Master of Arts
Stay fresh!
The Master of Arts is designed to keep those engaged in full-time ministry fresh and stimulated.
All our MA units have a strong pastoral orientation. The biblical units provide a study of the theology, structure and themes of a book in depth, and serve as an excellent basis for a preaching series. Lecture content includes possible series structure and applications of the text.
Ministry-related units allow you to gain new skills and engage in fresh theological thinking about key pastoral issues, and have a strong practical application which is reflected both in the curriculum and the assessment.
MA units involve 26 hours of class work, and 8,000 words of assessment. Students can expect around 1300 pages of pre-reading. Class work is undertaken either in intensive mode or over five days spread throughout the semester.
Further details regarding eligibility, applying and course structure are available from the Ridley Melbourne Postgraduate Handbook.
The MA Gold Class is a special MA offering for those in ministry, offering intensive classes in a premium location each June, and a Greece-Turkey Study Tour. MA Gold students need to take 2 units from this mainstream MA program to complete their degree. For details of the MA Gold, and MA Gold subjects please go to the MA Gold Class page.
