Orthodox Christian Studies Minor
Interdisciplinary Minor in Orthodox Christian Studies
George Demacopoulos & Aristotle Papanikolaou, Directors
Fordham College of Rose Hill has offered an interdisciplinary minor in Orthodox Christian Studies since the fall of 2007. Students interested in the minor should contact either of the
program directors.
Requirements for Minor:
The minor consists of two required courses (RS*U-2720 Byzantine Christianity and RS*V-4002 Orthodox Christian Ethics), which, in general, will be offered by the Theology Department every year. The minor will also require four electives, subject to the following provisions:
* 1 elective should come from Art History
* 1 elective should come from History or Philosophy
* students may take no more than 2 electives from any one discipline
Students may apply courses that meet general college requirements or other major/minor requirements towards the completion of their minor. For example, RS*U-2720 Byzantine Christianity currently fulfills the sophomore theology core requirement.
Should faculty sabbaticals or other developments create a situation that limits the availability of courses, the director of the program has the authority to amend the guidelines regarding the distribution of electives.
Available Courses: Spring 2013
The university currently offers courses in many disciplines that directly or indirectly explore aspects of Orthodox culture and tradition. Based on current course offerings, the following courses qualify as electives for the minor in Orthodox Christian Studies. It is presumed that additional courses would be added to this list as existing or new faculty expand course offerings. It is likewise presumed that courses from other departments might be added (e.g. if a member in the Political Science department developed a course on the Balkans).
Art & Music History:
AHLU 2305: Greek Art and Religion
ARHI 2230: Islamic Art
Classical Language & Civilization:
CLAS 2000: Texts and Contexts: Myth in Greco-Roman Literature
GREK 2001: Greek Language and Literature
GREK 3200: Readings in Greek
History:
HSRU 1300: Understanding Historical Change: Medieval
Modern Languages and Literatures:
RUSS 2640: Russian Short Fiction
Philosophy:
PHIL 3520: Philosophy of Aristotle
PHIL 3552: Medieval Philosophy
Theology:
THEO 3310: Early Christian Writings
THEO 3314: St. Augustine of Hippo
THEO 3316: Byzantine Christianity
THEO 3330: Medieval Theology Texts
THEO 3711: Sacred Texts of the Mideast
THEO 3822: The Bible in Western Culture
THEO 3833: Christian Thought & Practice II
THEO 3834: Christian Thought & Practice III
THEO 3836: Cappadocian Theology
Honors Program, Fordham College at Rose Hill
HPHR 1051: Medieval Literature & Art
HPHR 1052: Medieval Philosophy & Theology
HPHR 1053: Medieval History
