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, with one cycle being offered every semester. Every fall semester, either Cycle A or Cycle C is offered on campus, and every spring either Cycle B or Cycle D is offered. The summer cycle sequence is independent from the fall-spring sequence: either Cycle A or Cycle C is offered at Front Royal in the summers of odd-numbered years, while Cycle B or Cycle D is offered in even-numbered years. The schedule of cycles for upcoming years is listed below. Required courses in the core program are usually offered more frequently, either every fall or every spring. THEO 601 and 603, PHIL 602, and SCRI 606 are usually offered every fall, while THEO 602 and 604, PHIL 603, and SCRI 607 are usually offered every spring. Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin is usually offered in the Spring semester, and the prerequisite Introduction to Theology course is offered online every semester. Consecrated Life courses are offered only in the summer, as part of the Vita Consecrata Institute, on a four-year cycle as indicated. Online courses have their own, separate schedule as seen below.
Students normally must attend the Christendom Graduate School for four consecutive semesters in order to be able to take all of the required courses for the master’s degree: either four consecutive summers or two academic (fall & spring) years. It is, however, sometimes possible to accelerate the program by attending year-round (depending on the particular semesters involved) or by combining on-site and online courses.
The courses offered during each of the cycles are listed below. Courses marked with an asterisk are usually offered every year, either every fall or every spring.
| Cycle A | Cycle B |
| THEO 601 God the Father* | THEO 602 Christology* |
| PHIL 602 Philosophy of God and Man* | PHIL 603 Philosophical Errors* |
| THEO 606 Apologetics | EDUC 602 The Catechetical Tradition |
| THEO 720 Theological Anthropology | THEO 721 The Virtues |
| HIST 610 Church History, Part I | HIST 611 Church History, Part II |
| CONL 622 Liturgy and the Consecrated Life | CONL 621 History of the Consecrated Life |
| CONL 626 Consecrated Life in Canon Law | |
| Cycle C | Cycle D |
| THEO 603 Holy Spirit and Ecclesiology* | THEO 604 Moral Theology* |
| SCRI 606 Old Testament* | SCRI 607 New Testament* |
| EDUC 603 Catechetical Norms and Methods | THEO 605 Liturgy and Sacraments |
| THEO 724 Sexual Ethics | THEO 802 Catholic Social Teachings |
| THEO 712 Patristics | CONL 624 Vows According to Thomas Aquinas |
| CONL 623 Scriptural Foundation of Consecrated Life | |
| CONL 625 Consecrated Life and Vatican II |
Schedule of Cycles
| FALL 2010 - A | SPRING 2011 - B | SUMMER 2011 - A |
| FALL 2011 - C | SPRING 2012 - D | SUMMER 2012 - B |
| FALL 2012 - A | SPRING 2013 - B | SUMMER 2013 - C |
| FALL 2013 - C | SPRING 2014 - D | SUMMER 2014 - D |