2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

Catholic Studies Minor

The minor in Catholic Studies is 15 credits – the CIT seminars and three additional electives. Students who take a minor in Catholic Studies will complete the University’s core courses: CIT 201/202 The Human Journey Seminars: Great Books in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition (6 credits total). The remaining three elective courses (9 credits) will be normally completed as follows:

6 credits  CSP 203 and CSP 204 (another approved course may be substituted for 3 credits by approval of Chair)

3 credits  Catholic Studies approved courses

 

Approved Courses for Catholic Studies Minor

Catholic Studies Courses:

CSP 203Springsteen, Scorsese, and SHU

3

CSP 204Sinners, Saints, and Sacraments

3

CSP 205Taking the Journey: The Camino

3

 

Other Approved Courses

AN 204Introduction to Irish Archaeology

3

AR 204Renaissance Art

3

AR 205European Art: 17th-19th Century

3

ENG 220Studies in British Literature to 1603

3

ENG 224Seventeenth-Century British Literature

3

FR 251Early French Writers

3

FR 252French & Francophone Writers Then & Now

3

FR 280French Civilization & Culture

3

FR 281Francophone Civilization & Culture

3

FR 316Quebec

3

HI 207History of Latin America to 1826

3

HI 234Catholics in American Society

3

HI 242Ancient Greek History

3

HI 243Golden Age of Greece

3

HI 246Roman History: The Republic

3

HI 248Roman Empire & Christianity

3

HI 252Medieval Europe

3

HI 254The Renaissance & Reformation

3

HI 255Celtic & Irish History

3

HI 257History & Memory in Modern Ireland

3

IT 251Early Italian Writers

3

IT 252Italian Writers Then & Now

3

IT 280Italian Civilization & Culture

3

IT 380Dante & the Italian Literary Tradition

3

MU 106Introduction to Irish Traditional Music

3

MU 125Music in the Performing Arts

3

PH 237Philosophical Theology

3

PH 238Aesthetics: Philosophy of Art & Beauty

3

SO 201Poverty & Inequality in the United States

3

SO 254Society & Economic Change

3

SO 258Society & the Environment

3

SP 251/252Spanish Literature I and II

3 CR each

SP 280Hispanic Civilization & Culture: Spain

3

SP 281Hispanic Civilization & Culture: Latin America

3

SP 382The Cultures of Medieval Spain

3

SP 385The Society of Golden Age Spain

3

TRS 101Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

3

TRS 102Introduction to the New Testament

3

TRS 103Introduction to the Gospels

3

TRS 104The Letters of Paul

3

TRS 122Faith & Reason

3

TRS 123Sacraments

3

TRS 130History of Christianity I

3

TRS 231History of Christianity II

3

TRS 132Christian Spirituality

3

TRS 140Foundations of Catholic Ethics

3

TRS 142The Catholic Social Justice Tradition

3

TRS 171Celtic Religious Traditions

3

TRS 207Jesus the Christ

3

TRS 208The Church: Catholic Perspectives

3

TRS 209The Christian Trinity

3

TRS 210Theology & the Human Person

3

TRS 213Monks, Hermits, & Warriors

3