Comments about Master of Religious Education - On Campus - Strathfield - New South Wales
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Objectives
This course offers a relevant, flexible and challenging Masters degree directed to the needs of candidates who will assume positions of responsibility in an increasingly diverse field of religious education. Candidates will have a specialist interest in the subject at school, parish, or diocesan level. The program will enable religious educators to become thinkers, researchers, evaluators and leaders in their field.
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Entry requirements
1. Four year Bachelor degree in Education; or 2. Bachelor degree in an area other than Education and a Graduate Diploma in Education; and 3. substantive studies in Religious Education and/or Theology to fourth year level.
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Academic title
Master of Religious Education
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Course description
At the completion of the course, candidates will be able to:
1. access and communicate Christian and other religious traditions effectively;
2. explore and critique issues in the literature of religious education;
3. contribute to the professional discussion and writing in the field of religious education;
4. demonstrate familiarity with creative approaches to religious education;
5. assess the influence of cultural and historical factors in the development of religious education;
6. reflect critically on the integration of the personal, spiritual and professional dimensions of religious education.
Master of Religious Education
MRE
80 cp
Minimum duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.
Course available at:
Ballarat, Victoria
Brisbane, Queensland
Canberra, ACT
Melbourne, Victoria
Sydney (Strathfield), NSW
New Zealand
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:
1. at least 40 cp from Religious Education units;
2. at least 20 cp from Theological Studies units;
3. 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.
2. Exit Point
A student who has completed the requirements prescribed for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Religious Education) may exit from the course with that award.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
Religious Education Units
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
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
EDRE636 10 Religious Education Seminar
EDRE637 10 Religious Education in the Middle Years
EDRE639 10 Religious Education in the Faith Community
EDRE641 10 Early Childhood and Religious Education
Theological Studies Units
Biblical Studies
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
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
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
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
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
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
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
THEO629 10 Issues in Liturgical Studies
THEO643 10 Women and the Church
Theological Research
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
THEO628 10 Introduction to Theological Research
Electives61
Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
THEO626 10 Bible Lands Study Tour
THEO633 10 Special Study
61 Other electives may be taken from other Master’s level courses with the approval of the Course Co-ordinator.
