THEO1401 · Theology
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Roman Catholicism is a global religious tradition with over 1.2 billion adherents. In this Core course students will be offered an introductory engagement with the Roman Catholic tradition. This engagement will include consideration of the history, principal beliefs, exemplary figures, and communal practices of the Roman Catholicism. The course will also explore contemporary issues and challenges facing Catholicism today. Satisfies Core requirement for: Theology (Christian Theology)
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.3 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.3 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.4 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.3 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3.5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Part Time Faculty, Theology Department
4.0 / 5
3.7 / 5
Professor of the Practice, Theology Department
4.8 / 5
4.5 / 5
Professor Emeritus, Theology Department
3.3 / 5
3.0 / 5
Professor, Theology Department
3.9 / 5
3.6 / 5
4 evaluations for this course
4.1 / 5
3.5 / 5
Flatley Chair in Catholic Theology, Theology Department
4.0 / 5
3.6 / 5
Assistant Professor, Theology Department
4.5 / 5
4.2 / 5
Faculty Overload, Summer School
4.7 / 5
4.6 / 5
Associate Professor, Theology Department
4.4 / 5
4.0 / 5
Visiting Instructor, Theology Department
4.4 / 5
4.2 / 5
Part Time Faculty, Interdisciplinary
3.5 / 5
3.2 / 5
Assistant Professor, Theology Department
4.0 / 5
3.7 / 5
Learning Designer, Ctr Digital Innov in Learning
4.2 / 5
3.9 / 5
Student perspective
Recovered and new anonymous comments are shown as written and may reflect different course formats.
May 14, 2026 · Historical comment
Class starts out pretty hard with the quizzes, but they get easier, with the final being super easy. He is super knowledgeable, the material is certainly not boring, and he is interested in the students learning. Very easy to get an A if you do the readings.
Dec 13, 2025 · Historical comment
A great and fun professor, you can tell he truly loves what he does. Almost more of a history class than a theology class for the most part, but he incorporates both so well. Only assignments are the readings which are relatively short (typically not more than 10 pages a class, oftentimes less)
Dec 5, 2025 · Historical comment
Class is mind-numbingly boring and a lot of busy work. No tests, though, and the papers are pretty easy and easily graded. Easy theology core class.
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
8 sectionsFall 2024
11 sectionsSummer 2024
2 sectionsSpring 2024
15 sectionsFall 2023
12 sectionsSummer 2023
2 sectionsSpring 2023
12 sectionsFall 2022
11 sectionsSummer 2022
2 sectionsSpring 2022
6 sectionsFall 2021
10 sectionsSummer 2021
3 sections