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Study postgraduate online with University of Notre Dame Australia through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

Students in this program will study philosophy and theology from within the Catholic liberal arts tradition, concentrating on the subject’s main themes of “human person” and “the good life”. They will learn to convey why the Church teaches various contemporary moral and social issues. They will investigate about the Catholic tradition of the arts, including painting, sculpture, music, architecture, film, and literature.

Engage with scripture, texts, art, and literature to make Christian sense of philosophy and theology. Think about why the Church teaches what it teaches, and how to apply those teachings to navigate today’s moral and social issues.

Graduate Certificate in Catholic Thought

The Graduate Certificate in Catholic Leadership is designed for leaders and aspiring leaders in Catholic organisations to provide grounding in leadership and management principles rooted in the Gospel mission and Catholic social teaching. Students are introduced to the best current leadership and management scholarship from the Catholic intellectual tradition. Students also learn means for achieving organisational transformation while adhering to values associated with the dignity of the human person and the common good. The course also provides an opportunity to link theory to practice via an action learning project that can be undertaken in a student’s workplace or in a placement at another Catholic organisation.

A postgraduate leadership program for professionals working in the Catholic sector. Study leadership and management principles through the lens of Catholic faith and values. Explore how your leadership can make an impact on the common good.

Graduate Certificate in Catholic Leadership

Dialogue across Cultures and Religions

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Teaching About the Gospels in Catholic Schools

Teaching About Jesus in Catholic Schools

This course provides an overview of the development of different approaches to education in the Catholic Liberal Arts tradition. It includes considerations of Catholic sacraments and liturgy as ways of knowing God and one another. It examines in particular the principles and practices of biblical exegesis in the Catholic tradition, the method of Socratic dialogue and learning, the text-based method of shared inquiry, and the Great Books method of analysis. Those who take this course will learn how to teach using all these methods. At the same time, they will become acquainted with key texts and ideas of Catholic Thought.

Education in the Catholic Liberal Arts Tradition

This course is designed for those who are called upon daily to respond to social and moral issues. It selects and explores the Church’s responses, both prophetic and reflective, to controversial issues that touch upon what it means to be human and to lead a good life. It focuses on why the Church teaches what it teaches, particularly in Catholic Social Thought. Students will develop skills so that they can explain clearly what the Church teaches. It focuses on the perennial need for civil discourse in society.

Teaching What the Catholic Church Teaches

The &quot;Good Life&quot; is central to understanding Catholic Thought. This course addresses what it means to lead a good life as a human person. It focuses on philosophical and theological developments of the theory of natural law and the meaning of virtue. Through engaging with philosophical texts, Scripture, and works of art and literature, it traces the development of principles for leading a good life throughout the history of the Church, with particular focus on what it means to follow Christ. The course uses the methods of learning and teaching of the Catholic liberal arts tradition.

The Good Life in Catholic Thought

The concept of the Human Person is central to understanding Catholic Thought. This course addresses contemporary challenges to understanding what it means to be human. It takes students through key philosophical and theological principles and concepts that have formed the Catholic understanding of what it means to be human. By engaging with philosophical texts, Scripture, and works of art and literature, it traces the development of Catholic teaching on the human person in the history of the Church. The course uses the methods of learning and teaching from the Catholic liberal arts tradition.

The Human Person in Catholic Thought

This subject provides leaders in education, health, and the social sectors with strategies to effectively lead and manage organisational transformation. The subject explores theory and strategy of leadership within change management, underpinned by the principles of Catholic social teaching, with particular emphasis on human dignity and the common good.

Leading Change in a Catholic Context

This subject provides an in-depth exploration of contemporary business leadership and management theory and practice in the context of Catholic leadership. It examines skills and competencies required of contemporary business leaders including influence, communication, team leadership, and strategic leadership. It also examines application and assessment of these skills and competencies in a Catholic institutional setting.

Leadership & Management in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition

This subject provides an in-depth exploration of the Church&#39;s evangelising mission. It provides students (who may be leaders or aspiring leaders) in Catholic institutions with in-depth knowledge of Catholic Mission and Identity in order to better equip them to serve in Catholic Institutions.

Catholic Mission & Identity

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