St Marys Seminary Baltimore, MD SOT catalog 2019

ENG305-
307 Grammar I & II
6 credits. (3 credits each semester)
This is a two-semester course
that takes an integrated-skills
approach to grammar in which
students practice targeted structures
and vocabulary within a variety
of contexts.
ENG306 Speech
3 credits. This course is designed
to improve personal articulation
for effective communication and
public speaking.
HUMS201 The Catholic Intellectual
Tradition in Literature and the
Arts
3 credits. This course is an introduction
to the Western ethos as
articulated in various forms of art,
music, literature, theater and
architecture, and the interaction
of these in the formation of culture.
HUMS500 Cultures
3 credits. This is a one-semester
course designed to help students
understand American values,
learn about the history and traditions
behind these cultural values,
and develop skills to interact
appropriately with Americans in a
variety of contexts.
BL201-
202 Ecclesiastical Latin I and II
3 credits each semester.
BL611 Hebrew I and II
3 credits each semester.
BL613-
614 New Testament Greek I & II
3 credits each semester.
SPAN201-
202 Pastoral Spanish I and II
3 credits each semester.
Philosophy
PHIL101 An Introduction to Philosophical
Argumentation
3 credits. This is an introductory
course in logic and critical thinking.
It draws from the thought of
Western philosophy since
Aristotle, and includes consideration
of the nature of formal arguments,
especially syllogisms;
truth, validity, and soundness; the
distinction between deduction
and induction in reasoning; and
the types of informal fallacies.
PHIL203 Philosophical Anthropology
3 credits. This course is a historical
and systematic survey of major
theories of human nature beginning
with world religions and
classical Greek thought. It
includes modern and contemporary
philosophical thought, as
well as detailed treatments of
the anthropology implicit in the
Bible and the philosophical and
theological reflections of St.
Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas,
and current Church teaching.
Certain contemporary views of
the person are also considered in
order to complement the
anthropology presupposed by the
pastoral, ethical, and sacramental
life of the Church.
PHIL204 Metaphysics
3 credits. This course is a systematic
survey of the philosophical
discipline which concerns itself
with Wisdom and the first principles
and causes of being, in short,
the highest aspirations and attainments
of human reason. It does
so via a study of important
thinkers in the tradition of metaphysical
thinking, with special
attention given to Aristotle and St.
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