Graduate Diploma in Pastoral Care

The Graduate Diploma in Pastoral Care is a new award available from 2009. It is open to students who already hold a degree in Theology and wish to undertake specialised study in the area of Pastoral Care. Students must also have demonstrated some aptitude in the field of Pastoral Care, e.g. successful completion of a level 1 unit of Clinical Pastoral Education. Students who do not hold a qualification in Theology may take relevant units in Pastoral Care as part of either a general Graduate Diploma in Theology or a Bachelor of Theology. Please consult the UFT Dean for details. 
 
Students must complete two core units plus four elective units. Where students have completed the core units in their prior study, they can be exempted from these units and replace them with elective units. New units are in development for 2010 and will be advised later in 2009.
 
Core units include: Theology and Skills of Pastoral Care, Educating and Ministering through Life Passages, Pastoral Care and Ritual.
 
Elective units include a range of units in the areas of pastoral care and ethics and may be taken at any of the MCD RTIs with approval of the UFT Dean. 
 
The Graduate Diploma in Pastoral Care is designed particularly for practitioners in the field. As such, students must undertake a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) towards the GradDip. Students who undertake a second level 1 unit of CPE may receive up to 30 points of credit towards the Graduate Diploma in the place of elective units. This allows students to place CPE units in a broader academic and theological context.
 
Enquiries about the Graduate Diploma in Pastoral Care should be directed to the UFT Dean.