Graduate Diploma in Religious Education

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• Objectives
  The graduate diploma aims to introduce students to current scholarship in the field of Religious Education. Graduates will be able to: plan, implement and evaluate programs of religious education for schools and parishes in accordance with basic principles of religious education. They will also apply principles of religious education to specific areas such as prayer, liturgy, personal development, values and morals education and social justice; and develop broader understanding of religion and theology and their implications for religious education.
• Entry requirements
  Bachelor degree or Teaching qualification
• Academic title
  Graduate Diploma in Religious Education
• Course description
  Graduate Diploma in Religious Education
  GradDipRE
  
  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
  Nationally, online (http://www.acu.edu.au/elearning/)
  
  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 Diploma
  
  To qualify for the Graduate Diploma, a student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
  
     1.  
           1. 40 cp from Part A, consisting of 10 cp from each of the 4 Strands; or     
           2. in the case of a student wishing to teach Religious Education in Catholic secondary schools or to complete the requirements for teaching in Lutheran schools, 40 cp from the units listed in Part B;
     2. 40 cp from Part A, consisting of:   
           1. 40 cp from units coded EDRE; or     
           2. 30 cp from units coded EDRE and 10 cp from units coded THEO; or     
           3. 20 cp from units coded EDRE and 20 cp from units coded THEO.
  
  2. Exit Point
  
  A student who has completed the requirements prescribed for the Graduate Certificate in 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.
  
  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 Studies 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     Religious Education and Values
  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 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:
  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

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