Graduate Certificate in Religious Education

GradCertRE

Credit points

40

Minimum duration

0.5 year full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

• Online

Note:

On-Shore (Selected units may be offered on ACU campuses or off site for designated cohorts by special arrangement)

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

Completion requirements

To qualify for the Graduate Certificate, a student must complete 40cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

Pathway 1:

40 cp from Part A of the Schedule of Unit Offerings including a minimum of two Religious Education units (Part A)

or

Pathway 2:

A student who is concurrently undertaking the Master of Teaching (Secondary), or the Master of Teaching (Primary) must complete 40 cp from the units listed in Part B of the Schedule of Unit Offerings (Part B).

or

Pathway 3:

For Designated cohorts by special arrangement only: 40cp from Theology and Philosophy units listed in Part C of the Schedule of Unit Offerings (Part C).

Progression requirements

Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator.

Part A : Part A

Part A.1 and Part A.2

Part A.1 : Religious Education Units

Complete 20 to 40 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EDRE515	Religious Education: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives	10
EDRE516	Learning and Teaching for Religious Education	10
EDRE517	Liturgy and Prayer in Schools and Other Settings	10
EDRE520	Special Studies in Religious Education	10
EDRE524	Educating Young Children Religiously	10
EDRE529	Teaching the Catholic Tradition	10

Part A.2 : Theological Studies Units

Complete 0 to 20 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
THBS501	Biblical Studies	10
THCT500	Foundations of Christian Faith	10
THCT501	Jesus the Christ	10
THCT502	Sacraments of Initiation	10
THSR500	Introducing Religions of the World	10

Part B : Part B

PART B.1 AND PART B.2

Part B.1 : Students who are concurrently undertaking the Master of Teaching (Secondary) must complete 40 cp from the units listed below:

Complete 0 to 40 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EDRE527	Religious Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1	10
EDRE528	Religious Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2	10
THBS501	Biblical Studies	10
THCT500	Foundations of Christian Faith	10

Part B.2 : Students who are concurrently undertaking the Master of Teaching (Primary) must complete 40 cp from the units listed below:

Complete 0 to 40 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EDRE515	Religious Education: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives	10
EDRE516	Learning and Teaching for Religious Education	10
THBS501	Biblical Studies	10
THCT500	Foundations of Christian Faith	10

Part C : PartC*

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EDRE516	Learning and Teaching for Religious Education	10
EDRE517	Liturgy and Prayer in Schools and Other Settings	10
THBS501	Biblical Studies	10
THBS562	Introducing the Scriptures	10
THCT501	Jesus the Christ	10
THCT564	Introducing Church Life	10
THCT565	Reflecting on Faith, Recontextualising Tradition	10
THRE500	Dialogues on Faith and Faiths in Dialogue	10
THRE501	The Hermeneutic Communicative Model of Religious Education	10
EDNE600	Faith Formation and the New Evangelisation	10
EDNE601	Creating Centres of the New Evangelisation Catholic Schools Parishes and Church Ministries	10
EDNE602	Mission Experience in Church Ministry	10

*A student may substitute other postgraduate units from the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy with the approval of the Executive Dean and following consultation with the sponsoring body so as to ensure alignment with organisational requirements and strategic priorities.