• Online or on campus with possible residential school components for select electives
• Available on campus in Canberra

You will need the following qualifications to be eligible for this course.

• An undergraduate degree in Theology from a recognised Australian university or equivalent; or hold the Graduate Diploma of Theology with a Credit average or higher;
  and
• At least two years of full-time professional experience in ministry.

Credit

16 points of Transfer Credit towards General Electives may be granted for the completion of either:

• an Advanced Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education; or
• the Graduate Certificate in Professional Supervision (Clinical) (Pastoral) from St Mark’s National Theological Centre.

This degree consists of 96 points comprising three core subjects (32 points). Subjects have a value of 8 points unless otherwise stated.

Core Subject

• MIN400 — Reflective Practice in Contemporary Ministry (8 points)
• MIN401 — Supervision in Ministry (8 points)
• MIN501 — Guided Research in Ministry (16 points) (final subject)

Restricted electives (choose 32 points from one of the following fields)

MINISTRY IN CONTEXT

• MIN402 — Church Governance and Management
• MIN403 — Christian Chaplaincy in Context
• MIN405 — Applied Principles of Church Leadership
• MIN418 — Practical Studies in Liturgy and Worship
• MIN419 — Contemporary Issues in Practical Theology
• MIN438 — Contemporary Mission and Evangelism
• MIN440 — Public Theology for Ministry
• THL445 — Foundations for Pastoral and Spiritual Care of Older People
• THL451 — Theological and Ethical Issues for People in Later Life
• THL446 — Pastoral and Spiritual Care of Older People
• MIN525 — Professional Supervision*
• MIN540 — Approaches to Enquiry in Ministry (16 points)
• MIN541 — Reflective Practitioner Perspectives in Ministry (16 points)

PASTORAL COUNSELLING

• THL400 — Pastoral Counselling Skills
• THL420 — Pastoral Counselling: Theory and Professional Issues
• THL428 — Pastoral Counselling: Grief and Loss
• THL430 — Pastoral Counselling: Crisis Intervention
• THL432 — Pastoral Counselling: Relationships and Family
• THL434 — Spiritual Direction in the Christian Tradition
• THL435 — Applied Pastoral Theology

ADDITIONAL MINISTRY ELECTIVE

Students choose a further 32 points from any of the restricted electives listed above, and may include the following:

• THL521 — Theological Ethics for the Helping Professions