Modes of Learning
The UFT teaches units in three modes: lectures, online, and intensives. Students are welcome to enrol in units in any or all of these modes. Presently only graduate and postgraduate units are taught online.
Lecture units consist of a twelve-week course of lectures and tutorials, taught over a single three-hour slot each week.
Theology Online units (taught at graduate and postgraduate level only) direct students through guided reading and virtual tutorials, usually taught as a block of six fortnights. Details are available online at www.trinitycollege.vic.edu.au/theologyonline.
Intensive units are taught over a concentrated period such as a fortnight of fulltime study or a series of weekend classes.
Unit codes indicate the Field, the Discipline, the level of study for undergraduate purposes (1, 2, 3 or 4), and a unique identifying number. Excluding online units, which are prefixed by an ‘O’, the letters in a code will follow the pattern of Field + Discipline below:
Field A Language, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Field B Scripture, New Testament, V (Old Testament)
Field C History, Theology
Field D ECumenics, Liturgy, MoRal Theology, MiSsiology, Pastoral Studies, Religious Education, Spirituality
Some units are cross-listed in more than one Field or Discipline, and taught at two levels, for example DP/DRE230/330 which can be credited to either Pastoral Studies or Religious Education, and is taught at both second and third level. Most units are worth 15 points towards a degree or diploma.