Thomas Aquinas College is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Graduates are awarded the degree of Bachelor of Arts, having completed 146 semester hours. The following chart is set out to show the number of hours each course meets per week. Each semester contains 16 weeks of classwork and one week of final examinations.
Semester Hours for Courses
|
Course |
1st Year |
2nd Year |
3rd Year |
4th Year |
Total |
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|
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
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|
Mathematics |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
28 |
|
Philosophy |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
24 |
|
Language |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
Theology |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
24 |
|
Natural |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
28 |
|
Music |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
4 |
|
Seminar |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
24 |
|
Senior |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
Hours per Semester |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
19 |
19 |
17 |
19 |
146* |
* The total number of semester hours for a student who successfully completes all phases of the program is 146.
Equivalent Semester Hours
The following is an analysis of the Thomas Aquinas College curriculum in terms of equivalent semester hours of conventional college subjects.
|
Course |
Conventional |
1st Year |
2nd Year |
3rd Year |
4th Year |
Total |
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|
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
I |
II |
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|
Seminar |
Literature |
1.5 |
1.0 |
.5 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
.5 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
10.0 |
|
Philosophy |
|
.5 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
4.5 |
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|
History |
.5 |
.5 |
.5 |
|
.5 |
|
|
2.0 |
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Political Science |
.5 |
|
1.0 |
2.0 |
|
3.5 |
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Economics |
|
|
|
|
.5 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
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Psychology |
|
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|
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|
|
1.0 |
1.0 |
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Theology |
|
.5 |
|
|
|
|
.5 |
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Physiology |
|
|
.5 |
|
|
|
.5 |
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Sociology |
|
|
|
|
.5 |
|
.5 |
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|
Language |
Latin |
2.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
|
|
|
10.0 |
|
|
English |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
2.0 |
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Math |
Geometry |
4.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
|
|
|
1.0 |
9.0 |
|
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Number Theory |
2.0 |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
3.0 |
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Astronomy |
|
2.0 |
4.0 |
|
|
|
6.0
|
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Algebra |
|
|
|
1.5 |
|
|
1.5 |
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Analytical Geometry |
|
|
|
|
1.5 |
|
|
1.5 |
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|
Calculus |
|
|
|
|
|
3.0 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
7.0 |
|
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Philosophy |
Philosophy |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
24.0 |
|
Theology |
Theology |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
24.0 |
|
Natural |
Physics |
.5 |
1.5 |
|
|
|
2.0 |
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|
Biology (Natural History) |
3.0 |
1.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
4.5 |
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Biology |
1.0 |
|
|
|
1.0 |
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Chemistry |
|
|
1.5 |
3.0 |
|
|
|
|
4.5 |
|
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Optics |
|
|
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
2.0 |
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Mechanics |
|
|
|
4.0 |
4.0 |
2.0 |
|
10.0 |
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Electro-magnetism |
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|
|
|
3.0 |
3.0 |
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Relativity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
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Music |
Melodic Analysis |
|
|
|
1.5 |
1.5 |
|
3.0 |
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Harmony |
|
|
|
|
.5 |
.5 |
|
1.0 |
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|
Senior |
Subject may be selected from any part of the curriculum |
|
2.0 |
2.0 |
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|
Total |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
19 |
19 |
17 |
19 |
146 |
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