PROGRAMME SUMMARY

Programme Name

BACHELOR OF ECUMENISM

Programme Description

This programme will take the students through the history of the Pacific ecumenical movement and its historical links to the global movement. It will examine the political, religious and development contextual issues that gave rise to the movement globally and in the Pacific in the 19th and 20th centuries. It will critique these contextual reasons in light of the Pacific churches’ experiences of the movement since the early 1960s. The students will also be immersed into debating and discussing the new ecumenical consciousness by contributing to their own learning through research, active participation in workshops and seminars, and other interactive learning modes, on the spirituality, theology, biblical and missiological aspects of this new ecumenical consciousness. This perspective to learning about Pasifika ecumenism is critical to the Pacific church leaders’ pragmatic new vision of ecumenism as God’s household: ecumenism has much to do with the life and issues of the Pasifika household. Students will explore in greater detail the implications of this new ecumenical consciousness on the key areas in Pacific life: indigenous worldviews and spirituality, stewardship, ecology, politics, gender and development. By the end of their programme study, the students will have gained a better understanding of the new ecumenical consciousness, and its pivotal role in addressing household issues around the region.

Minimum Entry

Requirement

Should have passed a Pacific Qualifications Framework (PQF) Council recognised diploma level 6 qualification or equivalent:

▪ A University Diploma, Degree, or

▪ A Diploma in Theology from SPATS accredited institution, or an equivalent qualification, or

▪ Met the mature age student admission criteria: (23 years plus, evidence of community or voluntary engagement; or formal, non-formal, informal, household, or subsistence employment).

Graduate Outcomes

1. Demonstrate deep knowledge of the Pasifika household of God vision;

2. Demonstrate openness and respect for other Christian and religious views and positions; and appreciate their own tradition’s contribution to the ecumenical movement;

3. Demonstrate sound knowledge of the underpinning theories, concepts and principles of ecumenism both from the Pasifika communities and international ecumenical fora;

4. Demonstrate independence and critical thinking of integrating ecumenism and social justice issues from a communities-based ‘whole of life’ perspective;

5. Demonstrate innovation in developing a range of alternative communities-based ecumenical

paradigms and to display how these can transform national, regional, and global ecumenism.

Requirements for the award of the Degree

Course credits: 15 credits per course at the

Undergraduate level.

Single Major: For single major, students need to complete 8 major courses (120 credits), 4 Communities Learning and Engagement (CLE) courses (60 credits), 4 University Wide courses (60 credits), and 4 electives (60 credits). The other 4 left (60 credits) can be taken from the RPL, or extra electives if the RPL cannot meet the 60 credits requirement.

Double Major: For double major, students need to complete 8 major courses from the BD (120 credits), 8 major courses from the BE (120 credits), 4 University Wide courses (60 credits), and 4 Communities oriented courses (60 credits).

Mode of Delivery

Blended: Online + Face to Face COL

Duration

3 years Full Time or 6 years Part Time

Programme Type

Undergraduate Degree

Level

Equivalent to Pacific Qualification Framework (PQF)/South Pacific Association of Theological Schools (SPATS)/Higher Education Commission Fiji (HECF) level 7

School Name

School of Theology & Ecumenism (SOTE)

Credit Point

360

Education Pathway

This qualification can lead to post-graduate

 qualification (Level 8) or its overseas equivalent.

Semester 1

Semester 2

Year 1

UW

100

UW

101

UW

102

Major 1

BE100

Major 1

BE101

Major 1

BE102

Major 1

BE103

Year 2

Maj. 2

BE200

Maj. 2

BE201

Maj. 2

BE202

Maj. 2

BE203

ELECTIVES

BE204

BE205

BE206

BE207

Year 3

UW300

Remaining Electives (Yr.2)

CL

300

(begins S1, credited S2)

CL

301

CL

302

CL

303

SEMESTER 1

SEMESTER 2

YEAR 1

▪UW100 Introduction to Academic Skills

▪ UW101 Introduction to Research Skills

▪ UW102 Pasifika Consciousness in Communicating Change

Major 1: BE100 Introduction to

History of Ecumenism

▪ Major 1: BE101 Introduction to

Ecumenism and the Bible

▪ Major 1: BE102 Introduction to

Ecumenism and Theology

▪ Major 1: BE103 Introduction to

Ecumenism and Mission

YEAR 2

▪ Major 2: BE200 Pasifika

Ecumenism: A New Ecumenical Consciousness

▪ Major 2: BE201 ReStorying

Ecumenism through Indigenous

Spirituality

▪ Major 2: BE202 Ecumenism for

Ecological Engagement

▪ Major 2: BE203 Ecumenism within

the Island of Hope

Electives

▪ BE204 Oikos and Human Rights

▪ BE205 Ecumenical ReStorying of

Regional Development

▪ BE206 Pasifika Ecumenical

Approaches to Leadership

▪ BE207 Ecumenism and Interfaith

Engagement

YEAR 3

▪ UW300 Graduate Portfolio

Profile

▪ Remaining Electives in Year 2

CL300 Pasifika Ecumenical

Approaches to Gender

▪ CL301 Ecumenical ReStorying of

Climate Change

▪ CL302 Ecumenical Advocacy

▪ CL303 Renewing National

Ecumenism