Graduate Certificate of Theological Research Supervision

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  • 0.5
    Years Full Time
  • 48
    Credit Points
  • Payments Centrelink Approved
    Course code: GCTRS20
  • 2
    Max Years Part Time
  • Online Course
  • Overseas Students

Rationale

  • To improve supervisory practice and facilitate a variety of contemporary strategies within the context of a supervisor’s particular discipline.
  • To provide a nationally recognised qualification for theological teaching faculty who wish to be develop a specialization in research supervision or become primary supervisors and/or research administrators.
  • To foster a mindset across the ACT cadre of supervisors that appreciates the significant contribution that competent supervision can make to the researcher experience and likelihood of completion of postgraduate awards.
  • The course aims to familiarize candidates with the Australian regulatory environment and common features of best practice support systems beyond the local context emerging postgraduate programmes in neighbouring academies.
  • To catalyse writing confidence and publication of theological research and scholarship so to foster an active research culture in ACT providers.
  • To foster among scholars and researchers a sense of accountability to Christ for the quality of supervision provided to researchers for whom we have a formative responsibility.

Course Structure

48 credit points over 0.5 years (F/T)

Primary Course Discipline

48 credit points as follows:

  • AS004-812 The Theological Supervisor’s Responsibilities
  • AS005-812 The Theological Supervisory Relationship
  • AS006-812 Investigating Theological Research Culture
  • AS200-812 Minor project in Theological Research Pedagogy

Units in this course are completed at Level 8 and above.

Admission Requirements

Academic Qualifications:

  • Completion of a Research Masters or Research Doctorate. Admission may be granted by the ACT Director of Research on a case by case basis to applicants who hold a Coursework Doctorate; and
  • Applicants must demonstrate employment in a higher education institution for the purpose of supervising research degree candidates in the disciplines of Theology and/or Religious Studies

Language requirements: IELTS 7.0 overall with a minimum of 7.0 in reading and writing, and 6.5 in listening and speaking OR 10 years in Australia with English being the language primarily spoken both at home and work. See English Language Proficiency Policy.

Language requirements (Chinese course): Qualification in Chinese in the last 10 years; or using Chinese as the language primarily spoken both at home and work for the last 10 years; or Chinese Language Proficiency test through a HSK Test or another test approved by ACT. See Languages Other Than English Policy.

Articulation Options

  • GDDIV20
  • MTS20

Exit Options

Learning Outcomes

Discipline Knowledge and Understanding

1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the pedagogy of theological research supervision including the legal, ethical, structural, interpersonal and emotional dimensions of the supervisory relationship.

Inquiry and Analysis

2. Interpret supervisory relationships and theological research cultures through a variety of relational style grids or cultural constellations.

Problem Solving and Integration

3. Develop contextualised principles and policies of supervisory support that reflect an ethos informed by Christian values.

4. Develop contextually grounded insights to devise ongoing logistical responses through theology research-based investigation of supervisory practice.

Communication

5. Design theological research and theory-based reports, articles and discussion papers for the benefit of institutions, peers and the wider higher education community in theological supervisory practice.

Teamwork and Professional Practice

6. Facilitate the operation of the range of cohorts and committees required for delivery of effective support of theological research in the light of differing government regulations and best practice theological research.

Engagement with the World

7. Enable theological researchers to experience supervision that will facilitate entry to national and international communities of research and practice across disciplines.

Continuous Learning and Professional Development

8. Catalyse progressive, personal and organizational development in the delivery of theological research supervision through engagement with current scholarship and research across the international community of educators.

Fees

$11,904 per semester for full-time (48cp) domestic students (2024 course fees and credit points).

For more information about tuition fees, FEE-HELP, and student payments, view tuition fees.

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