Read more about the units of study currently on offer at Jesuit College of Spirituality (JCS), accredited through Australian Catholic University (ACU).
Ignatian Pedagogy: A Contemporary Vision Students enrolled for academic credit | $2,266 Domestic Students | $2,925 International Students Audit students (not for academic credit) | $1,133
Online Class This unit will examine and analyse the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm: self-knowledge and self-discipline; attentiveness; respect for intellect and reason as tools for discovering truth; discerning the right course of action; flexibility in problem solving; large-hearted ambition; and, a…
Capstone Integrative Project (20 cp unit Students enrolled for academic credit | $4,532 Domestic Students | $5,850 International Students | Audit students (not for academic credit) $2,266
Master of Spiritual Direction students require completion of the postgraduate foundational units and at least 50% of elective units relevant to their award. The capstone unit will usually be taken during the last semester/year of coursework. This unit enables postgraduate…
The New Testament Foundations of Ignatia Students enrolled for academic credit | $2,266 Domestic Students | $2,925 International Students Audit students (not for academic credit) $1,133
Online Class This unit is designed to develop in the students an ability to engage in an informed critical reading of New Testament texts as sacred scripture. It aims to enable students to broaden and deepen their engagement with…
Theological Frameworks for the Spiritual Students enrolled for academic credit | $2,266 Domestic Students | $2,925 International Students Audit students (not for academic credit) $1,133
Online Unit This unit will assist supervisors and spiritual directors to develop a deeper appreciation of the range of theological worlds that serve as a background and context to the Spiritual Exercises. This unit explores how images of God…
Professional Supervision in the Field Students enrolled for academic credit | $2,266 Domestic Students | $2,925 International Students | Audit students (not for academic credit) $1,133
Online Unit This unit aims to assist already-practicing supervisors from a range of multidisciplinary fields including: spiritual direction, ministry (religious and lay), counselling, psychotherapy, allied health and leadership. Students will explore thenecessary professional skills that are to be demonstrated and…
Ignatian Pedagogy: Future Orientations Students enrolled for academic credit | $2,266 Domestic Students | $2,925 International Students Audit students (not for academic credit) $1,133
Online class This unit will explore the implications of the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm for future orientations in Jesuit education. The defining elements of Ignatian Pedagogy (Reflection and Action) will be examined through the concept of Refractive Learning – that is,…
History of Christian Contemplative Pract Students enrolled for academic credit | $2,266 Domestic Students | $2,925 International Students Audit students (not for academic credit) $1,133
Online class This unit explores the history of contemplative practices in Western Christian spirituality. The unit begins with an investigation of key biblical passages and then moves to the early Church Fathers including Origen, Augustine of Hippo and Pseudo‐Dionysius.…
The Weeks of the Spiritual Exercises Students enrolled for academic credit | $2,266 Domestic Students | $2,925 International Students | Audit students (not for academic credit) $1,133
Online Class This unit will provide an in-depth study of the four “Weeks” of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. It will approach the Weeks of the Exercises from the perspective of the purgative or healing mode (The First Week),…