Program overview
In the Master’s in Liberal Arts Education program, interdisciplinary exploration meets the rich tapestry of the arts and humanities. With your Master’s in Liberal Arts in Education, you can go on to have many career options in teaching at all levels.
You’ll take courses taught by nationally recognized experts and educators, among them:
- Anthropology of the Human Person
- Classical Pedagogy
- Trivium and the Catholic Imagination
- Quadrivium and Seeing the Whole
- Organizational Leadership for Catholic Schools
Program Goals
- Use higher education to form educators and school leaders in the distinctly Catholic liberal arts educational tradition that understands the human person as made in the image and likeness of God, made for relationship with God and others, and made for authentic freedom.
- Develop in students the capacity to grasp the unity of knowledge and the habit of mind to see the connections between the disciplines as a reflection of the Truth Who is One.
- Awaken in educators and school leaders a uniquely Catholic moral and imaginative worldview through liberal studies, especially theology, philosophy, history and the arts.
- Provide the content and tools necessary to enable educators to form students intellectually, morally, physically, and spiritually with “joy in the Truth.”
- Inspire students to integrate their faith in their professional practice and daily life as Catholic educators.
Program Requirements
- 36 Credits (24 Core Credits plus 12 Elective Credits)
- One thesis or capstone project experience
Program Time Limit: 5 years
Application Process
- Complete the free online application for admission.
- Have an official transcript from the accredited institution where you completed your undergraduate degree sent to registrar@cdu.edu.
- Have someone who is familiar with your academic or professional work submit a letter of recommendation to registrar@cdu.edu.
- Submit a brief statement of purpose (250 words or less) to registrar@cdu.edu on why you are pursuing online graduate study in theology.
Students will be notified of acceptance via email shortly after all materials have been submitted and reviewed.
Program Costs
- Tuition: $1,485 x 12 courses = $17,820
- Technology fee: $165/course x 12 courses = $1,980
- Comprehensive Exam fee: $150
- Books: $100/course (estimate) x 12 courses = $1,200
- Total: $21,150
- Detailed cost of attendance budgets can be found here.
Transfer Credit
A maximum of 6 theology graduate credits earned within the last 5 years with a grade of 3.0 or higher may be transferred if earned from an institution(s) accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or whose courses are endorsed by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Acceptance of transfer credit is at the discretion of Academic Leadership.
Course Preview
Graduate Application
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Course List
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
| TBD | Anthropology of the Human Person | 3 |
| TBD | Foundations of Western Education | 3 |
| TBD | Newman and the Liberal Arts Tradition | 3 |
| RELED 560 | Principles of Catholic Education | 3 |
| TBD | Thesis/ Capstone Project | 3 |
Courses are 8 weeks long unless otherwise noted.
Tailor your electives from three formational areas:
- Intellectual Formation in the Liberal Arts Tradition
- Professional Formation in Liberal Arts Practice
- Moral and Human Formation for the Educator
TBD
THE CDU ADVANTAGE
In a 2022 survey of CDU graduate students, 100% reported that they had achieved their learning goals.
CDU Offers:
- Flexibility to study where and when you choose
- Authentic Catholic teaching
- Affordability
- A global Catholic community
- Knowledgeable and accessible faculty
- Engaging online courses with discussion forums
- Mobile app for study on the go
- Online library staffed by a theological librarian
- 24/7 technical support
