Theology explores important issues such as the nature of God, the kind of God revealed for us in Jesus Christ, the nature of personal identity and of humanity and human origins and destiny. The Bachelor of Theology is designed to provide students with grounding in Biblical and Theological Studies and will appeal to those who wish to pursue their own spiritual growth or embark on a career in the ministry, teaching or pastoral care.

Why study this degree?

Theology has always held a central place in the life and mission of the Christian community. Its central importance to the life of the community derives from the fact that it is through theology that the Church comes to understand its own faith and explains that faith to others. In fact, we might say that theology is indispensable to a person’s development of faith as it is central to the exercise of all ministries, lay and ordained, directed toward the communication and sharing of that faith.

Here at The University of Notre Dame Australia, we believe that education in theology is indispensable to a person’s development of faith as it is central to the exercise of all ministries, lay and ordained, directed toward the communication and sharing of that faith. The study of theology explores important issues such as the nature of God, the kind of God revealed for us in Jesus Christ, the nature of personal identity and of humanity, human origins and destiny, Christian community and God’s presence with us now in the Spirit.

Year One

• Faith and Culture: Fundamental Theology
• Introduction to the Old Testament
• History of Philosophy: Ancient
• Introduction to the New Testament
• Christology
• Philosophy of the Human Person

Year Two

• Pentateuch
• History of Philosophy: Medieval
• Ecclesiology/Mariology
• Metaphysics – Theories of Being and Existence
• The Prophets: Critics of the Status Quo
• Trinity
• Sacraments of Initiation
• Liturgy
• Synoptic Gospels: Mark and Matthew

Year Three

• The Johannine Literature
• Eucharist I
• Irish and Churches in Australia
• Introduction to Christian Spirituality
• Marriage and Sexuality
• Fundamental Moral Theology
• Two Philosophy Electives

Core Curriculum

• CORE I: Foundations of Wisdom
• CORE II: Elective
  • Electives in philosophy and\or theology
  • Professional embedded electives that integrate studies in a profession with philosophy and\or theology
  • An option to undertake a pilgrimage embedded in the study of the philosophy and theology of pilgrimage, e.g., World Youth Day
  • An option to undertake a course that integrates philosophy & theology with community service and charity work
  • An option to undertake an elective in philosophy, theology, and the liberal arts contained within an international experience

More information regarding courses can be found at the course descriptions pages Fremantle Sydney.

Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.

The following careers are open to graduates of this program:

• Academic teaching
• Public libraries
• Research institutes
• Church ministry and agencies
• Parish adult faith programs
• Education and teaching (upon completion of a graduate-entry teaching qualification)
• International diplomacy
• Trade missions
• Journalism
• Editing
• Media
• Script writing
• Advertising
• Catholic and Christian schools
• Pastoral counselling
• Religious education coordination
• Youth work

Applicants must meet High school qualifications (or equivalent) to apply for undergraduate program. Academic minimum entry requirements for international applicants vary from country to count

IELTS (Academic) - 6.5 overall, with no individual band score lower than 6.0

CAE/CPE - 176 overall, with no individual band score lower than 169

PTE Academic - 58 overall, with no individual band score lower than 50

TOEFL (iBT) - 84 overall, with no score lower than 21 in writing and no other band score lower than 17.