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Philosophy for Ministry, B.A. (Archdiocesan)

  1. Graduates will be able to analyze and evaluate arguments.
  2. Graduates will be able to identify similarities and differences among major thinkers and ideas that have shaped the history of Western philosophy.
  3. Graduates will be able to analyze the relationship between faith and reason.
Major Requirements
PLJ 3000Logic and Epistemology3
PLJ 3100Ancient Philosophy3
PLJ 3150Philosophy of Nature3
PLJ 3200Medieval Philosophy3
PLJ 3300Philosophical Anthropology3
PLJ 4000Metaphysics3
PLJ 4100Modern Philosophy3
PLJ 4250Natural Theology3
PLJ 4310Ethics3
PLJ 4350Social-Political Philosophy3
PLJ 4800Contemporary Philosophy3
PLJ 4965Philosophy Capstone: Faith & Reason2-3
Philosophy Electives4
Philosophy electives may be also satisfied with appropriate PHIL 3000- or PHIL 4000-level philosophy courses.
Additional Ecclesiastical Requirements
Ecclesiastical Latin 6
Students may take a third course in ecclesiastical Latin as an Elective
Theology12
Selected from the following courses
CATH 2000
Catholic Imagination: Introduction to Catholic Studies
CATH 3001
Catholic Intellectual Heritage I
CATH 3002
Catholic Intellectual Heritage II
CATH 4000
Catholic Intellectual Heritage and the Good Life
PLJ 1050
Catechism I: Catholic Doctrine
PLJ 2050
Catechism II-III
PLJ 2930
Special Topics
PLJ 3060
Introduction to Scripture: Biblical Hermeneutics and Salvation History
PLJ 4050
Christian Prayer
Catechetical Methods 1
General Electives62
Total Credits120

Continuation Standards

Students must maintain a minimum 2.00 grade point average (GPA).

Roadmaps are recommended semester-by-semester plans of study for programs and assume full-time enrollment unless otherwise noted.  

Courses and milestones designated as critical (marked with !) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation. Transfer credit may change the roadmap.

This roadmap should not be used in the place of regular academic advising appointments. All students are encouraged to meet with their advisor/mentor each semester. Requirements, course availability and sequencing are subject to change.

Plan of Study Grid
Year One
FallCredits
ENGL 1500
or ENGL 1900
The Process of Composition
or Advanced Strategies of Rhetoric and Research
3
HIST 1110 Origins of the Modern World to 1500 3
CMM 1200 Public Speaking 3
PLJ 1010 Ecclesiastical Latin I 3
PLJ 1050
or CORE 1600
Catechism I: Catholic Doctrine
or Ultimate Questions: Theology
2-3
Elective 3
 Credits17-18
Spring
ENGL 1900 Advanced Strategies of Rhetoric and Research 3
HIST 1110 Origins of the Modern World to 1500 3
PLJ 1020 Ecclesiastical Latin II 3
PLJ 2050 Catechism II-III 2
Electives 6
 Credits17
Year Two
Fall
MATH 1200 College Algebra 3
Language Elective I: Ecclesiastical Latin III 3
PLJ 3050 Liturgy and Sacraments I: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist 2
Electives 9
 Credits17
Spring
PLJ 3055 Liturgy and Sacraments II: Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, Marriage 2
Electives 13
 Credits15
Year Three
Fall
PLJ 3150 Philosophy of Nature 3
PLJ 3100 Ancient Philosophy 3
PLJ 3060 Introduction to Scripture: Biblical Hermeneutics and Salvation History 2
PLJ 3000 Logic and Epistemology 3
Electives 5
 Credits16
Spring
PLJ 3300 Philosophical Anthropology 3
PLJ 3200 Medieval Philosophy 3
PLJ 4310 Ethics 3
PLJ 4050 Christian Prayer 2
Catechetical Methods 1
Elective 2
 Credits14
Year Four
Fall
PLJ 4000 Metaphysics 3
PLJ 4250 Natural Theology 3
PLJ 4100 Modern Philosophy 3
General Electives 4
 Credits13
Spring
PLJ 4350 Social-Political Philosophy 3
PLJ 4800 Contemporary Philosophy 3
PLJ 4965 Philosophy Capstone: Faith & Reason 2
General Electives 4
 Credits12
 Total Credits121-122

For further information on scholarships available to seminarians, contact Kenrick-Glennon Registrar Catherine Hayek at hayek@kenrick.edu