SYST Concentration

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):
  SYST 601    Christology
  SYST 602    Ecclesiology I
  SYST 604    Baptism and Confirmation
  SYST 701    Protology and Anthropology
  

• Three cores from other areas (9 credits), as suggested
  CHUR 802   The Church in the USA
  MORL 802    Marriage and Family
  SCRP 701    Synoptic Gospels and Acts
  

• One mandatory elective (2 credits):
  SYST 907  Soteriology
  

• Two other electives (4 credits), from among:
  SYST 906     Themes/Systematic Theology
  SYST 911     Mariology: Selected Qs
  SYST 916     Great Theologians
  SYST 917     Introduction to Patristics
  

• Research Portfolio (3 credits) containing three Systematic 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.