RELIGIOUS STUDIES
GRADUATION REQUIREMENT: 1 GRADE LEVEL COURSE PER ACADEMIC YEAR
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he Religious Studies curriculum aims to complement and enhance the spiritual and moral life of the Marianapolis community. The courses offered are designed to cultivate an understanding and knowledge of a belief system. Although the courses are taught from a Catholic/Christian perspective, the department seeks to motivate the exploration of the student’s own beliefs and principles. Each course challenges the student to explore, understand, and deepen their value system, decision-making process, and spiritual journey in the context of various individual, family, national, and international issues. Unique at Marianapolis are the faiths of an international student body. In light of this, the department encourages a global awareness of various expressions. The Religious Studies curriculum believes that faith cannot be forced but only encouraged, since faith is a personal decision. The availability of daily Mass, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, daily prayers, and the examples led by the faculty, administration, and students can help nurture a student’s faith, bringing the faith to a mature level. The Religious Studies courses integrate an interdisciplinary approach and provide insight and reflection for virtually every other course 61
offered in the curriculum. During the junior year, students will choose from a series of courses that focus on the idea of their own personal moral development. Moving to their place in society is the primary goal of the senior year as students focus on the theme of Faith in Action through a series of course choices. The school requires a course in Religious Studies each academic year. For a student transferring to Marianapolis after the 10th grade, the graduation requirements are adjusted. COURSE TITLE: GRADE LEVEL: PREREQUISITES: DURATION:
HUMANITIES 9 None Full year
The aim of this course is to encourage students to develop and gain analytical, interpretive, and communication skills, as well as enduring understanding, while contributing to the development of the student as a whole. Humanities aims to encourage students to understand and respect the world around them, and to provide the skills necessary to facilitate further interdisciplinary study. This is achieved through the
