1 unit for each of Preliminary and HSC

Board Endorsed Course

Non-ATAR Course

Exclusions: Catholic Studies; Studies of Religion I and II

Prerequisites: None

Course Description:

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

Studies in Catholic Thought Course Content Overview

Year 11

The Year 11 course is structured to provide students with an understanding of humanhood and personhood understood by the Catholic tradition. The human person is a foundational concept of the Catholic Church, founded in Scripture and informed by philosophy and theology.

Year 12

The Year 12 course is structured to provide students with an understanding of how a moral and ethical life naturally flows from the Catholic Church’s understanding of what it is to be human.

Main Topics Covered:

Preliminary:

• • Who is Human

  • The Trinitarian God and Humanity

  • The Reimagining of Creation

HSC:

• • Virtue, Vice and Salvation

  • The Good Works

  • The Common Good

For more information about this course, please see: Mrs. Arundell, Mr. Castellino, Miss Mardini, Mr. Pastoors