Studies in Catholic Thought

STUDIES IN CATHOLIC THOUGHT 

Course Description

Studies in Catholic Thought (SICT) is available for study as both a 1unit, 60 hour course and a 2unit 120 hour course for students in Year 11 and Year 12.

The 1 unit course requires students to complete three core modules in Year 11 and another three core modules in Year 12.

The 2 unit course requires students to complete the three core modules in both Years 11 and 12. In Year 11, students complete an additional two 30 hour modules. The Year 12 course offers four depth studies of 30 hours. Students complete two of the the four modules offered.

Studies in Catholic Thought is structured around the study of two themes central to the Catholic tradition; Who is a human person? and The Good Life. It is through the exploration of these themes that students come to a deeper understanding of the richness of Catholic belief, thinking and tradition.

In the Year 11 course, students will begin by developing an understanding of humanity as understood by the Catholic tradition, and appreciate that every human is a person. The human person is a foundational concept of the Catholic Church, founded in Scripture and informed by theology, philosophy and science.

Throughout the Year 12 course, students will explore and develop an understanding of how a moral and ethical life naturally flows from the Catholic Church’s understanding of what it is to be human.

The Good Life begins with students developing an understanding of humanity’s place in creation, the idea of freedom and opening the concept of an ordered creation and the introduction of sin through biblical examples. Drawing on this knowledge, students will explore the key ethical understandings that underpin the Catholic approach to living a good life, beginning with philosophy and the works of the great thinkers in the Catholic tradition.

Studies in Catholic Thought is suitable for students who are not seeking an ATAR, have extensive SBAT requirements or already have sufficient units for the award of an ATAR at the end of Year 12.

Year 11 Course Units

• Who is the Human Person?

• The Trinitarian God and Humanity

• The Reimagining of Creation

• Faith Reason and Science (2 unit only)

• To Be Fully Human (2 unit only)

Year 12 Course units

• Virtue, Vice and Salvation

• The Good Works

• The Common Good

• Set Text Study (2 unit option)

• The Church and the Arts (2 unit option)

• The Church and the First Peoples (2 unit option)

• The Church and the Contemporary World (2 unit option)

Course Structure Overview

The course contains 6 core modules with 3 allocated to each year of study for the 1 unit course. Each of the core modules will be studied for 20 hours and will on their own comprise the 1 unit course in the Year 11 and HSC Years. The 2 unit course will undertake the core units and two additional 30 hour modules in the Year 11 course and two additional modules in the HSC year.