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Entry Requirements:
A three-year bachelor award or equivalent in any discipline. Students with an SCD Graduate Certificate in Arts may enter the program. To receive the award they are required to complete a further 36 credit points (four units), and hand back the GradCertArts upon graduation.
Duration:
1 year full-time or 3 years part-time.
Mode:
Full-time, part-time.
Structure:
72 credit points (8 course units)
The Graduate Diploma has nested within it the Graduate Certificate in Arts:
- GradCertArts requires 36 credit points
- GradDipArts requires an additional 36 credit points giving a total of 72 credit points
The course may be taken with or without a specialisation. A specialisation in the GradDipArts comprises 36 credit points in a Discipline with at least one unit at 500 level.
Exit Point:
Graduate Certificate in Arts (36 credit points)
English Proficiency:
Applicants whose entry qualifications were obtained in an institution where English is not the language of instruction normally require a minimum IELTS (or equivalent) score of 7.0 in all bands of the test.
POSTGRADUATE PROFILE AND RATIONALE
The Graduate Diploma of Arts course is designed for those who hold a tertiary qualification in a non-theological discipline, who wish to pursue a graduate qualification in theology, and who are seeking skills in theological studies to enhance their professional work.
OUTCOMES
On completion a student should be able to:
Knowledge
- display a basic understanding of central issues in the specified theological discipline
- develop critical skills in dealing with the primary and secondary literature of the specified theological discipline
- display a developed appreciation of the contribution of the specified theological discipline to an understanding of life experience and Church issues
- to respond critically in light of the specified theological discipline to life experiences and Church issues
ASSESSMENT
Graduate students are expected to give evidence of a breadth of research and a depth of understanding beyond that of an undergraduate student. In particular, their work should manifest the higher order skills of:
- Analysis - the ability to break down what is presented into its component parts and indicate the relationship between those parts;
- Synthesis - the ability to re-assemble those component parts into a new whole;
- Evaluation - the ability to think critically and originally, making judgments based on relevant principles.
ARTICULATION TO OTHER AWARDS
Students are eligible to articulate to the Master of Arts on completion of which students are required to surrender their GradDipArts.
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