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recommended courses on the basis of the professor’s demonstrated commitment to Catholic education
CAMPUS | April 15, 2026

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 fall semester, but we hope that this will provide readers with a starting point as they prepare to register for classes.

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Core Requirements

  • College Seminar: Image and Truth, Therese Cory (CSEM 23101)
  • USEM: Boxing in America, Patrick Griffin (HIST 13184)
  • USEM: Catholicism and the Disciplines, James Otteson (BES 13188)
  • USEM: Cities and Suburbs in Postwar America, Fr. Stephen Koeth (HIST 13184)
  • USEM: Perils and Promise of Liberal Democracy, Susan Collins (POLS 13181)
  • USEM: Rights, Theory, Practice, Debates, Christina Bambrick (POLS 13181)

Moreau Instructors

  • Anthony Pagliarini
  • Bill Mattison
  • Brian Mulholland
  • Dan Philpott
  • Forrest Spence
  • John Sikorski
  • Katie Cavadini
  • Matthew Capdevielle
  • Mike Seelinger
  • Nicholas Teh

College of Arts and Letters

Anthropology

  • Experience of Conquest, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (ANTH 30910)

Art

  • Painting I, Fr. Martin Nguyen (ARST 20301)
  • Watercolor I, Fr. Martin Nguyen (ARST 20303)

Constitutional Studies

  • American Political & Constitutional Thought, Vincent Muñoz (CNST 50002)
  • Jurisprudence and the US Constitution, Fr. Bill Dailey, C.S.C. (CNST 30446)

History

  • The Priest and Nun in American Culture, Fr. Stephen Koeth (HIST 30638)

Philosophy

  • Augustine’s Confessions, David Cory (PHIL 20206)
  • Aquinas on God, John O’Callaghan (PHIL 43806)
  • Introduction to Philosophy, David Cory (PHIL 10101)
  • Philosophy Gateway Seminar, Nicholas Teh (PHIL 30304)

Political Science

  • Junior Writing Seminar: Justice in Socratic Pol. Phil., Susan Collins (POLS 43001)
  • Liberalism and Conservatism, Patrick Deneen (CNST 30615 and POLS 30664)
  • Philanthropy & the Common Good, Jon Hannah (CNST 30423 and POLS 30142)

Program of Liberal Studies

  • Great Books Seminar III, Jenny Martin and Tom Stapleford (PLS 33101)
  • Ethics, Felicitas Munzel (PLS 30301)

Theology

  • An Introduction to Christian Spirituality, John Betz (THEO 40861)
  • Biomedical Ethics, Paul Scherz (HESB 20637, STV 20637, and THEO 20637)
  • Catholicism and Politics, Dan Philpott (CNST 30215 and THEO 40627)
  • Catholicism and the Sexes, Abigail Favale (THEO 30821)
  • Devotional Lyric, Susannah Monta (THEO 30403)
  • Foundations of Theology: Biblical/Historical, Chris Howard (THEO 10001)
  • Foundations of Theology: Biblical/Historical, Fr. Kevin Grove (THEO 10001)
  • Foundations of Theology: Biblical/Historical, James Whitaker (THEO 10001)
  • Foundations of Theology: Biblical/Historical, Jay Martin (THEO 10002)
  • Honors Foundations of Theology: Biblical and Historical, Joshua Lim (THEO 13002)
  • Honors Foundations of Theology: Biblical and Historical, Joshua McManaway (THEO 13002)
  • Johannine Literature, Anthony Pagliarini (THEO 40132)
  • ‘Lost in the Cosmos’: What Is ‘Our Common Home’?, Ian Gerdon (THEO 20208)
  • Revelation and Reading Well, Joshua McManaway (THEO 30101)
  • Saints and the Theology of Warfare, Sr. Ann Astell (THEO 20264)
  • Science, Theology, and Creation, Fr. Terrence Ehrman, C.S.C. (THEO 20888)
  • Theology and Ecology, Fr. Terrence Ehrman, C.S.C. (THEO 20626)
  • Theology of Marriage, Fr. Paulinus Odozor (THEO 20606)
  • The Christian Theological Tradition I, Joshua Lim (THEO 40201)
  • The Christian Theological Tradition I, Katie Cavadini (THEO 40201)
  • The Dignity & Vocation of Men, John Cavadini (THEO 30233)
  • The Lay Vocation, Joshua McManaway (THEO 43002)
  • The Mysteries of Christianity, Anthony Pagliarini (THEO 20819)
  • The Mystery of Death: Theological & Philosophical Perspectives, Jay Martin (THEO 20848)
  • Theology of Technology, Paul Scherz (THEO 40602)

Mendoza College of Business

  • Business Honors Program Colloquium I, James Otteson (BES 23000)
  • Business Honors Program Colloquium III, James Otteson (BES 23002)
  • Business Law Concepts, Laura Hollis (BALW 30100)
  • Business Law: Property and Negotiable Instruments, Jamie O’Brien (ACCT 40710)
  • Calculus Applications, Forrest Spence (ECON 10250)
  • Corporate Governance and Catholic Social Teaching,  Martijn Cremers & John Sikorski (BES 40470)
  • Economics Proseminar, Forrest Spence (ECON 10000)
  • Federal Taxation, Jamie O’Brien (ACCT 40610)
  • Financial Decision Making, Forrest Spence (ECON 30000)
  • God and Business? (Honors), John Sikorski (BES 20687)
  • God and Business? Mary Hirschfeld (BES 20702 and THEO 20677)
  • Principles of Microeconomics, Forrest Spence (ECON 10010)
  • Why Business? – The Role of Business in a Just and Humane Society, James Otteson & John Sikorski (BES 30795)
  • Work and the Interior Life, Jeffrey Burks (BES 33100)

College of Sciencerulu,,

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

College of Engineering

  • Aerospace Dynamics, Paul Rumbach (AME 40451)
  • Design of Machine Elements, Timothy Ovaert (AME 30363)
  • Engineering Design, Bryan Paulsen (EG10117)
  • Engineering Design, Andrew Bartolini, Christine Maziar (EG 10117)
  • Introduction to Design Thinking in Engineering, Mike Seelinger (AME 20210)