Master of Divinity

The Master of Divinity is a postgraduate degree in divinity at Level 9 of the Australian Qualifications Framework. It consists of 288 credit points, which normally takes three years of full-time study or the part-time equivalent, with up to nine years allowed to complete the course part-time.

The course introduces students to the sources and content of the Christian story and message at an advanced level, and provides training which combines articulation of that story and message with their application and practice in the contemporary world. It includes the essential research principles and methods used in divinity as preparation for higher degrees in theology and ministry, and is based on the disciplines by which knowledge of God is developed and articulated in the fields of Bible and Languages (LA, OT, NT, BB) and Christian Thought & History (TH, CH, PE).

The 288 credit points include a common core of 24cps of Old Testament Introduction, 24cps of New Testament Introduction, 24cps of CH and 36cps of TH. The primary course discipline adds 24cps of biblical languages, 48cps of Old and New Testament set books (including at least 24cps of set books using the original Greek or Hebrew biblical text), 12cps in CH/TH/PE and 24cps across LA/BB/NT/OT/CH/TH/PE, with at least 72cps of electives that must include a Level 9 project, a masters capstone experience unit or an advanced independent reading unit.

Units are completed at Level 8 and above, including at least 96cps at Level 9, and there is a prerequisite of 48cps of Level 8 study for Level 9 units. The degree articulates to the Doctor of Ministry, the Doctor of Philosophy, the Master of Theological Studies and the Master of Theology, with exit points to the Associate Degree of Theology and the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma of Divinity.