Catholic Studies at Carroll College

Catholic Studies

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Catholic Studies examines the distinctive character of the Catholic intellectual tradition, and explores its implications for our present lives and our culture. By understanding how faith complements reason, Catholic Studies aims to develop the Catholic imagination of our students as a lens through which to see the world and prepare themselves for service to Church and world.

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About the Program

Simply stated, Catholic Studies examines the ongoing impact of the Incarnation in human history. That means Catholic Studies examines everything because the Incarnation of Jesus Christ impacts everything. Art, Literature, Music, Architecture, Biology, Health Care, Business, Friendship, Vocation, Worship… everything. 

Current cultural trends and events are examined alongside the Church’s teaching so students can make deeper connections between the classroom and life, culture and Catholicism, truth and charity, reason and faith, and more. You will learn from and walk in friendship with other students and professors who strive to follow Jesus Christ and live according to His grace and truth. 

The Catholic Studies program has helped me to enrich my understanding of my faith, and further appreciate the beauty that is to be found in the world around me by allowing me to see the love of God that holds the universe in existence.

Amy Tekverk Biochemistry & Catholic Studies, ‘24

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Paired with another major

We expect you to have another major. Catholic Studies elevates and transforms all other studies, giving you a truly expansive and integrated education. Any student from any discipline who wants to add Catholic studies as a major or a minor can do so. We will move mountains to make this possible. All you need to do is ask, and we’ll help you create a viable plan.

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Our Catholic Identity

Founded in 1909 by Bishop John Carroll, Carroll College is a Catholic, diocesan, liberal arts college in the ecumenical tradition of the Second Vatican Council. 

Mission and Catholic Identity

Founded

1909

Featured Courses

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CATH 175

Catholic Thought and Culture

This course explores how the Catholic faith has affected the cultural and academic thought of believing Catholics.

CATH 201

Faith and Reason

This course examines the role of philosophy and reasoning to the Catholic Church's fulfillment of its own mission to express the truth about God, and follows the historical emergence of the synthesis of faith and reason.

CATH 306

Topics in Lives of the Saints

The lives of the Saints present extraordinary examples of Christian life lived out in goodness and beauty, often in the face of personal and social challenges of their culture and time. 

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