Undergraduate
Bachelor of Theology
Avondale University, Cooranbong, NSW, Australia
About this program
Avondale runs one of the only standalone Bachelor of Theology degrees in Australia housed within a Seventh-day Adventist institution, and the course reflects that heritage directly: alongside standard biblical studies and biblical languages (Greek and Hebrew feature prominently), students work through Adventist doctrinal history and the denomination's distinctive eschatology, taught by faculty attached to the Seminary at the Cooranbong campus.
Most students aren't just doing this for personal interest. A large share go on to ministerial credentialing within the Adventist Church across Australia and the Pacific, or use the degree as the entry point into postgraduate theological study (Avondale's own Master of Arts in Theology, or seminaries overseas). The course is unapologetically confessional rather than comparative-religion in orientation, which is worth knowing going in: this isn't a general religious studies degree, it's training within a specific tradition.
Cost & duration
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Course structure
7 terms of coursework
- 24 units, 144 credit points, six full-time semesters
- Biblical Studies core: Old Testament Introduction, New Testament Introduction, Biblical Hermeneutics
- Biblical languages: Greek I & II, Hebrew I & II
- Systematic and Adventist Theology units, including denominational history and eschatology
- Christian History and Church History units
- Practical/Pastoral units: homiletics (preaching), pastoral care, mission and evangelism
- Elective units and a research or ministry-placement capstone in final year
Admissions
Year 12 completion or equivalent
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