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Philosophy Goals and Outcomes
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Program Goal
- Students acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the history of philosophy and an integral knowledge of the human person, the world and God, based on the perennial philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas and other influential philosophers, and thus are able to form critical judgment to offer fitting solutions to current problems in society.
Program Outcomes
- Students interpret the ultimate and perennial problems of philosophy, including the existence and nature of God, human nature, and the relationships between faith and reason.
- Students apply philosophical methods of enquiry.
- Students analyze philosophical texts of important philosophers and philosophical movements and identify their influence on the foundations of Western Civilization.
- Students distinguish acts of man from human acts and evaluate their moral quality according to Christian principles.
- Students apply philosophical principles to pastoral matters, theology and other disciplines.
- Students judge the root of current problems and propose solutions from a Christian philosophical outlook
- Students articulate a personal and organic philosophical outlook of God, the world and the human person that is consistent with the Christian philosophical patrimony.
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