Program overview
The MA in Liberal Arts Education is a 2-year program rooted in the Catholic intellectual and educational liberal arts tradition. Offering a set of core and elective courses tailored to specific needs, the MA in Liberal Arts Education prepares teachers and school leaders to awaken in their students a Catholic worldview, develop the tools needed to think broadly and creatively, and grow in the habits of excellence in mind and heart. Through this program, educators are informed, formed, and transformed in themselves so that they can, in turn, form and transform generations of young people to greet the challenges of the modern world with creativity and optimism.
Course List
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
| LIB 501 | Christian Anthropology | 3 |
| EDU 510 | Foundations of Western Education | 3 |
| EDU 520 | Newman and the Liberal Arts Tradition | 3 |
| RELED 560 | Principles of Catholic Education | 3 |
Courses are 8 weeks long unless otherwise noted.
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
| ENG 501 | Catholic Literary Tradition | 3 |
| PHIL 508 | Philosophy for Theology | 3 |
| CHIST 514 | Church History I | 3 |
| CHIST 524 | Church History II | 3 |
| THEO 617 | Fr. Spitzer’s Evidence for God | 3 |
| THEO 560 | Foundations of Moral Theology | 3 |
| THEO 598 | The Holy Land: The Fifth Gospel | 3 |
| THEO 599 | Italy: The Crossroads of Christendom | 3 |
| CST 500 | Foundations of Catholic Social Teaching | 3 |
| EDU 550 | The Story of American Catholic Education | 3 |
| EDU 610 | Accommodation, Differentiation, and Exceptional Learners in the Liberal Arts Classroom | 3 |
| EDU 620 | Virtue in the Classroom | 3 |
| EDU 630 | Classical Pedagogy | 3 |
| EDU 640 | Trivium and the Catholic Imagination | 3 |
| EDU 650 | Quadrivium and Seeing the Whole | 3 |
| EDU 670 | Organizational Leadership for Catholic Schools | 3 |
| EDU 680 | Education for the Renewal of Christian Culture | 3 |
| CST 600 | Ethics and Catholic Social Teaching for Business | 3 |
Courses are 8 weeks long unless otherwise noted.
The typical course sequence for a student enrolled full-time in the program would be as follows:
Fall I
Anthropology of the Human Person
Principles of Catholic Education
Spring I
Foundations of Western Education
Newman and the Liberal Arts Tradition
Summer I
Elective 1
Elective 2
Fall II
Elective 3
Elective 4
Spring II
Elective 5
Elective 6
Summer II
Elective 7
Thesis or Practicum
THE CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL ADVANTAGE
In a 2022 survey of Catholic International graduate students, 100% reported that they had achieved their learning goals.
Catholic International Offers:
- Flexibility to study where and when you choose
- Authentic Catholic teaching
- Affordability
- A global Catholic community
- Knowledgeable and accessible faculty
- Engaging online courses with discussion forums
- Mobile app for study on the go
- Online library staffed by a theological librarian
- 24/7 technical support
The MA program is nationally accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC), which is recognized as a national accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education and is a recognized member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The university is certified as a degree-granting institution by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.
