LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO

2024-2025 CATALOG

The Academic Catalog is the official listing of courses, programs of study, academic policies and degree requirements for Loyola University Chicago. It is published every year in advance of the next academic year.

Catholic Studies Minor

Loyola’s Catholic Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program that incorporates courses in philosophy, theology, history, literature, classical studies, political science, and the arts. Students in the program:

  • Focus on the multicultural, multidisciplinary phenomenon of Roman Catholicism.
  • Explore the Catholic intellectual tradition as a set of developing meanings and values that informs the lives of Catholic communities.
  • Learn about the developing nature of Catholic beliefs and practices through history, especially Catholicism’s relationship with modern Western culture and political institutions.
  • Discover what is often called the “Catholic imagination” in the production and expression of culture through literature, art, theater, and music.
  • Study and engage in Catholic social teaching, issues of justice, and what the Church calls “the preferential option for the poor.”