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THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES

Theology and Religious Studies (B.A.)
Theology and Religious Studies (Minor)

Theology and Religious Studies (B.A.)

This program invites students to examine the significance of religious experience through the disciplines of theology and religious studies. Courses explore the human encounter with the divine through its historical and contemporary expressions in the lives of individuals and communities.

Under the heading of Theology, this program offers introductory and advanced courses in systematic and moral theology, scripture studies, and church history. As a Catholic university, Marymount offers courses that examine the richness of the Catholic faith and its theological heritage.

Under the heading of Religious Studies, courses introduce students to the complexity of the religious experience in human existence, the major religious traditions of the world, and the interaction of religion and culture.

The major in Theology and Religious Studies aims to develop in students a critical understanding of basic religious beliefs and their embodiment in dynamic religious traditions. The approach to theology and religious studies is critical and analytical. Students are expected to take introductory courses in both theology and religious studies. Students will then concentrate their upper-division courses in either theology or religious studies. Senior students complete an internship and a senior seminar. The senior seminar assesses the comprehensive knowledge of the student and requires a thesis.

Suggested Degree Plan

Year One

Fall

  • PH 200 Introduction to Philosophy
    EN 101 Composition I*
    ECO/POL/PSY/SOC 100 Introduction to the Social Sciences*
    Health elective*
    Mathematics elective*
    SEM 101 Freshman Seminar

Spring

  • TH 230 Foundations of Christian Theology§
    EN 102 Composition II*
    Humanities elective*
    Science elective*
    Elective

Year Two

Fall

  • RST 211 Religions of the World§ or RST 320 Religion in America§
    Theology elective§ **
    Humanities elective*
    Social Sciences elective*
    Elective

Spring

  • Theology elective§ **
    Two (2) Humanities electives*
    Social Sciences elective*
    Elective*

Year Three

Fall

  • TH 240 The Foundations of Christian Morality§;
    TH 347 Friendship, Marriage, and God: Catholic Perspectives§; or TH 450 Catholic Social and Medical Morality§
    Theology elective§ **
    Social Sciences 300/400-level elective*
    Humanities elective*
    Writing 300-level elective*

Spring

  • Three (3) Theology
    electives§ **
    Humanities elective*
    Elective*

Year Four

Fall

  • TH/RST 400 Internship§
    Theology elective§ **
    Two (2) electives

Spring

  • TH/RST 422 Senior Seminar§
    Four (4) electives

§ Requirement for the major
*See Liberal Arts Core requirements for details.
**Theology electives: TH 203 The Religion of the Old Testament; TH 204 The New Testament Gospels; TH 210 Christ in Christianity; TH 220 Christian God: One and Three; TH 250 Faith in the Modern World; TH 320 Grace and Sin, Heaven and Hell; TH 329 Early and Medieval Christianity; TH 330 The Church in the Modern World; PH 326 Medieval Philosophy

Theology and Religious Studies (Minor)

Minor Requirements