These units are either for specific purposes or they provide flexibility for postgraduate and third level undergraduate students unable to find a suitable unit in the standard weekly timetable.
Contact a Course Advisor to enrol in one or more of these units:
- Click here for an explanation of teaching modes.
- Click on the unit codes in gold text for unit availability and descriptions.
- Click here for an explanation of unit codes.
Supervised Theological Field Education
These following two undergraduate units are offered in both semesters.
- DP3004C Pastoral Mission and Outreach in a Ministry Context (18 points) Multi-modal Rev. Dr Jake Mudge
- DP3005C Pastoral Mission and Outreach in a Ministry Context (36 points) Multi-modal Rev. Dr Jake Mudge
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
- CP9100Z Clinical Pastoral Education Level 1 (48 points)
- CP9170Z Clinical Pastoral Education (Specialist) (48 points)
- CP9273Z Clinical Pastoral Education Level 2 (48 points)
Visit our CPE page for more information.
Supervised Reading Units
With the approval of a Course Advisor students may undertake specialised study with the guidance of an appropriate supervisor in a Supervised Reading Unit (SRU). Units are scheduled upon request. Students enrol in an SRU in one of the following options:
Undergraduate
- 18-point unit (5,000 – 6,000 words)
- 36-point unit (10,000 – 12,000 words)
Postgraduate
- 24-point unit (7,000 – 8,000 words)
- 48-point unit (14,000 – 16,000 words)
Specialised Study Areas
- Biblical Languages
- Biblical Studies
- Canon Law
- Church History
- Liturgical Studies
- Mission and Ministry
- Moral Theology
- New Testament
- Old Testament
- Pastoral Studies
- Philosophy
- Religious Education
- Systematic Theology
- Spirituality
Also available as a Supervised Reading Unit
- Hebrew Reading A
- Hebrew Reading B
Capstone Units
Some capstone units are already scheduled, please view the Face-to-Face or Online Timetables for more information.
For Bachelor of Theology or Bachelor of Ministry Students only
XS3901C Bachelors Capstone Unit: Theology and Ministry Seminar (18 points)
2024: Semester 1: Face-to-Face
Rev. Dr Phillip Gleeson SDB;
Rev. Dr Anthony Nguyen SDB
XS3902C Bachelors Capstone Unit: Theology and Ministry Seminar (36 points)
2024: Semester 1: Face-to-Face
Rev. Dr Phillip Gleeson SDB;
Rev. Dr Anthony Nguyen SDB
XS3908C Bachelors Capstone Unit: Homiletics: Theory and Practice (18 points)
2024: Semester 1: Face-to-Face or Online Synchronous Rev. Dr Daniel Szewc OMI (coordinator)
Masters Capstones
Master of Theology and Master of Theological Studies
XS9901C Masters Capstone Unit: Theology and Ministry Seminar (24 points)
2024: Semester 1: Face-to-Face
Rev. Dr Phillip Gleeson SDB;
Rev. Dr Anthony Nguyen SDB
XS9902C Masters Capstone Unit: Theology and Ministry Seminar (48 points)
2024: Semester 1: Face-to-Face
Rev. Dr Phillip Gleeson SDB;
Rev. Dr Anthony Nguyen SDB
XT9900C Masters Capstone Unit: Theological Synthesis (48 points)
2024: Semester 1 or Semester 2: Face-to-Face
Rev. Dr Phillip Gleeson SDB
Master of Theological Studies
XS9903C Masters Capstone Unit: Theology for Church and World (24 points)
2024: Semester 2: Online Synchronous
Rev. Dr Phillip Gleeson SDB;
Rev. Dr Max Vodola
Master of Pastoral Studies
XS9904C Masters Capstone Unit: Pastoral Ministry Today (24 points) Rev. Dr Jake Mudge
Master of Philosophical Studies
XS9905C Masters Capstone Unit: What Has Athens To Do With Jerusalem? God and the Reasoning Human in Western Philosophy (24 points)
Dr Callan Ledsham
Master of Spirituality
XS9906C Masters Capstone Unit: Spirituality Today (24 points)
To Be Advised
Master of Education and Theology
XS9907Z Masters Capstone Unit: Enhancing Teacher Professional Learning for Religious Education
(24 points)
2024: Semester 2: Online
Assoc. Prof. Michael Kelly CSsR (coordinator);
Very Rev. Dr Kevin Lenehan
Graduate Certificate in Teaching Religious Education
Lectures are conducted online synchronous over four Saturdays: 9.30am – 1.30pm; plus asynchronous learning activities in the students’ own time.
First Years
- CT8605C In Dialogue with the Catholic Tradition: Foundational Theology for Teachers 16 points
Rev. Dr Jerome Santamaria
4 Saturdays: 3, 17 August; 14 September; 12 October: 9.30am – 1.30pm
Census Date: Tuesday 3 September - DR8600C Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Religious Education 16 points
Dr Denise Goodwin
4 Saturdays: 3, 17 August; 14 September; 12 October: 9.30am – 1.30pm
Census Date: Tuesday 3 September
Master of Education and Theology
- Students can undertake the units listed here or units or units listed elsewhere on the 2024 Timetable.
- Lectures are conducted over two 2-day blocks 9.30am – 3.30pm (unless indicated otherwise); plus asynchronous learning activities in the students’ own time.
- For each unit students must choose one mode of study
- Online Synchronous
CT9013C Doing Theology: Engaging the Catholic Theological Tradition Dr Frances Baker RSM; Rev. Dr Phillip Gleeson SDB
2 Thursdays & 2 Fridays: 25, 26 July; 5, 6 September: 9.30am – 3.30pm Census Date: Tuesday 20 August - Sale or Online Synchronous
St Francis Xavier College, 21 Majestic Drive, Officer
BS9662Y Interpreting Biblical Texts Dr Mary Reaburn NDS; Dr Anne Gardner; Dr Paul Creevey FMS; Dr Francis Otobo
2 Thursdays & 2 Fridays: 8, 9 August; 17, 18 October: 9.30am – 3.30pm Census Date: Tuesday 20 August - Capstone Unit
XS9907Z Master’s Capstone Unit: Enhancing Teacher Professional Learning for Religious Education
Assoc. Prof. Michael Kelly CSsR (coordinator); Very Rev. Dr Kevin Lenehan
2 Fridays: 2 August; 11 October: 9.30am – 12.30pm Census Date: Tuesday 20 August
Minor Thesis and Research Methodologies
The following two units are offered in both semesters. Contact the Postgraduate Coordinator for more information: