PCU-USA
Academic Programs
The program catalogue of the University.
Each program is published with its full description, entry requirements, curriculum, academic load, modality, duration, language, learning outcomes, assessment method and current status. Programs appear in this catalogue only after they have been formally adopted.
Master’s programs
Diplomacy and Statecraft
Master in Diplomacy
Master · online36 credits
The Master in Diplomacy concentrates on the practice, institutions, and ethical responsibilities of diplomatic engagement. Distinct from the broader theoretical orientation of International Relations, it emphasizes negotiation, mediation, protocol, representation, multilateral practice, conflict resolution, and the writing required of diplomatic work.
Explore the program →Economics and Political Economy
Master in Economics
Master · online36 credits
The Master in Economics studies economic reasoning, institutions, and the history of economic thought in sustained conversation with the Catholic intellectual tradition. Microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis are joined to political economy and to questions of property, labor, capital, exchange, development, and poverty.
Explore the program →Ethics and Moral Philosophy
Master in Ethics
Master · online36 credits
The Master in Ethics studies human action, virtue, conscience, responsibility, and the norms of moral judgment. Aristotelian–Thomistic ethics and Christian moral thought enter sustained debate with Kantian, consequentialist, and contemporary approaches.
Explore the program →Human Rights
Master in Human Rights
Master · online36 credits
The Master in Human Rights provides advanced study of the philosophical, juridical, historical, political, and religious foundations of universal rights. It examines international and regional human-rights systems alongside enduring disputes about universality, duties, institutions, culture, and enforcement.
Explore the program →International Relations
Master in International Relations
Master · online36 credits
The Master in International Relations examines the theories, institutions, and historical practices that shape relations among states, peoples, and transnational communities. The curriculum places realism, liberalism, constructivism, and critical approaches in dialogue with natural law, the law of nations, and Christian reflection on political authority.
Explore the program →Philosophy
Master in Philosophy
Master · online36 credits
The Master in Philosophy offers systematic study of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, philosophical anthropology, political philosophy, philosophy of religion, and natural theology. Its historical sequence extends from ancient philosophy through medieval, modern, and contemporary debates.
Explore the program →Political Science
Master in Political Science
Master · online36 credits
The Master in Political Science studies political ideas, institutions, and behavior through historical, comparative, and normative inquiry. It addresses authority, legitimacy, sovereignty, constitutionalism, democracy, civil society, and the organization of political communities.
Explore the program →Spirituality and Liturgy
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Liturgical Studies
Master of Arts · online36 credits
The Master of Arts in Liturgical Studies investigates Christian worship through its theological foundations, historical development, ritual texts and spiritual life. The curriculum brings close reading of primary sources into sustained conversation with liturgical scholarship, sacramental theology and pastoral formation.
Admissions open
Explore the program →Natural Law and Christian Jurisprudence
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Natural Law
Master of Laws · online36 credits
Explore the program →
Doctoral programs
Law of Nations and Christian Jurisprudence
Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) in Law of Nations
Doctor of Juridical Science · online60 credits
Explore the program →Canon Law
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Canon Law
Doctor of Philosophy · online76 credits
Explore the program →International Relations
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in International Relations
Doctor of Philosophy · online60 credits
The Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations is an advanced research degree concerned with international order, sovereignty, global governance, war and peace, diplomacy, and religion in world politics. Candidates engage the principal theoretical and methodological traditions of the discipline while developing an original field of inquiry.
Explore the program →Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy · online60 credits
The Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy is a research degree grounded in the classical, medieval, Thomistic, and Christian philosophical traditions and open to sustained engagement with modern and contemporary thought. It gives particular depth to metaphysics, philosophical anthropology, ethics, epistemology, philosophy of religion, natural theology, political philosophy, and philosophy of law.
Explore the program →Political Science
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Political Science
Doctor of Philosophy · online60 credits
The Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science prepares scholars for original research on political theory, institutions, authority, democracy, constitutionalism, civil society, religion, and public order. Its disciplinary center is the study of political communities and institutions rather than the international system.
Explore the program →
Academic Programs
- 01Degree or certificate
- 02Religious field
- 03Description
- 04Objectives
- 05Entry requirements
- 06Curriculum
- 07Academic load
- 08Modality
- 09Duration
- 10Language
- 11Learning outcomes
- 12Assessment method
- 13Related faculty
- 14Program status
- 15Start date
- 16Completion policy
- 17Fee
Any tuition or institutional charge must be stated in the applicable program record or the student's authenticated account before it becomes payable. Payments are processed securely through Stripe.