Overview and Rationale:

The Diploma of Christian Studies is an undergraduate award based wholly on Bachelor of Theology units. It is designed to introduce students to Christian studies within higher education. Graduates will have acquired basic knowledge, skills, and values of Christian relevance to their professional, family, church, social, or personal lives and have deepened their awareness of the nature and scope of theology and their affinity with it as a field of study within higher education.

Entry Requirements:

An Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) of 72.5, or its equivalent; or

Mature Age and Special Entry Admissions for those who have reached the age of 21; or

articulation from other Sydney College of Divinity programs.

Duration:

12 months full-time or up to 3 years part-time.

Mode:

Full-time or part-time.

Structure:

72 credit points (i.e. 8 bachelor level units).

Enrolment Options:

On-Campus Weekly Lectures: full time and part time study available

Distance Education (Online): part time study available

English Proficiency:

Applicants whose entry qualifications were obtained in an institution where English is not the language of instruction normally require a minimum International English Language Testing System (IELTS, or equivalent) score of 6.5 with no score less than 6.0 in all bands of the ‘academic format’ of the test.

Fees:

$850 per 9 credit points, taken normally at 100 level or 200 level. Please read Financial Information for further details and scholarship opportunities. FEE-HELP is available (conditions apply).