Catholic Studies (AB)

About this programme

The Catholic Studies Program is an academic unit in the College. Catholic Studies engage the Catholic intellectual and cultural tradition in interdisciplinary ways. They take Catholicism as both an object of study and a lens through which to view the world. Catholicism, as the object of scholarly inquiry and analysis, encompasses ideas, cultures, peoples, and organizations. Catholicism, as a lens through which to view the world, offers tools of analysis and critique. Not only is Catholic theology essential to the Program in its interdisciplinary outlook, but Catholic Studies also draw deeply from disciplines in the Humanities, Social Sciences, the Fine and Performing Arts, the Mathematical, Physical, and the Life Sciences, and Medical Sciences. As a result, the Program embraces faculty and courses in departments across the college of arts and sciences and beyond, and the students who participate in the Program enrich it with their diverse intellectual interests and expertise as well as religious backgrounds and commitments.