The Catholic Studies Minor is a university wide, interdisciplinary minor sponsored by the Department of Theology and the Garaventa Center designed to permit and encourage students to reach into the broad tradition from which Catholicism as an intellectual tradition developed, to deepen their understanding of Catholicism's rich and living heritage, to examine the contributions the tradition has made to culture and the contributions it has received from culture, and to be aware of its development and influence in the contemporary culture. The minor is open to all students and it is intended to be interdisciplinary. It provides opportunities to explore the dynamic interaction between Church and Culture as well as Culture and Church. It is intended to challenge students to understand and to contribute to the transformative power of Church teaching in every aspect of life and to understand the development of Church teaching in history. It is intended to provide opportunities for students to engage in sustained reflection on the Catholic tradition and to experience Catholicism in its many facets - intellectual, spiritual, liturgical, artistic, and service. The interdisciplinary nature of the new minor distinguishes it from Theology and the more intense intellectual focus as opposed to more focused social justice component distinguishes the new minor from the Social Justice Program.

Requirements for the Catholic Studies Minor - 18 credit hours

Required Course:PHL 150: Introductory Philosophy (3 credit hours)
Required Course:THE 457: Foundation of Catholic Theology (3 credit hours)
Elective Upper Division Courses (12 credit hours)

• The minor requires four 300/400 level courses (12 credit hours) carrying Catholic Studies credit. These twelve hours taken for the Catholic Studies credit. These twelve hours taken for the Catholic Studies Minor are to be distributed among three academic disciplines.
• There are presently seven academic disciplines that have courses in the Bulletin that are cross listed in the Catholic Studies Minor

Upper Division Electives Courses for Catholic Studies Program

Theology
    PCS/THE 405: Poets, Prophets, Divas, and Divines
    PCS/THE 425: Catholic Social Teaching
    PCS/THE 422: Modern Catholic Ethics
    PCS/THE 438: The Mass: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
    PCS/THE 442: Introduction to Christian Spirituality
    PCS/THE 453: Religion and Science
    PCS/THE 456: Literary Catholicism
    PCS/THE 464: Mystic, Thinker, Teacher: Augustine of Hippo
    PCS/THE 469: History of the Catholic Church in America
    PCS/THE 486: The Mysticism of Resistance
    PCS/THEP 491 (SW): Gender, Poverty, Violence
    PCS/THEP 428 (SCI): Ecology in Theological Perspective

Environmental Studies
    PCS/ENV 400: Integrating Seminar in Environmental Studies

History
    PCS/HST 333: Medieval Europe
    PCS/HST 335: Europe in the Age of Religious War
    PCS/HST 345: Spain from 1000 to 1700
    PCS/HST 354: Colonial Latin America

Philosophy
    PCS/PHL 334: The Problem of Being
    PCS/PHL 472: Medieval Philosophy
    PCS/PHL 435: Bioethics
    PCS/PHL 469: Great Philosophers (courses on great Catholic philosophers such as, Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Edith Stein, etc.)

Social Justice
    PCS/SJP 410: Social Justice Leadership

Business Administration
    PCS/BUS 480: Creating a World-Class Venture

Economics
    PCS/ECN 426: Comparitive Economics

English
    PCS/ENG 320: Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Literature
    PCS/ENG 330: Dante's Divine Comedy