Basic Diploma in Catholic Theology Program Requirements

1. A minimum of 27 credits must be earned through completion of the course of study.

2. A minimum of 14 semester hours of credit must be earned at SHMS.

3. The student must maintain a C average (2.0).

4. The student must participate in three formation sessions on topics pertaining to lay  ecclesial ministry during the course of study.

5. The student must participate in an assessment process of the program.

Course of Study (27 credit hours)

CLA 153 Rhetoric (3 cr)

CLA 161 Intro­duc­tion to Oral Com­mu­ni­ca­tion (3 cr)

SOC 101 Soci­ol­o­gy of Reli­gion (3 cr)

MNS 101 The­ol­o­gy of Min­istry (2 cr)

THE 123 Intro­duc­tion to the Catholic Faith (2 cr)

THE 210 Intro­duc­tion to Litur­gy and Sacra­ments (2 cr)

THE 219 Intro­duc­tion to the Catholic Church (2 cr)

THE 249 Intro­duc­tion to Sacred Scrip­ture (3 cr)

THE 243 Intro­duc­tion to Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty (2 cr)

THE 274 Intro­duc­tion to Moral The­ol­o­gy (2 cr)

THE 310 Apolo­get­ics I* (3 cr)

*To be tak­en after com­plet­ing all intro­duc­to­ry the­ol­o­gy courses.

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