111 - The Revelation of Jesus Christ (College Prep A) Grade 9
The purpose of this course is to give students a general knowledge and appreciation of the Sacred Scriptures. Through their study of the Bible, they will come to encounter the living Word of God, Jesus Christ. In the course they will learn about the Bible, authored by God through Inspiration, and its value to people throughout the world. If they have not been taught this earlier, they will learn how to read the Bible and will become familiar with the major sections of the Bible and the books included in each section, with a particular focus on the Hebrew Scriptures as an overview and introduction to salvation history. Additional topics include sacraments, prayer, the structure of the Church, and an overview of the life of St. John Baptist de La Salle.
Prerequisite: Placement by the Office of Academic Affair

121 - Jesus and Morality (College Prep A) Grade 10
The purpose of this course is to help students understand all that God has done for us through his Son, Jesus Christ. Through this course of study, students will learn that for all eternity, God has planned for us to share eternal happiness with him, which is accomplished through the redemption Christ won for us. Students will learn that they share in this redemption only in and through Jesus Christ. They will also be introduced to what it means to be a disciple of Christ. The second semester will study the ways people integrate personal morality into the settings in which they find themselves. It will challenge them to examine the relationship they see between their own faith and the call to morality and justice presented by the events of daily living.
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation

131 - The Church and Its Mission (College Prep A) Grade 11
This course will help the students to understand that in and through the Church they encounter the living Jesus Christ. In the fall semester, students will be introduced to the fact that the church was founded through the Apostles and is sustained through the Holy Spirit. The Church will be described as the living Body of Christ today. Further, the students will explore the way Christ can be encountered through each of the individual 
Sacraments. In the spring semester, the course will introduce students to the richness of the Church’s social teaching through an exploration of the 7 Principles of Catholic Social Teaching, and how they are called to care for the poor and vulnerable as Christ did. Service to others is a course requirement.
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation

173 - World Religions/Introduction to Christian Ethics (College Prep A) Grade 12
In the first semester, students explore how the Catholic Church recognizes and values the respective truths of world religions through interreligious dialogue. Students are introduced to the nature and philosophy of the worldviews of various religious traditions, such as those of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam. The course will explore the elements of each religion and how humanity has experienced the sacred and sought to 
comprehend the mystery of life. Attention is given to the rituals and traditions of each religion with a comparative evaluation to understand the roles of the divine, human nature, and our shared search for meaning.

In the second semester, the class will focus on the following questions: What does it mean to be a good man? What does it even mean to be good? Spanning the ancient Greek writings of Aristotle and Plato through the technological world of biomedical engineering, this course will explore not only the historical, philosophical, 
and theological foundations of ethics but will also debate the merits of these theories in the context of contemporary arguments about medicine, technology, war, sex, business, and the environment.

This course is designed as a Dual Enrollment course. If you sign-up for this class, you will be charged a fee of $600 and your grade will be transcribed on an NDMU transcript earning 6 college credits for successful completion.

163 - World Religions/God, Media, and Culture (College Prep A) Grade 12
In the first semester, students will explore how the Catholic Church recognizes and values the respective truths found in the world’s religions through interreligious dialogue. Students will be introduced to the nature and philosophy of the worldviews of various religious traditions, namely those of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam. Students will explore elements of each religion and how people have experienced the sacred and 
sought to comprehend the mystery of life. Attention will be given to various rituals and traditions associated with each religion alongside a comparative evaluation of how each comes to understand the unique roles of the divine, human nature, and our shared search for meaning.

The second semester will examine the presence of religious themes and images in books, movies, various forms of media, popular culture, the arts, and technology. Students will analyze the religious meaning to assess the degree of which the message is consistent with the teachings of Catholicism.