Bachelor of Ministry (Honours)

The Bachelor of Ministry (Honours) program is designed for students who have graduated with a three-year undergraduate degree in Ministry or Theology from the ACT and who have demonstrated high academic potential. It is a means of preparing men and women for advanced research in Ministry.

GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES

This is a course of the Australian College of Theology.

  • Ability to conduct research in a specialised field of study completed at a high academic level in a student’s first degree in theology, including ability to exegete biblical texts in their original language if the area of the thesis so demands.
  • Demonstration of wide reading, intellectual independence, critical thinking and analytic rigour at early postgraduate level such that the potential for further postgraduate research is emerging.

COURSE RULES

  • Honours will be determined from the Honours course alone, and will not include the GPA of units taken in the prior undergraduate degree.
  • Candidates may take no more than three years after the completion of their initial undergraduate degree in theology or ministry to complete the Bachelor Honours course.
  • The criterion for determining honours grades is available on the ACT website – document repository.

Primary Course Discipline

  • 24cps coursework units from the student’s designated field of research at level 8 or above
  • 12cps Research Methods
  • 36cps word thesis (16,000 words) in EM/PC/DM at Level 8

Electives

  • 24cps coursework units from any field at level 8 or above

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Academic Qualifications

  • BTh or BMin with GPA min 2.0 overall, with 2.0 in the designated field of study

Language Qualifications for NESB

  • 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

This is a course of the Australian College of Theology. For more information please visit the ACT course page.

How to Apply