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The
University of Paris offers degrees in the arts and in theology,
as well as professional degrees in medicine and law.
 The
degrees
As
a bachelor of arts candidate, you will study the trivium and
quadrivium and participate in disputations. This undergraduate
curriculum is based on the seven liberal arts of ancient Rome. Rhetoric,
grammar, and logic form the trivium, the foundation for all advanced
education. Arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy make up the
quadrivium. In a disputation, a master poses a question on some
matter of logic, philosophy, or theology. He then presents the arguments
for and against as advanced by other scholars in their writings.
Students debate among themselves and attempt to determine a solution
to the question.
Those
wishing to earn a master of arts degree will continue for an additional
five or six years. Those with a master of arts degree may choose
to pursue a degree in medicine, law, or theology. Only the most
dedicated scholars pursue a degree in theology, the "queen
of the sciences." A doctorate in theology requires an additional
13 years of study.
Employment
prospects
Those
with training in the arts may find employment in the household of
a king or great lord. Employment prospects for educated clergy are
rosy at present. Students willing to become priests may secure a
position in a parish or cathedral.
Holders
of a master of arts degree may teach, lecture, and accept students.
Masters in law or medicine also may become well-paid lawyers or
physicians, or may teach. Masters in theology who become priests
may hope for advancement within the Church, perhaps becoming bishops
or even pope.
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