GENERAL NORMS for Postgraduate Modules

Each postgraduate module above, unless otherwise stated, is rated as 10 ECTS. A minimum of FOUR participants is required for a seminar module to be offered. Exceptions are to be referred to the Postgraduate Board.

If a particular taught programme cannot be offered, the related programme-specific modules are withdrawn. Descriptors for each of the above modules can be found on the Pontifical University website.

NOTES and OBSERVATIONS

a. For PhD, STL, Masters (120-credit programme) and Research Masters (qualifying not for credit) only;

b. 12-hour module

c. Blended Learning.

d. Required by MTh Year 2 (Programmes in Pastoral Theology) with sufficient numbers.

e. Students on the Qualifying Phase of the Doctoral Programme may not take PG09464: Research in Theology, PG09442: Soul of Theology and/or Reading Courses.

f.Awaiting completion of faculty approval.

General Note: Postgraduate Courses Offered on a CYCLICAL BASIS

In order to permit postgraduates plan their studies in a balanced way, it is to be noted that the following modules are offered on a cyclical basis:

PG09708: Pastoral Practice of Liturgy and PG09484: Liturgy: Ritual, Theological and Historical Approaches

PG09495: Exploring Biblical Narratives and PG09728: Christ and his Interpreters: Early and Contemporary Christological Reading(s) of the New Testament

PG09496: The David Story, PG09467: Exploring Ways of Reading Genesis, and PG09481: Liberation and Law: Approaches to the Book of Exodus

PG09710: Reimagining the Human and PG09709: Re-Sourcing: Theology and Renewal in the Twentieth Century and PG09302: History of Christian Thought

For further information on any of the programmes listed above contact:

Postgraduate Admissions Office St Patrick’s Pontifical University Maynooth, County Kildare IRELAND

Email: pgadmissions@spcm.ie / postgraduate@spcm.ie

Telephone: Ireland: 01-708-3391 / 01-708-3600

International: +353-1-708-3391/ +353-1-708-360

Click on the Red Module Titles for further information

Module Code	Lecturer		Title		Semester	Note
			Research Modules
PG09464	Conway		Research in Theology (a, b, d)		1
PG09442	Macnamara		The Soul of Theology (e)		2
			Cross-Discipline Module
PG09710	Rogers/Furnal		Reimagining the Human		1
			Fundamental Theology • Systematic Theology • Faith & Culture
PG09719	Conway		Karl Rahner: The Theological Foundations of Synodality (b)		1
PG09725	Scerri		Domina or Ancilla theologiae? Philosophy and Theology at Nicaea and Beyond		2
RC09525	Furnal		PG09726		Yearlong
			Moral Theology
PG09715	Corkery		The Legacy of Pope Francis from the Perspective of Moral Theology		1
PG09727	McGrath		Ecclesial Ethics for a Participatory Synodal Church		2
RC09524	Winright		Readings in Moral Theology (The Moral Theology of Leo XIII and Leo XIV: Continuities and Discontinuities)		Yearlong
			Pastoral Theology / Religious Education
PG09523			Emancipating Practical Theology (d)		2
RC09522	Sheridan		Religious Education and Catechesis in the Life and Ministry of the Church		Yearlong
			Liturgy
PG09487	Tracey		Sacramental Theology: Liturgical and Systematic Approaches		1
PG09708	Tracey		The Pastoral Practice of Liturgy		2
RC09523	O’Donoghue		Readings in Liturgical Theology: The Eucharist		Yearlong
			Scripture
PG09728	O’Connell / Scerri	Christ and His Interpreters: Early and Contemporary Christological Reading(s) of the New Testament			1	Online and Intensive week in January
PG09729	O'Connell		The Verdant Word: Towards a Theology of the Written Word of Godf		2
PG09481	Corley		Liberation and Law: Approaches to the Book of Exodus		2
			Academic Life
PG09901	Various		Research Support		Yearlong	Qualifier

Theological Languages Requirement and Modern Languages Requirement

THEOLOGICAL LANGUAGES REQUIREMENT for DD, PhD, STL, MTh Research, MTh 2-year full-time (120 credits) only

• Candidates admitted into the DD, PhD, STL programmes in the Faculty of Theology shall be required to sit a qualifying examination in at least two of the following: Hebrew, Greek, or Latin. Syllabi for these examinations are provided below.

• Candidates admitted into the two-year full-time MTh (Biblical) programme in the Faculty of Theology shall be required to sit a qualifying examination in Greek and Hebrew. Syllabi for these examinations are provided below.

• Candidates admitted into the two-year full-time MTh (Moral/Systematic/Liturgical) programmes in the Faculty of Theology shall be required to sit a qualifying examination in Latin. A syllabus for this examination is provided below.

• Latin Syllabus
• Greek Syllabus
  
• Hebrew Grammar / Hebrew Vocabulary

• Candidates who do not pass the above qualifying examinations are required to attend and pass qualifying courses in the relevant theological languages.

• Candidates can opt not to take the qualifying examinations and register to take the qualifying courses in the relevant theological languages.

• Candidates who have previously successfully completed the theological language courses in the Pontifical University are exempt.

The language(s) requirement is a qualifying requirement, and does not form part of the final assessment.

Modern Language Requirements

DD (STD)
Candidates must have or must acquire a good reading knowledge of two continental European languages.

PhD and STL
Candidates must have or must acquire a good reading knowledge of one modern continental European language.

Note: Qualifying examinations are offered at various points during the academic year. Details are posted on the postgraduate information pages on the College website.

Postgraduate Courses Offered on a Cyclical Basis

In order to permit postgraduates plan their studies in a balanced way, it is to be noted that the following modules are offered on a cyclical basis:

PG708: Pastoral Practice of Liturgy and PG484: Liturgy: Ritual, Theological and Historical Approaches

PG495: Exploring Biblical Narratives and PG654: Luke as Storyteller

PG496: The David Story, PG467: Exploring Ways of Reading Genesis, and PG481: Liberation and Law: Approaches to the Book of Exodus

PG302 History of Christian Thought and PG709: Re-Sourcing: Theology and Renewal in the Twentieth Century