Course Descriptions

Module Specifications

* The following modules are 5 or 10 credit modules. A 5 credit module usually represents a one semester course unit with 2 one hour lectures per week for 12 weeks with 100 hours (including independent learning time) allocated to the unit in all. A 10 credit (linked) module represents a two semester course unit with 2 one hour lectures for 24 weeks with 200 hours allocated to the unit in all.

*Note that this implies a 10 credit course is 2 semesters long i.e. it cannot be completed in one semester.

Scripture
Introduction to Scripture SC1
The Pentateuch & Synoptic Gospels SC2
Pauline Writings & Prophets SC3
Johannine Writings & Pastoral Use of Scripture SC4

Systematic Theology
Introduction to Systematic Theology SY1
The God of the Christians SY2
Ecclesiology SY3
Sacramental Theology & Sacraments of Initiation SY4
The Study of a Theme, Text, Author or Period of History MD2

Moral Theology
Introduction to Moral Theology MO1
The Person in Relationship & Theology of Life MO2
Justice, Peace, Ecology 1 & Theology of Truth MO3
Justice, Peace and Ecology 2 MO4

Pastoral Education
Pastoral Education 1 PE1
Pastoral Education 2 PE2
Pastoral Field Education MD1

Church History
Church History 1 CH1
Church History 2 CH2

Liturgy
Liturgy 1 L1
Liturgy 2 L2

Philosophy
Historical Introduction PH1
Logic and Philosophical Anthropology & Logic and
Psychological Anthropology PH2
Philosophy of Religion PH3
Theory of Knowledge PH4
Metaphysics PH5
Ethics PH6
Contemporary Philosophy PH7

Psychology
General Psychology & History of Psychology PS1
Developmental Psychology PS2
Social Psychology: Social and Applied Psychology PS3
Social Psychology: Family and Relationships
& Physiological Psychology PS4
Psychology of Religion & Abnormal Psychology PS5

Spirituality
Historical Perspectives SP1
Special Studies SP2
Creation Spirituality SP3
Contemporary Models of Spirituality & Celtic Spirituality SP4
Psychology and Religion & Pastoral Applications of
Spirituality SP5

English
16th and 17th Century Drama and Poetry EN1
18th Century Literature & Literary Criticism and
Critical Theory EN2
19th and 20th Century Fiction & Romantics to Victorians EN3
Colonialism and Modernism & Modern Drama EN4
20th Century American Fiction and Poetry & Modern Irish and British Literature EN5