Master of Religious Education

MRE

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/)

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 DEGREE

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

(a)        at least 40 cp from Religious Education units;

(b)        at least 20 cp from Theological Studies units;

(c)        up to 20 cp from Religious Education or Theological Studies units or units from other Master’s level courses approved by the Course Co-ordinator.

SCHEDULE OF UNIT OFFERINGS

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

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION UNITS

EDRE621          10         History and Theories in Religious Education

EDRE622          10         Cultural Contexts of Religious Education

EDRE623          10         Coordination in Religious Education

EDRE624          10         Curriculum in Religious Education

EDRE625          10         Contemporary Issues in Religious Education

EDRE626          10         Faith, Moral Development and Values Education

EDRE627          10         Social Justice and Religious Education

EDRE628          10         Creative Arts and Religious Education

EDRE629          10         Spirituality and the Religious Educator

EDRE632          10         Teaching World Religions

EDRE633          10         Religious Education Project 1

EDRE634          20         Religious Education Project 2

EDRE635          10         Religious Education Independent Unit

EDRE636          10         Religious Education Seminar

EDRE637          10         Religious Education in the Middle Years

EDRE639          10         Religious Education in the Faith Community

THEOLOGICAL STUDIES UNITS

Biblical Studies

THEO602          10         Biblical Narrative as Theology

THEO615          10         New Testament Christology

THEO636          10         Prophetic and Wisdom Literature

THEO650          10         Theological Perspectives of the Bible

THEO674          10         The Corinthian Correspondence

THEO694          10         Biblical Studies

Systematic Theology

THEL602           10         Theology Today

THEO625          10         Issues in Ecumenism

THEO631          10         Issues in Systematic Theology

THEO647          10         Issues in Christian Ethics

THEO649          10         Revelation and Tradition

Historical and Religion Studies

THEO618          10         The Phenomenology of Religion

THEO621          10         Church Literature to Gregory the Great

THEO632          10         Jews and Judaism

THEO648          10         History and Development of the Church

THEO655          10         History of the Church in Australia

Practical Theology

THEO629           10         Issues in Liturgical Studies

THEO643           10         Women and the Church

Theological Research

THEO628          10         Introduction to Theological Research

Electives

THEO626          10         Bible Lands Study Tour

THEO633          10         Special Study