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Pre-Theology/MA
Degree Requirements

The degree program consists of four semesters in approved course work. During the last semester, the seminarian participates in a concluding exercise in which he integrates his course of studies into a body of knowledge that will serve his continued work in theology.

I Philosophy
Year I - Fall Semester   Year I - Spring Semester
05:513 Logical Analysis   05:520 Medieval Philosophy
05:515 Ancient Philosophy   05:530 Philosophy of Nature and Man
10:510 The Creed in History and Theology   12:515 Introduction to the Liturgy
62:610 Ecclesiastical Latin I   62:611 Ecclesiastical Latin II
II Philosophy
Year II - Fall Semester   Year II - Spring Semester
05:510 Ethics and Natural Law   05:540 Political Philosophy
05:514 Philosophy of Knowledge   05:545 Contemporary Philosophy
05:523 Modern Philosophy   05:550 Natural Theology
20:510 Introduction to Biblical Studies   70:300 MA Concluding Exercise Seminar