Master of Arts (Ministry) – Accelerated Pathway

Summary of changes

From 2020, the Master of Arts (Ministry) is being discontinued.

Transition arrangements

• No new course enrolments will be accepted after 31/12/2019.
• All existing credit achieved by existing students will be multiplied by three to transition to the new credit point structure.
• Students have the option to transfer immediately to the Master of Theological Studies after 31/12/2019.
• Students are permitted to continue in their course until the end of 2021 if they maintain continuous enrolment of at least one unit per semester in 2020 and 2021, or have a suspension of candidature approved in writing by ACT for each semester without a unit enrolment.
  • As a transitional arrangement for these students, they are required to achieve a total of at least 90cps for the completion of the course.
  • The remainder of their course would be completed at Level 8 and Level 9.
  • All students need to complete at least 12cps at Level 9 including either a project or a capstone experience.
• The default position is that students will be continued in the Master of Arts (Ministry), on the assumption that students will continue in their enrolled course. Students seeking to transfer to the Master of Theological Studies or another course are required to contact their primary college Registrar or complete the enquiry form below.
• No units can be undertaken in this course after 31/12/2021, and students still enrolled at that point in time are required to transfer into another course.

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