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.
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AQF: 6/7/8 on-campusINTENSIVE
Lecture Week: Monday 8 – Friday 12 January 2024
DE014-612/712/812
Chaplains have played a significant role for many years in sharing and modelling the Christian faith in places of education in this country. This unit will give you the opportunity to explore the practice and theology of chaplaincy...
AQF: 5/8, hybridINTENSIVE
Lecture Week: Monday 15 – Friday 19 January 2024
TH005-512i/812i
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: 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: 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...
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
Tuesday Evening Unit
NT018-612/712/812 + NT206-912
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: 5/6/8, hybridSEMESTER 1 2024
Tuesday Evening Unit
OT001-512/612/812
As Christians, we want to affirm that the Old Testament is indeed the word of God and that it holds value for the contemporary church. Yet at times we struggle to know what to do with it. While some parts are familiar, there is much here that seems odd or strange. In fact, it can sometimes feel like we are travellers lost in a foreign country – and without a guidebook...
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: 6/7/8/9, hybridSEMESTER 1 2024
Thursday Evening Unit
EM008-612/712/812 + EM205-912 + EM206-912
Would you like to get to know people from another culture, but are afraid of ‘treading on their cultural toes’? Do you want to learn how to share the gospel with people who are very different to you, in a way that resonates with their hearts?..
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: 5/6/8, hybridINTENSIVE
Lecture Week: Monday 15 – Friday 19 April 2024
NT001-512i/612i/812i
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, hybridINTENSIVE
Lecture Week: Monday 15 – Friday 19 April 2024
OT073-612i/712i/812i (English) + OT074-612i/712i/812i (Hebrew) + OT206-912i (Specialised Studies English) + OT207-912i (Specialised Studies Hebrew)
Why bother studying Chronicles? Isn’t it mostly just a list of names? Doesn’t it just rehash history already covered in Samuel and Kings?..
AQF: 8, hybridWORKSHOP
15 May 2024
PC118-803
We teach the Bible to people who watch TV, stream movies, share YouTube clips, visit galleries and discuss books with their friends. How do we bring the Bible into the conversation with integrity and insight?..
AQF: 8/9 hybrid, Prerequisites: PC073-912i = 48cps Level 8 INTENSIVE
Lecture Week: Monday 8 - Friday 12 July 2024
PC073-/812i/912i + PC205-912i
Christian ministry is hard work and stressful at the best of times, even when it is a joy and blessing. Following in the way of Jesus necessarily involves suffering and sacrifice. Caring for God’s people is demanding and costly. Unresolved conflict can demotivate us. Criticisms can hurt. The challenge is to keep holy, healthy and maturing in the midst of the ups and downs of Christian ministry. A vibrant spiritual relationship with the living God is vital. We are to attend to our physical, emotional and mental health. Loving relationships with family and friends are crucial aspects of our being and well-being...
AQF: 6/7/8/9, hybridINTENSIVE
Lecture Week: Monday 26 – Friday 30 August 2024
PC160-612i/712i/812i + PC206-912i (Specialised Studies)
We live in a post-Christian, post-churched, post-everything world! It’s a new landscape to witness and preach in. New generations need new ways of communicating. But thankfully some things don’t change, especially the power of the gospel to save and radically transform lives. Wherever we are, the urgency of sharing the good news about Jesus before his return remains...
AQF: 5/6/8, hybridSEMESTER 2 2024
Tuesday Evening Unit
OT002-512/612/812
'Get Wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.’ (Proverbs 4:7). Would you like to grow in your understanding of the Old Testament’s wisdom and prophecy books? Would you like to deepen your knowledge of God, as well as be equipped with tools for doing your own study and teaching of some of the least read books of the Bible?..
AQF: 6/7/8/9, hybridSEMESTER 2 2024
Thursday Evening Unit
PC003-612/712/812 + PC206-912
Christian ministry is grounded in God’s love for people in the gospel of Jesus Christ. That means Christian ministry is necessarily about loving and caring for people, so that they love and trust Christ. Ministry to people can be challenging at the best of times, especially when people are faced with crises and tragedies...
AQF: 5/6/8, hybridINTENSIVE
Lecture Week: Monday 30 September – Friday 4 October 2024
NT002-512i/612i/812i
The church is far from perfect, whether we have in mind the early church or the church today. How did the church get started? What issues did those first Christians struggle with? How did God use his people to spread the light of the gospel from its beginnings in Judea and Jerusalem to the very heart of the Roman Empire?..
AQF: 6/7/8/9, hybridINTENSIVE
Lecture Week: Monday 30 September – Friday 4 October 2024
TH001-612i/712i/812i + TH206-912i
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: 8, hybridWORKSHOP
23 October 2024
PC115-803
The Bible is full of masterful storytelling. Deepen your reading of it and connect with the way people experience and understand their own lives in story forms...
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