EXTENSION COURSE IN MARIOLOGY
 

Description
The Theology Department of PUC-Rio, in partnership with the Central Coordination of Extension (CCE) of PUC-Rio, offers an extension course in Mariology online.

 

Duration 
The course has a workload of 60 hours.

 

Instructor
Lina Boff, Post-Doctorate, Pontifical Gregorian University 

 

Grade or characteristic
Distance Learning University Extension Course on Mariology.

 

Objectives
To study the figure, mystery, mission and meaning of Mary in the history of salvation. To investigate, clarify, and deepen the active presence of Our Lady in the mystery of Christ and the Church.

 

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The Mariology course consists of three parts. The first part deals with the Woman Mary of Nazareth presented in the narrative of the four evangelists with their communities. The introductory class will open this narrative with the quotation from Paul Galatians 4,4. The second part will present the Mary of Nazareth narrated in the four Gospels by the first Fathers of the Church. And the last part will study the Marian Dogmas that the faith of the people created with their different names and to this day are invoked and worshipped.

 

Course Topics

• Starting from Biblical Sources
• The Mary of Faith in the Fathers of the Church
• The historical Mary is the same Mary of Faith that we worship in Tradition and Dogmas

 

Methodology
The course uses the following methodological procedures:

• Supporting content for study through texts for reading and reflection;
• Opening seminars for each theme of the course;
• Personal study for better reflection of the content
• Weekly meetings with the class tutor at the chosen support center;
• Two (2) evaluative works along the course, where the student will receive the help of the tutor;
• Support from a course supervisor as a facilitator of the students' integration into the PUC-Rio community.

 

Pre-Requirements
Higher Education (complete or undergraduate)

 

Evaluation
The result of the evaluation will be expressed in grades, on a scale of 0 (zero) to 10 (ten), with a minimum final grade of five (5.0). The overall grade is calculated according to the weights given to the different proposed activities.
It is important to note the importance of meeting the deadlines required in the course.

 

Value of the investment
To be defined

 

Certificate
The student who satisfactorily fulfills the requirements of the course and passes the course will be entitled to a certificate issued by CCE/PUC-Rio as an Extension Course at the end.