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After the core curriculum, students then go on to pursue their chosen major. Graduate studies are available in the Braniff College of Liberal Arts, the Graduate School of Management and the School of Ministry.
After the core curriculum, students then go on to pursue their chosen major. Graduate studies are available in the Braniff College of Liberal Arts, the Graduate School of Management and the School of Ministry.
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===Core Curriculum===
The core includes reading many of the ''[[Great Books]]'' in their entirety, which include:
<ul>
<li>[[The Bible]], <li>[[Homer]]: ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[The Odyssey]]''
<li>[[Aeschylus]]: ''[[Prometheus Bound]]'', ''[[The Oresteia]],'' ''[[Agamemnon]]'', ''[[The Libation Bearers]]'',
''[[The Eumenides]]''
<li>[[Sophocles]]: ''[[Oedipus the King]]'', ''[[Oedipus at Colonus]]'', ''[[Antigone]]''
<li>[[Euripides]]: ''[[The Bacchae]]''
<li>[[Aristophanes]]: ''[[The Frogs]]''
<li>[[Thucydides]]: ''[[History of the Peloponnesian War]]''
<li>[[Plato]]: ''[[Republic]]'', ''[[Symposium]]''
<li>[[Aristotle]]: ''[[Metaphysics]]'', ''[[Nicomachean Ethics]]'', ''[[On the Soul]]'', ''[[The Poetics]]''
<li>[[Virgil]]: ''[[Aeneid]]''
<li>[[Livy]]: ''[[Ab Urbe Condita]]'' (''The History of Rome'') (selections)
<li>[[Pope Clement I]]: ''Letter to the Corinthians''
<li>[[Saint Ignatius of Antioch]]: ''Letters to the Ephesians'', ''Letters to the Romans''
<li>[[Saint Athanasius]]: ''On the Incarnation''
<li>[[Saint Irenaeus of Lyon]]: ''[[On the Detection and Overthrow of the So-Called Gnosis|Against Heresies]]''
<li>[[Augustine of Hippo|St. Augustine]]: ''[[Confessions]]''
<li>[[Boethius]]: ''[[The Consolation of Philosophy]]''
<li>''[[Beowulf]]''
<li>[[Einhard]], ''Life of [[Charlemagne]]''
<li>[[St. Thomas Aquinas]]: ''On Essence and Existence'', ''[[Summa Theologiae]]'' (selections)
<li>[[Dante Aligheri]]: ''[[The Divine Comedy]]''
<li> ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]''
<li>[[Thomas More]]: ''[[Utopia]]''
<li>[[Martin Luther]]: ''The Freedom of a Christian''
<li>[[John Calvin]]: ''[[Institutes of the Christian Religion]]''
<li>[[William Shakespeare]]: ''[[Hamlet]]'',
''[[Othello]]'', ''[[King Lear]]'', ''[[Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[The Tempest]]''
<li>[[Council of Trent]] (selections)
<li>[[René Descartes]]: ''[[Discourse on Method]]'', ''[[Meditations on First Philosophy]]''
<li>[[John Milton]]: ''[[Paradise Lost]]''
<li>[[Immanuel Kant]]: ''Perpetual Peace''
<li>[[Denis Diderot]]: ''[[Encyclopedie]]'' (selections)
<li>[[Adam Smith]]: ''[[An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations]]'' (selections)
<li>[[Thomas Jefferson]]: ''A Summary View of the Rights of British America'' and ''[[The Declaration of Independence]]''
<li>[[United States Constitution]]
<li>[[Alexander Hamilton]], [[John Jay]] and [[James Madison]]: ''[[The Federalist Papers]]''
<li>[[Benjamin Franklin]]: ''[[The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin]]''
<li>[[Edmund Burke]]: ''[[Reflections on the Revolution in France]]''
<li>[[Jane Austen]]: ''[[Mansfield Park]]''
<li>[[Alexis de Tocqueville]]: ''[[Democracy in America]]''
<li>[[Abraham Lincoln]]: ''Selected Speeches''
<li>[[Frederick Douglass]]: ''[[Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave]]''
<li>[[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]]: ''The [[Seneca Falls]] Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions''
<li>[[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]]: ''[[The Communist Manifesto]]''
<li>[[Vatican I]] (selections)
<li>[[Pope Leo XIII]], ''[[Rerum Novarum]]''
<li>[[Herman Melville]]: ''[[Moby Dick]]''
<li>[[Frederick Jackson Turner]]: ''[[The Significance of the Frontier in American History]]''
<li>[[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]: ''[[Crime and Punishment]]''
<li>[[Friedrich Nietzsche]]: ''[[Genealogy of Morals]]'', ''The Use and Abuse of History for Life''
<li>[[Henry Adams]]: ''[[The Education of Henry Adams]]''
<li>[[Martin Heidegger]]: ''[[Introduction to Metaphysics]]''
<li>[[George F. Kennan]]: ''American Diplomacy''
<li>[[William Faulkner]]: ''[[Go Down, Moses]]''
<li>[[Elie Wiesel]]: ''Night''
<li>[[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]: ''[[Letter from a Birmingham Jail]]''
<li>[[Vatican II]]: ''[[Lumen Gentium]]''
<li>[[Pope John Paul II]]: ''[[Centesimus Annus]]''</ul>

==Presidents of the University of Dallas==
*[[F. Kenneth Brasted]] (1956-1959)
*Robert Morris (1960-1962)
*Dr. [[Donald A. Cowan]] (1962-1977)
*Dr. [[John R. Sommerfeldt]] (1978-1980)
*Dr. [[Svetozar Pejovich]], acting president (1980-1981)
*Dr. [[Robert Sasseen]] (July 1981-December 1995)
*Monsignor [[Milam J. Joseph]] (October 1996-December of 2003)<br />
*[[Robert Galecke]], interim president (December 2003-July 2004)
*Dr. [[Francis (Frank) Lazarus]] (July 2004-present)


==Faculty==
==Faculty==
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The '''University of Dallas''' (UD) is a co-educational [[Roman Catholic]] university. The school is located on a 744 acre (3 km²) suburban campus in [[Irving, Texas]], 12 miles (19 km) from downtown [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]. It is just southeast of the upscale development of [[Las Colinas, Texas]].
The '''University of Dallas''' (UD) is a co-educational [[Roman Catholic]] university. The school is located on a 744 acre (3 km²) suburban campus in [[Irving, Texas]], 12 miles (19 km) from downtown [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]. It is just southeast of the upscale development of [[Las Colinas, Texas]].

The campus lies west of [[Texas Stadium]], and is bordered on the south by Northgate Drive (and further south, state highway 183), on the northeast by state highway 114, and on the east by Braniff Drive and Loop 12. North of campus lie three Catholic religious houses: the [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] fathers at St. Albert the Great Dominican Priory, Holy Trinity Seminary of the Catholic [[Diocese of Dallas]], and north of highway 114, the [[Cistercian]] fathers at Our Lady of Dallas [[Cistercian Abbey]]. The Abbey runs a renowed 5-12 grade college prep school, [[Cistercian Preparatory School]]. Many of the University of Dallas faculty have been, and still are, Cistercian monks, and the prep school sends several of its graduates to UD. West of the UD campus, off Northgate Drive, is [[The Highlands School]].


==Rome Campus and Program==
==Rome Campus and Program==
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The Institute for Philosophic Studies (IPS) offers doctoral programs in Literature, Philosophy and Politics.
The Institute for Philosophic Studies (IPS) offers doctoral programs in Literature, Philosophy and Politics.

====The IPS Core Curriculum====
Like the undergraduate program, the IPS has a Core Curriculum:

<li> [[Bible]]: ''[[The Book of Genesis]]'' , ''[[Exodus]]'', ''[[The Book of Job]]'', ''[[Psalms]]'' (1, 2, 22, 23, 29, 37, 47, 51, 53, 73, 95, 110, 130, 146-150), ''[[Isaiah]]'', ''[[The Gospel of Matthew]]'', ''[[The Gospel of John]]'', [[St. Paul's]] ''[[Letter to the Romans]]'', St. Paul's ''[[First Letter to the Corinthians]]'' and ''Second Letter to the Corinthians,'' ''[[The Book of Revelation]]''
<li> [[Homer]]: ''[[Iliad]]''
<li> [[Plato]]: ''[[Republic]]''
<li> [[Aristotle]]: ''[[Nicomachean Ethics]]''
<li> [[Vergil]]: ''[[Aeneid]]''
<li> [[Saint Augustine]]: ''[[Confessions]]''
<li> [[Saint Bernard]]: ''On the Necessity of Loving God''
<li> [[Aquinas]]: ''[[Summa Theologiae]]'' I, 1-5 (Questions on Theology and God); I-II, 90-110, 112-113 (Questions on Law and Grace)
<li> [[Dante]]: ''[[Divina Commedia]]''
<li> [[Machiavelli]]: ''[[The Prince]]''
<li> [[Luther]]: ''Freedom of a Christian''
<li> [[Council of Trent]]: ''On Justification''
<li> [[Descartes]]: ''[[Meditations]]''
<li> [[Shakespeare]]: ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[The Tempest]]'', ''[[King Lear]]''
<li> [[Rousseau]]: ''Discourse on the Sciences and Arts'' and ''[[Discourse on the Origin of Inequality]]''
<li> [[Kant]]: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics and Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals
<li> [[Hegel]]: ''[[Phenomenology of Spirit]]''
<li> [[Nietzsche]]: ''[[Genealogy of Morals]]''
<li> [[Cardinal Newman]]: ''Essay on the Development of Doctrine''
<li> [[Dostoevsky]]: ''[[Brothers Karamazov]]''
<li> [[Heidegger]]: ''[[Being and Time]]''
<li> Documents of [[Vatican II]]: "On Revelation," "Dogmatic Constitution on the Church," "The Church in the Modern World," and "On Religious Freedom." </ul>


===College of Business===
===College of Business===
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==Notable Alumni==
==Notable Alumni==
Among UD alumni are:

*[[Tadashi Inuzuka]] - Japanese politician and diplomat
*[[Tadashi Inuzuka]] - Japanese politician and diplomat
*[[Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia]]
*[[Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia]]
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*Brantly Womack, Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs, [[University of Virginia]]
*Brantly Womack, Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs, [[University of Virginia]]


==Art Controversy==
==Sacrilegious Art Controversy==
On [[February 14, 2008]] a controversial image of [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]] was stolen from the Upper Gallery of the Haggerty Art Village. The image, entitled "Saint or Sinner", was on loan from [[Murray State University]] in Kentucky. Responding to the incident, President Frank Lazarus issued immediately the following statement:
On [[February 14, 2008]] a controversial image of [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]] was stolen from the Upper Gallery of the Haggerty Art Village. The image, entitled "Saint or Sinner", was on loan from [[Murray State University]] in Kentucky. Responding to the incident, President Frank Lazarus issued immediately the following statement:


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"The print itself, in my view, asks a question and depicts biblical and mythological symbols that suggest literary, psychological, and religious archetypes of woman seen as the progenitor of the human race, the origin and cause of evil in the world, and the source of redemptive power in rebirth and conversion. While these questions are excellent ones, (and there are many other interpretations possible) and while the artist surely had noble intentions, the piece of art itself is objectionable, as would be the case if a sacred symbol in any other religious or ethnic tradition were to be similarly treated."<ref>"Catholic Character, Academic Freedom, and Artistic Expression." Dr. Francis Lazarus, University of Dallas President, 2/24/2008</ref>
"The print itself, in my view, asks a question and depicts biblical and mythological symbols that suggest literary, psychological, and religious archetypes of woman seen as the progenitor of the human race, the origin and cause of evil in the world, and the source of redemptive power in rebirth and conversion. While these questions are excellent ones, (and there are many other interpretations possible) and while the artist surely had noble intentions, the piece of art itself is objectionable, as would be the case if a sacred symbol in any other religious or ethnic tradition were to be similarly treated."<ref>"Catholic Character, Academic Freedom, and Artistic Expression." Dr. Francis Lazarus, University of Dallas President, 2/24/2008</ref>

As of [[February 25, 2008]], Dr. Lazarus has not apologized for the controversial art display or for his apparent defense of an attitude of academic freedom which, until now, has never been found at the university. Students are becoming increasingly worried that the University of Dallas' Catholic identity is slowly slipping away. Outrage among faculty, students, alumni, and parents continues.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 05:06, 25 February 2008

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University of Dallas
File:University of Dallas logo.jpg
MottoVeritatem, Justitiam Diligite (Love Ye Truth and Justice)
TypePrivate University
Established1956
EndowmentUS $43 Million
PresidentDr. Frank Lazarus
Academic staff
265
Undergraduates1,058
Postgraduates1,855
Location
Irving
,
TX
,
USA
CampusUrban, 30 buildings, 744 Acres
ColorsRoyal Blue and White
MascotCrusaders
Websitewww.udallas.edu

The University of Dallas is a Catholic institution located in Irving, Texas.

History

The University of Dallas (founded in 1956) is a private, Roman Catholic Diocesan university. The University was started with the assistance of the Sisters of Mary Namur and the Cistercian fathers at Our Lady of Dallas Monastery. The slogan of the university is The Catholic University for Independent Thinkers and its mascot is "The Crusader."

Degree Programs

Undergraduate students are enrolled in the Constantin College of Liberal Arts or the College of Business. Graduate students enroll in the Braniff Graduate School, the School of Ministry, and the Graduate School of Management (GSM).

The University of Dallas offers thirty-one Bachelor of Arts majors and five Bachelor of Science majors. Students may earn Concentrations in a variety of disciplines (the equivalent of a Minor).

Via the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the University of Dallas offers Master's degrees in many disciplines including American Studies, Art, Catholic School Leadership & Teaching, English, Humanities, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Religious Education and Theology. The Institute for Philosophic Studies offers three interdisciplinary doctorate degrees: Literature, Philosophy, and Politics.

Academics

All undergraduate students at the University of Dallas study a Core Curriculum, a series of specific courses that emphasizes the great ideas, deeds, and works of Western civilization from classical to modern times.

The core curriculum includes four classes in literary tradition (Epic Poetry, Lyrical Poetry, The Play (comedy and tragedy), and The Novel; four classes in history (two American and two Western Civilization); four philosophy (Philosophy and the Ethical Life, Philosophy of Man, Philosophy of Being and a Philosophy elective); two fine arts and one math, or one fine art and two maths. These requirements were recently reduced. Still required are: two of the same foreign language in the intermediate level or higher (modern or classical; German, French, Spanish, Italian; Latin and Greek); two theology classes (Understanding the Bible and Western Theological Tradition); one course in American politics and one course in economics.

After the core curriculum, students then go on to pursue their chosen major. Graduate studies are available in the Braniff College of Liberal Arts, the Graduate School of Management and the School of Ministry.

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Core Curriculum

The core includes reading many of the Great Books in their entirety, which include:

Presidents of the University of Dallas

Faculty

The University of Dallas has 121 full-time faculty members and 35 part-time faculty members. 90% of the faculty hold a Ph.D. or highest degree in their field. The University has a student/faculty ratio of 12:1.

Students

The school is attended by 1,200 undergraduate students and 1,950 graduate students from 49 states and 18 countries; 71% of undergraduate students are Catholic. 56% of undergraduates are female. On campus residency is required of all students under 21 years of age who are not married, not a veteran of the military or who do not live with their parents in the DFW area. Tuition and fees for the 2006-07 academic year are $20,780 plus room and board of $7,332. In 2006 the University provided its students with $9 million in institutionally-funded scholarships and need-based grants.

Approximately 80% attend graduate school; over 85% of pre-med and over 90% of pre-law graduates are accepted by their first-choice professional school. There are over 40 clubs and organizations; varsity, club and intramural sports; lectures, films, exhibitions, concerts, plays; campus-wide annual celebrations.

Irving Campus

The University of Dallas (UD) is a co-educational Roman Catholic university. The school is located on a 744 acre (3 km²) suburban campus in Irving, Texas, 12 miles (19 km) from downtown Dallas. It is just southeast of the upscale development of Las Colinas, Texas.

The campus lies west of Texas Stadium, and is bordered on the south by Northgate Drive (and further south, state highway 183), on the northeast by state highway 114, and on the east by Braniff Drive and Loop 12. North of campus lie three Catholic religious houses: the Dominican fathers at St. Albert the Great Dominican Priory, Holy Trinity Seminary of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, and north of highway 114, the Cistercian fathers at Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey. The Abbey runs a renowed 5-12 grade college prep school, Cistercian Preparatory School. Many of the University of Dallas faculty have been, and still are, Cistercian monks, and the prep school sends several of its graduates to UD. West of the UD campus, off Northgate Drive, is The Highlands School.

Rome Campus and Program

History

Since the 1970s, the University of Dallas has offered students, typically sophomores, the opportunity to spend a semester of study-and-travel based out of Rome, Italy. Over the years, the University has had several campuses in and around Rome (a sign of a former campus now hangs in the Irving campus cappuccino bar).

In 1990, the University purchased a villa southeast of Rome in the Castelli Romani, the Alban Hills of ancient Roman history and legend. In June 1994, the newly renovated 12-acre property was inaugurated as the Eugene Constantin Rome Campus, and that fall it hosted its first students. Just south of Rome along the Via Appia, the campus includes a library, chapel, housing, a dining hall, classrooms, tennis courts, a swimming pool, an outdoor Greco-Roman theater, a forno (a traditional outdoor wood-burning oven), working vineyards and olive groves.

Mission

As part of the undergraduate education on the liberal arts, about 80% of students spend a semester (either the Fall or Spring, generally of the Sophomore year) studying in Rome. The Rome semester curriculum is carefully integrated with on-site experiences and focuses upon the history, art, and architecture of Ancient Greece, the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, the Early Christian Church, and Renaissance Italy.

Academics

Students take a full load of college courses (15 hours), taught by their University of Dallas faculty. Courses include

  • Literature (Lit Trad III: Greek and Shakespearean Tragedy and Comedy)
  • Theology (Western Theological Tradition: the Patristics, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther and Calvin)
  • Philosophy (Philosophy of Man)
  • Art and Architecture of Rome (ancient, medieval, and Renaissance)
  • Language (Italian, Greek)
  • History (Western Civilization I: ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome; medieval and Renaissance Europe)

Travel

Group Travel

To complement the Art and Architecture course, students visit and study historic sites around Rome.

The students and their professors also take two longer trips together. The first ventures to Northern Italy for 6 days; the second, to Greece for 10 days.

Campus Life

The Rome Campus is a close community, one in which students, professors, and the local Italian staff mingle collegially. There is a vibrant campus life.

Religious Life

  • Weekly masses in the Aula Magna (the Main Hall)
  • Convocation Mass in the campus theater
  • Masses in historic churches (St. Peter's, Assisi, etc.) during Group Travel
  • Weekend Silent Retreats for Women and Men
  • Confession and Adoration

Artistic and Cultural Life

  • Faculty Lecture Series
  • Guest Lectures
  • student-directed Theater Productions, in the campus Greco-Roman theater (outdoor 'amphitheater')
  • end-of-semester Talent Show (music, drama, sketch comedy, etc.)

Social Life

  • the semester kick-off Wine and Cheese Party
  • Halloween in the Fall, and Carnevale (Mardi Gras) in the Spring

The Rome Semester is not just a study-abroad program; it is a life-altering experience. It deepens friendships--with both people and ideas--as it expands one's Weltanschaung.

Academic Programs

Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts

A 1966 grant from the Blakley-Braniff Foundation established the Braniff Graduate School.

Students in Braniff can pursue Master of Arts degrees in Art, American Studies, English,Humanities, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, and Theology.

The Institute for Philosophic Studies

In 1973, the Institute of Philosophic Studies, the doctoral program of the Braniff Graduate School and an outgrowth of the Kendall Politics and Literature Program, was initiated.

The Institute for Philosophic Studies (IPS) offers doctoral programs in Literature, Philosophy and Politics.

The IPS Core Curriculum

Like the undergraduate program, the IPS has a Core Curriculum:

  • Bible: The Book of Genesis , Exodus, The Book of Job, Psalms (1, 2, 22, 23, 29, 37, 47, 51, 53, 73, 95, 110, 130, 146-150), Isaiah, The Gospel of Matthew, The Gospel of John, St. Paul's Letter to the Romans, St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians and Second Letter to the Corinthians, The Book of Revelation
  • Homer: Iliad
  • Plato: Republic
  • Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics
  • Vergil: Aeneid
  • Saint Augustine: Confessions
  • Saint Bernard: On the Necessity of Loving God
  • Aquinas: Summa Theologiae I, 1-5 (Questions on Theology and God); I-II, 90-110, 112-113 (Questions on Law and Grace)
  • Dante: Divina Commedia
  • Machiavelli: The Prince
  • Luther: Freedom of a Christian
  • Council of Trent: On Justification
  • Descartes: Meditations
  • Shakespeare: Hamlet, The Tempest, King Lear
  • Rousseau: Discourse on the Sciences and Arts and Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
  • Kant: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics and Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals
  • Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit
  • Nietzsche: Genealogy of Morals
  • Cardinal Newman: Essay on the Development of Doctrine
  • Dostoevsky: Brothers Karamazov
  • Heidegger: Being and Time
  • Documents of Vatican II: "On Revelation," "Dogmatic Constitution on the Church," "The Church in the Modern World," and "On Religious Freedom."

    College of Business

    B.A. Business Leadership (undergraduate business)

    Graduate School of Management

    The Graduate School of Management (GSM) at the University of Dallas enrolls approximately 1,600 students in its programs, which are offered in the classroom (at the Irving, Tarrant County, and Plano campuses), onsite at corporate partner locations, and online. It hosts the largest MBA program in the D/FW metroplex, and was founded in 1966 to provide practical graduate management education to working adults.

    The University of Dallas and its College of Business are accredited by:

    • The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
    • The International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE)
    • The Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)

    Degrees granted by the Graduate School of Management include: Master of Business Administration (MBA) (21 concentrations), Master of Science (MS) (4 options), Master of Management (MM) (post-MBA) (19 options), and Graduate Certificates (34 options)

    Concentrations available in the MBA Program are: Accounting, Business Management, Corporate Finance, Engineering Management, Entrepreneurship, Financial Services, Global Business, Health Services Management, Human Resource Management, Information Assurance, Information Technology, IT Service Management, Interdisciplinary, Marketing Management, Not-for-Profit Management, Organization Development, Project Management, Sports & Entertainment Management, Strategic Leadership, Supply Chain Management, and Telecommunications Management.

    GSM Student Profile

    • Female students 41%
    • Male students 59%
    • Average age 34
    • 80% employed full-time
    • Average 7-10 years of experience
    • International students 20%
    • 65 countries represented
    • Undergraduate degrees 40% business/economics and 60% engineering/arts/sciences

    School of Ministry

    The University of Dallas School of Ministry began in 1987 as the Institute for Religious and Pastoral Studies (IRPS), offering masters degrees in theological studies (MTS) and religious education (MRE). The founders of the School of Ministry envisaged an institute dedicated to training ministers who could respond to pastoral needs in their local Church communities. As such, the School has adopted a “practitioner” model program so as to integrate preparation for practical ministry with study of the more abstract elements of theology. IRPS was renamed the School of Ministry in April, 2007.

    The University of Dallas School of Ministry is one of the few Catholic universities in the U.S. that offer a comprehensive, four-year Catholic Biblical School (CBS) certification program. This program, which covers every book of the Bible, is also offered online and in both English and Spanish. The CBS is the largest program of its kind among all Catholic universities in the U.S. based on 2007 enrollment numbers.

    The School of Ministry offers the nation’s only Summer in Rome study program that is fully integrated into its master’s degree programs. Courses are taught at the University’s campus in Rome by members of the School’s faculty and other top theological scholars.

    The University of Dallas’ School of Ministry is the only Catholic school in the country to offer its entire Master of Theological Studies degree program and CBS program online, as well as selected courses in its other master’s degree programs.<[citation needed]

    Graduate Programs

    The School of Ministry offers a variety of Masters degrees and graduate certificates. Graduate students can pursue Masters degrees in: Theological Studies (MTS, Religious Education (MRE), Catholic School Leadership (MCSL), Catholic School Teaching (MCST), and Pastoral Ministry (MPM).

    Graduate Certificates are also available in the same fields.

    Masters classes are offered onsite at the University of Dallas main campus at Irving (Texas), and at Plano (Texas), Shreveport (Louisiana) as well as online. Onsite Classes are offered weekdays, weeknights and weekends. Online classes can be taken at any time during the week.

    Biblical School

    The School of Ministry Catholic Biblical School is a four-year program of intensive study covering the entire Bible.

    Online Education

    Students can pursue a Masters degree or the Biblical School online. The School of Ministry is a leading innovator in online theological education. The advanced technologies used by the School of Ministry mean it is one of the very few Catholic masters degrees in theology that can be done entirely online, with no residential or on-site requirements.

    Deacon Formation

    The School of Ministry provides the academic component of deacon formation for the dioceses of Tyler and Dallas. Deacon formation is offered in both English and Spanish language.

    Adult Faith Formation

    This comprehensive program is offered over four years by the School of Ministry. The program offers college level classes for adults wanting to learn more about their faith. The program is open to people of all ages and backgrounds.

    School of Ministry Student Body

    The School of Ministry has about 125 graduate students, 620 Biblical School students and 130 students in Adult Faith Formation and Deacon Formation programs. Most students are part-time students. On-site students come from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, surrounding parts of Texas. Online students come from all over the United States and around the world.

    School of Ministry Faculty

    The School of Ministry has nine full-time faculty and a number of part-time faculty. All full-time faculty teaching in the School of Ministry Graduate program hold a PhD.

    School of Ministry / IRPS Controversy

    The Institute has had more than its share of controversy. In 2001, during the Presidency of Msgr. Milam Joseph, the entire full-time staff of the IRPS prgram, including the director Douglas Bushman and associate director Timothy Herrman and David Twellman, resigned and moved to Ave Maria College. (Crisis Magazine; Catholic World News.) Then Bishop of Dallas Charles V. Grahmann (of Rudy Kos fame) called the departure a "blessing." He said, "we are changing the direction of the program.” According to Grahmann, the Institute's founders had become, "advocates of an ideal orthodoxy and built walls that no one could penetrate.” (Catholic World News.)

    Off-Campus Education

    Students can do MBA degrees on-campus or online through the Graduate School of Management (GSM). The School of Ministry offers Masters degrees on-site and online. Both GSM and School of Ministry conduct classes in satellite campuses including Plano and North Richland Hills.

    Campus Life

    Social Events

    Popular weekly events include:

    • TGIT (Thank Goodness It's Thursday) concerts in the "Rat" (Rathskellar)
    • Music on the Mall (Friday afternoons, recorded music is amplified onto the mall, and students congregate)
    • Weekend Rugby games

    Yearly events that attract large numbers of current students (and alumni) include:

    • Charity Week: 7 days of wild & crazy events in September-October organized by the current junior class (returning from their respective fall and spring semesters in Rome). The Jail is a highlight of the week: students and professors can pay to throw each other into a makeshift prison (and thus miss class). All proceeds from this student-run event (generally around $20,000 dollars) go to charities chosen by the students.
    • Oktoberfest: An outdoor festival that includes a live polka band and a Biergarten.
    • Groundhog Day: On the cusp of spring, students and faculty enjoy a concert/picnic/keg party in the woods. Formerly, the event was "undergroundhog" and was not sponsored by the college. To ensure student safety, the event has come "above-ground" and it is now policed by student life and the Irving PD.
    • Mallapalooza: A day in April when bands play continuously while students listen, dance, and buy commemorative tee shirts.

    Clubs and Organizations

    Collegium Cantorum

    Collegium Cantorum is the Latin Liturgical Choir of the University. Collegium, as the group is called, sings at Masses in the Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey Church (which borders the campus to the north), around Dallas, Texas, and around the world. Directed by Marilyn Walker, the choir has a broad repertoire of polyphonic Mass ordinaries and motets. The Schola, a subset of the group specializing in Gregorian Chant, is directed by Father Ralph March, a well-known chant scholar.

    First Friday Masses, a Requiem Mass on November 2, and the Easter Triduum are Collegium traditions that draw in alumni from around the country to sing, and that overfill the Cistercian Abbey Church with listeners. Although membership ranges from 35-50 students a term, hundreds of students attend the Masses sung by Collegium in Irving and Dallas.

    The University does not have a Music Major; however, the department offers a Concentration in Music.

    The Orpheion

    In the summer of 2003, a team of students (undergraduate and graduate) and faculty helped the Facilities Department design and build an outdoor hillside Greek theater, which they named the Orpheion, in honor of the Greek mythological poet Orpheus.[1]

    On September 26, 2003, the theater was inaugurated, blessed, and dedicated by University faculty before a crowd of over 300 spectators, who had gathered to watch the classical comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare, staged by students on their own time and on their own dime. Since 2003, the theater has hosted a variety of independent student plays, especially the great comedies and tragedy of Greece and Shakespeare.

    Additional University of Dallas Facts

    • Youngest university in the 20th century to be granted a Phi Beta Kappa chapter
    • Top 10 Colleges for American Values based on the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s (ISI) Choosing the Right College
    • The Harvard Business Review in May 2005 in an article titled, “How Business Schools Lost Their Way”, recognized the university as one of four business schools in the nation that had retained its professional focus and was an example of best practices
    • The undergraduate class of 2005 contained nine Fulbright Scholars
    • One percent of all MBAs in the world received their degree from UD [citation needed]
    • Recognized by the Princeton Review for being “one of the best private school bargains in the nation” and in the top 20 for having outstanding professors
    • Recognized by the Princeton Review for being one of the top 10 universities in the nation where students pray on a regular basis and students are most nostalgic for Ronald Reagan
    • UD has maintained a campus in Rome, Italy for over 35 years where a large majority of its undergraduate students attend for a semester
    • UD alumni are represented in over 150 countries around the world
    • UD freshmen have the highest average SAT and ACT scores in Texas for incoming freshmen of 2007. [citation needed]
    • First university in America to be accredited by the American Academy of Liberal Education
    • The only Ph.D. program in the United States with a core curriculum in the great books
    • The Fiske Guide to Colleges states that the University of Dallas is without a doubt the best Catholic-affiliated school south of Washington, D.C.
    • Recognized by the Dallas Business Journal as being the number one choice for graduate management education for working adults in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex
    • The National Review ranks the University of Dallas as one of the top 50 liberal arts schools in the nation
    • Despite having an excellent academic track record for its students, the University of Dallas has had continuous financial problems for many years.
    • One of the few Universities to offer a bachelor's degree in Political-philosophy and a Masters of Politics degree.
    • Religious life is served by the Chapel of the Incarnation. Dedicated in 1985 the chapel, the now Church of the Incarnation serves as an on campus parish that ministers to staff, faculty, administration, students and residents of Irving and surrounding communities.
    • The University of Dallas was one of three finalists (together with Baylor University and Southern Methodist University) for the site of the George W. Bush Presidential Library. The University of Dallas withdrew itself from consideration on January 22, 2007.
    • The University is located on the highest point in Dallas County and has excellent views of the Dallas skyline and the countryside.

    Notable Alumni

    Among UD alumni are:

    Academia

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    Sacrilegious Art Controversy

    On February 14, 2008 a controversial image of Our Lady of Guadalupe was stolen from the Upper Gallery of the Haggerty Art Village. The image, entitled "Saint or Sinner", was on loan from Murray State University in Kentucky. Responding to the incident, President Frank Lazarus issued immediately the following statement:

    "By committing an intrinsically evil act before the administration has had a reasonable chance to formulate a response, this theft severely damages the prospects of dealing with this issue in a measured and rational manner as befits the dignity of a university community. Nevertheless, I will respond in a timely fashion to the substantive issues surrounding the display of this work of art in view of our Catholic character, our religious values, and the urgent question of the proper meaning of academic freedom."[3]

    Reaction to Dr. Lazarus' statement prompted heated campus discussion. Sophomore Joshua Neu responded in the February 19 issue of the University News with the following statement:

    "To Dr. Lazarus and the administrators and Art professors who supported the exhibition: In displaying this print, you have disregarded the principles of the university. Because of this, I call on you to publicly apologize and refrain from displaying any similar image. One may not honestly serve an institution and remain openly hostile to its principles."[4]

    On February 24, 2008, Dr. Lazarus issued a statement entitled "Catholic Character, Academic Freedom, and Artistic Expression." The statement reiterated Dr. Lazarus' condemnation of the unauthorized removal of the image. Dr. Lazarus continued on to develop an argument concerning the nature of academic freedom at a Catholic institution:

    "The print itself, in my view, asks a question and depicts biblical and mythological symbols that suggest literary, psychological, and religious archetypes of woman seen as the progenitor of the human race, the origin and cause of evil in the world, and the source of redemptive power in rebirth and conversion. While these questions are excellent ones, (and there are many other interpretations possible) and while the artist surely had noble intentions, the piece of art itself is objectionable, as would be the case if a sacred symbol in any other religious or ethnic tradition were to be similarly treated."[5]

    As of February 25, 2008, Dr. Lazarus has not apologized for the controversial art display or for his apparent defense of an attitude of academic freedom which, until now, has never been found at the university. Students are becoming increasingly worried that the University of Dallas' Catholic identity is slowly slipping away. Outrage among faculty, students, alumni, and parents continues.

    References

    1. ^ "Outdoor theater project nears completion." University News, 9/03/2003.
    2. ^ "Peter MacNicol Biography". TV Guide. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
    3. ^ Letter emailed to Students on February 14, 2007 "Improperly removed work of Art"
    4. ^ "Letter to the Editor." University News, 2/19/2008
    5. ^ "Catholic Character, Academic Freedom, and Artistic Expression." Dr. Francis Lazarus, University of Dallas President, 2/24/2008

    2001 Catholic World News Article


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