The Academic Cycle 

At the Christendom Graduate School the required courses (both core requirements and special requirements for the concentrations) are divided into four cycles, each containing approximately one-fourth of the requirements. Two cycles are offered every semester, one of them on campus and the other in the online format. Every fall semester, either cycle A or cycle C is offered on campus (and either cycle B or D online), and every spring either cycle B or D is offered on campus and cycle A or C online. The summer cycle sequence is independent from the fall-spring sequence: either Cycle A or Cycle C is offered at Front Royal (and either Cycle B or Cycle D online) in the summers of odd-numbered years, while Cycle B or Cycle D (and either cycle A or cycle C) is offered in even-numbered years. The schedule of cycles for upcoming years is listed below. Required courses in the core study are offered online more frequently, either every fall or every spring online, not merely in their cycles. Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin is usually offered on campus in the spring semester and online in the fall, and the prerequisite Introduction to Theology course is offered online every semester. Consecrated life and spirituality courses are offered only in the summer, as part of the Vita Consecrata Institute, at the Front Royal campus.

Full-time students normally must attend the Christendom Graduate School for four consecutive semesters in order to take all of the required courses for the master’s degree: either four consecutive summers or two academic (fall & spring) years. It is possible to accelerate the program by combining on-site and online courses, and also by attending year-round.

The courses offered during each of the cycles are listed below. Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are only offered on campus, during the summer academics at the Front Royal Campus.

Schedule of Cycles

Schedule of On-Campus Courses             Schedule of Online Courses