What qualifications do you need to be a Jesuit professor?

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First: is there any use for computer science in Jesuit schools?
 
If you mean in USA, Jesuit schools pretty much teach everything you learn in a normal prep high school or in a decently ranked college, so yes, of course there is a “use for computer science” at such schools.
 
Alright. And all the other stuff? What credentials do you need, aside from seminary and ordination?
 
I think it would be helpful to clarify what you mean by a “Jesuit school”.
There are many Jesuit schools that have a lot of lay teachers teaching at them. The lay teachers often include women and I’m pretty sure a goodly percentage of the teachers aren’t even Catholic.

Do you mean a prep school (high school), a university, a seminary, what?
 
Yes, but I’d like to teach. I want to be a priest, but if I could teach, I’d be a Jesuit.
 
If all you want to do is teach at your average Jesuit university in USA like Georgetown or Fordham, you have to have the academic qualifications to be hired by the school and then not do anything to embarrass the school or make the administration mad when you get hired.
 
Well, Jesuits aren’t the only teachers. Dominicans and Franciscans (among others) are also teachers.

If you want to be a priest, the first thing you do is talk to your parish priest. He will likely direct you to the diocese vocation director. From there you’ll have to discern where you are being called.
 
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For a person thinking about becoming a priest, you don’t seem to know much about anything related to your question.

Are you trolling?
 
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What credentials do you need, aside from seminary and ordination?
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Usually one would need a PhD in theology and/or whatever field you are teaching, such as Physics, History, Computer Science, or Economics, etc.
 
The first step is to become a Jesuit. Most commonly men enter with at least a bachelor’s degree. In your case I assume that would be in computer science.

There’s a two year novitiate. After vows you would move on to first studies where you get a master’s degree, usually though not always in philosophy. Then comes two or three years of regency where you work in ministry, often teaching in a Jesuit school. Then you would move on to theology and be ordained. After that you might move on to more education if it’s needed or be missioned to a parish , school, or some other ministry.

The Jesuits do regular come and see sessions where you can visit them and learn more about them.

 
My slide rules still work and never once have had a slide rule virus.
 
And can we please bring back the logarithm tables? Math textbooks are so skinny without them. However are our science majors going to develop muscles?
 
Since I use them daily, I have them pretty much memorized, or can re-derive what I need mentally. Keeps the ol brain exercised.
 
yawnernonner said:
First: is there any use for computer science in Jesuit schools?
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My Jesuit college (Santa Clara) had two CS degrees, one in engineering and one in the Math department. Fr. Smolarski, SJ, was the ringleader for the math, I believe, and taught plenty of CS classes.

[note: since my time, changes prevent calling a degree in an accredited engineering school CS, or anything else without the word “engineering”)]

Anyway, Jesuits do have a longer formation than most orders, but they’re also the premier teaching order.

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