Eastern Christian Studies
The Faculty of Eastern Christian Studies is subdivided into three sections: theological-patristic, liturgical, and historical.
After completing the Bachelor’s Degree in Theology (first cycle), students are admitted to the Licentiate (S.E.O.L.). Those who hold a Bachelor’s Degree in History may enroll in the Licentiate in the history section.
After completing the Licentiate (second cycle), students can enroll in the Doctoral program (S.E.O.D.).
Those interested in deepening a specific area or in having a general knowledge of the Christian East can enroll in the program of the Diploma in Eastern Christian Studies.
The annual offering of courses in the Faculty of Eastern Christian Studies is distributed as follows:
- courses common to all sections, compulsory for all students enrolled in the Licentiate, aiming at a comprehensive presentation of the Christian East;
- principal section courses, compulsory for students enrolled in the section (and optional for students enrolled in the other sections), which deal with the fundamental elements of the disciplines of the section;
- auxiliary section courses, optional for all students, which delve into minor areas or particular issues and periods of the section;
- section seminars, which can accommodate a maximum of eight students and allow for the exercise of scientific research methodology in practice;
- courses in ancient and modern Oriental languages, among which the student must take those in the language related to his or her personal area of research.
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