See below for the individual units (subjects) currently available. Please go to Courses for information on our undergraduate and postgraduate courses. We encourage you to contact our registrars to start a conversation about what units might best suit your needs.
Units are available in the following modes:
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AQF: 6/8 on-campusSEMESTER 1 2024
Monday + Thursday Daytime Unit
LA005-612/812
Learning to read the New Testament in its original language opens up a richness of understanding of the text, providing fresh insights and nuances that can deepen your love of God's Word, and enhance the faithfulness of your teaching and preaching...
AQF: 6/7/8/9 on-campusSEMESTER 1 2024
Monday Daytime Unit
TH001-612/712/812 + TH206-912
Can we know God? And if so, then how? Who wrote the Bible? Is it a divine book? Or a human book? How reliable and trustworthy is the Bible? Can we rely on it to tell us the truth about all things, or just some things? Does God foreknow the future? All of it, or just some of it? If everything happens according to God's will, why is there still suffering and evil in the world? What exactly does it mean to be created in God's image?..
AQF: 6/7/8/9, hybridSEMESTER 1 2024
Tuesday Daytime Unit
NT019-612/712/812 + NT205-912 + NT207-912
The apostle Paul was one of the most zealous evangelists and clearest thinkers in the early church. What we know about him comes from the Acts of the Apostles and from the letters that make up a large part of our New Testament. Our world is fast becoming as pagan as it was in Paul’s time. With individual Christians and churches exhibiting many of the problems that he addressed, his letters are of crucial importance to the modern church. They enable us to respond to those issues in a godly and courageous way, and remain faithful to Christ and his gospel in our own age...
AQF: 5/8, hybridSEMESTER 1 2024
Tuesday Daytime Unit
TH005-512/812
For many people the idea of "theology" conjures up images of dry and deathly boring concepts that are completely detached from real life. Sadly, sometimes that reputation is well-deserved. But theology should not be like that. The puritan theologian William Ames described theology as "the knowledge of how to live in the presence of God." Another theologian, Petrus van Mastricht, that it is "the doctrine of living for God through Christ." Fundamentally, theology is about knowing God so that we can love him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength...
AQF: 5/6/8, hybridSEMESTER 1 2024
Tuesday Daytime Unit
CH001-512/612/812
Who we are is very much a product of our personal history and experiences. The same can be said of families, people groups, even whole countries. As Christians, we have a shared collective history of thought and experiences that make up who the church is today. Christian History not only helps us to understand ourselves, but it also reminds us how God has sovereignly worked throughout the centuries...
AQF: 6/7/8/9 hybridSEMESTER 1 2024
Wednesday Daytime Unit
OT009-612/712/812 + OT207-912
The Pentateuch is the foundation of all biblical revelation, and indeed, of the entire biblical worldview. How was this part of Scripture designed to impact the lives of ancient Israelites? And how does knowing this help us discern God’s enduring message for today?..
AQF: 6/7/8/9 hybridSEMESTER 1 2024
Wednesday Daytime Unit
OT008-612/712/812 + OT206-912
The Pentateuch is the foundation of all biblical revelation, and indeed, of the entire biblical worldview. How was this part of Scripture designed to impact the lives of ancient Israelites? And how does knowing this help us discern God’s enduring message for today?..
AQF: 5/6/8, hybridSEMESTER 1 2024
Wednesday Daytime Unit
NT001-512/612/812
Being a Christian involves ‘following’ the Lord Jesus, not around Galilee and Judea, but in the course of our daily lives. The four Gospels provide four different records of what Jesus said and did. They are the foundation for knowing and understanding what he has done for us, as well as what he said about God and his will. If we really want to ‘follow’ Jesus, if we really want to be salt and light in our world, then the Gospels need to be our regular reading matter...
AQF: 6/7/8/9, on-campusSEMESTER 1 2024
Wednesday Daytime Unit
PC076-612/712/812 + PC205-912 + PC206-912
Powerful cultural forces seek to form our desires and choices. A pivotal biblical text insists, “Do not be conformed … be transformed”. How are we formed? Counter-formed? Transformed … for faithful living, godly ministry, wise leadership?..
AQF: 6/7/8/9, on-campusSEMESTER 1 2024
Wednesday Daytime Unit
EM017-612/712/812 + EM205-912 + EM206-912
Cross-cultural ministry can shape us to be more like our Lord Jesus. Unfortunately, it can also be a difficult and discouraging journey. This is often due to the extra challenges of living and serving away from our normal supports of family, friends and church; being out of our comfort zone in unfamiliar cultures where we struggle as linguistic toddlers; and confronting entrenched spiritual forces that are dogged in opposing the discipling of the nations...
AQF: 6/7/8/9, hybridSEMESTER 1 2024
Thursday Daytime Unit
TH104-612/712/812 + TH205-912 + TH206-912
For Christians, church is a central part of life. But what, according to the Bible, is the church? What is it we are seeking to do when we gather? What is the church’s nature and essential marks?..
AQF: 6/8, on-campusSEMESTER 1 2024
Friday Daytime Unit
LA003-612/812
This unit is the first step in building a solid framework for engaging with Biblical Hebrew texts in their original language. By completing both Biblical Hebrew A and B (Semester 2), students will be in a position to work directly with the Hebrew scriptures, and to continue translation and exegesis of Old Testament texts. After these units, students will be able to take Old Testament exegesis units in the Hebrew stream...
AQF: 5/6/8 + SMBC Certificate level, hybridSEMESTER 1 2024
Friday Daytime Unit
PE001-512/612/812 + CT04
What does it mean to live a life worthy of the gospel? How can we properly discern what is ‘right’ and ‘good’ in our post-Christian world? How are we to apply our understanding of God’s will to the complex ethical questions facing Christians today? The aim of this unit is to engage with Scripture in order to develop a coherent ethical framework for thinking and acting, living and loving as faithful disciples of Christ in the 21st century. Our approach will be biblical, systematic and practical...
AQF: 8/9 hybridSEMESTER 1 2024
Friday Daytime Seminar
AS001-812/912
The purpose of the unit is to assist you to plan and design a research project. You will be introduced to the discipline of research, become familiar with the research methods that you are likely to use in your research, analyse some examples of the research of others, and develop your own research proposal...
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