Philosophy and Theology (Joint Honours Bachelor of Arts)

Foundational Courses (24 credits)

Compulsory Courses: 21 credits

• HTP1101 Trends in Western Thought
• HTP1102 Artistic and Literary Imagination: Expressions of the Human Experience
• HTP1103 People, Politics and the Planet
• HTP1104 Faith, Justice and the Common Good
• ISC2309 English Composition
• ISC2314 Public Speaking
• PHI2181 Human Knowledge

Optional Courses: 3 credits from

• MIS2103 World Religions
• THO1306 Exploring the Sacred
• THO1307 Understanding the Bible (this course is a prerequisite for many THO courses)

Discipline Specific Courses - Philosophy (42 credits)

Compulsory Courses: 42 credits

• PHI1105 Introduction to Philosophical Reasoning
• PHI1106 Philosophy and the Meaning of Life
• PHI1110 Elementary Logic
• PHI2153 Christian Philosophers
• PHI2154 Moral Philosophy
• PHI2182 Human Existence
• PHI2184 Philosophy of Religion
• PHI3107 Thomas Aquinas
• PHI3112 Philosophical Theology
• PHI3141 Augustine
• PHI3152 Philosophical Hermeneutics
• PHI3309 Ethics and Religion
• PHI4130 Aristotle’s Ethical Theory
• PHI4155 Selected Topics in Philosophy

Discipline Specific Courses - Theology (42 credits)

Compulsory Courses: 18 credits

• THO2189 Introduction to Theology
• THO2315 Ethics and the Human Person
• THO3160 Pentateuch and Historical Books
• THO3161 Gospel Interpretation – Mark
• THO3166 Moral Existence
• THO3169 Christian Liturgy

Optional Courses: 24 credits (12 credits from 3000 Level Courses and 12 credits from 4000 Level Courses)

6 credits from (History of the Church):

• THO3123 Medieval Church History
• THO3124 Modern Church History
• THO3125 Contemporary Church History
• THO3167 History of the Church: The First Five Centuries

6 credits from (Systematics):

• THO3162 Christian Revelation and Faith
• THO3163 The Christian God
• THO3164 Jesus the Christ
• THO3165 The Church
• THO3168 Christian Spirituality

3 credits from (Scripture):

• THO4100 Wisdom Literature
• THO4101 Prophetic Literature
• THO4102 Pauline Literature
• THO4103 Johannine Literature

3 credits from (Ethics):

• THO4104 Sexual Ethics
• THO4105 Social and Political Ethics
• THO4106 Bioethics

3 credits from (Systematics):

• THO4107 Humanity: Creature and Creator
• THO4108 Grace and Christian Existence
• THO4109 Sin and the Question of Evil

3 credits from (Practice of the Church):

• MIS2108 Theory and Praxis of Interreligious Dialogue
• THO4110 The Eucharist
• THO4111 Sacraments of Initiation, Reconciliation, and Anointing. Funeral Rites.

Elective Courses (12 credits)

• Students choose 12 credits to complete their bachelor program.