Learning Outcomes - Theology and Religious Studies

Seattle University undergraduate Theology and Religious Studies students should be able to:

• To understand the pluralism of methods in theology and religious studies.
  
• To explore the ethical dimension intrinsic to religion, and the relation between ethical discernment and religious traditions.
  
• To understand the varieties of religious traditions and to appreciate the internal diversity within those traditions.
  
• To interpret religious texts in their literary and socio-historical setting, conscious of the role of social location at each level of interpretation.
  
• To track the development of a Christian doctrine from biblical texts through patristic, medieval, reformation era, and contemporary systematic interpretations.
  
• To understand the difference between the descriptive mode of narrative and symbolic texts and the explanatory mode of systematic and theoretical discourse.

For complete list of Learning Outcomes for Seattle University Undergraduate Students, click here.