Code | Faculty |
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06120003 | Faculty of Theology and Religion |
Credits | Duration | NQF level |
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Minimum duration of study: 3 years | Total credits: 376 | NQF level: 06 |
This programme offers general theological education to students who have passed the National Senior Certificate with admission to Diploma studies. It also provides a basis for denominational programmes, formation and practical training with a view to the ministry.
A fixed curriculum is prescribed.
The student, who registers for this programme, has to submit his or her curriculum to the Programme coordinator for approval at the beginning of each academic year.
The Diploma in Theology comprises the same subjects as for the two degree programmes in Theology and students who perform, may be admitted to postgraduate studies.
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Minimum requirements | ||||
Achievement level | ||||
English Home Language or English First Additional Language | Subjects: 3 additional 20-credit subjects | APS | ||
NSC/IEB | AS Level | NSC/IEB | AS Level | |
3 | E | 3 | E | 22 |
Special examinations
See also General Regulations G.12.4 and G.12.6.
A student who complies with all the requirements for the diploma with the exception of a maximum of four quarter modules, two semester modules or one year module, in each of which a combined mark of at least 40% has been obtained, may be admitted to a special examination in the same modules at the end of the following semester.
Academic exclusion
The Dean may on recommendation of the relevant faculty committee, exclude a student academically by the cancellation of the registration for that particular year or for the following year, if he or she does not comply with the minimum set requirements. You may appeal against your academic exclusion, but it is advisable to solve any problems as soon as possible. Contact your lecturer as soon as you experience problems with your studies.
The diploma is conferred with distinction on a student who obtains an average of 75% (GPA) in all the prescribed modules of the final year provided that not one of the modules had been failed previously and that the programme was completed within the minimum prescribed period.
Information on modules
Minimum credits: 120
All prescribed modules must be taken at first year level.
No electives may be selected.
Module content:
Find, evaluate, process, manage and present information resources for academic purposes using appropriate technology.
Module content:
Apply effective search strategies in different technological environments. Demonstrate the ethical and fair use of information resources. Integrate 21st-century communications into the management of academic information.
Module content:
This module intends to equip students to cope more confidently and competently with the reading and understanding of a variety of texts, to apply these skills in a variety of contexts and to follow the conventions of academic writing.
Module content:
By the end of this module students should be able to cope more confidently and competently with the reading, writing and critical thinking demands that are characteristic of the field of Theology.
Module content:
Geographical and historical background of the Old Testament. The Near-Eastern cultural context of the Bible.
Module content:
Encyclopaedic placement of New Testament studies in Theology. The Mediterranean socio-cultural setting of the New Testament.
Module content:
Introduction to science of religion and missiology. Introducing theology of mission.
Module content:
Introduction to Old Testament narratology. Capita selecta: Pentateuch or other Old Testament corpus.
Module content:
The relationship between theology, faith and spirituality. The ambit, method and disciplines of theology.
Minimum credits: 135
All prescribed modules must be taken at second year level.
No electives may be selected.
Module content:
19th and 20th centuries in church history: rise and ideologies and philosophical movements; the Ecumenical Movements.
Module content:
Community engagement. Includes aspects of ministry and missions. General principles and formation.
Module content:
Primal religions. Traditional African religions; African Independent Churches. Theologies of the Third World.
Minimum credits: 120
All prescribed modules must be taken at third year level.
No electives may be selected.
Module content:
Introduction, theology and exegesis of the authentic Pauline letters. Paul on marriage, sexuality and ecclesiology.
Module content:
Introduction, theology and exegesis of the Deutero-Pauline letters. Introduction, theology and exegesis of the General Letters.
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