RP990.512 Minor Research Project
Unit Description
Pre-requisites
Candidates will have completed five 12 credit point units, including TH901.512 ‘Theological Reflection Models and Methods’ prior to commencement of this unit.
Co-requisites
None.Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
Perform an appropriate review of current literature to do with both research and human science theory pertinent to a research question into the nature of lived ministry experience.
Choose and apply a pertinent qualitative and or quantitative investigation into a phenomenon to do with lived ministry experience.
Produce a research minor thesis involving a consistent communicative style, accurate presentation of data, justified methodology, supplying valid conclusions and implications for practice.
Unit Description
This unit provides the opportunity for the candidate to focus upon a precisely defined or finite area of professional or ministry life through a practical theological lens. For instance, this may involve a survey and critique of current approaches to an issue or, a manageable and simply constructed case study or action research cycle.
The specific content of this unit depends upon the topic chosen by the candidate. This topic and its approach are the responsibility of the candidate developed in consultation with the course coordinator and then an appointed faculty member.
The topic then determines the appropriate theoretical lens, data collection technique and analytical lens employed. These issues cannot be predetermined.
The content therefore will involve an interdisciplinary conversation between theology, theory and current field based phenomena.
Unit offerings
Independent/Flexible: Semester 1, 2025 and Semester 2, 2025 (Every Year, Semester 1 and 2)Please note
The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.
This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.