Spring 2026 Course Recommendations

The following courses are recommended on the basis of the professor’s demonstrated commitment to Catholic education and the positive experiences of the Rover staff. This is by no means a complete list of every excellent class offered in the upcoming spring semester, but we hope that this will provide readers with a starting point as they prepare to register for classes.

Core Requirements

  • College Seminar: The Roots of the Ring, Dave O’Connor (CSEM 23102)
  • College Seminar: Time and Mortality, Debora Tor (CSEM 23102)
  • Literature University Seminar, Fr. Gregory Haake (LLRO 13186)
  • Literature University Seminar, Matthew Rickard (PLS 13186)
  • Literature University Seminar, Susannah Monta (ENGL 13186)
  • Literature University Seminar, Elizabeth Mazurek (CLAS 13186)
  • Literature University Seminar, Aldo Tagliabue (CLAS 13186)
  • Philosophy University Seminar, David Cory (PHIL 13185)
  • Social Science University Seminar, Susan Collins (POLS 13181)
  • USEM Catholicism and the Disciplines, Melissa Moschella (BES 13188)
  • Writing and Rhetoric, Ian Gerdon (WR 13100)
  • Writing and Rhetoric, Matthew Capdevielle, Elizabeth Capdevielle (WR 13100)

College of Arts and Letters

Art

  • Painting I, Fr. Martin Lam Nguyen (ARST 20301)

Classics 

  • Ancient Virtue, Elizabeth Mazurek (CLLA 20400)
  • Beginning Greek II, Tadeusz Mazurek (CLGR 10002)
  • Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Elizabeth Mazurek (CLLA 30095)
  • Roman Criminal Law, Tadeusz Mazurek (CLAS 30211)
  • Words and/of Power: The Theory and Practice of Persuasive Speech in Greece and Rome, Brian Krostenko (CLAS 30360)

Constitutional Studies

  • American Political & Constitutional Thought, Christina Bambrick (50002)
  • Artificial Intelligence and Human Flourishing, Paul Scherz (CNST 30663)
  • Executive Power, Amul Thapar (CNST 30453)
  • Faith and Human Flourishing, William Mattison (CNST 30662)
  • Political Philosophy, Ross Jensen (CNST 20611)
  • The Abolition of Man, Carl Trueman (CNST 30660)
  • The Constitution and Criminal Justice, Fr. Bill Dailey (CNST 30063)
  • The Civil War and the American Constitutions, Donald Stelluto (CNST 30190)
  • The Political Philosophy of Education, Patrick Deneen (CNST 30659)

Economics 

  • Explaining an Unequal World: Empirical Methods in Development, Joseph Kaboski (ECON 43810)
  • God and the Economy, Kirk Doran (ECON 33150)
  • Intermediate Economic Theory–Macro, Eric Sims (ECON 30020)
  • Introduction to Economics and Catholic Thought, Joseph Kaboski (ECON 33150)
  • Principles of Microeconomics, Forrest Spence (ECON 10010/20010)

French 

  • Sorin Translation and Digital Exhibit, Fr. Gregory Haake (ROFR 33360)

History

  • The Crusades, Deborah Tor (HIST 30375)

Irish Studies

  • Beginning Irish (Gaelic) I, Tara MacLeod (IRLL 10101)

Philosophy 

  • Aquinas on God, John O’Callaghan (PHIL 43806)
  • Aquinas on Human Nature, John O’Callaghan (PHIL 43151)
  • Augustine’s Confessions, David Cory (PHIL 20206)
  • Joint Seminar on Philosophy and Theology, Sr. Ann Astell and Alexander Jech (PHIL 43801)
  • Science and Catholicism, John O’Callaghan (PHIL 20627)

Political Science [Note: See “Constitutional Studies” for cross-listed classes]

  • Philanthropy & The Common Good, Jon Hannah (POLS 30142)
  • Political Theory, Daniel Philpott (POLS 10600)

Program of Liberal Studies 

  • Great Books Seminar IV, Felicitas Munzel (PLS 33102)
  • Metaphysics and Epistemology, Felicitas Munzel (PLS 40302)
  • Science, Society and the Human Person, Tom Stapleford (PLS 40412)

Theology

  • African Literatures and the Moral Imagination, Fr. Paulinus Odozor (THEO 40634)
  • Book of Exodus, Jennie Grillo (THEO 40141)
  • Discernment, Sr. Ann Astell (THEO 30228)
  • Faith and Human Flourishing, William Mattison (THEO 20680)
  • Forgiveness of Sins, Gary Anderson (THEO 40142)
  • Foundations of Theology: Biblical/Historical, Anthony Pagliarini, Jay Martin (THEO 10001/10002)
  • God and Business? John Sikorski, Mary Hirschfeld (BES 20702)
  • Honors Foundations of Theology: Biblical and Historical, Joshua Lim, Leonard DeLorenzo (THEO 13002)
  • In Dark Times, Ian Gerdon (THEO 20209)
  • Intermediate Hebrew II, Jennie Grillo (THEO 40005)
  • Introduction to Christian Ethics, Fr. Paulinus Odozor (THEO 20666)
  • Medieval Christology, Joshua Lim (THEO 40204)
  • New Testament Introduction, Nathan Eubank (THEO 40108)
  • Praying with the Saints, Leonard DeLorenzo (THEO 33200)
  • Saints & Stories, Katie Cavadini (THEO 40220)
  • Science, Theology, and Creation, Fr. Terrence Ehrman (THEO 20888)
  • The Catholic Faith, John Cavadini (THEO 20251)
  • The Christian Theological Tradition II, John Betz (THEO 40202)
  • The Mystery of Death: Theological & Philosophical Perspectives, Jay Martin (THEO 20848)
  • Theology and Ecology, Fr. Terrence Ehrman (THEO 20626)
  • Theology of Childhood: A Christian Account of Personhood in a Technocratic Age, Tim O’Malley (THEO 20816)
  • Uneasy Catholicism: Two Novels of Graham Greene, Anthony Pagliarini (THEO 30055)
  • Voices of Faith Choir, Anthony Pagliarini (THEO 30024)

Mendoza College of Business

  • Business Law Concepts, Laura Hollis (BALW 30100)
  • Foundations of Ethical Behavior, John Sikorski (MGTO 20700)
  • God and Business? John Sikorski, Mary Hirschfeld (BES 20702)
  • Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Laura Hollis (MGTO 30500)
  • Readings in Religion, Culture, and Commerce, Mary Hirschfeld (BES 46100)

College of Science

ACMS

  • Risk, Money, and Quantitative Thinking (Intro to Actuarial Science), Shane Lieb (ACMS 20020)

Biology

  • The Climate Crisis: Intersection between Biology and Christianity, David Medvigy (BIOS 10010)

Math

  • Calculus II, Brian Mulholland (MATH 10560)
  • Mathematics in Architecture: Mathematical Excursions to the World’s Great Buildings, Brian Mulholland (MATH 10270)

Science, Technology, and Values

  • Science, Theology, and Creation, Fr. Terry Ehrman (STV 20888)
  • Theology and Ecology, Fr. Terry Ehrman (STV 20626)

College of Engineering

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

  • Biomaterials, Donny Hanjaya-Putra (AME 40571)
  • Career Choices Mechanical Engineering, Mike Seelinger (AME 20290)
  • Differential Equations, Vibrations, and Control I, Joseph Powers (AME 30314)
  • Mechanic II, Mike Seelinger (AME 20222)
  • Thermodynamics, Joseph Powers (AME 20231)

Engineering

  • Engineering Computing, David Richter, Andrew Bartolini (EG 10118)
  • Engineering and the Human Vocation, David Richter (EG 20560)

School of Architecture

  • Catholicism and The City: Good Urbanism as Human Flourishing, Env. Stewardship, and Sacramentality, Philip Bess (ARCH 43311)

Keough School of Global Affairs

  • Deep Dive into Diplomacy, Clemens Sedmak (EURO 30007)

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