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Master of Arts (Theology)
MA(Theol)
80 cp
Minimum duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.
Graduate Diploma in Arts (Theology) (Exit qualification only)
GradDipArts(Theol)
40 cp
Minimum duration: 6 months full-time or equivalent part-time.
Course available at:
Ballarat, Victoria
Brisbane, Queensland
Canberra, ACT
Melbourne, Victoria
Sydney (Strathfield,) NSW
Nationally online
(http://www.acu.edu.au/student_resources/elearning/)
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. Admission Requirements1
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed a Bachelor degree or equivalent and theological studies equivalent to the Graduate Certificate in Arts (Theology) or a four unit undergraduate minor in theological studies.
2. Requirements for Completion of the Degree
2.1 To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, including at least 10 cp from Advanced Units in each of Biblical Studies and Systematic Theology.
2.2 A Graduate Certificate unit level 500 that is double-coded as a master’s unit level 600 may not be undertaken at both levels of study.
3. Exit Point
3.1 The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Theology) is available only as an exit point from the Master’s degree.
3.2 A student who has completed the following requirements may exit from the course with the Graduate Diploma in Arts (Theology).
In addition to completion of the Graduate Certificate in Arts (Theology), a student must complete 40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, including at least 20 cp from Advanced Units.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
Foundational Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
THEO611 | 10 | Theology of Sacraments |
THEO660 | 10 | Jesus the Christ |
THEO661 | 10 | Christian Life and Thought to 590CE |
THEO662 | 10 | Foundations in Liturgy |
THEO663 | 10 | Theology of Church |
THEO664 | 10 | Approaching World Religions |
THEO667 | 10 | Theology of the Human Person |
THEO673 | 10 | Christian Morality |
THEO694 | 10 | Biblical Studies |
THEO695 | 10 | Foundations of Christian Faith |
Advanced Units
Biblical Studies
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
THEO602 | 10 | Biblical Narrative as Theology |
THEO615 | 10 | New Testament Christology |
THEO626 | 20 | Bible Lands Study Tour |
THEO636 | 10 | Prophetic and Wisdom Literature |
THEO650 | 10 | Theological Perspectives of the Bible |
THEO674 | 10 | The Corinthian Correspondence |
THEO675 | 10 | A Synoptic Gospel (Pre: A foundational or undergraduate unit in Biblical Studies) |
THEO677 | 10 | Biblical Poetry |
Systematic Theology
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
THEL602 | 10 | Theology Today |
THEO631 | 10 | Issues in Systematic Theology |
THEO647 | 10 | Issues in Christian Ethics |
THEO649 | 10 | Revelation and Tradition |
THEO679 | 10 | Contextual Theologies |
THEO680 | 10 | Theology of Mission |
Ministry and Praxis
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
THEO629 | 10 | Issues in Liturgical Studies (Pre: THEO662 Foundations in Liturgy) |
THEO646 | 10 | Issues in Ministry |
THEO651 | 10 | Theology and Leadership |
THEO652 | 10 | Theology and Society |
THEO657 | 10 | Practical Theology |
THEO658 | 10 | Foundations of Social Justice |
Spirituality and Pastoral Ministry
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
THEO685 | 10 | Spirituality and Ministry in the Christian Tradition 1 |
THEO686 | 10 | Spirituality and Ministry in the Christian Tradition 2 (Pre: THEO685 Spirituality and Ministry in the Christian Tradition 1) |
THEO687 | 10 | Spirituality, Ministry and Practice 1 (Pre: THEO685 Spirituality and Ministry in the Christian Tradition 1 and THEO686 Spirituality and Ministry in the Christian Tradition 2) |
THEO688 | 10 | Spirituality, Ministry and Practice 2 (Pre: THEO685 Spirituality and Ministry in the Christian Tradition 1, THEO686 Spirituality and Ministry in the Christian Tradition 2 and THEO687 Spirituality, Ministry and Practice) |
THEO697 | 10 | Spirituality, Ministry and Practice 3 (Pre: THEO685 Spirituality and Ministry in the Christian Tradition 1, THEO686 Spirituality and Ministry in the Christian Tradition 2, THEO687 Spirituality, Ministry and Practice and THEO688 Spirituality, Ministry and Practice 2) |
THEO698 | 10 | Spirituality, Ministry and Practice 4 (Pre: THEO685 Spirituality and Ministry in the Christian Tradition 1, THEO686 Spirituality and Ministry in the Christian Tradition 2, THEO687 Spirituality, Ministry and Practice 1, THEO688 Spirituality, Ministry and Practice 2 and THEO697 Spirituality, Ministry and Practice 3) |
Religion and Culture
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
THEO644 | 10 | Religion, Ethics and Pluralism |
THEO656 | 10 | Christian Spirituality |
THEO681 | 10 | Theology, Literature and the Arts |
THEO682 | 10 | Religion and Psychology |
THEO689 | 10 | Science, Theology and Religion |
Patristics and Historical Studies
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
THEO621 | 10 | Church Literature to Gregory the Great |
THEO643 | 10 | Women and the Church |
THEO648 | 10 | History and Development of the Church |
THEO655 | 10 | History of the Church in Australia |
Interfaith and other Religious Studies
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
PHIL604 | 10 | Issues in Philosophy of Religion |
THEO618 | 10 | The Phenomenology of Religion |
THEO625 | 10 | Issues in Ecumenism |
THEO632 | 10 | Jews and Judaism |
THEO683 | 10 | Religious Pluralism and Interfaith Dialogue |
THEO684 | 10 | Theology and Reconciliation |
Biblical and Ecclesiastical Languages
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
THEO669 | 10 | Ecclesiastical Latin A |
THEO670 | 10 | Ecclesiastical Latin B (Pre: THEO669 Ecclesiastical Latin A or equivalent) |
THEO671 | 10 | Biblical Hebrew A |
THEO672 | 10 | Biblical Hebrew B (Pre: THEO671 Biblical Hebrew A or equivalent) |
THEL600 | 10 | New Testament Greek A |
THEL601 | 10 | New Testament Greek B (Pre: THEL600 New Testament Greek A) |
Research Units
The following units in theological research may be included in one of the above specialisations with the approval of the Course Co-ordinator.
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
THEO608 | 10 | One-Unit Project (Pre: Credit average grade or above in at least four units of the course) |
THEO613 | 20 | Two-Unit Project (Pre: Credit average grade or above in at least four units of the course) |
THEO628 | 10 | Introduction to Theological Research |
THEO633 | 10 | Special Study |