Integrated Learning Community (ILC)

Courses listed under ILC 330 will combine two or more academic disciplines to explore both intellectual and spiritual approaches to truth. The courses are all built around a single focused theme and consider ethical as well as discipline specific issues. A variety of ILC 330 options will be available each semester via campus and online delivery.

Courses listed under ILC 350 will combine two or more academic disciplines to explore questions related to how social, political, economic, and cultural factors connect to human dignity and flourishing through the lens of Catholic Social Teaching. Course material draws from at least two different academic disciplines and includes a minimum of 15 hours of service work in an approved community agency or other qualified context. A variety of ILC 350 options will be available each semester via campus and online delivery.

This course explores the nature of Christian theology as an academic discipline and as a reflection on faith, as well as the philosophical foundations for helping students to develop their understanding of human nature. It examines the elements of theological method and sources as developed over time, placing theology within the context of human reasoning in conversation with related ways of searching for truth.It also introduces to students to fundamental philosophical How do humans relate together in society? What is the nature of the human soul? Are we free to be the authors of our own choices, or determined to act by factors beyond our control? What is the relation between faith and reason? Throughout the process of addressing these questions, an aim of this course is to better students’ logical and critical thinking skills, namely being able to (1) identify arguments, (2) construct good arguments, and (3) analyze others’ arguments.