CHUR Concentration


Church History
Concentration Requirements

  • Four foundational courses (12 credits):
    LITY 501       Introduction to Liturgy
    MORL 501    Fundamental Moral Theology I
    SCRP 501    Introduction to Biblical Studies
    SYST 501    Revelation, Faith, Theology
  • Four area core courses (12 credits):
    CHUR 501    The First Millennium
    CHUR 502    Medieval and Renaissance
    CHUR 601    Modern and Contemporary
    CHUR 802    The Church in the USA
  • Three cores from other areas (9 credits), as suggested
    MORL 802     Marriage and Family
    SCRP 701     Synoptic Gospels and Acts
    SYST 701      Protology and Anthropology
  • Three electives (6 credits), from among:
    CHUR 906     The Church in the XX Century
    CHUR 908     The Black Catholic Experience
    CHUR 911     ResearchSeminar:Church/USA
    CHUR 912     Church in Latin America
    CHUR 913     Hispanics and Church in USA
    CHUR 914     American Catholic Culture
    CHUR 917     History of Religion in the USA
  • Research Portfolio (3 credits) containing three Church History research projects
    or a thesis + 1 additional research project
  • Additional coursework
    (inclusive of credits earned in the thesis option) for a total of 48 credits applied toward the M.A. (Theology) degree.
 

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