Fall 2025

For-Credit Courses

These 3-credit classes have no prerequisites and are designed to be taken in any order. A discounted tuition rate of $250 (or $125 for auditors) is available for students who are registered with UNL Newman Center. Please designate this in your application and we will be in touch with details.

Course Calendar: For-credit courses for Spring 2025 begin Tuesday, January 21st. We follow the UNL Academic Calendar for all breaks and major points in the semester.

Credit Transfer: Accredited through St. Gregory the Great Seminary, these courses may be transferred to other undergraduate institutions. For UNL students, a course equivalency has been established for elective credit. With advisor approval, they may also meet ACE (often ACE 5 or 8) and other requirements. Upon completion of the course, students will need to request a credit transfer from St. Gregory the Great Seminary.

HUM 268 - Renewing the Mind: Medieval and Early Modern Renaissances

Meeting: Mon. & Wed., 4:00 - 5:15pm, UNL Newman Center, Room 222

Instructor: Patrick Callahan, Newman Institute

Credit Hours: 3

Course Description: This course looks at the great questions and ideas raised in the Middle Ages and Renaissance from a multi-disciplinary approach. We explore the interplay between literature, history, philosophy, art, and theology inside and between these ancient and medieval cultures and their relevance to today’s world. No prerequisites.

Sample Authors/Texts: Dante, Catherine of Siena, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Aquinas, One Thousand and One Nights, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Utopia, Machiavelli

Certificate in Catholic Thought: This course satisfies 3 of the Core credit hours necessary to complete our Certificate in Catholic Thought.

ALEC 102 - Interpersonal Skills for Leadership

NOTE: This UNL course is only open to pledges at ΦΚΘ fraternity. Registration and other information communicated through recruitment and AME chairs.

Meeting: Tues. 7:30pm, UNL Newman Center, Room 222

Instructor: Patrick Callahan, Newman Institute

Credit Hours: 3

Course Description: This is a course about the "personal" level of leadership. Through learning to lead yourself, you will become better prepared to learn to work with others and engage in the work of organizations and communities. The emphasis in ALEC 102 is on acquiring knowledge about yourself and others through active engagement in your community via a Service-Learning Project. You will apply this knowledge in a variety of planned and personal experiences in order to acquire or improve skills and abilities needed to be successful in your personal and career life.

This course is offered through the Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication. It fulfills the requirements for ACE Area 2.

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Note: Students registered with St. Thomas Aquinas Church, who are registered full-time at a local college or university, are eligible for a discounted rate on tuition.

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Free Weekly Seminars

These one-a-week classes are free and open to all students at UNL and area colleges and universities. There are no prerequisites, homework, or exams. Come as you are and join us for a conversation about the things that matter.