Fall 2013
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Scholarships available:
- High School Senior Competitive Scholarship: For ASU-bound seniors enrolled at Bourgade, Brophy, Immaculate Heart, Lourdes, Notre Dame, Salpointe, San Miguel Cristo Rey, Seton, St. Augustine, St. Mary’s, Xavier, or Yuma Catholic – click here.
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- ASU Degree-Seeking Student taking UMary-Tempe courses – click here.
Monday / Wednesday
THE 110 Intro to Bible (3 credits)
9:00 – 10:15AM
This course examines the structure and content of the Bible in its historical, literary, and canonical contexts with attention to traditional and modern interpretive approaches and the Bible’s role in faith, life, and liturgy.
THE 221 Sacramental Theology (3 credits)
10:30 – 11:45
This course examines the incarnational and sacramental nature of Christian faith, life, and worship; the particular sacraments, especially baptism and the Eucharist; Christian mystagogy; and other sacramental rites and practices.
THE 326 Christian Marriage (4 credits)
12:00 – 1:45 PM
This course explores the development of Catholic thought regarding marriage, sex, and family; its sources in Scripture, Tradition, reason and nature; the covenantal and sacramental nature of marriage; and its corporal, spiritual, and personal dimensions, with attention to challenges presented by the modern world.
CTH / PHI Search for Happiness (4 credits)
2:00 – 3:45PM
Investigates the quest for happiness in light of the complementarity of Christian faith and human reason as found in the tradition of Catholic thought and culture. Evaluates arguments for and against various claims about happiness originating from popular culture, philosophy, theology, and other disciplines. Emphasis on the integration of the spiritual, bodily, and social dimensions of the human person. Required foundation course for Catholic Studies major; elective foundation course for Catholic Studies minor.
Monday Night
THE 208 Christian Ethics (3 credits)
5:30 – 8:15PM
This course examines significant conceptions of the Christian moral life and their sources as well as their relationship to natural law and virtue-centered approaches.
Wednesday Night
CTH 101 The Great Catholic Adventure (4 credits)
5:30 – 8:45PM
Introduces the interdisciplinary study of Catholic thought and culture: the interplay of Church and culture throughout the ages, the complementarity of faith and reason across multiple disciplines, and integration of faith and life as a whole. Required foundation course for Catholic Studies major; elective foundation course for Catholic Studies minor.
Tues / Thurs
CTH / THE 234 Benedict: Yesterday and Today (3 credits)
9:00 – 10:15AM
Examines the influence of St. Benedict and Benedictines on Church, history, and various facets of human thought and culture. Monasticism’s significance as a resource for ongoing spiritual renewal in the Church and culture. Required foundation course for Catholic Studies major and minor. Advanced university core theology course (equivalent to THE 104, 110, 112). Offered every term on Rome Campus
THE / HIS 310 Catholicism and America (4 credits)
10:30AM – 12:15PM
Examines the Catholic historical experience in America from colonization until the present. Consideration of how far Catholicism is compatible with American political and social values. Either this course or CTH/HIS 330 Catholicism and the Modern World is required for the Catholic Studies major; advanced elective for Catholic Studies minor. Upper-level U.S. History elective for History Education majors.
CTH 301 Catholic Imagination (4 credits)
12:30 – 2:15PM
Explores the theological, aesthetic, and cultural significance of Catholicism’s sacramental vision of the world and of the human person. Primary attention given to the nature of human imagination and to works of the imagination such as literature, art, and architecture. Required advanced course for Catholic Studies major; advanced elective for Catholic Studies minor.
Tuesday Night
THE 112 Intro to Theology (3 credits)
5:30 – 8:15PM
This course explores the nature, sources, methods, and history of the various disciplines of Christian theology by engaging in reasoned reflection upon revelation in Scripture and Tradition.
Thursday Night
THE 326 Christian Marriage (4 credits)
5:30 – 8:45PM
This course explores the development of Catholic thought regarding marriage, sex, and family; its sources in Scripture, Tradition, reason and nature; the covenantal and sacramental nature of marriage; and its corporal, spiritual, and personal dimensions, with attention to challenges presented by the modern world.
