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RELIGIOUS ED., LITURGY, & LEADERSHIP
School
Boston College School of Theology & Ministry
TMRE7119
Religion and Higher Education
BTI Category
Semester
Religious Education and Youth Ministry
SP26
Faith, religion and spirituality have become topics of increasing interest for scholars and practitioners in higher education administration and student personnel development. This course explores the historical, sociological and cultural dynamics between religion and higher education. Topics include secularism, modernity, and challenges to the integration of faith and intellectual life. Additional topics include: religious pluralism; religion in secular higher education; legal issues surrounding religion and higher education; academic freedom; constitutional matters; modernism, post-modernism, post-secularism and the tensions and opportunities that these cultural/intellectual movements pose for religion and higher learning in a modern, democratic, pluralistic society.
Professor
Class Day & TIme
James, Michael
R
04:30-06:50 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
SYNC
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston College School of Theology & Ministry
TMRE7252
What Makes Education Catholic?
BTI Category
Semester
Religious Education and Youth Ministry
SP26
When a school presents itself to the world as offering Catholic education, it signals, at a minimum, that it is committed to educating from and for faith. It is to educate from deep spiritual convictions that are core to Catholicism and for a Transcendent as well as an immanent perspective on life, preparing students to live well into an Ultimate Horizon God as revealed in Jesus Christ. What does this ask of the curriculum of a Catholic school, of its faculty and administrators? We once took for granted our response to such questions, for example when 95% of faculty and staff were vowed religious and all students were decidedly Catholic. That era has passed, bringing new challenges and opportunities. Note, for example, the growing number of students from other or no faith tradition attending, likewise an often diverse faculty and staff, and many Catholic students who are more cultural than affiliated in their faith. This changed reality, coupled with the secular and postmodern culture of our time, offers new opportunity for a fresh address of what makes education Catholic.
Professor
Class Day & TIme
Groome, Thomas
T
09:30AM-12:20PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston College School of Theology & Ministry
TMRE8147
Teaching Sexuality and Relationships
BTI Category
Semester
Religious Education and Youth Ministry
SP26
Learning to be in relationship with others, and understanding ones sexuality are central concerns of adolescents and emerging adults. The Christian tradition has substantial wisdom about both. However, few religious curricula are available to help people access that wisdom. This advanced religious education course focuses on the curriculum and instruction of sexual and relational education. Students will consider the learning needs of adolescents and young adults, attend to the teachings of the Christian tradition, and produce a pedagogically and theologically sound curriculum for educational or ministry settings. This is not an ethics course
Professor
Class Day & TIme
O'Keefe, Theresa A
T
12:30PM-03:20PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
PAST 5301 A
Religious Education Field Ed
BTI Category
Semester
Religious Education and Youth Ministry
SP26
Field Education
Professor
Class Day & TIme
Stavroula Gurguliatos
TBD
TBD
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
0
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston College School of Theology & Ministry
TMRE7161
Mission, Curriculum, and Pedagogy: Teaching High School Religion
BTI Category
Semester
Religious Education and Youth Ministry
SP26
This course is designed to assist students in developing religion curriculum for adolescents, particularly within the setting of Catholic secondary schools. It considers the place of religious instruction within the larger ambit of the Catholic school’s mission, including interaction with campus ministry and service learning. It attends to frameworks of faith development within adolescence. It includes the development of learning outcomes and assessment tools; pedagogy; curricular maps; units and lesson plans. Finally, it calls participants to be self-aware of the teacher’s role through the development of a pedagogic creed.
Professor
Class Day & TIme
O'Keefe, Theresa A
R
06:30PM-09:00PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston College School of Theology & Ministry
TMRE7264
Religious Education, Critical Pedagogy and Liberative Learning
BTI Category
Semester
Religious Education and Youth Ministry
SP26
This course provides familiarity with key concepts and thinkers of the critical pedagogy movement, exploring how they have informed theology and education, both religious and otherwise. The course highlights the contributions of Paulo Freire, considering the influence of Critical Theory and Christian spirituality on his educational scholarship and service. It builds from there to consider bell hooks engaged pedagogy, Antonia Darders decolonial pedagogy, and the work of Henry Giroux and Parker Palmer. Centered on in-class dialogue, the course culminates in student-driven projects exploring possible interventions and contributions that students can make in their own community-building contexts.
Professor
Class Day & TIme
Keefe-Perry, Lincoln Birch
W
01:00PM-03:50PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
PAST 5301
Religious Education
BTI Category
Semester
Religious Education and Youth Ministry
SP26
This course will explore basic questions related to the ministry of education in the life of the Orthodox Christian parish in North America. We will use the following questions as the basic organizing principles: Why do we teach in the Church? What is the goal of education in the Church? Does the Church have a curriculum? What can we learn from Acts 2:42-47 for parishes today? Who are we teaching? What are some approaches to the education of Christians? Who is going to teach? What is the role of the teacher? Because the class also has a field component through the Field Education program, where it is assumed that the students are teaching Sunday school, presenting the Faith to OCF groups, or working in educational settings, students will have the opportunity and will be expected to apply these skills in their field setting. Finally, there will be ample opportunity throughout the semester to reflect theologically on the experience of handing forward the Orthodox Christian
Professor
Class Day & TIme
His Grace Anton C. Vrame
R
2:10 - 4:30 PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston College School of Theology & Ministry
TMRE7076
Education of Christians: Past, Present, and Future
BTI Category
Semester
Religious Education and Youth Ministry
SP26
The history of the church's educational ministry serves to enlighten its present pastoral praxis. Students in this course read original and classical documents as a treasury of wisdom for religious education and pastoral ministry. The course will closely parallel the history of theology, of the church, and of Western education.
Professor
Class Day & TIme
Ganir, Phillip A, SJ
T
04:00PM-06:20PM
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
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