Concentration in Theology
Director: Dr. Irene Alexander, ialexander@udallas.edu
The Concentration in Theology is designed to offer students interested in theology
the opportunity of a focused and structured course of study in theology beyond the
core curriculum. Building upon "Understanding the Bible" and "Western Theological
Tradition," the Concentration in Theology promotes a basic competency in each of the
major areas of theological study: systematic and historical theology, Scripture,
and moral theology. Secondly, the concentration demonstrates the essentially interdisciplinary
nature of theology, that is to say, the relation of theology to the other areas of
the liberal arts.
Concentration Requirements
I. Courses (15 credit hours):
- THE 3320 Principles of Catholic Biblical Interpretation
- THE 3331 Systematic Theology I or THE 3332 Systematic II
- THE 3341 Moral Theology
- One upper-level elective course in theology (Scripture, systematics, or historical
theology)
- One upper-level elective course in another discipline (philosophy, history, English,
(for example) that is related to the discipline of theology
Examples include, but are not limited to:
Philosophy of God
From Ancient to Medieval Philosophy (or any of the other historical surveys)
Shakespeare
The Reformation
American Catholic History I and II
II. The Capstone Presentation
The concentration as a whole is intended to possess an essential unity or structure
beyond the mere accumulation of required credit hours in a particular area. To this
end, the proposed concentration requires a capstone presentation. In the spring of
their senior year concentrators present publicly a final paper which focuses upon
a theological question or subject as it relates to the student's major or which grows
out of the required elective in a discipline outside of theology. The capstone presentation
would be assessed on a pass/fail/pass-with-distinction basis.