Graduate Certificate in Religious Education

GradCertRE

40 cp

Minimum duration:  6 months full-time or equivalent part-time.

Available at                     Ballarat Campus Vic

                                     Brisbane Campus Qld

                                     Canberra Campus ACT

                                     Melbourne Campus Vic

                                     Strathfield Campus NSW

                                    Nationally, online (http://acuonline.acu.edu.au/)

EFTSL value of units: All 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.

1.          REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF DEGREE

1.1        To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 40 cp from Part A of the Schedule of Unit Offerings consisting of:

(a)                 10 cp from Strand 1;

(b)                10 cp  from Strand 2;

(c)                 10 cp from Strand 3;

(d)                10 cp from Strand 4.

1.2        A student who is concurrently undertaking the Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary) in Queensland must complete 40 cp from the units listed in Part B of the Schedule of Unit Offerings.

SCHEDULE OF UNIT OFFERINGS

Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

PART A

STRAND 1

EDRE515          10         Principles of Religious Education

EDRE516          10         Religious Education Curriculum

STRAND 2

EDRE516          10         Religious Education Curriculum

EDRE521          10         Teaching Religion Studies

EDRE523          10         Religious Education and Social Justice

EDRE524          10         Religious Education in Early Childhood

EDRE529          10         Teaching the Catholic Tradition

STRAND 3

EDRE517          10         Liturgy and Prayer in Religious Education

EDRE519          10         Religious Education and Values

EDRE525          10         Personal Development and Religious Education

EDRE529          10         Teaching the Catholic Tradition

THEO501          10         Approaching World Religions

THEO502          10         Biblical Studies

THEO543          10         Theology of Sacraments

THEO558          10         Foundations of Christian Faith

STRAND 4

THEO501          10         Approaching World Religions

THEO502          10         Biblical Studies

THEO543          10         Theology of Sacraments

THEO555          10         Jesus the Christ

PART B

Students wishing to teach in Catholic Schools undertake the following units:

EDRE527            10         Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 1

EDRE528            10         Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 2

THEO502            10         Biblical Studies

THEO558            10         Foundations of Christian Faith

Students undertaking the Lutheran strand enrol in the following Lutheran units via the Australian Lutheran College:

BIB1003            10         The Bible Today

EDU1010          10         Lutheran Education 1

EDU1011          10         Lutheran Education 2

THE1002           10         The Christian Faith