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APO 512-2 Catholic Apologetics – Karlo Broussard
This course introduces the student to the art of fulfilling this biblical mandate to cogently and convincingly explain and defend Christian truth, and focuses on the “what” and “how” of apologetics to present a compelling defense of the Faith.

APO 535-2 Moral Apologetics – Karlo Broussard
This course focuses on engaging apologetics from a moral dimension.

CHH 300-2 Church History – Alan Fimister
This course examines the history of the Catholic Church as a point of evangelization. Topics to be examined will include development of the early Church, the Age of the Fathers, the Dark Ages, the Middle Ages, the Reformation period, and the Modern Era.

DTH 101-2 Fundamental Theology – John Joy
This course introduces the sources, topics, and history of theology as a foundation for further study. Attention is given to the origins of doctrine and its form, important to almost all branches of theology.

ENG 115-2 Writing and Composition – Benjamin Alexander
This course is designed to give students the knowledge and skills necessary to compose college-level academic papers. It will begin with instruction in grammar, paragraph structure, and other foundational skills. Students will then gain experience writing autobiographical essays, theological reflections, and a research paper. Assignments will be tailored to students’ abilities.

ENG 151-2 Drama – Jeanne LaHaie
This course studies significant works of drama. Particular attention will be paid to Western dramatists.

ENG 151-3 Drama – Jeanne LaHaie
This course studies significant works of drama. Particular attention will be paid to Western dramatists.

ENG 181-2 Research and Writing – Kathleen Connor
This course is designed to instruct students to plan, research, and write a term paper. Students will be guided through the research phase and given a review of the fundamentals of composition. Extensive use of the library and the internet will be a part of the course.

ENG 181-3 Research and Writing – Kathleen Connor
This course is designed to instruct students to plan, research, and write a term paper. Students will be guided through the research phase and given a review of the fundamentals of composition. Extensive use of the library and the internet will be a part of the course.

ENG 310-2 Rhetoric – Patrick Reilly
This course teaches the principles and methods of classical rhetoric, which is the art of communicating truth, including both composition and public speaking. Students study exemplary orations that are historically and socially significant, and they compose and deliver their own orations. Truth and virtue are held in esteem, as students cultivate skills of logical persuasion and eloquence: vir bonus, dicendi peritus (“the good person speaking well”).

ENG 400-2 Catholic English Literature – Jeanne LaHaie
This course examines the thoughtful and beautiful works of select English playwrights, poets, and novelists, including William Shakespeare, G.M.Hopkins, T.S. Eliot, Graham Greene, and Evelyn Waugh. Each student writes a paper on the literature with guidance through the research and drafting.

ENG 410-2 The Works of J.R.R. Tolkien & C.S. Lewis – Kathleen Connor
This course will explore the literary works of Tolkien and Lewis, delving into the deeper theological, philosophical, historical, and intertextual dimension of Middle-earth and Narnia.

ENG/PHS 583-2 Dante’s Divine Comedy: Thomistic Philosophy in Narrative – Benjamin Alexander
This course examines Dante’s Divine Comedy, one canto a day for one hundred days with breaks following the Inferno and the Purgatorio. The work is read as a narrativization of the works of St. Thomas Aquinas, a way to experience a successful merger of theology and philosophy.

GRK 502-2 Greek II – Hannah Murphy
This course is designed to develop the student’s knowledge of the basics of koine Greek (the Greek of the New Testament). It is the second of three courses designed to give the student the skills necessary to read the New Testament and other ancient Greek texts with pleasure and understanding. It will also provide the linguistic basis to pursue more advanced scholarly work in New Testament studies. Prerequisite: Greek I

HEB 502-2 Hebrew II – Geoffrey Ludvik
This course is designed to develop the student’s knowledge of the basics of biblical Hebrew. It is the second of three courses designed to give the student the skills necessary to read the Old Testament with pleasure and understanding. It will also provide the linguistic basis to pursue advanced scholarly work in Old Testament studies. Prerequisite: Hebrew I

HIS 102-2 Western Civilization II – John Bequette
This course continues the study of Western Civilization and covers the Thirty Years’ War as nations fought to restore a united Christendom, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the American War for Independence, the Napoleonic Age, the two world wars, the Communist Revolution, Vatican II, and more recent events.

HIS 102-3 Western Civilization II – John Bequette
This course continues the study of Western Civilization and covers the Thirty Years’ War as nations fought to restore a united Christendom, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the American War for Independence, the Napoleonic Age, the two world wars, the Communist Revolution, Vatican II, and more recent events.

HIS 202-2 American History I – John Carter
This course will provide an introduction to the experiment in democracy known as the United States of America. As a survey course, it will focus on periods in American history: the colonial period, the revolution, the early republic, the Civil War, the Gilded Age, and the modern period.

HIS 351-2 Eastern Civilization I – Lucy Underwood
This course covers the foundational thought and beliefs of Eastern Civilization stemming from its ancient history. These essential concepts and beliefs will be studied from a Catholic perspective with special reference to magisterial documents and papal writings.

HUM 125-2 The History of Sacred Art. – Melissa Steele
This course provides an introduction to the history of sacred art. It explores the meaning of sacred art as it emerges within the history of the Catholic tradition, from the early Church to the contemporary period, exploring themes, religious symbolism, and the role of art in communicating the faith. Particular emphasis is paid to the portrayal of Jesus, Mary, and the saints in painting and sculpture.

LAT 202-2 Latin II – Philippe Yates
This course builds on Latin I and familiarizes the student with the majority of Latin grammar and a significant amount of theological and philosophical Latin vocabulary. It is the second of three courses designed to give the student the skills to read modern ecclesiastical Latin.

MTH 300-2 Moral Theology – Paul Chutikorn
This course introduces the foundational concepts of Catholic moral theology, and seeks to provide a mastery of the questions: What is moral theology? What are its underlying precepts? How can we use these to help ourselves and others lead a moral life?

MTH 425-2 Theology of the Body – Lucy Knouse
This course covers the biblical foundations for the Theology of the Body as expressed in the works of St. John Paul II, and seeks to relate the Theology of the Body in the practical encounters of life, love and Marriage.

PAS 161-2 Foundations of Theology I – Derek Driskill
This course presents an overview of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Students study the first two parts, “The Profession of Faith” and “The Celebration of the Christian Mystery” to grasp its presentation of truth in the light of Vatican Council II.

PAS 161-3 Foundations of Theology I – Derek Driskill
This course presents an overview of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Students study the first two parts, “The Profession of Faith” and “The Celebration of the Christian Mystery” to grasp its presentation of truth in the light of Vatican Council II.

PAS 162-2 Foundations of Theology II – Derek Driskill
This course presents an overview of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Students study parts three and four of the Catechism, “Life in Christ” and “Christian Prayer,” to grasp its presentation of truth in the light of Vatican Council II.

PAS 162-3 Foundations of Theology II – Melissa Steele
This course presents an overview of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Students study parts three and four of the Catechism, “Life in Christ” and “Christian Prayer,” to grasp its presentation of truth in the light of Vatican Council II.

PAS 511-2 Mission & Evangelization – William O’Leary
This course explores biblical-theological foundations of mission, the forms of evangelization, education for evangelization, specific missionary vocation, challenges in evangelization and an exploration of St. John Paul II’s call for new ardor, expression, and method in evangelization.

PHE 425-2 Fundamental Bioethics – Benjamin Parks
This course studies the philosophical foundations for several ethical viewpoints concerning human life and the use of medical technologies, focusing primarily on the Catholic position rooted in personalistic principles.

PHE 505-2 Narrative & the Moral Life – Melissa Mitchell
This course examines the ethical influence of stories by focusing on philosophical analyses of narrative and moral life. Topics may include: the sources and limits of narratives’ moral power; their nature and structure; principles for the ethical evaluation of stories and their readers; and stories in Catholic spirituality.

PHH 301-2 History of Ancient Philosophy – Peter Mango
This course studies the most representative thinkers of ancient philosophy, beginning with Plato, Socrates and Aristotle and ending with St. Augustine and Boethius.

PHH 304-2 History of Medieval Philosophy – Jon Kirwan
This course will introduce students to medieval philosophy and, in addition to focusing on major thinkers such as Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham, examine its importance today in such topics as the nature and existence of God, the relationship between faith and reason, and the human soul and its faculties.

PHH 304-3 History of Medieval Philosophy – Cynthia Gniadek
This course will introduce students to medieval philosophy and, in addition to focusing on major thinkers such as Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham, examine its importance today in such topics as the nature and existence of God, the relationship between faith and reason, and the human soul and its faculties.

PHH 404-2 History of Contemporary Philosophy – Peter Mango
This course examines the views of various 20th and 21st century philosophers on issues in ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, and other areas of thought.

PHH/SAI 560-2 Medieval Christian Wisdom and Sacred Art – Marguerite Mullee
This course will explore medieval philosophies of art and beauty, their classical beginnings and their influence on artistic expression. Delving into medieval sacred art and music, students will examine how the arts reflect society and offer us a deeper knowledge of the transcendent aspects of the human experience.

PHS 121-2 Logic – Cynthia Gniadek
This course introduces the basic structures of sound thinking, analytic reading, and the evaluation of arguments, the latter through practice in Aristotelian logic and examination of the three acts of the mind in Aristotelian-Thomistic philosophy.

PHS 121-3 Logic – Cynthia Gniadek
This course introduces the basic structures of sound thinking, analytic reading, and the evaluation of arguments, the latter through practice in Aristotelian logic and examination of the three acts of the mind in Aristotelian-Thomistic philosophy.

PHS 450-2 Philosophical Anthropology – John Finley
This course will study human nature from two perspectives: 1. We will begin with an examination of humanity in light of the twentieth century Catholic philosophical tradition, one which begins its examination of the human person in light of lived experience. We will then proceed to understand human nature as developed in the Medieval Catholic tradition, especially as it is presented through the work of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor.

PHS 490-2 Metaphysics – Jon Kirwan
Metaphysics is that most general investigation of philosophy that attempts to arrive at reasoned judgments about how things really are. This course presents a comprehensive introduction to Aristotelian and Thomistic metaphysics. Topics included are the nature of metaphysics as a science and its subject matter; the distinction between being and essence; and the analogy of being.

PHS 492-2 Philosophy of God Paul – Chutikorn
This course is an examination of the existence of God, His nature and relation to the world and man. (Prerequisites are PHS 450 and PHS 490)

PSY 200-2 Psychology – Jeffrey Thompson
This course studies the mind, will, soul, behavior, character of the human person and the relation of the person to others. In doing so, it examines areas of cognitive and behavioral approaches, emotion, development, psychoanalytic and humanistic theories, personality and motivation. Assessment and cultural diversity are studied in each area.

PSY 200-3 Psychology – Jeffrey Thompson
This course studies the mind, will, soul, behavior, character of the human person and the relation of the person to others. In doing so, it examines areas of cognitive and behavioral approaches, emotion, development, psychoanalytic and humanistic theories, personality and motivation. Assessment and cultural diversity are studied in each area.

SAI 323-2 Sacred Architecture – Anthony Grumbine
This course examines Christian archaeology, art, and architecture and also investigates religious heritage sites. The course highlights the multidisciplinary nature and function of archaeology as it relates to Christian art and architecture.

SAI 330-2 History of Calligraphy & Illumination – Marguerite Mullee
The art of the illuminated manuscript is a distinct branch of Christian art. This course surveys the evolution of Christian calligraphy, manuscripts, illumination and miniatures. We will explore the techniques of producing manuscripts, as well as examining the development of calligraphy and illumination styles in their historical and cultural contexts.

SAI 437-2 History of Mosaics, Murals and Stained Glass – Marguerite Mullee
This course is a general survey of the development of mosaics, murals (frescoes), and stained glass. We will examine the specific techniques and evolution of these art forms as well as their theological and historical contexts.

SAS 101-2 Sacred Scripture- Benedict Hince
This course treats in detail the Biblical inspiration, canonicity, texts, versions, hermeneutics, literary genre, and the ongoing sanctifying activity of the Holy Spirit through the use of the Holy Scripture both by individuals and by the Church officially.

SAS 101-3 Sacred Scripture – Benedict Hince
This course treats in detail the Biblical inspiration, canonicity, texts, versions, hermeneutics, literary genre, and the ongoing sanctifying activity of the Holy Spirit through the use of the Holy Scripture both by individuals and by the Church officially.

SAS 300-2 Wisdom Literature – Matthew Ramage
This course views sapiential literature (Job, Proverbs, Sirach, Qohelet, Psalms and Song of Songs) as an expression of Israel’s spirituality both at the time of its writing and today.

SAS 451-2 Synoptic Gospels – Benedict Hince
This course explores the stylistic and literary characteristics of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Students study the Synoptic Gospels’ theological, spiritual, and historical background.

SAS 451-3 Synoptic Gospels – Fr. Jad Chlouk
This course explores the stylistic and literary characteristics of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Students study the Synoptic Gospels’ theological, spiritual, and historical background.

SAS 471-2 Letters of St Paul – Fr. William Mills

SAS 561-2 Gospel of John – Fr. William Mills
This course studies the Gospel of John considering the historical, religious, and cultural background of this gospel and major themes such as covenant, Kingdom of God, grace, redemption, wisdom, prophecy, creation, Trinity, faith, angels, resurrection and priesthood.

SCM 100-2 Our Physical World – Stacy Trasancos

SCM 201-2 Physics – Stacy Trasancos
This course will introduce students to the concepts, principles and fundamentals of the physical science, including the study of motion, Newton’s law of motion, the conservation of energy and momentum, waves, basic concepts of fluids, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, and modern physics.

SCM 303-2 Anatomy and Physiology II – Denise Hunnell
This course presents a systemic approach to the study of the human body. Lecture topics include discussions of the nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems.

SOC 275-2 Economics – Joe Jordan
This course will introduce students to the basic principles of macroeconomics and microeconomics from a Catholic perspective while paying close attention to the following Catholic principles: human dignity, solidarity, subsidiarity, and the common good. The economic theories and Catholic principles that will be presented will be complemented by demonstrating their practical applications.