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Academic Cycle

At NDGS the required courses (both core requirements and special requirements for the concentrations) are divided into four cycles, each containing approximately one-fourth of the requirements, with one cycle being offered every semester. Every fall semester, either Cycle A or Cycle C is offered, and every spring either Cycle B or Cycle D. The summer cycle sequence is independent from the fall-spring sequence: either Cycle A or Cycle C is offered in the summers of odd-numbered years, while Cycle B or Cycle D is offered in even-numbered years. The schedule of cycles for upcoming years is listed below. Required courses in the core program are usually offered more frequently, either every fall or every spring. THEO 601 and 603, PHIL 602, and SCRI 606 are usually offered every fall, while THEO 602 and 604, PHIL 603, and SCRI 607are usually offered every spring. Christendom graduate students normally must attend NDGS for four consecutive semesters in order to be able to take all of their required courses: either four consecutive summers or two academic (fall & spring) years. It is, however, sometimes possible to accelerate the program by attending year-round, depending on the particular semesters involved.

Consecrated Life courses are offered only in the summer, as part of the Vita Consecrata Institute, on a three-year cycle as indicated.

The courses offered during each of the cycles are listed below. Courses marked with an asterisk are usually offered every year, either every fall or every spring.

FALL SEMESTERS
Cycle A
THEO 601 God the Father*
PHIL 602 Philosophy of God and Man*
THEO 606 Apologetics
THEO 721 The Virtues
HIST 610 Church History, Part I

Cycle C
THEO 603 Holy Spirit and Ecclesiology*
SCRI 606 Old Testament*
EDUC 603 Catechetical Norms and Methods
THEO 724 Sexual Ethics
THEO 712 Patristics

SPRING SEMESTERS
Cycle B
THEO 602 Christology*
PHIL 603 Philosophical Errors*
EDUC 602 The Catechetical Tradition
THEO 721 The Virtues
HIST 611 Church History, Part II

Cycle D
THEO 604 Moral Theology*
SCRI 607 New Testament*
THEO 605 Liturgy and Sacraments
THEO 802 Catholic Social Teachings

Schedule of Cycles

FALL 2007 - C SPRING 2008 - D SUMMER 2008 - B
FALL 2008 - A SPRING 2009 - B SUMMER 2009 - C
FALL 2009 - C SPRING 2010 - D SUMMER 2010 - D
FALL 2010 - A SPRING 2011 - B SUMMER 2011 - A
FALL 2011 - C SPRING 2012 - D SUMMER 2012 - B

SCHEDULE OF COURSES

Below is a list of required courses to be offered in upcoming semesters. The list is not exhaustive, since additional courses, both required and elective, will also be offered.

SUMMER 2008 (Cycle B)

PHIL 603 ~ HIST 611 ~ THEO 721 ~ EDUC 602 ~ CONL 621 ~ THEO 602 ~
CONL 626

FALL 2008 (Cycle A)

PHIL 602 ~ HIST 610 ~ THEO 720 ~ THEO 606 ~ THEO 601 ~ THEO 603 ~
SCRI 606

SPRING 2009 (Cycle B)

PHIL 603 ~ HIST 611 ~ THEO 721 ~ EDUC 602 ~ THEO 602 ~ THEO 604 ~
SCRI 607

SUMMER 2009 (Cycle C)

THEO 603 ~ THEO 712 ~ THEO 724 ~ EDUC 603 ~ CONL 625 ~ SCRI 606 ~
CONL 623

FALL 2009 (Cycle C)

PHIL 602 ~ THEO 712 ~ THEO 724 ~ EDUC 603 ~ THEO 601 ~ THEO 603 ~
SCRI 606

SPRING 2010 (Cycle D)

PHIL 603 ~ THEO 605 ~ THEO 802 ~ THEO 605 ~ THEO 602 ~ THEO 604 ~
SCRI 607

SUMMER 2010 (Cycle D)

THEO 604 ~ THEO 605 ~ THEO 802 ~ THEO 605 ~ CONL 622 ~ SCRI 607 ~
CONL 624

FALL 2010 (Cycle A)

PHIL 602 ~ HIST 610 ~ THEO 720 ~ THEO 606 ~ THEO 601 ~ THEO 603 ~
SCRI 606

SPRING 2011 (Cycle B)

PHIL 603 ~ HIST 611 ~ THEO 721 ~ EDUC 602 ~ THEO 602 ~ THEO 604 ~
SCRI 607

SUMMER 2011 (Cycle A)

PHIL 602 ~ HIST 610 ~ THEO 720 ~ THEO 606 ~ CONL 621 ~ THEO 601 ~
CONL 626

FALL 2011 (Cycle C)

PHIL 602 ~ THEO 712 ~ THEO 724 ~ EDUC 603 ~ THEO 601 ~ THEO 603 ~
SCRI 606

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