2025 Diploma of Theology

Course Description
Course Structure
Admission Requirements
Financial Support

1 Year

Full Time

Mode

On-campus, Evening, & Online

96

Credit Points

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Keen to be better equipped to serve God in your church, workplace, home? Are you in a part-time or associate ministry role, and would like some theological training and a recognized qualification with a strong emphasis on Bible & Theology? Thinking that you should be training for ministry, but aren’t yet sure whether a three or four year theological degree is right for you?

The Diploma of Theology introduces students to the sources and content of the Christian story and message, and provides training which emphasises application and articulation of this story and message in the contemporary world.

The course provides a grounding for ministry by establishing a foundation in theological knowledge and reflection.

This course can also be studied part time over a maximum of 4 years.

This is a course of the Australian University of Theology. Full details of the Australian University of Theology course can be found here. See the Australian University of Theology Coursework Course Enrolment Policy for admission rules and processes.

Course Description

You can study the DipTh in one of two ways:

Full-time over ten months at QTC. Attendance at QTC is no more than 3.5 days per week.

Part-time over up to four years. You can complete the DipTh by attending classes for as little as one part-day per week, depending on your subject choices and how quickly you wish to finish the course. All of the required units for the DipTh (see below) are offered with classes on a single day only. Most of our practical electives are offered on a single day or as intensives for your convenience.

All of the required units for the DipTh are offered in the evening on a regular cycle as well as in the daytime, and it is also possible to complete a DipTh with QTC online for those living outside of Brisbane or whose work commitments make study in-person impossible. It’s also an option to do a DipTh by a combination of daytime, evening, and online units through QTC.

Course Structure

DipTh students take the following course:

Four biblical subject units, which survey the whole of the Old and New Testaments (OT001-512, OT002-512, NT002-512, NT002-512).
At least two units drawn from those offered in church history, theology, and ethics (together known as “Christian Thought”). Normally we’d suggest that you take The Reformation (CH006-512, offered Semester 2 every year), and Theological Ethics (PE002-612, offered Semester 1 every year).
Two short half-units which introduce you to how to study the Bible (BB008-506), and to Christian Doctrine (TH025-606).
For the rest of your course (at least one more subject unit), QTC offers a wide range of options from which you can choose, depending on your ministry intentions. You can take more units in the Bible, theology or church history, as well as one or more of our large range of practical electives in areas such as preaching, pastoral care, youth & children’s ministries, and missions. Please note that not all units are offered every year, and some may be offered in the same timetable slots as others units that you might like to do – consult the latest timetable.
Any student who is likely to want to continue on to the BTh should take the two units New Testament Greek A and B (LA005-612 & LA006-612).

Units in this course are completed at Level 5 or above.

Admission Requirements

ATAR: Completion of Year 12 in the last two years, with an ATAR of 65 or above; OR

Previous Qualifications: Successful completion of a qualification at AQF Level 5 or above; OR

Demonstrate Academic Suitability for course: Test, Brief Essay, or Interview.

Language Qualifications for NESB: IELTS 6.5 overall with minimum of 6.0 in each subtest OR 10 years in Australia with English being the language primarily spoken both at home and work. See the AUT’s English Language Proficiency Policy.

Financial Support

The course is accredited within Australia as an award of the Australian University of Theology, of which QTC is an affiliate. As such, it is a recognized course for the purposes of FEE-HELP and Centrelink allowances (provided you meet the government’s eligibility requirements), and for Overseas Students (Australian University of Theology CRICOS provider number is 02650E).

Current fee levels for units in the DipTh can be found here.

QTC is an affiliated college of the Australian University of Theology. The CRICOS code for the ACT’s Graduate Certificate of Divinity is 076017G

QTC’s aim is to provide top class theological training that faithfully applies the Word of God to the real world. We seek to do this as a real living Christian community, and as part of a wider Christian fellowship here in Brisbane.

We acknowledge with respect the Traditional Custodians of this land on which we now meet. In his wisdom and love, our Heavenly Father gave it to the Turrbal and Jegera people (see Acts 17:26). On this land, they met for generations before the coming of British settlers. As we now live together here, we pray that God would reconcile and unite us in a knowledge of his Son, Jesus Christ.

QTC is a ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland and is an affiliated college of the Australian University of Theology. (Australian University of Theology CRICOS CODE 02650E)

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