Certificate in Christian Studies

At the end of 2016, we wrote to tell you that all of Moore College’s unaccredited distance courses will be streamlined under the Preliminary Theological Certificate (PTC). At the time, we offered current CCS students the opportunity to continue in the current award or transfer into the PTC and the CCS entered its final cycle of Evening Lectures.

The Moore Distance Education Committee has determined that the CCS course will cease to be taught at the end of 2020. This means that remaining CCS units need to be completed by the end of 2020 by students seeking a Certificate in Christian Studies award.

Evening Lecture Series continue to be offered at the Newtown campus to CCS students until the end of 2020. However, the majority of these lectures are now based on the PTC syllabus with CCS assessment. From 2021, Evening Lecture Series will continue to be offered as PTC Lectures only.

From 2019, each Evening Lecture Series will coincide with each of the Moore College terms. Lecture series will be held at Newtown for 6 Tuesday evenings (7-9pm) each term, with the CCS exam to be held in the 7th week.

In 2019, the lecture series being offered are:

• Series 1: 19 Feb – 2 April (not 26/3)
  Pentateuch (Old Testament 1) CCS exam: 9 April
• Series 2: 30 Apr – 4 June
  Christian Worship CCS exam: 11 June
• Series 3: 16 July – 20 Aug (not 6/8)
  Mark (New Testament 1) CCS exam: 3 Sept
• Series 4: 17 Sep – 29 Oct (not 1/10)
  Apologetics CCS exam: 5 Nov

In 2020, we anticipate the following evening lecture series. Please note that their order may change, depending on lecturer availability.

• Series 1 Ministry
• Series 2 Former Prophets (Old Testament 2)
• Series 3 John
• Series 4 Early Church History (Church History 1)

There are 16 units in the CCS course. These are divided into core and optional units as follows:

Core Units

Biblical Theology
Old Testament 1
Old Testament 2
New Testament 1S (synoptic)
New Testament 2E (epistles)
Doctrine 1
Doctrine 2
Church History 1

Optional Units

Old Testament 3
Church History 2
Apologetics
Christian Worship
Ethics
John’s Gospel
Romans
Ministry

Each unit is assessed as follows:

• Assignment (1000 word essay) – worth 20%
• Exam (2 hours, usually 3 essays) – worth 80%

To complete the Course at PASS LEVEL a student must pass 10 units including all eight core units. (Students who commenced the course prior to 1997 may wish to read the Change in Regulations section of the 2019 CCS-DBS Moore College Evening Course Handbook).

To complete the Course at HONOURS LEVEL a student must pass all 16 units as follows:

• Those whose average is equal to or greater than 75% are eligible for First Class Honours
• Those whose average is equal to or greater than 65% are eligible for 2nd Class Honours

Fees (AUD)

In 2019, the enrolment fee will continue to be $140 per unit of study. The PTC course notes can be purchased for an additional $20.

Course completion next steps

1. Determine which units you still need to complete.
2. Check which units are timetabled as Evening Lecture Series in 2019 and 2020.
3. Enrol using the online enrolment form.
4. A CCS-by-correspondence option is available to students who need to do units which are not timetabled in 2019 and 2020. Please contact Distance to discuss.
5. If you are unable to complete the CCS course before the end of 2020, consider transferring to the Preliminary Theological Certificate course.

Students who are unable to finish the CCS course, before the end of 2020, can use their completed CCS units towards the following equivalent PTC units.

Please note that after a CCS award has been received, completed CCS units may not be used as credits towards the PTC award. Students who have received a CCS award are welcome to study the PTC on a Unit by Unit basis, or to work towards the PTC by completing all the PTC units.

 

PTC Information