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Credit points

240

Minimum duration

3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

  • Ballarat
  • Brisbane
  • Canberra
  • Melbourne
  • North Sydney
  • Strathfield

Note:

Students will undertake units at both the Strathfield and North Sydney Campuses.


EFTSL value of units :

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.



Admission requirements

An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy .

International students need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy .

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent:

StatePrerequisites

New South Wales

Assumed knowledge: Nil

Queensland

Prerequisites: English (Units 3 & 4, C)

Victoria

Prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in any other English.

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2022 Admission. Refer to your relevant Tertiary Admission Centre website for future years' entry requirements.



Definition

A Major consists of 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at 100-level, at least 40 cp at 200-level and at least 20 cp from 300-level

A Minor consists of 40 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at 100-level and at least 20 cp at 200/300-level.

Completion requirements

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 240 cp consisting of:

  1. 20 cp from Specified Units (Part A);
  2. 80 cp from Major in either Biblical Studies or Christian Thought (Part B);
  3. 40 cp from Minor in either Biblical Studies or Christian Thought (Part C) in the alternative discipline to b. above;
  4. 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part D)
  5. 10 cp from Community Engagement Unit (Part E);

  6. 70 cp from Electives (Part F)*, OR
  7. 40 cp from Minor (Part G) and 30 cp from Electives (Part F) drawn from the Schedule of Unit Offerings listed or drawn from the Schedule of Unit Offerings for the Bachelor of Arts.

In the total of 240 cp, no more than 100 cp may be selected from 100-level units.

* Students may take Electives drawn from the Minors in the Schedule of Unit Offerings (listed) or from the Schedule of Unit Offerings for the Bachelor of Arts

Exit points

A student who has completed 40 cp in Philosophy units may exit with the Non-Award Certificate in Philosophy.

A student who has completed 40 cp in Theology units, including THBS100 Introduction to the Bible and THCT100 What Christians Believe, may exit with the Non-Award Certificate in Theology.

A student who has completed 80 cp in Philosophy units may exit with the Diploma in Philosophy.

A student who has completed 80 cp in Theology units, including THBS100 Introduction to the Bible and THCT100 What Christians Believe, may exit with the Diploma in Theology.

Progression requirements

Unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator, a student must have completed at least 40 cp in 100-level units before undertaking 200-level units and 40 cp in 200-level units before undertaking 300-level units.

Part A : Specified Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
THCP105Prayer and Liturgy10
CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
PHIL100Philosophy: the Big Questions10
OR
THEL100Biblical Hebrew A10
OR
THEL101New Testament Greek A10

Part B : Major

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
BIBLBiblical Studies80
CHTHChristian Thought80

Part C : Minor in either Biblical Studies or Christian Thought

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
BIBLBiblical Studies40
CHTHChristian Thought40

Part D : Core Curriculum Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
UNCC100Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society10
OR
PHCC102Being Human10
OR
PHCC104Ethics and the Good Life10
CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
UNCC300Justice and Change in a Global World10
OR
PHCC320The Just Society10


Part E : Community Engagement Unit

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
THCP304Christian Community Engagement10

Required as part of the Core Curriculum

Part F : Electives

Complete 30 to 70 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
THBS211Psalms and Old Testament Wisdom Literature10
THBS212Jewish Society and Literature (516 BCE to 200 CE)10
THBS304Archaeology and the Bible10
THBS305Bible Lands Field Trip20
THEL100Biblical Hebrew A10
THEL101New Testament Greek A10
THEL103Christianity Established: From Sect to Society10
THEL207Biblical Hebrew B10
THEL208New Testament Greek B10
THEL214Cults, Gods and Religion in Ancient Rome10
THEL215All Roads Lead to: Mapping Laudato Si' and UN Sustainable Development Goals10
THCT215Defining Moments in Church History10
THCT308Contemporary Issues in Moral Theology10
THCT309The Spirit in Word and Life10
THCT310Australian Catholics: History and Identity10
THCT311The Christian Vision of Being Human10
THCT312Ecumenism: the Quest for Christian Unity10
THCT313Patristics: the Early Church Fathers10

Bachelor of Arts Units

For the Schedule of Unit offerings in the Bachelor of Arts refer to the Bachelor of Arts Course Rules.

Part G : Minors

Complete 0 to 1 of the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
PHILPhilosophy40
ANLGAncient Languages40
BIBGBiblical Languages40
CHPRChristian Practice40
SRLGStudy of Religions40
Footnote

This unit is an alternative Core Curriculum Engagement unit which fulfils the requirements of the Core Curriculum.

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