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Degree Requirements
BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE
- CREDIT HOURS AND GPA. Credit toward the degree must total at least 126 hours, with a cumulative Grade Point Average of no less than 2.00 on a 4-point scale.
- MAJOR. Under the liberal arts and science curriculum, each student must complete a major in Philosophy in the prescribed sequence. Required courses completed for the 30-hour major correspond with the areas of philosophy indicated in the 5th edition of the Program of Priestly Formation.
- SENIOR REQUIREMENTS. Graduating seniors are required to complete a Portfolio Assessment Project with their academic advisor during the last semester of their residence. The Institutional Assessment examination is administered during the spring semester to measure educational outcomes in all areas of the core curriculum.
- RESIDENCE. The candidate for the degree must have been enrolled as a full-time student for the final year of study.
- COURSES. The overall requirement of 126 semester hours must include those particular courses and determined amounts of credit which the faculty judges essential to the student’s general knowledge and educational development. Specific requirements for each department/division are listed below.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
- DIVISION OF HUMANITIES..............................39 semester hours
- Fine Arts and Humanities............................6 semester hours
- This requirement may be met by any combination of Art, Music, and Humanities courses listed in the catalog.
- Ancient and Modern Languages.................6 semester hours
- Language requirements may be met by 6 semester-hours study in either Latin or Spanish.
- English and Speech....................................18 semester hours
- The English and speech requirement is met by completing EN 131-132; two literature courses; SP 221; and either SP 222 or SP 223.
- History..........................................................9 semester hours
- This requirement is met by completion of HS 201-202 and one additional history courses.
- DIVISION OF NATURAL SCIENCES
& MATHEMATICS...............................................13 semester hours
- Natural Sciences & Math..........................11 semester hours
- Each student is required to complete 3 semester hours of college-level Mathematics, 4 semester hours in the Biological Sciences, and 4 semester hours in the Physical Sciences.
- Wellness.......................................................2 semester hours
- Each student fulfills this requirement by completing HPE 100 during the first semester of residency.
- DIVISION OF PHILOSOPHY & THEOLOGY...45 semester hours
- Philosophy...................................................30 semester hours
- This requirement may be met by completing the following core sequence of courses: PH 101, PH 102, PH 201, PH 2202, PH 301, PH 302, plus the following required core history sequence: PH 351, PH 353, PH 354, and PH 356.
- Theology.....................................................15 semester hours
- This requirement may be met by completing TH 131-132, TH 231, TH 232, and TH 335.
- DIVISION OF SOCIAL &
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES..................................12 semester hours
- This requirement is met by completing SBS 115, 116, and additional SBS courses.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- FREE ELECTIVE HOURS.................................9-10 semester hours
- This requirement may be met by completing any courses offered for credit by Conception Seminary College. Some courses offered in the curriculum are offered exclusively for free elective credit and cannot fulfill any other requirement in the curriculum. Those courses are indicated in one of the following two ways: departments may flag free electives by including the letter “N” after the course number (for example, SP 235N, indicating that SP 235 may be taken only as a free elective) or courses that are multi-disciplinary or otherwise fail to fall into a single department will carry the prefix “NCC” (for example, NCC 327) to indicate that the course is a free elective that is not housed in any single department.
- PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT PROGRAM................1 semester hour
PRE-THEOLOGY CERTIFICATE
Completion of Pre-Theological Studies must total at least 45 semester hours, with a cumulative Grade Point Average of no less than 2.00 on a 4-point scale.
- CREDIT HOURS AND GPA. Credit toward the Certificate of Completion of Pre-Theological Studies must total at least 45 semester hours, with a cumulative Grade Point Average of no less than 2.00 on a 4-point scale.
- AREAS OF CONCENTRATION. A program in Philosophy and Theology, consisting of 30 semester hours in Philosophy (PH 101, PH 102, PH 201, PH 202, PH 301, PH 302, PH 351, PH 353, PH 354 and PH 356), and 15 semester hours in Theology (TH 131, TH 132, TH 231, TH 232 and TH 335), must be successfully completed with a cumulative GPA of no less than 2.00 on a 4-point scale. The list of required courses in philosophy and theology may be modified for students with prior course work in these subjects.
- RESIDENCE. The candidate must have been enrolled as a full-time student for the final year of study.
SECOND BACHELOR'S DEGREE
Students who enter Conception Seminary College having already completed one bachelor’s degree may elect to complete a second bachelor’s degree in Philosophical and Theological Studies instead of a Pre-Theology Certificate. The degree requires completion of the same 30 semester hours in Philosophy and 15 semester hours in Theology required for the certificate, plus additional course work in Art and Music, Psychology, Speech, Spanish, and electives to total 57 semester. Course work completed for the student’s previous degree can be applied toward completion of this second degree, but 30 hours must be completed in residence.
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