as the nature and dignity of human beings, what makes for a meaningful human life, the compatibility of faith and reason, what makes for a just society, or the application of ethical principles, to a variety of settings and professions, for the sake of the common good. The course provides students the opportunity to reflect on and integrate knowledge acquired throughout their academic career, and to approach problems through multiple disciplinary lenses. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and at least 80 credits completed by the start of the course. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and 80 credits completed
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
8:00 am |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21661
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
[Core] Signature Work
PHIL 301 is a signature work course in philosophy, open to all students. Topics vary from section to section, but all sections focus on issues relevant to our university’s mission. Various sections will, therefore, focus on questions concerning such things as the nature and dignity of human beings, what makes for a meaningful human life, the compatibility of faith and reason, what makes for a just society, or the application of ethical principles, to a variety of settings and professions, for the sake of the common good. The course provides students the opportunity to reflect on and integrate knowledge acquired throughout their academic career, and to approach problems through multiple disciplinary lenses. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and at least 80 credits completed by the start of the course. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and 80 credits completed
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21670
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
[Core] Signature Work
Writing Intensive
PHIL 301 is a signature work course in philosophy, open to all students. Topics vary from section to section, but all sections focus on issues relevant to our university’s mission. Various sections will, therefore, focus on questions concerning such things as the nature and dignity of human beings, what makes for a meaningful human life, the compatibility of faith and reason, what makes for a just society, or the application of ethical principles, to a variety of settings and professions, for the sake of the common good. The course provides students the opportunity to reflect on and integrate knowledge acquired throughout their academic career, and to approach problems through multiple disciplinary lenses. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and at least 80 credits completed by the start of the course. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and 80 credits completed
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21671
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
[Core] Signature Work
Writing Intensive
PHIL 301 is a signature work course in philosophy, open to all students. Topics vary from section to section, but all sections focus on issues relevant to our university’s mission. Various sections will, therefore, focus on questions concerning such things as the nature and dignity of human beings, what makes for a meaningful human life, the compatibility of faith and reason, what makes for a just society, or the application of ethical principles, to a variety of settings and professions, for the sake of the common good. The course provides students the opportunity to reflect on and integrate knowledge acquired throughout their academic career, and to approach problems through multiple disciplinary lenses. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and at least 80 credits completed by the start of the course. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and 80 credits completed
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21666
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
[Core] Signature Work
PHIL 301 is a signature work course in philosophy, open to all students. Topics vary from section to section, but all sections focus on issues relevant to our university’s mission. Various sections will, therefore, focus on questions concerning such things as the nature and dignity of human beings, what makes for a meaningful human life, the compatibility of faith and reason, what makes for a just society, or the application of ethical principles, to a variety of settings and professions, for the sake of the common good. The course provides students the opportunity to reflect on and integrate knowledge acquired throughout their academic career, and to approach problems through multiple disciplinary lenses. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and at least 80 credits completed by the start of the course. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and 80 credits completed
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
8:00 am |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21668
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
[Core] Signature Work
Writing in the Discipline
PHIL 301 is a signature work course in philosophy, open to all students. Topics vary from section to section, but all sections focus on issues relevant to our university’s mission. Various sections will, therefore, focus on questions concerning such things as the nature and dignity of human beings, what makes for a meaningful human life, the compatibility of faith and reason, what makes for a just society, or the application of ethical principles, to a variety of settings and professions, for the sake of the common good. The course provides students the opportunity to reflect on and integrate knowledge acquired throughout their academic career, and to approach problems through multiple disciplinary lenses. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and at least 80 credits completed by the start of the course. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and 80 credits completed
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
|||||
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21669
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
[Core] Signature Work
Writing in the Discipline
PHIL 301 is a signature work course in philosophy, open to all students. Topics vary from section to section, but all sections focus on issues relevant to our university’s mission. Various sections will, therefore, focus on questions concerning such things as the nature and dignity of human beings, what makes for a meaningful human life, the compatibility of faith and reason, what makes for a just society, or the application of ethical principles, to a variety of settings and professions, for the sake of the common good. The course provides students the opportunity to reflect on and integrate knowledge acquired throughout their academic career, and to approach problems through multiple disciplinary lenses. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and at least 80 credits completed by the start of the course. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and 80 credits completed
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21667
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Honors Course
[Core] Signature Work
PHIL 301 is a signature work course in philosophy, open to all students. Topics vary from section to section, but all sections focus on issues relevant to our university’s mission. Various sections will, therefore, focus on questions concerning such things as the nature and dignity of human beings, what makes for a meaningful human life, the compatibility of faith and reason, what makes for a just society, or the application of ethical principles, to a variety of settings and professions, for the sake of the common good. The course provides students the opportunity to reflect on and integrate knowledge acquired throughout their academic career, and to approach problems through multiple disciplinary lenses. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and at least 80 credits completed by the start of the course. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and 80 credits completed
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21672
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
An investigation of major philosophical problems in their medieval context. Possible topics include: faith and reason, free will, the role of authority, and the existence of God. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
8:00 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21673
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
An investigation of major philosophical problems in their medieval context. Possible topics include: faith and reason, free will, the role of authority, and the existence of God. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21674
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
An investigation of major philosophical problems from the late nineteenth century to the present, with a focus on prominent philosophers, including thinkers from both the analytic and continental traditions. Prerequisite: PHIL 220
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 22190
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Sci, Med, Soc (SMDS) Minor
Writing Intensive
This course presents an integrated, interdisciplinary examination of philosophical developments in the history of medical science and health care. Students will develop a critical and creative perspective on medicine and health care through philosophical exploration of their history, foundations, and purposes. Students will study important episodes and developments in the history of the theory and practice of medicine and explore philosophical analyses of and arguments about the nature of medical knowledge, health, disease and health care. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21675
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
An inquiry into the foundations and methods of moral philosophy. The course focuses on such questions as: Is moral knowledge possible? What is the good life for human beings? Are there objective moral truths? What makes an action right or wrong? Are some types of action always wrong? How does one become a good person? How does morality relate to God? What is morality’s relation to happiness? Special attention will be given to the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition in conversation with other approaches such as Kantianism, Consequentialism, and Relativism. Prerequisite: PHIL 110.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21677
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
This course examines central topics in the philosophy of nature and in metaphysics. Possible topics include substance and accident, change and the conditions of substantial generation, matter and form, causality, necessity and possibility, time and persistence through time, universals and particulars, essence and existence, and the transcendentals (unity, truth, goodness, beauty). Attention will be paid both to classical and to contemporary authors. Prerequisite: PHIL 220.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:15 am |
8:15 am |
8:15 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21678
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
This course considers various accounts of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge. Attention will be paid to the main figures in the Western tradition as well as to contemporary authors. Prerequisite: PHIL 220
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21679
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
This course considers various accounts of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge. Attention will be paid to the main figures in the Western tradition as well as to contemporary authors. Prerequisite: PHIL 220
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
8:00 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21680
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing in the Discipline
Systematic treatment of philosophical arguments concerning the existence and attributes of God. Prerequisite: PHIL 365.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 21681
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing in the Discipline
Systematic treatment of philosophical arguments concerning the existence and attributes of God. Prerequisite: PHIL 365.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21813
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
This section is designed for students who are considering careers in health or medicine, and/or for those who are exploring pre-health majors.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21816
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
This section is designed to acquaint students with the contents of the Bible and with Christian history, especially in the context of the Catholic tradition. Through careful reading of a core of common texts and a variety of written assignments, students are expected to attain a basic understanding of human experience in the light of major areas of theology, including revelation, God, creation, Jesus and the Church.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21817
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
Foundations: Person-Centered Care: Women and Theology. This course is intended for incoming students interested in the Nursing program. It introduces students to the Christian theological tradition through an examination of core texts, theological tradition through an examination of core texts, theological concepts and history. Special attention will be paid to the contributions and roles that women have played throughout Christian history. Students can also expect to explore the relationship between Christianity and other monotheistic faiths.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21818
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
Foundations: Person-Centered Care: Women and Theology. This course is intended for incoming students interested in the Nursing program. It introduces students to the Christian theological tradition through an examination of core texts, theological tradition through an examination of core texts, theological concepts and history. Special attention will be paid to the contributions and roles that women have played throughout Christian history. Students can also expect to explore the relationship between Christianity and other monotheistic faiths.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21878
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
This course introduces students to central Christian claims by examining biblical and theological texts involving non-human spirits. Students learn how these texts provide religious communities with resources to grapple with and perennially reimagine the divine, the natural world, and the common good in human communities. The course emphasizes the role of communal discernment and Spirit-led interpretation of biblical text as religious communities seek ways to make ancient texts ever new.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:15 am |
8:15 am |
8:15 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21822
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
This course introduces students to foundational concepts within Christian theology. This section examines the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and the New Testament in their ancient contexts and then uses that knowledge to better understand the role played by the Bible in contemporary moral, political, and theological debates (such as those concerning human nature, faith, economics, ecology, gender, and more).
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21823
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
This course introduces students to foundational concepts within Christian theology. This section examines the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and the New Testament in their ancient contexts and then uses that knowledge to better understand the role played by the Bible in contemporary moral, political, and theological debates (such as those concerning human nature, faith, economics, ecology, gender, and more).
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:15 am |
8:15 am |
8:15 am |
||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21824
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
This course introduces students to foundational concepts and skills associated with Christian theology. The course reflects critically upon the concepts of God and Christ, Scripture, Faith and Reason, the Human Being, and the Common Good, especially in the context of Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Catholic Social Teaching. Students will gain a basic level of theological literacy through introduction to central texts within Christian tradition, particularly the Bible. Students will also be introduced to connecting fundamental theological questions to the common good in the context of the pressing challenges of today’s world.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21825
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
This course introduces students to foundational concepts and skills associated with Christian theology. The course reflects critically upon the concepts of God and Christ, Scripture, Faith and Reason, the Human Being, and the Common Good, especially in the context of Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Catholic Social Teaching. Students will gain a basic level of theological literacy through introduction to central texts within Christian tradition, particularly the Bible. Students will also be introduced to connecting fundamental theological questions to the common good in the context of the pressing challenges of today’s world.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
|||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21826
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
This section compares theological imaginations in regard to the following questions: Who is God? What does it mean to be human? Is there meaning to suffering? What is the significance of the cross for Christians? In light of systematic injustice in our world—where is God and who might we be for one another?
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
|||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21827
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
This section compares theological imaginations in regard to the following questions: Who is God? What does it mean to be human? Is there meaning to suffering? What is the significance of the cross for Christians? In light of systematic injustice in our world—where is God and who might we be for one another?
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
|||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21828
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Sustainability (SUST)
Writing to learn
This section explores the foundational claim in Christian theology that creation is brought into existence and sustained by a Creator, a claim that informs Catholic intellectual tradition and social teaching. We will consider questions such as: Does God care about how human beings treat creation? What guidance does scripture offer for how we ought to live on this planet? Is environmental destruction, such as the climate crisis, the result of human sin, or part of God's plan to bring about the end of the world? What are the implications of the conviction that God became human and lived on Earth? Can and ought theologians and scientists work together to overcome environmental problems? How is love of neighbor and commitment to the common good tied to care for creation?
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
|||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21829
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Sustainability (SUST)
Writing to learn
This section explores the foundational claim in Christian theology that creation is brought into existence and sustained by a Creator, a claim that informs Catholic intellectual tradition and social teaching. We will consider questions such as: Does God care about how human beings treat creation? What guidance does scripture offer for how we ought to live on this planet? Is environmental destruction, such as the climate crisis, the result of human sin, or part of God's plan to bring about the end of the world? What are the implications of the conviction that God became human and lived on Earth? Can and ought theologians and scientists work together to overcome environmental problems? How is love of neighbor and commitment to the common good tied to care for creation?
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
||||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21830
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
This section will compare how Jews, Christians, and Muslims think about major themes, such as God, Jesus, creation, revelation, and the human being. It will treat how the Abrahamic traditions are sources for determining the common good especially as it relates to respect for our world, the human community, and the dignity of each human being.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:30 pm |
||||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21831
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
This section will compare how Jews, Christians, and Muslims think about major themes, such as God, Jesus, creation, revelation, and the human being. It will treat how the Abrahamic traditions are sources for determining the common good especially as it relates to respect for our world, the human community, and the dignity of each human being.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21832
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
This course introduces students to central Christian claims by examining biblical and theological texts involving non-human spirits. Students learn how these texts provide religious communities with resources to grapple with and perennially reimagine the divine, the natural world, and the common good in human communities. The course emphasizes the role of communal discernment and Spirit-led interpretation of biblical text as religious communities seek ways to make ancient texts ever new.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
8:00 am |
|||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21833
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
Immigration and Poverty will engage the foundations of the CHristian Theological Tradition through the lens of the experience of the movement of people and the experience of poverty in ancient and contemporary contexts.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21834
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
Immigration and Poverty will engage the foundations of the CHristian Theological Tradition through the lens of the experience of the movement of people and the experience of poverty in ancient and contemporary contexts.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21835
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Writing to learn
This section is designed to acquaint students with the contents of the Bible and with Christian history, especially in the context of the Catholic tradition. Through careful reading of a core of common texts and a variety of written assignments, students are expected to attain a basic understanding of human experience in the light of major areas of theology, including revelation, God, creation, Jesus and the Church.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
|||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21814
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
This course introduces students to foundational concepts and skills associated with Christian theology. The course reflects critically upon the concepts of God and Christ, Scripture, Faith and Reason, the Human Being, and the Common Good, especially in the context of Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Catholic Social Teaching. Students will gain a basic level of theological literacy through introduction to central texts within Christian tradition, particularly the Bible. Students will also be introduced to connecting fundamental theological questions to the common good in the context of the pressing challenges of today’s world.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
|||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21815
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
This course introduces students to foundational concepts and skills associated with Christian theology. The course reflects critically upon the concepts of God and Christ, Scripture, Faith and Reason, the Human Being, and the Common Good, especially in the context of Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Catholic Social Teaching. Students will gain a basic level of theological literacy through introduction to central texts within Christian tradition, particularly the Bible. Students will also be introduced to connecting fundamental theological questions to the common good in the context of the pressing challenges of today’s world.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21836
In Person | Topics Lecture 2
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
This section involves the student in an intensive historical, literary, and theological reading of major portions of the New Testament in the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts and from the perspective of modern methods of biblical interpretation. In addition, the course explores the New Testament as a foundational document for modern Christian traditions in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship, and in the articulation of moral principles.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21837
In Person | Topics Lecture 2
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
This section involves the student in an intensive historical, literary, and theological reading of major portions of the New Testament in the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts and from the perspective of modern methods of biblical interpretation. In addition, the course explores the New Testament as a foundational document for modern Christian traditions in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship, and in the articulation of moral principles.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21839
In Person | Topics Lecture 11
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
Genesis and Human Nature investigates the foundational narrative —the biblical story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden — as well as its “afterlife” in ancient Judaism, early Christianity, classical Islam, the European Renaissance and modernity. From these texts emerge key issues that frame the human experience: questions of human origins, humanity's place in the cosmos, constructions of gender, and perspectives on sin and punishment. Through engagement with these texts and concepts, students will wrestle with some of the core texts in the western tradition
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21840
In Person | Topics Lecture 2
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
A study of the development of Christian Theology from the fall of the Roman Empire until the Renaissance. Special attention will be given to the main themes of the classical Christian views of faith/reason, grace/nature, God/creation in the theologies of such theologians as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure. Other themes that may be treated: the role of monasticism and mendicant life; medieval saints such as St. Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena, women's spirituality, mysticism, liturgical developments, religious art and architecture, and the interaction of Christians with Jews and Muslims.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21841
In Person | Topics Lecture 2
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
A study of the development of Christian Theology from the fall of the Roman Empire until the Renaissance. Special attention will be given to the main themes of the classical Christian views of faith/reason, grace/nature, God/creation in the theologies of such theologians as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure. Other themes that may be treated: the role of monasticism and mendicant life; medieval saints such as St. Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena, women's spirituality, mysticism, liturgical developments, religious art and architecture, and the interaction of Christians with Jews and Muslims.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21843
In Person | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
This section journeys through the whole Christian story, from creation through the drama of sin and salvation to the hope for the age to come. It explores how Christian belief sheds light on contemporary issues such as food sustainability, racial justice, or human cloning.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21844
In Person | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
This section journeys through the whole Christian story, from creation through the drama of sin and salvation to the hope for the age to come. It explores how Christian belief sheds light on contemporary issues such as food sustainability, racial justice, or human cloning.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
5:30 pm |
5:30 pm |
|||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21846
In Person | Topics Lecture 2
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This course explores New Testament and early Christian faith in Jesus in its multicultural settings, as well as contemporary understandings of Jesus around the world. What does Jesus mean to people of different places and times? Can different understandings of Jesus all be Christian?
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21847
In Person | Topics Lecture 3
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
Readings will focus primarily on C.S. Lewis's literary works, especially, but not exclusively, on his fiction. The course will also include some critical works, both Lewis's as well as others' work about Lewis. In addition, numerous biblical passages will be examined, including the parables of Jesus, which, as a parallel to Lewis's work, can demonstrate the theological possibility of narrative. Class lectures and readings in and about Lewis will explore Christian theology and its interdisciplinary relations to literature, especially myth. Through the lens of Lewis's literature, historical, philosophical, moral, educational, and global issues will be considered.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
8:00 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21848
In Person | Topics Lecture 2
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
This section is for a cohort of students entering the Common Good Scholars program. Students will focus on theology's role in the formation of a social consciousness through class discussion and community engagement.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
5:30 pm |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21849
In Person | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
This course explores principles, methods, and topics of Christian theological ethics. It addresses the relation of Christian faith to moral reflection and decision making (both individual and social); the contribution of the Christian tradition to understanding the human person; the significance of love, justice, and commitment to the common good in Christian moral life; and the role of the believing community in its relation to culture. Topics might include sex, marriage, and family; crime, justice, and forgiveness; war, peace, and revolution; immigration; environmental sustainability and animal rights; poverty and economic justice, among others.
4 Credits
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 20658
In Person | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Instructor: TBD
This course either introduces diverse expressions of Christian spirituality or focuses on topics within a distinctly Christian spirituality according to the discretion of the instructor such as Christian styles of worship, Christian understandings of sacramentality (especially Christian marriage), or stages of spiritual formation. Students will consider methodological issues in the academic study of spirituality. Emphasis is placed on a wide reading in the Christian tradition of both primary and secondary literature in order to assist the student in grasping the integral link between the lived faith of Christians and the theological articulation of that faith.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21854
In Person | Topics Lecture 3
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Family Studies Major Approved
Family Studies Minor Approved
Writing Intensive
This section is designed to acquaint students with the theology of Christian marriage, understood as covenant relationship and as sacrament, that is, an effective sign of God's love in our world. Primary though not exclusive emphasis will be on the Roman Catholic tradition. Students will also examine contemporary cultural attitudes toward sexuality, marriage, and the family in the light of Christian theology.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21855
In Person | Topics Lecture 3
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Family Studies Major Approved
Family Studies Minor Approved
Writing Intensive
This section is designed to acquaint students with the theology of Christian marriage, understood as covenant relationship and as sacrament, that is, an effective sign of God's love in our world. Primary though not exclusive emphasis will be on the Roman Catholic tradition. Students will also examine contemporary cultural attitudes toward sexuality, marriage, and the family in the light of Christian theology.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21852
In Person | Topics Lecture 3
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Family Studies Major Approved
Writing to learn
This section is designed to acquaint students with the theology of Christian marriage, understood as covenant relationship and as sacrament, that is, an effective sign of God's love in our world. Primary though not exclusive emphasis will be on the Roman Catholic tradition. Students will also examine contemporary cultural attitudes toward sexuality, marriage, and the family in the light of Christian theology.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
5:30 pm |
5:30 pm |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21853
In Person | Topics Lecture 3
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Family Studies Major Approved
Writing to learn
This section is designed to acquaint students with the theology of Christian marriage, understood as covenant relationship and as sacrament, that is, an effective sign of God's love in our world. Primary though not exclusive emphasis will be on the Roman Catholic tradition. Students will also examine contemporary cultural attitudes toward sexuality, marriage, and the family in the light of Christian theology.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 22195
Online: Asynchronous | Topics Lecture 7
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
In this course, students will explore approaches to theology that emerge out of diverse cultural contexts. Sections may focus on biblical interpretation, dynamics of church life, mission work, or transnational solidarity through the eyes of the marginalized, or they may focus on efforts to articulate and bear witness to the gospel amid new cultures and historical challenges, according to the instructor’s discretion. Sections may focus on experiences of marginalization and oppression as a source for theological reflection for women (giving rise to feminist/womanist/mujerista theologies, for example), or for people of color or indigenous peoples (giving rise to Latin American, African-American, Minjung, and South African liberation theologies, for example), or for economically exploited classes (also giving rise to liberation theologies). This course will thus provide an opportunity to learn how the global Christian community is gaining fresh insights into the gospel that were missed when the dominant perspective on theology reflected primarily the experience of European men, or to learn how claims by Christians have at various times served both to challenge and to reinforce systems of power and privilege.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 22236
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
This course introduces students to central aspects of Christian history, thought, and action concerning ethnicity and race and provides resources to build up what Martin Luther King, Jr., called the “Beloved Community.” The course helps students develop ethical reasoning skills through consideration of various historical and contemporary Christian encounters across lines of racial difference, including examples from monastic communities, papal documents, missionary endeavors, North American churches, the common good in human communities, and saints from the Catholic tradition.. The course emphasizes the role of communal discernment and Spirit-led interpretation of biblical text as religious communities seek ways to make ancient texts ever new.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
8:00 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21859
In Person | Topics Lecture 4
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This course will invite students to engage traditions of Latin American and U.S. Black liberation theologies in their origins and developments, theological content, and transformations in the contemporary period. In resistance to a dominant narrative that categorizes liberation theologies as past or fatally flawed phenomena, this course will trace how liberationist methods and praxes have survived bad-faith critics while responding and adapting to methodological problems and blind spots. Students will be invited to apply a liberationist hermeneutic to their own contexts and evaluate for themselves if this way of doing theology continues to hold promise today.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21860
In Person | Topics Lecture 4
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This course will invite students to engage traditions of Latin American and U.S. Black liberation theologies in their origins and developments, theological content, and transformations in the contemporary period. In resistance to a dominant narrative that categorizes liberation theologies as past or fatally flawed phenomena, this course will trace how liberationist methods and praxes have survived bad-faith critics while responding and adapting to methodological problems and blind spots. Students will be invited to apply a liberationist hermeneutic to their own contexts and evaluate for themselves if this way of doing theology continues to hold promise today.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21856
In Person | Topics Lecture 14
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
This section involves an examination of the views of various religions and ideologies on issues of justice and peace, with special attention to the Catholic and other Christian teachings on such issues as war and peace, violence, economic justice, the environment, criminal justice, and social justice. Special attention is given to how fundamental presuppositions and principles of each group studied affect their views on justice and peace, and contribute to or hinder dialogue and peaceful interaction with other groups. In addition to Christianity, students will study (at least) one far eastern worldview (e.g. Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism), one tribal religion (Native American, African), Islam, and one secular worldview (e.g. Marxism, capitalism, secular humanism). Students are required to investigate one worldview in depth through a semester-long research project.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21857
Online: Asynchronous | Topics Lecture 14
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
This section involves an examination of the views of various religions and ideologies on issues of justice and peace, with special attention to the Catholic and other Christian teachings on such issues as war and peace, violence, economic justice, the environment, criminal justice, and social justice. Special attention is given to how fundamental presuppositions and principles of each group studied affect their views on justice and peace, and contribute to or hinder dialogue and peaceful interaction with other groups. In addition to Christianity, students will study (at least) one far eastern worldview (e.g. Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism), one tribal religion (Native American, African), Islam, and one secular worldview (e.g. Marxism, capitalism, secular humanism). Students are required to investigate one worldview in depth through a semester-long research project.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21858
Online: Asynchronous | Topics Lecture 9
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
This course explores the topic of women and the Old Testament from several different vantage points. In the first place, it will try to reconstruct the status and roles of women during the biblical periods at various points in their ancient Near Eastern context. This reconstruction will involve an examination of the legal and narrative material of the Old Testament and cross-cultural studies on women and family life in non-industrial countries. Secondly, the course investigates the conceptions of gender in the Old Testament, including key texts such as the creation stories, the stories about the ancestors, the stories about family honor, the female characters of the historical books of the Bible, the books named after women (Ruth, Esther, Judith), the texts symbolizing women as evil (e.g., the foreign woman, the adulterous wife, the whore of Babylon). Finally, the course studies the interpretive work of biblical scholars and how they utilize various historical and literary-critical methodologies in order to bring issues of gender, race, and class to bear upon the biblical text.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21862
In Person | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This section examines the theological themes of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Lakota traditions. These themes will be studied alongside Christianity, clarifying similarities and differences.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21863
In Person | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This section examines the theological themes of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Lakota traditions. These themes will be studied alongside Christianity, clarifying similarities and differences.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21864
In Person | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This section examines the theological themes of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Lakota traditions. These themes will be studied alongside Christianity, clarifying similarities and differences.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21865
In Person | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This course invites students to explore Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Indigenous worldviews, or other traditions, in relation to Christianity. They may also examine distinctions within a single religious tradition (between Sunni and Shia sects within Islam, for example). Classes may focus on lived practice, modes of inter- and intrareligious dialogue, theologies of religious pluralism, or sacred texts. Students will critically and creatively reflect on the theological opportunities and challenges posed by the reality of religious pluralism in our contemporary world.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21866
In Person | Topics Lecture 6
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This section provides an introduction to the foundational sources of Islam: its sacred scripture, the Qur’an, and its founder, the Prophet Muhammad. We will study the language, themes, and multiple interpretations of the Qur'an, and its role in Muslim ritual, social, intellectual, spiritual, artistic, and political life. We will examine contemporary interpretations of the Qur’an on questions of pluralism, politics, and gender. We will pay close attention to the Abrahamic historical and theological context of the Qur’an and the Prophet and their relationship with Biblical traditions and how revelation and prophecy have been understood and debated by Muslims, Christians, and Jews.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21861
Online: Asynchronous | Topics Lecture 2
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
In the last half century religious diversity in the West has rapidly increased, bringing people from different religious traditions into daily contact. This has resulted in new conflicts, sometimes in violence, but also in new collaborations and friendships. Drawing on several approaches to interreligious conflict and relations, this course will examine the dynamic encounters that take place between and among people of different religious identities and ask students to reflect on their own role in religiously complex situations. Students will consider this interreligious reality and their role in it against the backdrop of their own individual relationship to spirituality, faith, and theology. To foster interreligious understanding beyond the classroom, students in this course will spend significant time outside the classroom directly engaging religious diversity.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
5:30 pm |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21867
In Person | Topics Lecture 2
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
[Core] Signature Work
Writing to learn
If to work is to share in the creative activity of God, then what specific challenge does this pose for an attorney given the grinding realities of the legal profession? If to be a professional is to live out a tripartite relationship between self, client, and a higher standard, then how does an attorney determine, much less respond to such a standard? Through a close reading of a variety of theological texts, treaties, case studies and rules of professional conduct, this course will address these questions and, in so doing, attempt to fashion a paradigm for the Christian practice of law. Within this paradigm, emphasis will be placed on the meaning of justice, law, rights and responsibilities. An ethic of care that fosters the development of a compassionate world and a common life will be emphasized.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
5:30 pm |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21881
In Person | Topics Lecture 2
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
[Core] Signature Work
Writing to learn
Open to all students, not only theology majors, the signature work in theology course is designed as a capstone experience to integrate a student’s entire college career, bringing fullness of expression to the University’s efforts through the liberal arts core to educate morally responsible leaders who, grounded in the Catholic intellectual tradition, think critically, act wisely, and work skillfully to advance the common good. There are two types of signature work in theology: signature work that is focused on contemporary challenges, or signature work that is focused on faith and the professions. Signature work that is focused on contemporary challenges will invite students to conduct research and/or experiential learning around matters of pressing concern according to the instructor’s discretion, such as fostering understanding across lines of religious difference; cultivating interfaith leadership; searching for beauty; establishing justice and peace; or responding to contemporary challenges such as environmental sustainability, immigration, or mass incarceration. Signature work that is focused on vocation may explore the integration of theology with a profession of the instructor’s choosing, such as the management professions, the legal professions, the medical professions, the public health professions, the psychological professions, or the engineering professions. Prerequisites: THEO 100 and a student must have at least 80 credits completed.
4 Credits
| 02/02 - 05/22 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 21868
Blended Online & In-Person | Topics Lecture 5
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Phil/Theo
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Busn Healthcare Minor Approved
Writing Intensive
What is a good health care professional? This course pursues this question and possible answers to it, from a historical, moral, and theological point of view. Reading and discussion will be guided by a detailed investigation of the scientific/technological, economic, and cultural forces that are presently complicating our traditional understanding of health care. Emphasis throughout will be on the Christian tradition of moral inquiry as a resource for responding to this question.
4 Credits