Stage 6
Studies In Catholic Thought (1 unit)
Please note that this course can be completed online via the CEDP Virtual School if the course does not run at Santa Sophia
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 Hayman, Miss Mardini, Mr. Pastoors