Master's Degree in Religious Studies with a Biblical-Pastoral major
The Master's Degree in Religious Sciences, “aims to promote the religious formation of the laity and consecrated persons, for their more conscious and active participation in the tasks of evangelization in today's world, also fostering professional employment in ecclesial life and in the Christian animation of society; preparing candidates for various lay ministries and ecclesial services; qualifying teachers of religion in schools of all levels” (Congregation for Catholic Education, Instruction on Higher Institutes of Religious Science [2008], no. 3).
Modules and content
The aim of this Master's Degree Course is to qualify the student more and more in the subject of Theology, so that serious skills are acquired in the areas of philosophy, Bible and Church history.
Professional Outlets
- Teaching of the Catholic Religion at public and private institutions
- Collaboration at Ecclesiastical Institutions as Family Pastoral Workers, Health Pastoral Workers, and Catechetical Workers
- Liturgical Animators
- Animators of oratories
First Year
M-FIL/06 Pastoral Theology - ECTS 6
M-FIL/06 Youth ministry - ECTS 2
M-FIL/07 Health care ministry - ECTS 4
L-OR/08 Old Testament exegesis: selected passages - ECTS 6
L-FIL-LET/06 New Testament Exegesis: selected passages - ECTS 4
L-OR/08 Biblical Pastoral Care - ECTS 4
M-STO/07 Spaces and Places of the Liturgy - ECTS 4
M-STO/07 Liturgical Pastoral Care - ECTS 4
M-STO/07 History of Religions - ECTS 4
M-FIL/01 Bible and Catechesis - ECTS 6
M-FIL/01 The Bible and Young People: new perspectives on the teaching of the Catholic Religion - ECTS 4
M-FIL/03 Moral Theology: Bioethics - ECTS 4
- Written paper - ECTS 2
Second Year
L-OR/08 Biblical Theology: The Prophetic Books - ECTS 6
M-FIL/03 Pastoral Care and Spirituality of Marriage and Family - ECTS 4
M-FIL/01 Special Catechetics - ECTS 4
M-STO/07 Liturgy and popular religiosity - ECTS 4
M-STO/07 Christian iconography - ECTS 2
L-FIL-LET/06 Biblical Theology: Letter to the Romans - ECTS 4
L-OR/08 Exegesis: The Psalms - ECTS 2
L-FIL-LET/06 Exegesis: Letter to the Galatians - ECTS 4
M-FIL/03 Theology of the Laity - ECTS 2
M-FIL/03 Group techniques and dynamics - ECTS 2
L-OR/08 Biblical Pastoral Care II - ECTS 4
L-OR/08 Bible translations: comparing texts Vulgate, New Vulgate, CEI Bible - ECTS 4
L-OR/08 Exegesis: Pentateuch. Written and Oral Torah - ECTS 4
M-STO/06 Text comparison: Vatican Council II, Dei Verbum - ECTS 2
- Foreign Language II - ECTS 0
- Specialist Thesis - ECTS 18
