Many dimensions of Catholic culture come alive for students participating in the Interdisciplinary Program in Catholic Studies.
The program engages students in the imaginative and sacramental expressions of Catholic life in literature, the arts, social systems and personal experience. Its interdisciplinary dimension and range of electives give students insight into Catholicism’s dynamic interaction with cultures, traditions and intellectual life throughout history. At the same time, the program’s interpersonal approach and opportunities for sustained reflection on current issues invite students to enter into a deeper understanding of the Catholic faith.
Students may choose a major, minor or a certificate in the program. Note: Students declaring Catholic studies as a second major at the end of their first year must have sophomore status and a GPA of 2.5.
View the College of Arts & Sciences Core Curriculum requirements »
A. Core Courses (18 Credits)
| CAST 1202 (RELS 1202) | Christian Belief and Thought |
| CAST 1302 (RELS 1302) | Introduction to the Catholic Vision |
| CAST 2011 | Catholicism and Art |
| CAST 2015 (ENGL 3015) | Catholicism and Literature |
| CAST 2520 (RELS 2520) | Catholic Social Teachings |
| CAST 3193 | Integrating Seminar in Catholic Studies
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B. Electives (18 credits)
Students must choose a concentration in the areas of either The Catholic Intellectual Heritage or The Catholic Cultural Heritage, with four courses being taken from the area of concentration. Of these four courses, no more than three may be chosed from a a single cross-listing department. Students must also choose two courses from the area non-concentration.
| | The Catholic Intellectual Heritage
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| CAST 2153 (RELS 2153) | Letters of Paul |
| CAST 2160 (PHIL 2160) | 19th and 20th Century Catholic Thinkers |
| CAST 2223 (RELS 2223) | Modern Christian Thought |
| CAST 2224 (RELS 2224) | Eastern Christianity |
| CAST 2313 (RELS 2313) | Christian Spirituality |
| CAST 2513 (RELS 2513) | Theology of Peace |
| CAST 2514 (RELS 2514) | Theology of Sexuality |
| CAST 3490 | The Catholic Classics & Interiority |
| CAST 3950 (PHIL 3950) | Faith and Reason Seminar |
| PHIL 2030 | Medieval Philosophy |
| PHIL 3010 | St. Augustine |
| PHIL 3015 | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| RELS 2111 | Genesis and Exodus |
RELS 2112
| The Prophets |
| RELS 2151 | The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke |
| RELS 2152 | The Gospel and Letters of John |
| RELS 2160 (ARCH 2160, WMST 2160) | Women in the Biblical Tradition |
| RELS 2231 | Jewish-Christian Relations |
| RELS 2241 | Introduction to Ecumenism |
| RELS 2312 | The Church |
| RELS 2315 | Theology of Marriage |
| RELS 2322 | Religion and Contemporary Culture |
| | The Catholic Cultural Heritage
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| ARTH 1112 | Medieval Art |
ARTH 1113
| Italian Art of the Renaissance |
| ARTH 1114 | Leonardo and Michelangelo |
| ARTH 1115 | Baroque and Rococo Art |
| CAST 2101-2 (LATN 2101-2) | Intermediate Latin I-II |
CAST 3150
(LATN 3150) | Medieval Latin |
CAST 2207-8
(GREK 2207-8) | New Testament Greek |
CAST 2236
(HIST 3236) | Catholicism, Tradition, and Reform Since 1500 |
| CAST 2291 | Roots of Catholic Ireland |
| CAST 2292 | Literature of Christian Conversion |
CAST 2422
(ENGL 2422) | Catholic Literature and Film |
CAST 2428
(ENGL 3428) | Contemporary Literature and Religion |
| CAST 3994 | Foundation of Christian Culture |
CAST 3995
(SOCI 3881) | Catholicism and Social Sciences |
| CAST 3997 | Latin American Catholicism |
| CAST 3999 | Emergence of Christian Rome |
| ENGL 2105 | Poetry of Courtly Love |
| ENGL 3211 | Medieval Literature |
ENGL 3311
(CAST 2311) | Chaucer |
ENGL 3411
(CAST 2410) | The Bible as Literature |
HIST 3240
| Renaissance and Reformation
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HIST 3264 (CAST 2264)
| Modern Ireland
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HIST 3230
(CAST 2230)
| Europe in the Middle Ages
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HIST 3233
(CAST 2233)
| Dante and His World
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HIST 3234
(CAST 2234)
| Medieval Italy
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HIST 3235
(CAST 2235)
| Modern Italy II
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HIST 3240
| Renaissance and Reformation
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HIST 3264 (CAST 2264)
| Modern Ireland
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HIST 3387
(CAST 2387)
| The Catholic Churchin the U.S.
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ITAL 2311-2312
| Contemporary Italian Prose
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MUHI 1137
| Gregorian Chant: Notation Methods of Singing, Direction
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SOCI 2412
| The Social Significance of Religion
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C. Foreign Study Opportunities (optional)
Students may apply credits from Seton Hall Catholic Studies courses conducted as part of foreign travel and/or credits from overseas Catholic studies programs conducted by other universities with the prior approval of the director. The maximum number of credits that can be applied to the Catholic studies major is 6. The Center for Catholic Studies annually offers its own foreign study programs.
D. Service Learning (optional)
PHIL 1107-1108
| Self and Community: Philosophy in Theory and Practice I-II
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