Graduate Certificate in Religious Education

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Australian Catholic University Strathfield Campus

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• Objectives
  The course is designed to provide basic certification requirements for teachers who wish to be involved in Religious Education. It aims to assist teachers in primary or secondary schools to gain fundamental knowledge, skills and competencies needed for Religious Education.
• Entry requirements
  Bachelor degree or Teaching qualification.
• Academic title
  Graduate Certificate in Religious Education
• Course description
  Students who complete the Graduate Certificate can continue into the Graduate Diploma course if they wish to extend their professional qualifications. This course is also intended to provide the necessary specialisation in religious education for entry to the Master of Religious Education course for those students with four years of tertiary study in Education which do not include substantial successful study in Religious Education at the fourth year level.
  
  Graduate Certificate in Religious Education
  GradCertRE
  
  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/elearning/)52
  
  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 Graduate Certificate
  
  1.1 To qualify for the Graduate Certificate, a student must complete 40 cp from Part A of the Schedule of Unit Offerings consisting of:
  
     1. 10 cp from Strand 1;
     2. 10 cp from Strand 2;
     3. 10 cp from Strand 3;
     4. 10 cp from Strand 4.
  
  1.2 A student who is concurrently undertaking the Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary) in Queensland must complete 40 cp from the units listed in Part B of the Schedule of Unit Offerings.
  
  Schedule of Unit Offerings
  
  Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
  
  Part A
  
  Strand 1
  Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
  EDRE515     10     Principles of Religious Education
  EDRE516     10     Religious Education Curriculum
  EDRE527     10     Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching 1
  EDRE530     10     Religious Education in the Parish
  
  Strand 2
  Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
  EDRE516     10     Religious Education Curriculum
  EDRE521     10     Teaching Religion Studies in Years 11 and 12
  EDRE523     10     Religious Education and Social Justice
  EDRE524     10     Religious Education and the Young Child
  EDRE528     10     Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 2
  EDRE529     10     Teaching the Catholic Tradition
  EDRE531     10     Education and School Chaplaincy
  
  Strand 3
  Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
  EDRE517     10     Liturgy and Prayer in Religious Education
  EDRE519     10     Spirituality, Values and Religious Education
  EDRE529     10     Teaching the Catholic Tradition
  EDRE532     10     Educating for Inter-religious Awareness
  THEO501     10     Approaching World Religions
  THEO502     10     Biblical Studies
  THEO543     10     Theology of Sacraments
  THEO558     10     Foundations of Christian Faith
  
  Strand 4
  Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
  THEO501     10     Approaching World Religions
  THEO502     10     Biblical Studies
  THEO543     10     Theology of Sacraments
  THEO555     10     Jesus the Christ
  
  Part B
  
  Students wishing to teach in Religious Education in secondary schools undertake the following units:
  Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
  EDRE527     10     Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 1
  EDRE528     10     Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Studies 2
  THEO502     10     Biblical Studies
  THEO558     10     Foundations of Christian Faith
  
  Students undertaking the Lutheran strand enrol in the following Lutheran units via the Australian Lutheran College and gain a Graduate Certificate in Religious Education from that Institution:
  Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
  BIB1003     10     The Bible Today
  EDU1010    10     Lutheran Education 1
  EDU1011    10     Lutheran Education 2
  THE1002     10     The Christian Faith
  
  52 Including on-site, distance, and online offerings.
  
  

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