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Courses:
Fall 2004 Courses
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Manresa Program Courses
| MP-A490 Capstone |
| Instructor(s): Finucane |
| 3 Credit Hours: Prerequisite: 15 hours in the Manresa Program. In order to synthesize the interdisciplinary Manresa program, students do an independent study, research paper or practicum in conjunction with seminar meetings (the seminar is contingent on the number of capstone participants). |
Theology Courses
| TH-A100 (MP-A100) Theological Foundations |
| Instructor(s): Finucane; Popravak; Siegfried; Voiss |
| 3 Credit Hours: This course begins the disciplined reflection on religion in the university. Along with providing the basic vocabulary, method of theology, and key theological concepts, it equips the student with the historical, textual, and comparative methods and skills that are foundational for further study on the university level. This course serves as the Foundations course needed to start the Manresa Program. |
| TH-A220 (MP-A205) New Testament |
| Instructor(s): Schebera |
| 3 Credit Hours: Books of the New Testament; their formation as literary material, message and meaning for the mo dern world, and transmission via the community. |
| TH-A234 (MP-A272) Church and the World Since 1500 |
| Instructor(s): Finucane |
| 3 Credit Hours: The historical expression of Christian theology in the faith and the life of the church, its major figures and movements, relation to cultural developments, and significance for contemporary problems. |
| TH-A252 (MP-A280) Survey of Christian Beliefs |
| Instructor(s): Finucane; Schebera; Voiss |
| 3 Credit Hours: A systematic theological reflection on the main tenets of Christian faith. |
| TH-A253 (MP-A289) The Church Yesterday and Today |
| Instructor(s): Finucane |
| 3 Credit Hours: The church of Christ in the modern world. Modern church documents of renewal and reform within the church and their effect on relations with the contemporary world. |
| TH-A254 (MP-A281) Sacraments |
| Instructor(s): Blackburn ; Voiss |
| 3 Credit Hours: The Sacraments, the Church as ultimate manifestation of Covenant of the People of God, development of sacraments in apostolic community and patristic age, modern sacramental theology. |
| TH-A260 Christian Morality: Principles |
| TH-A351 (MP-A370) Marriage & Christian Vocation |
| Instructor(s): Finucane |
| 3 Credit Hours: A study of contemporary Christian marriage, its interpersonal, social- psychological, biblical, historical, theological and moral aspects. |
| TH-A359 Ignatian Humanism |
| Instructor(s): Modras |
| TH-A361 (MP-A365) Social Justice |
| Instructor(s): Chmiel ; Wimmer |
| 3 Credit Hours: This course focuses principally on Catholic social teaching as developed by the popes and the national bishop’s conference. |
| TH-A431 Survey: Early Church |
| Instructor(s): Steinhauser |
| 3 Credit Hours: The present course is a study of the figures, issues, conflicts and movements in the development of the early church. This study will be accomplished primarily through the reading and analysis of early Christian historical and theological texts in conjunction with research assignments and class presentations. |
| TH-A452 Church: Mission in Culture |
| Instructor(s): Starkloff |
| 3 Credit Hours: This course is fundamentally a study in ecclesiology, or theology of the Church. The methodology is threefold: 1) it is historical in that it examines the development of the idea of the Church from apostolic times to the present; 2) it is a models method in that it analyzes the Church through the famous models study of Avery Dulles; 3) it is missiological insofar as it attests to the basic mission identity of the Church in its outreach to the various cultures of the world. The course process is roughly half-seminar and half-lecture, requiring at least one oral presentation from students, weekly written reports, and a final research paper. There are no quizzes or examinations. |
Art History Courses
| ARH-A341 (MP-A335) Gothic Art |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: The age of the great cathedrals and castles will be examined within the cultural context of major wars, Christianity and the royal courts. |
| ARH-A401 (MP-A401) Religious Dimensions of Modern Art |
| Instructor(s): Dempsey |
| 3 Credit Hours: An evaluation of the sign, symbols and contenet of religious art from the early Christian period into modern times. Additional emphasis will be on the traditions and how they emerged. |
English Courses
| ENG-A313 (MP-A321) The Bible and Literature |
| Instructor(s): Stump |
| 3 Credit Hours: A study of poems and narrative from scripture, e.g., Genesis, the Psalms, and the Gospels, with attention to later literary works based on the Bible. |
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| ENG-A421 Medieval Literature |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: An introduction to representative authors and genres of the period. |
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| ENG-A423 Chaucer |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: The most popular of The Cantebury Tales, drawn from such medieval genres as fabliaux, exemplum, lai and romance, are read. |
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| ENG-A424 Medieval Drama |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: A reading of the major types - mystery plays, morality plays and interludes, with attention to backgrounds and later developments. |
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| ENG-A429 Studies in Medieval Literature |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: Courses that focus on selected topics and areas in the period, e.g., ENG-A427 Arthurian Literature. |
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| ENG-A430 Age of Elizabeth |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: Non-dramatic prose and poetry from 1558 to 1603, including works by Marlowe, Spenser, Shakespeare, the Sidneys, Spenser and Donne. |
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| ENG-A433 Renaissance Drama |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: An introduction to plays by Shakespeares contemporaries, among them Kyd, Marlowe, Jonson, Webster, Middleton and Ford. |
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| ENG-A434 Renaissance Poetry and Prose |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: Selected issues, writers and writing exemplifying the literary concerns of the Renaissance. |
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| ENG-A435 The Seventeenth Century |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: Examines selected writers and writing from the early seventeenth-century to the Restoration with particular attention to literary development and historical context. |
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| ENG-A436 Milton |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: An introduction to the major poems and selected prose, with special attention to Paradise Lost. |
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| ENG-A439 Studies in Renaissance Literature |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: Courses that focus on selected topics and areas in the period. |
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| ENG-A462 Modern Irish Literature |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: A study of the diversity and achievement of Irish authors of the past century, with special attention to Shaw, Yeats, Wilde, Joyce, Synge, and O'Casey. |
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| ENG-A469 Twentieth-Century American Poetry |
| Instructor(s): Johnston |
| 3 Credit Hours: A survey of major trends and developments, from the Imagists and the 20th Century traditionalists to the major modernists (e.g., Pound, Eliot, & Williams), to the beats and confessionals of the later century. |
History Courses
| HS-A303 (MP-A354) The Byzantine Empire |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: This course examines the waning years of the Roman Empire in the West and the subsequent millennium of its history in the East. We will examine Byzantine politics, culture, and society as well as Byzantine interactions with the Islamic East and Catholic West. |
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| HS-A304 The Middle Ages to 1100 |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: Political, ecclesiastical and cultural developments in Europe from the collapse of Rome in the West to the struggle of empire and papacy. |
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| HS-A305 The Middle Ages 1100 to 1450 |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: The High and Late Middle Ages from the rise of Universities to the fall of Constantinople. |
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| HS-A306 The Crusades |
| Instructor(s): Madden |
| 3 Credit Hours: Why did pious Christians bring fire and sword to the home of the Prince of Peace? This is just one question that this course explores. Along the way we will examine the Islamic response to the crusades, the Crusader States, and the effects of the movement on Byzantium. |
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| HS-A307 Catholic Tradition to 1540 |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: Theology, spirituality, church organization, religious art from the time of the Apostles to the Counter Reformation. Readings from classics. |
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| HS-A308 Catholic Tradition since 1540 |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: Theology, spirituality, church organization, religious art from the Council of Trent to the Second Vatican Council and its effects. |
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| HS-A315 History of the Orthodox and Eastern Churches |
| Instructor(s): TBA |
| 3 Credit Hours: History of the institutional, liturgical, and theological evolution of the Orthodox and other Eastern Churches from Chalcedon (451 A.D.) to the present. Includes Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Near Eastern (Nestorian, Coptic, etc.) and other traditions both in the past and in the contemporary world. |
Philosophy Courses
| PL-A205 Ethics |
| Instructor(s): Beabout |
| 3 Credit Hours: This course undertakes a systematic analysis of the fundamental problems and issues involved in questioning whether and how moral discourse can be rationally grounded: the utilitarian-deontological debate, questions concerning different levels of moral discourse, competing notions of justice and right, the relationship between morality and religion. Every semester. Prerequisite: PL-A105. |
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| PL-A325 Philosophy of God |
| Instructor(s): Brower-Toland; Doyle; Ragland; Vitali |
| 3 Credit Hours: Critical analysis and evaluation of reasoning about God. Reading and analysis of major texts in Western thought which articulate the personal conviction of belief or unbelief. The course is directed to deepening and broadening ones own understanding of the possibility of human knowledge about God. Every semester. Prerequisite: PL-A105 and PL-A205. |
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| PL-A330 Philosophy of Human Nature |
| Instructor(s): Kavanaugh |
| 3 Credit Hours: Systematic or historico-systematic treatment of main philosophical problems, such as the mind-body problem; the unity of man; survival and immortality; sensation and intelligence; the emotions, their interplay with intelligence and volition; freedom vs. determinism; the person in and with or against society. Every semester. Prerequisite: PL-A105 and PL-A205. |
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| PL-A432 Person and Action: The Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics of John Paul II |
| Instructor(s): Beabout |
| 3 Credit Hours: Using the writings of Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) on the philosophy of human nature (The Acting Person) and special ethical issues (War, Labor, Sexuality, Justice) this course will suggest the outlines for a systematic philosophy based upon Thomism, phenomenology, personalism and collectivism. Prerequisite: PL-A105 and PL-A205. |
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| PL-A450 History of Medieval Philosophies |
| Instructor(s): Brower-Toland; Marler; McCluskey |
| 3 Credit Hours: Development of medieval philosophy from Augustine to Duns Scotus. Spring semester. Prerequisite: PL-A105 and PL-A205. |
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| PL-A478 (MP-A473) Catholic Social Teaching |
| Instructor(s): Beabout |
| 3 Credit Hours: This course focuses on understanding the meaning of social justice as it has developed in the Catholic intellectual tradition, especially as expressed in the social encyclicals of the last 100 years. |
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| PL-A486 Science and Religion |
| Instructor(s): Staley |
| 3 Credit Hours: A survey of the relationship between western scientific and religious
thought from the perspective of two major scientific developments:
Galileo's advocacy of a heliocentric cosmos and Darwin's proposal of
evolution by means of natural selection. The goal will be to achieve a
well-reasoned and historically informed understanding of the nature of,
and relationship between, scientific and religious beliefs. Course offered at Departmental discretion. Prerequisite: PL-A105 and PL-A205. |
Note: All Manresa courses are cross-listed with courses in regular academic departments. All but the Capstone course may also be used to satisfy requirements of the Core or of particular majors or minors. To insure proper credit toward requirements outside the program, students are advised to take their Manresa classes under course numbers designated by the departments rather than the MP numbers used in the program.
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