GRADUATE SCHOOL OF RELIGION AND

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Fall Semester 2017 On Campus and Online Course Offerings Join us at Fordham University for our 2017 Fall Semester! Fordham’s beautiful Rose Hill campus is an ideal setting where you will experience a vibrant community of learning. All on‐campus courses are offered for graduate credit or can be taken for audit. Please note: Online course are only open to matriculated students who are taking them for credit.

To apply for a degree program with us, please complete the online application found on the GRE’s homepage, www.fordham.edu/gre. To register as a non‐ matriculated student please complete the non‐matric registration form found on the school’s homepage. You may also use that same form to register as an audit only student.

Looking forward to seeing you this fall!

Fall Semester 2017 Course Offerings: On Campus

Tuesday Courses

Research Methods 5:00PM- 6:50PM Kieran Scott REGR 6398 CRN: 34249 Research Methods course is for students in the PhD in Religious Education.

Old Testament 5:00PM-6:50PM Giovanna Czander RLGR 6010 CRN: 34220 An in-depth examination of the first five books of the Bible. This course will examine the historical origins of these texts in ancient Israel and the continuing significance of their central theological themes of promise, law, creation, election, redemption, and liberation. This course is an introduction to the exegetical methods of modern biblical study.

Religious & Educational Development of Children 7:00PM- 8:50PM Dennis Gunn REGR 6180/7180 CRN: 34221/ 34222 This course will look into the spiritual, moral, and educational development of children and the implications of this development for religious education. Emphasis is placed on developing a theology of childhood and the influence of childhood faith development on adult spirituality.

Evangelization: Faith/Culture 7:00PM – 8:50PM Thomas Beaudoin PMGR 8530 CRN: 34227 This course will introduce students to the opportunity and challenge of the "New Evangelization" by studying the history, theology, and practice of evangelization. Students will learn fundamental principles of rhetoric and communications practice in order to consider or imagine what eloquentia perfecta would look like today.

Wednesday Courses

Clinical Integration I 1:00PM- 3:50PM Mary Beth Werdel PCGR 7471 CRN: 34228 This course is designed to accompany the field placement for students in the Clinical Pastoral Counseling 60- credit program. Students will engage current approaches to counseling and psychotherapy in dialogue with their own clinical work. Classes will focus on the presentation of students’ clinical work in connection with relevant topics in clinical literature, addressing such matters as transference and countertransference, addictions treatment, spiritual issues, and working with trauma. The aim of the course is to integrate previous classroom work and clinical experience so that students are prepared to begin work as professional counselors and therapists.

Group Process: Theory & Techniques 4:00PM- 7:00PM Mary Beth Werdel PCGR 7426 CRN: 34230 This course will meet weekly for three hours. The first hour will be experiential and two hours will focus on various group theories, group facilitation, group leadership and an understanding of the challenges that may occur in setting up groups. The various stages of group development will be explored. Students will be required to apply the theory to an actual group and/ or apply it to a group that will be part of their ministry. Basic Skills and Counseling Theories are prerequisites for this course.

Theology of Pastoral Counseling & Spiritual Care 5:00PM- 6:50PM Kirk Bingaman PCGR 6380 CRN: 34231 This course addresses theological and spiritual issues in the field of pastoral care and counseling and proposes a theological method for reflecting on these issues.

Human Growth & Development 7:00PM- 8:50PM Kirk Bingaman PCGR 6310 CRN: 34234 This course will explore the development from birth and adolescence through the tasks and crisis of middle and later life. Stage theories, cognitive, social and emotional development will be the focus of this course. Special consideration will be given to spiritual life issues throughout the development process.

Pastoral Counseling Skills 7:00PM- 9:50PM Lisa Cataldo PCGR 6440 CRN: 34235 Integrates humanistic counseling theory with intragroup practice. Focus on the listening skills of attending, accurate empathy, clarifying, and focusing.

Assessment & Appraisal of Individuals 7:00PM- 8:50PM Barbara Kapetanakes PCGR 7330 CRN: 34236 This course of study presumes a working knowledge of family systems theory and practice. The theoretical approach employed for individual and family functioning will be structural, solution focused and narrative family therapy. The course will focus on the clinical assessments and presentation by both students and course instructor of real family interactional issues. There will be the consideration of the impact of culture and cultural differences in understanding and responding to the patterns of family interactions.

Thursday Courses

Foundations of Religious Education 5:00PM- 6:50PM Kieran Scott REGR 6102/ 7102 CRN: 34274/ 34275 An examination of the various theological, philosophical, and educational models that inform the foundations of religious education. This course will attempt to show how these models have influenced different schools, theorists, practitioners, and materials of religious education. Criteria for evaluating the adequacy of competing models will be offered. Theology of Spiritual Direction 5:00PM- 6:50PM Shannon McAlister SPGR 7870 CRN: 34238 This course explores the experience of spiritual direction from the standpoint of both the director and the one directed. It situates the contemporary ministry of spiritual direction within the history of the Christian tradition and draws upon interdisciplinary and interreligious perspectives in order to critically examine a diversity of past and present theologies, processes, and models of spiritual direction.

Adult Learning & Development 7:00PM- 8:50PM Dennis Gunn REGR 6580/7580 CRN: 34239/ 34240 This course examines key issues in the religious education of adults. It situates adult religious education within the broader framework of adult education theory, principles of practice, and the application of this theory to contexts of faith communities. Foundation issues explored will include the meaning of adulthood, adult learning and development, and adult social worlds.

Theology of the Human Person 7:00PM- 8:50PM Shannon McAlister RLGR 6031 CRN: 34241 An inquiry into the meaning and possibilities of becoming fully human from a contemporary theological perspective complemented by a multidisciplinary perspective. This course grounds theories of conversion, asceticism, and ministry in an adequate understanding of the human with special attention to gender issues and social justice implications.

Spiritual Direction Practicum 1 (Campus) To be scheduled: Course meets one full Saturday per month from September through May. Donna Fannon SPGR 7740 The Spiritual Direction Practicum offers participants the opportunity to learn about (1) the dynamics of prayer as a personal relationship with God, (2) the spiritual direction relationship, (3) elements of Ignatian spirituality, and (4) the role of supervision. A grade of pass and the instructor's evaluation confirming skill development are required to move to Spiritual Direction Practicum 2. Ordinarily, the Practicum parts 1&2 are taken at the conclusion of one's program. However, with the approval of the collaborative staff a student still needing to fulfill a limited number of course requirements may also apply for admission to the Practicum courses.

John’s Gospel in Greek I Aloysius Kelley RLGR 6018 CRN: 34356

Other Course Offerings ___________________________________________________________________________

Writing for Grad Research I Valerie Torres RLGR 0920 CRN: 34224 This course will cover how to write at the graduate level in Theology, Spirituality, Pastoral Ministry and Counseling, and Religious Education. Course topics will include composition, structure, style, coherence, and analysis.

Fall Semester 2017 Course Offerings: Online Online courses at GSRRE are 8 weeks in duration. We have two fall terms; one begins in August, the other in October. Students are not permitted to take two online courses in the same 8-week term without approval from their academic advisor and the assistant dean. Students are also reminded to discuss the workload required in taking traditional and online courses at the same time with their academic advisor.

Students are REQUIRED to log in and take part in every week of online courses. Failure to complete activities during the first days of class can lead to your getting dropped from the whole course.

Online A Courses: August 30th- October 25th

Human Growth & Development Cheryl Fisher PCGR 6310 CRN: 34179 This course will explore the development from birth and adolescence through the tasks and crisis of middle and later life. Stage theories, cognitive, social and emotional development will be the focus of this course. Special consideration will be given to spiritual life issues throughout the development process.

Pastoral Counseling Theory Kirk Bingaman PCGR 6386 CRN: 34180 This course explores the faith and ministry of pastoral counseling, consideration of religious resources and identity, theories of the counseling process, and practical issues of therapeutic relationship, contract, setting, referral, etc.

Psychology, Spirituality & Religion Lisa Cataldo PCGR 6410 CRN: 34181 This course explores spirituality and religious experience from a psychological viewpoint. The theories of Freud, Jung, Winnicott, and others are engaged in order to understand how our psychology affects our religious lives and vice-versa. Using text, experiential exercises, and critical reflection we will engage our own religious history and traditions, and explore what it means to be a fully alive human being.

Moral Education and Development Harold Horell REGR 6125 CRN: 34182 This course explores various aspects of moral education. The topic will be explored from various perspectives: theology, psychology, education, sociology, and the arts. It will aid those involved in religious education and pastoral ministry to make effective use of the arts in their work. Provides a framework for exploring the foundational issues of morality and moral development, including how our understandings of the human person, community, and attitude toward the natural environment shape our moral outlook. Emphasis is placed on enabling religious educators and pastoral ministers to make moral formation an integral dimension of education in Christian faith.

Religious Education and Human Development Carl Procario-Foley REGR 6188 CRN: 34183 How do our ministries foster growth for people of all ages to develop holistically and to mature as people of faith? This course examines this question as it explores a religious education perspective to the topic of human growth and development.

Old Testament Giovanna Czander RLGR 6010 CRN: 34184 An in-depth examination of the first five books of the Bible; historical origins of these texts in ancient Israel and the continuing significance of their central theological themes of promise, law, creation, election, redemption, and liberation. This course is an introduction to the exegetical methods of modern biblical study.

History of Christian Spirituality II Chad Thralls SPGR 6703 CRN: 34185 This course will explore a number of the significant figures and themes that characterized the development of Christian Spirituality from the Reformation to the present.

Contemporary Christian Spirituality Shannon McAlister SPGR 6792 / SPGR 7792 (doctoral only) CRN: 34186 This course will explore contemporary foundations, issues, movements, and persons impacting the practice of Christian spirituality in a post-modern context. Issues discussed will include embodiment, prayer, work, and sexuality. Movements will include feminism, ecology, and compassion/justice.

Discernment in the Christian Tradition Francis McAloon SPGR 6830 / 7830 (doctoral only) CRNs Section 1: 34606 (masters students) Section 2: 34607 (doctoral students) This course offers a two-fold introduction to the Christian tradition of the discernment of spirits. During the first part of the semester, we pursue a historical review of the various articulations of spiritual discernment within the Christian traditions from New Testament foundations through today. In the second part of the semester, we concentrate on the theory and practice of Christian Discernment and decision-making grounded in the writings of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

Online B Courses: October 26th- December 21st

Theology of Pastoral Counseling & Spiritual Care Donna Shannon PCGR 6380 CRN: 34187 This course addresses theological and spiritual issues in the field of pastoral care and counseling and proposes a theological method for reflecting on these issues.

Professional Ethics of Pastoral Counseling Cheryl Fisher PCGR 6384 CRN: 34188 An exploration of critical issues in the ethical practice of counseling and psychotherapy, this course addresses the roles and responsibilities of the professional counselor. Using case studies and small group work, we will explore potential ethical conflicts and methods of ethical reasoning, as students develop skills to work through ethical conflicts in the counseling setting.

Death, Dying & Bereavement MaryBeth Werdel PCGR 7420 CRN: 34189 This course will focus on integrating theoretical knowledge, ministerial skills, and personal experiences in relation to specific topics and issues. Not just how to minister, but how one goes about explaining the meaning of loss, death, and grief.

Education for Peace and Justice Dennis Gunn REGR 6720/7702 CRN: 34197/ 34445 Focuses on developing a greater understanding of the social ministry of the Christian church. After a historical survey of Christian attitudes toward peace and justice, participants will explore ways of bringing a concern for peace and justice issues into liturgy, preaching, religious education, and pastoral ministry. The course also examines how to relate Christian understandings of peace and justice to everyday work and civic, political, and family life.

Christology Brendan McInerny RLGR 6030 This course presents a comprehensive review of the many different ways that the Church has understood Jesus Christ through the centuries.

Discernment in the Christian Tradition Francis McAloon SPGR 6830 / 7830 (doctoral only) CRNs Section 1: 34200 (masters students) / Section 2: 34446 (doctoral students) This course offers a two-fold introduction to the Christian tradition of the discernment of spirits. During the first part of the semester, we pursue a historical review of the various articulations of spiritual discernment within the Christian traditions from New Testament foundations through today. In the second part of the semester, we concentrate on the theory and practice of Christian Discernment and decision-making grounded in the writings of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

Theology of Ministry Thomas Beaudoin PMGR 6510 / PMGR 7510 CRN: 34204 / 34208 This course introduces theologies of ministry as scholarly resources for making sense of ministry. A premium will be placed on both understanding these theologies and on articulating one’s own theology of ministry in dialogue with our studies. In keeping with the Student Learning Objective of the GSRRE, students will articulate the relationship between religious tradition and professional practice by understanding how ministerial work in a situation is reconstructed through critical and appreciative engagement with theological discourse.

Fall Semester 2017 Course Offerings: Other Classes

Other Classes

Students must have permission from their faculty mentor to register for Field Placement, Format Review, Qualifying Paper, and Clinical Pastoral Education in writing.

Students who have completed MA coursework and are completing research must register for maintenance of matriculation.

Students in the DMin or Ph.D. who have completed coursework must register for Ph.D. or DMin mentoring seminar every fall and spring until they graduate.

34214 ZZGR-7071-R01 Field Placement in P.C. Lisa Cataldo

34215 ZZGR-7072-R01 6 Credit Field Placement Lisa Cataldo

34211 ZZGR-7074-R01 Clinical Pastoral Education Patrick Holt

34212 ZZGR-8040-R01 Dissertation Qualifying Paper Patrick Holt 34213 ZZGR-8060-R01 DMin Mentoring Seminar C. Colt Anderson

34242 ZZGR-8070-R01 Maintenance of Matriculation Patrick Holt

34217 ZZGR-8080-R01 Ph.D. Mentoring Seminar Harold Horell/Kieran Scott

34218 ZZGR-8084-R01 Dissertation Format Review Patrick Holt

34243 ZZGR-LEAV-R01 Leave of Absence Patrick Holt 34244 ZZGR-LEAV-R01 Leave of Absence Patrick Holt

Fall Semester 2017 Academic Calendar

May 1

Monday

Last day to submit online the Candidate for

Degree Card for August 2017 Graduates

August 29

Tuesday

Graduate Religion Orientation—required for all

new Summer and Fall 2017 students. Rose

Hill Campus 6:00 – 9:00PM

August 30

Wednesday

GRE Classes Begins. Online Session A begins

(ends October 25th

).

September 4

Monday

Labor Day—University closed

September 6

Wednesday

Classes follow a Monday schedule

September 7

Thursday

GRE (on-campus) Add/Drop ends; last day for

program change

September 13

Sunday

Mass of the Holy Spirit

September 14

Thursday

Last day to submit online the Candidate Degree

Card for February 2018 graduates.

September 15

Friday

GRE Deadline for removal of INC, NGR, ABS

grades from Summer 2017

October 9

Monday

Columbus Day—University closed

October 25

Wednesday Online Session A ends (began August 30

th)

October 26

Thursday Online Session B begins (ends December 21

st)

November 3

Friday

GRE last day to withdraw from a course without

incurring a WF

November 20

Monday

Last day for oral defenses and comprehensive

examinations for February 2018 graduates

November 22-26

Wednesday- Sunday

Thanksgiving recess—University closed

November 27

Monday

Classes resume

December 12 Tuesday GRE last day of classes

December 21

Thursday Online Session B ends (started October 26

th)

December 22- January 1

Friday- Monday

Christmas recess—University closed

Spring Semester 2018 Academic Calendar

January 2 Tuesday University reopens

January 2- January 6

Tuesday- Saturday

GRE Doctor of Ministry Winter Session Course 1 at

Lincoln Center, 10:00am- 4:30pm.

January 8- January 12

Monday- Friday

GRE Doctor of Ministry Winter Session Course 2 at

Lincoln Center, 10:00am-4:30pm

January 15

Monday

Martin Luther King Jr. Day—University Closed

January 16

Tuesday

GRE Classes begin. Online Session A begins (ends

March 13th

).

January 24

Wednesday

GRE (on campus) Add/Drop ends, last day for

Program change

Last day to submit online the Candidate for

Degree Card for May 2018 graduates.

February 2

Friday

GRE Deadline for removal of INC, ABS, and NGR

grades.

February 5

Monday

GRE last day to submit online the Candidate for

Degree Card for May 2018 graduates.

February 19

Monday

President’s Day—University closed

February 20

Tuesday

GRE Classes will follow a Monday schedule

March 13

Tuesday Online Session A ends (started January 16

th)

March 14

Wednesday Online Session B begins (ends May 9

th)

March 21

Wednesday

GRE last day to withdraw from a course without

incurring a WF

March 22- March 28

Thursday- Wednesday

Spring Recess—No classes

March 29- April 2

Thursday- Monday

Easter Recess University Closed

April 3 Tuesday Classes resume

Last day for oral defenses and comprehensive

examinations for May 2018 graduates.

April 10

Tuesday

Last day to submit theses, projects and dissertations

for May 2018 graduates

May 3

Thursday

GRE last day of classes

May 19

Saturday

University Commencement

May 28

Monday

Memorial Day—University Closed

June 15

Friday

GRE Deadline for removal of INC, ABS, NGR

grades incurred Spring 2018.