The theology requirement for graduation is 9 hours. Three specific objectives guide the theology core curriculum. Every core course is designed, first, to increase students' awareness of the mystery and religious dimensions of human life, particularly as conveyed in the basic narrative outline, from creation to fulfillment, that characterizes Christian world views. While cultivating a growing base of factual knowledge, core courses go on to provide training in theological understanding, primarily through the reading and interpreting of significant texts. Second-level courses in particular are designed to develop the skills required for such understanding.
All knowledge implies responsibility.
Hence the core curriculum also addresses the need for critical evaluation and judgment concerning religious and justice issues that students will face in their later lives. In all courses, theological issues are introduced and discussed with respect for others, in keeping with the Declaration on Religious Liberty of the Second Vatican Council.