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Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Theology BA BTh

This course is suspended and there are no current intakes. Prospective students may be interested in the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Theology or should contact info.csu for further information.
Continuing students should consult the Handbook in the year of their enrolment.

About the course

The changing nature of Australian society, the greater need for graduates to be competent in wider fields of learning, and the contexts in which theology and the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences are taught and learnt, have brought about a need for a degree that is more comprehensive than the components of the two single degrees. Hence the offering of this double degree.

The principal contexts of this degree are the changing dynamics of Australian society, the nature and role of the church in society, interconnections with theological institutions in the Pacific region and elsewhere, and the place of theology within the wider intellectual ethos of our time.

Key points

The Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Theology are long established programs within the Faculty of Arts the double degree provides an enriched program through which students are able to integrate the study of theology with other areas of academic, professional and intellectual interest this collaboration between the School of Theology and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences means students have access to outstanding resources both in the teaching staff of the respective schools but also in having access to one of the leading theological libraries in the southern hemisphere at St Mark’s National Theological Centre, Canberra.

Career opportunities

Both the School of Theology and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences consider that a double degree, which combines theological studies and a range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, provides a greater breadth of education and is therefore likely to increase graduates’ employability.

As a graduate in Arts you will be valued for your ability to gather information, think critically, assess and interpret evidence, and communicate clearly. Being a graduate in Theology opens opportunities that include chaplaincy in a variety of institutional settings, such as military, prisons, police, ambulance, trade and industry, or work in the social welfare arms of charities and the church, e.g. overseas development aid, communication functions, marriage and family counselling.

Graduates often combine their degree with a postgraduate qualification in, for example, teaching, journalism, librarianship, management, psychology, counselling, ministry or criminology, to prepare themselves for specialised employment.

Graduation requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 240 points. Upon completion of the program, students graduate with two awards, the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Theology.

 

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