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Fall 2012 Course Schedule

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DOCT 406 01A - Christology | William Cahoy

Monday 1:00 P.M. - 4:15 P.M.

Students explore understandings of the person, presence and mission of Christ in Scripture, in doctrine and dogma, and in contemporary theology.

DOCT 407 01A - Trinity, Faith, Revelation | Shawn Colberg
Tuesday 8:00 A.M. - 11:15 A.M.

This course is an investigation of the historical development and the systematic import of the doctrine of the Trinity. It examines faith and revelation from the viewpoint of the Christian confession of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

DOCT 468 01A - The Church in Dialogue | Kristin Colberg
Tuesday 6:00 P.M. - 9:15 P.M.

This course will examine the church's efforts to engage in meaningful dialogues in the modern context. The class will consider both historical and contemporary documents to explore the church's efforts to engage in productive conversations in the interreligious, ecumenical and secular spheres. While the class is largely focused on the church's efforts to dialogue with others, significant attention will be paid to the way that such exchanges are critical for advancing the church's own self-understanding. As such, the course will also explore the nature and mission of the church as a way to understand its roles and goals in dialogue.

HHTH 408 01A - Being Christian in America | Shawn Colberg
Wednesday 6:00 P.M. - 9:15 P.M.

A historical and cultural survey of Christianity in America, this course fosters a deeper understanding of the religious dynamics of American culture, allowing students both to recognize the seeds of the gospel in America and to offer prophetic critiques of American culture.

HHTH 417 01A - Monastic History III | Mary Forman, OSB
Monday/Wednesday 9:45 A.M. - 11:15 A.M. | Cross-listed with MONS 406 01A

Western monasticism experienced a decline in the sixteenth century after the suppression of the monasteries in England and later through the French Revolution, but it again revived in the nineteenth and twentieth century with foundations in the new world. The course will begin with the Reformation and address historical changes up to the Vatican Council II. Cross-listed with HHTH 417

LMUS 407 01A Applied Organ | Kim Kasling
TBA

Students will develop technical skills and knowledge of performance practices at the graduate level, including the ability to play a large variety of repertoire fluently and with understanding. Major works of significant periods and schools of organ literature will be studied and performed. Secondary organ students will develop sufficient techniques and familiarity with the instrument to play knowledgeably and/or coach others in parish settings.

LMUS 408 01A - Applied Voice | Carolyn Finley
TBA

LMUS 408 02A - Applied Voice | Patricia Kent
TBA

This course covers the fundamentals of singing and vocal pedagogy (breathing, efficient use of voice, diction, etc.) and addresses differing musical styles and the need to interpret the music based on the performance practices of given periods in music history. Voice majors will study and perform significant bodies of solo repertoire. Majors and secondary voice students will emphasize technique and pedagogical skills appropriate to roles as choral directors.

LMUS 409 01A - Applied Composition | Brian Campbell
TBA

Individualized coaching in advanced composition of sacred music and music appropriate for liturgical performance. Work in various forms and styles is possible, depending on the needs and interests of individual students. Students should normally have a bachelor's degree in music or equivalent training and have significant experience in music composition. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor and the liturgical music program director.

LMUS 433 01A - Service Playing | Kim Kasling
TBA

This course seeks to develop the qualified church organist as leader and enabler of the assembly's singing. The course will require high proficiency levels of assembly leadership and accompanimental skills (hymns, masses, psalm forms) as well as vocal and choral accompaniment. Students will also develop abilities in sight-reading, modulation, transposing, and extemporization.

LMUS 435 01A - Service Leadership | Patricia Kent
TBA

This course examines the historic role of the cantor in Jewish and Christian liturgy. Students will learn how to teach antiphonal music to the assembly, appropriate directing skills, the cantor's ritual moments, and cantorial music resources. Students will study the role of congregational song leader as distinguished from that of cantor and choir director. Students will develop good song leading style, i.e., teaching new music to a congregation, learning appropriate directing techniques for congregational leadership. Developing vocal and musical styles for both ministries will be emphasized.

LMUS 439 01A - Liturgical Music Practicum | Kim Kasling/Anthony Ruff, OSB
TBA

Students will be directly involved in actual liturgical music planning, rehearsing, and implementing in a variety of liturgical forms. This is to be done in area churches and/or on campus with permission of and under supervision of the adviser and other faculty with the aim of developing skills and the ability to integrate practice with musical and liturgical knowledge.

LMUS 468 01A - Gregorian Chant Schola | Anthony Ruff, OSB
Tuesday/Thursday/Friday 1:10 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Small ensemble which sings Gregorian chant according to informed scholarship and performs regularly at liturgies on campus.

LMUS 468 02A - Final Project-Recital | Kim Kasling/Carolyn Finley/Patricia Kent
TBA

The final project is developed in consultation with a student's faculty adviser. The project might be a lecture-recital, a research paper and public defense, or a hymn festival.

LTGY 404 01A - Rites of Initiation | Martin Connell
Wednesday 1:00 P.M. - 4:15 P.M.

This course explores the historical development and theology in the East and West of the catechumenate and the rites of baptism, the Spirit-gift, and first Eucharist, including contemporary reforms in the churches, with special emphasis on the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.

LTGY 407 01A - Liturgical Celebration | Kim Belcher
Thursday 8:00 A.M. - 11:15 A.M.

Through a critical reflection on the church's tradition of lex orandi, lex credendi, students will be introduced to the theory and practice of good liturgical celebration. Contemporary liturgical practice will be evaluated in its historical, cultural, and theological context. Students will learn how the historical development of Christian liturgy, its anthropological dimensions, and important church documents influence how we worship today.

LTGY 468 01A - Rites of Vocation | Johan Van Parys
Fridays 6:30 P.M. - 9:30 P.M.; Saturdays 8:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
September 28-29; October 26-27; November 16-17; December 14-15

Study of the rites of marriage, ordination, and religious profession: their historical development, their current forms, the theology/ies implicit and explicit in these rites, and their practices.

MONS 406 01A - Monastic History III | Mary Forman, OSB
Monday/Wednesday 9:45 A.M. - 11:15 A.M. | Cross-listed with HHTH 417 01A

MONS 436 01A - Bible and Prayer | Columba Stewart, OSB
Tuesday 8:30 A.M. - 11:45 A.M. | Cross-listed with SPIR 436 01A

This course addresses early Christian and monastic attitudes toward the biblical text and the interplay between the Bible and forms of prayer. Topics will include: methods of interpreting the Bible; ways of encountering the Bible (reading, memorization, meditation); kinds of early monastic prayer and their biblical basis. There will also be some attention paid to the subsequent history of those traditions and a consideration of present-day implications.

MORL 421 01A - Fundamental Moral Theology | Kathy Lilla Cox
Thursday 4:30 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.

This course covers the foundations of the Christian moral life and of Christian moral decision making. The fundamental themes to be addressed include, but are not limited to: freedom; conscience formation and moral agency; moral normativity; what constitutes moral reasoning; the use of scripture, tradition, and natural law in moral decisions; the interplay between sin and grace; virtue ethics; and the ecclesial aspect of moral decisions.

MORL 422 01A - Christian Social Ethics | Bernard Evans
Friday 6:30 - 9:30 P.M. | Saturday 8:00 A.M. - noon, 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
September 7-8; October 12-13; November 9-10, December 7-8

Students explore the implications of Christian faith and theological reflection for contemporary society, including the social dimensions of biblical ethics and the social teachings of the Catholic Church.

PTHM 405 01A - Introduction to Pastoral Ministry | Barbara Sutton
Monday/Wednesday 1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.

This course introduces students to the theology of ministry, including historical and contemporary theologies of ordained and lay ministry. Students also explore basic methods in the practice of ministry.

PTHM 412 01A - Clinical Pastoral Education | Barbara Sutton
TBA

Students are required to participate in a basic unit of an accredited Clinical Pastoral Education program.

PTHM 420 01A - Introduction to Ecclesial Law | Nancy Bauer, OSB
Wednesday 1:00 P.M. - 4:15 P.M.

Students will study the theology, history, and general principles of Church law and build capacity to effectively analyze and solve canonical cases.

PTHM 458 01A - Social Ministry | Gary Reierson
Monday 6:00 P.M. - 9:15 P.M.

The course examines social outreach programs, which include direct service ministries such as homeless shelters, prison ministry, food pantries, as well as initiatives that address systemic social, political, and economic change. Students explore how the Catholic social teaching traditions inform a broad range of ministries at the parish, diocesan, and national levels.

PTHM 459 01-07 - A Practicum (1-6) | Barbara Sutton
Theological Reflection Sessions
Wednesday 6:00 P.M. - 9:15 P.M.

Students work with an organization, project, or parish in the area of their ministerial interest. The supervised experience requires students to integrate theological competence with pastoral practice in developing vocational identity as a public minister, exploring issues of leadership, power and authority; and gaining facility in articulating the Christian faith and in fostering the development of faith with others. Students will reflect on the practice of ministry in theological reflection groups.

PTHM 465 01A - Integration Seminar | Kathleen Cahalan
Thursday 4:30 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.

This course marks the culmination of the student's preparation for ministry. Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze and construct a response to pastoral situations utilizing biblical, theological, historical, and social scientific resources. Students will develop goals for ongoing theological education and spiritual formation.

SPIR 436 01A - Bible and Prayer | Columba Stewart, OSB
Tuesday 8:30 A.M. - 11:45 A.M.

SSOT 410 01A - Pentateuch | Dale Launderville, OSB
Tuesday/Thursday 8:00 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.

The course introduces the student to the content, traditions of interpretation, and exegetical methods employed in the study of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The themes of creating, liberating, and covenanting are emphasized.

SSOT 416 01A - Psalms | Irene Nowell, OSB
WEB Class No Campus

The Psalms have formed the backbone of Jewish and Christian prayer for three thousand years. In addition to the study of selected psalms, topics include: the formation of the Psalter, various translations, the spirituality of the psalms, and the use of psalms in Christian prayer, especially the Eucharist and the liturgy of the hours

SSNT 401 01A - New Testament Greek I | Margaret Cook
Monday-Friday 2:40 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.

The instruction emphasizes reading comprehension of New Testament Greek with the aid of a dictionary. It includes the study of grammar with an eye toward its practical application.

SSNT 419 01A - Gospel of Luke | Michael Patella, OSB
WEB Class-Cistercian Cohort Only--No Campus

A historical-critical examination of the Gospel of Luke, read through a theological optic, provides a thorough study of selected passages while turning attention to Luke's soteriology.

SSNT 422 01A - Pauline Letters | Charles Bobertz
Thursday 1:00 P.M. - 4:15 P.M. (Saint John's University)

A theological, historical, and literary analysis of the Pauline letters, the topics studied may include the conversion and mission of Paul, the historical situation of the Pauline communities, the literary and rhetorical quality of the letters, and major theological themes.

THY 402 01A - Introduction to Christian Tradition I | Dale Launderville, OSB
Monday and Wednesday 8:00 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.

This course is an introductory survey of theology, studying representative texts from the pre-Christian era to the Reformation (100 B.C. to 1650). Figures and issues will be situated within the philosophical and theological currents of their time

THY 465 01A - ThM Research Seminar | Charles Bobertz
Tuesday 1:00 P.M. - 4:15 P.M.

The research seminar is designed to direct and guide students in advanced theological research in preparation for writing a thesis. Students may prepare the thesis proposal in the course, or if approved, can begin writing the thesis. Students will be engaged in dialogue and critique of each other's work in order to enhance understanding of theological research and writing. The proposal will contain: a persuasive and debatable thesis statement, a description of the project that maps the argument with a brief summary of the positions and the lines of argument to be developed; a tentative outline, a preliminary bibliography of primary and secondary sources from current scholarship as well as the history of research on the topic. The bibliography will also include sources in the ancient and/or modern language being utilized in the thesis.

THY 580 01A - Thesis (6) | Bill Cahoy
TBA

THY 599 01A - Comprehensive Exams | Bill Cahoy
TBA

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