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Catholic Studies Minor

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If you're looking for a minor to round out your studies, have you considered Catholic Studies? Take theological coursework with Loyola's renowned faculty and explore our exciting, flexible elective options below.

Required Courses
  • TH 203 Catholic Church: Life and Thought   or
    TH 220 The Catholic Church in the United States
  • TH 399 Contemporary Catholic Intellectual Life
Electives

Select four electives from the following:

  • Art History
  • Chemistry
  • Classics
  • English
  • History
  • Italian
  • Latin
  • Law & Social Responsibility
  • Management
  • Modern Languages
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Theology
  • Writing

Spring 2025 Course Offerings

  • HN 202: Human Drama: Medieval World
  • PL 355: Philosophy of History
  • TH 216: Ignatius & the Jesuits: History and Spirituality 
  • TH 220: Catholic Church in the U.S.
  • TH 269: Theology and Literature 
  • TH 308: Ethics: Immigration & Cath Teaching 
  • TH 399: Contemporary Catholic Intellectual Life

Fall 2025 Course Offerings

  • CL 254: History of Christmas
  • HN 203: Human Drama: Renaissance to Modern
  • HS 254: History of Christmas
  • TH 216: Ignatius & the Jesuits: History and Spirituality
  • TH 265: World Christianity
  • TH 302 Ethics: Economics and Ethics in the Catholic Tradition
  • TH 310: The Ethics of War and Peace
  • TH 316: Conversations and Controversies in Catholic Ethics and Morality
  • TH 362: Hope, Death & End of World
  • TH 385: The Theological and the Religious in International Cinema

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