Bachelor of Theology/Bachelor of Global Studies

BTheol/BGlobSt

Credit points

320

Minimum duration

4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

• Brisbane
• Melbourne
• Strathfield

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.

Admission requirements

Definition

A Major consists of 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at 100-level, at least 40 cp at 200-level and at least 20 cp from 300-level

A Minor consists of 40 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, normally including at least 10 cp at 100-level and at least 20 cp at 200/300-level.

Completion requirements

To qualify for the degrees, a student must complete 320 cp consisting of:

1. 
   
2. 20 cp from Theology and Philosophy specified units (Part A)
3. 80 cp from Major in either Biblical Studies or Christian Thought (Part B)
4. 40 cp from Minor in either Biblical Studies or Christian Thought (Part C) in the alternative discipline to ii. above;
5. 10 cp from Community Engagement (10 cp) (Part D)
6. 30 cp from Electives (Part E)*
7. 120 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of ;
8. 30 cp of Global Studies Specified Units (Part F)
9. 10 cp of units from Global Studies List A (Part G);
10. 10 cp of units from Global Studies List B (Part H);
11. 10 cp of units from Global Studies List C (Part I);
12. 40 cp from Global Study Abroad or Global Studies International Internship or Rome Semester Program (Part J);
13. 20 cp from Global Studies Electives (Part K);

20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part L)

Progression requirements

Students normally complete 100-level units before undertaking related 200-level units, and 200-level units before undertaking related 300-level units.

Part A : Theology and Philosophy specified units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
THCP105	Prayer and Liturgy	10

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
PHIL100	Philosophy: the Big Questions	10
OR
THEL100	Biblical Hebrew A	10
OR
THEL101	New Testament Greek A	10

Part B : Major in either Biblical Studies or Christian Thought

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
BIBL	Biblical Studies	80
CHTH	Christian Thought	80

Part C : Minor in either Biblical Studies or Christian Thought

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
BIBL	Biblical Studies	40
CHTH	Christian Thought	40

Part D : Community Engagement Unit

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
THCP304	Christian Community Engagement	10

Required as part of the Core Curriculum

Part E : Electives

Complete exactly 30 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
THBS305	Bible Lands Field Trip	20
THEL100	Biblical Hebrew A	10
THEL101	New Testament Greek A	10
THEL103	Christianity Established: From Sect to Society	10
THEL207	Biblical Hebrew B	10
THEL208	New Testament Greek B	10

Part F : Global Studies Specified Units

Complete exactly 30 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
GLST305	Global Studies Research Project	10
HIST115	Global History: Six Degrees of Separation	10
POLS104	Introduction to International Relations	10

Part G : Global Studies List A

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
DVST200	Refugees and Forced Migration	10
GEOG216	Climate Change: Past, Present and Future	10
GEOG218	Natural Disasters: Risk, Response and Resilience	10
HIST251	Human Rights in History	10
PHIL202	Justice, Authority and Human Rights	10
POLS213	Security, Terrorism and Human Rights	10
SOCS201	Social Justice and the New Economy	10
SOCS209	Race and Ethnicity: Australian and Global Perspectives	10

Part H : Global Studies List B

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
ECON222	Economics of the Developing World	10
ECON223	The Global Economy	10
GEOG214	Sustainability: The Global Challenge	10
GEOG217	Political Geography: Borders, Migration and Conflict	10
HIST267	Diasporas and Journeys: Migration in World History	10
POLS219	Post-Colonial and Non-Western Politics	10
SOCS243	Global Health	10

Part I : Global Studies List C

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
DVST303	Development Advocacy	10
GEOG310	Sustainable Cities and Communities	10
GEOG313	Environmental and Heritage Management	10
POLS309	World Politics and Justice	10
SOCS301	Social Justice and Economy	10

Part J : Global Study Abroad or Global Studies International Internship or Rome Semester Program

Part J.2 OR Part J.1 OR Part J.3

Part J.1 : Global Study Abroad

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
GLST301	Global Study Abroad A	10
GLST302	Global Study Abroad B	10
GLST303	Global Study Abroad C	10
GLST304	Global Study Abroad D	10

Part J.2 : Global Studies International Internship

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
GLST300	Global Study International Internship	40

*At the discretion of the Dean of the National School of Arts and Humanities, a student who can demonstrate exceptional and ongoing personal circumstances beyond their control (eg. chronic illness) that prevent them from travelling overseas may be allowed to substitute study abroad or the international internship with GLST306 Global Studies Special Project. Where an ongoing risk applies to more than one student, eg (travel advisory bans; health pandemic etc) GLST306 may also be offered at the discretion of the Dean of the National School of Arts and Humanities).

Part J.3 : Rome Semester Program

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

Part K : Global Studies Electives

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
BIOL129	Foundations of Ecology	10
COMM222	Communication in a Global Society	10
DVST100	Introduction to International Development Studies	10
DVST101	Humanitarian Work and Aid	10
DVST200	Refugees and Forced Migration	10	Global Migration Units
DVST203	Qualitative Research Methodologies for Development Projects	10
DVST204	Project Management for Development	10
DVST301	Development Alternatives: Fair Trade	10	Global Economics Units
DVST303	Development Advocacy	10	Race, Rights and Ethics Units
ECON222	Economics of the Developing World	10	Global Economics Units
ECON223	The Global Economy	10	Global Economics Units
ENGL111	Literature Across Time and Space	10
ENGL204	American Writing	10	International Units - The Americas
ENGL232	Irish Literature	10	International Units - Europe and Britain
ENGL333	Global Literary Cultures	10
ENVR102	Earth Science	10
GEOG110	Exploring Natural Environments	10
GEOG111	Exploring Human Environments	10	Global Economics Units
GEOG214	Sustainability: The Global Challenge	10
GEOG216	Climate Change: Past, Present and Future	10
GEOG217	Political Geography: Borders, Migration and Conflict	10	International Units - Asia
GEOG218	Natural Disasters: Risk, Response and Resilience	10
GEOG310	Sustainable Cities and Communities	10	Global Economics Units
GEOG313	Environmental and Heritage Management	10
HIST208	Fascism	10	International Units - Europe and Britain
HIST209	Revolutionary Europe 1789-1917	10	International Units - Europe and Britain
HIST214	Immigrants and Refugees in Australian History	10	Global Migration Units
HIST215	Europe Divided and United 1945-Present	10	International Units - Europe and Britain
HIST225	Us Foreign Policy Since 1945	10	International Units - The Americas
HIST229	Rebels and Revolutions in Latin America	10	International Units - The Americas
HIST251	Human Rights in History	10	Race, Rights and Ethics Units
HIST256	War and Peace	10	War, Peace and Security Units
HIST260	Keep Calm and Carry on British History Since 1901	10	International Units - Europe and Britain
HIST261	The Rise of Asia in the Modern World	10	International Units - Asia
HIST262	Money and Power in the Western World	10
HIST263	The Making of Modern America, 1865 to 1945	10	International Units - The Americas
HIST267	Diasporas and Journeys: Migration in World History	10	Global Migration Units
HIST327	Settler Colonies in Indigenous Lands	10	Race, Rights and Ethics Units
HIST342	A History of the Present	10
HUMA319	Rome Field School: Landscapes Past and Present	10
HUMA252	Art, Politics and Society in Renaissance and Baroque Rome	10
ITAN101	Introductory Italian	10
MUSC280	Music, Culture and Diversity	10
PHIL107	Philosophy of World Religions	10
PHIL202	Justice, Authority and Human Rights	10	Race, Rights and Ethics Units
POLS105	Introduction to Human Rights	10
POLS201	Middle Eastern Politics	10	International Units - Middle East
POLS203	American Politics and Culture	10	International Units - The Americas
POLS211	The Dragon Awakens: China and the New World	10	International Units - Asia
POLS213	Security, Terrorism and Human Rights	10	War, Peace and Security Units
POLS214	The Nature of Democracy	10	Race, Rights and Ethics Units
POLS216	Populism in the 21st Century: From Brexit to Trump and Beyond	10	Race, Rights and Ethics Units
POLS217	Religion and World Politics	10
POLS218	Authoritarianism in the 21st Century	10
SOCS201	Social Justice and the New Economy	10
SOCS202	Culture: Rights, Representation, Resistance	10
SOCS206	Globalisation, Religion and Modernity	10
SOCS207	Meaning of Life: Researching Qualitatively	10
SOCS208	The Power of Social Connection: Social Capital Revealed	10
SOCS209	Race and Ethnicity: Australian and Global Perspectives	10	Race, Rights and Ethics Units
SOCS226	Global Youth Cultures	10
SOCS243	Global Health	10
SOCS302	People Count: Researching Globally with Quantitative Methods	10
SPAN101	Introductory Spanish	10
THSR200	Introducing Asian Religions	10	International Units - Asia
THSR205	Introducing Judaism and Islam	10

A unit cannot be double counted or fulfil two different roles within the Arts-Global Studies double degree. For example, a Global Studies elective unit cannot also be counted towards a student's Arts Major or Minor.

Part L : Core Curriculum Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
UNCC100	Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society	10
OR
PHCC102	Being Human	10
OR
PHCC104	Ethics and the Good Life	10

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
UNCC300	Justice and Change in a Global World	10
OR
PHCC320	The Just Society	10