Graduate Diploma in Religious Education

GradDipRE

80 cp

Minimum duration:   1 year 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/) (selected units only)

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.

1.          REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF THE GRADUATE DIPLOMA

To qualify for the Graduate Diploma, a student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

(a)        40 cp from core units; and

(b)        40 cp from electives, consisting of:

(i)      40 cp from Religious Education Studies; or

(ii)      20 cp from Religious Education Studies and 20 cp from Theological Studies.

2.          EXIT POINT

A student who has completed the requirements prescribed for the Graduate Certificate in Religious Education may exit from the course with that award.

SCHEDULE OF UNIT OFFERINGS

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

CORE UNITS

EDRE515                 10         Principles of Religious Education

EDRE516                 10         Religious Education Curriculum

THEO502                  10         Biblical Studies

THEO558                  10         Foundations of Christian Faith

ELECTIVES

Religious Education Studies

EDRE517            10         Liturgy and Prayer in Religious Education

EDRE518            10         Professional Practice in Religious Education

EDRE519            10         Religious Education and Values

EDRE520            10         Religious Education Seminar

EDRE521            10         Teaching Religion Studies

EDRE523            10         Religious Education and Social Justice

EDRE524            10         Religious Education in Early Childhood

EDRE525            10         Personal Development and Religious Education

Theological Studies

THEO501            10         Approaching World Religions

THEO507            10         Christian Morality

THEO528            10         Liturgical Studies

THEO555            10         Jesus the Christ

THEO556            10         Theology of the Human Person