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TH 941 Schleiermacher (Spring: 3) Enrollment limited to twelve. Knowledge of German is essential. An intensive seminar devoted to close reading of important theological, methodological, and philosophical writings of Friedrich Schleiermacher, including most or all of the following: the Speeches on Religion (Brief Outline of the Study of Theology), the Christmas Eve dialogue, and the Glaubenslehre (The Christian Faith). Charles C. Hefling Michael Himes TH 969 Suffering, Solidarity, and the Cross (Fall: 3) This course understands massive public or social suffering as an outcome of social oppression or social sin. Nearly each decade of the previous century witnessed instances of ethnic or racial killing, the attempted extermination of the Armenians, the Romani peoples, the Jews, the Tutsis. But protracted and pervasive state participation in structuring social and racial discrimination and containment remind us that social oppression cannot be labeled as rare and extreme. The course aims to raise practical-political theological and ethical questions, while developing responses rooted in Christian hope. M. Shawn Copeland TH 982 Ethics Doctoral Seminar (Fall/Spring: 3) By arrangement. The Department TH 987 The Role of Empathy in Pastoral Care and Counseling (Spring: 3) IREPM course See course description under the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry. John Shea, OSA TH 990 First Year Graduate Colloquium (Spring: 3) Prerequisite: Limited to first year Ph.D. students. This course is limited to, and required of, students in the Doctoral Program in Theological Studies in their first year of residency. All firstyear students should consult with the Director of Graduate Studies, prior to registration, about the correct procedure to be used in registering for this course. Mary Ann Hinsdale, IHM TH 991 Special Issues in Pastoral Care and Counseling (Spring: 3) IREPM Course See course description under the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry. John Shea, OSA TH 994 Education and Ministry for Justice (Spring: 3) IREPM Course See course description under the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry. Theresa OKeefe TH 998 Doctoral Comprehensive (Fall/Spring: 0) For students who have not yet passed the Doctoral Comprehensive, but prefer not to assume the status of a non-matriculating student for the one or two semesters used for preparation for the comprehensive. The Department TH 999 Doctoral Continuation (Fall/Spring: 1) All students who have been admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree are required to register and pay the fee for doctoral continuation during each semester of their candidacy. Doctoral Continuation requires a commitment of at least 20 hours per week working on the dissertation. The Department University Courses Contacts Undergraduate Program Description University Capstone Courses For up-to-date information on Capstone, including the best way to register, please see the Capstone Website at www.bc.edu/capstone/ A course for seniors: Reserved for seniors and second-semester juniors only, the Capstone program is designed to cap off college by facing the questions of life after graduation. The Capstone Seminars (UN 500-580 only) directly address the hopes and anxieties that seniors face but seldom find treated in traditional courses. They relate the life and learning of the past four years to the life and learning ahead. The Capstone Seminars take seriously the struggle to integrate four crucial areas of life: work, relationships, society, and spirituality. Ask some inevitable questions now, not later. How did my education prepare me to live? With everything I want to do, what will I have to compromise? How can I balance my career and my family? Can I find work with a higher meaning than my income? Special features of the course: Faculty from various departments Each section limited to 15-20 Class meetings held in leisurely, informal settings Innovative teaching methods Interdisciplinary reading Guest speakers from professional life Capstone Seminars satisfy major requirements in certain departments. To register for a Capstone Seminar You must be a senior or a second-semester junior to take the course. Students may take only one Capstone Seminar. Different Capstone Seminars will be offered each semester. All Seminars are interdisciplinary; you may register for any one of the seminars as a University (UN) course. Students are reminded that several Capstone seminars are crosslisted, both as University courses with a UN number and also as courses in the department of the professor offering the course. In the event a course is closed, be sure to check whether there is space under its cross-listed number. If you find a particular Seminar closed, try to register under the cross-listed number (e.g., if UN 523 is closed try to register for the class as TH 523, and vice versa). The Seminar can count as an elective for all students. For majors in English, Philosophy, and Theology, it can satisfy the major requirements if the student takes a seminar as cross-listed in the department of his/her major. Students must also understand the following rule: No student may take more than one Capstone seminar during his/her undergraduate years. Thus, you may not take two Capstone courses in one semester or in two different semesters. This is true whether the 274 The Boston College Catalog 2006-2007 ARTS AND SCIENCES

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