Looking Ahead
These are the papers offered for Level 7 awards (BDiv and Grad Dip Th), for level 5 and 6 click here.
The papers offered are grouped by discipline. Make sure that the courses you want to take will help you to complete your degree or graduate diploma, rather than finding out later that they do not fit the requirements and therefore cannot be counted.
Learn more about the qualifications the College offers or simply find out how to enrol now. A good place to start when selecting papers are the planning guides for the:
- Bachelor’s Degree Planning Guide [PDF download]
- Graduate Diploma Planning Guide [PDF download]
Here you can check out if the papers that interest you also fit the requirements of the qualification you’ve chosen to study towards. Or simply find out how to enrol now.
How many papers do students take each semester?
This can vary depending on whether you are studying on-campus or by-distance, part-time or full-time. Refer to the planning guides above.
If you are considering being an on-campus student (Auckland), you may want to check out the Weekly Timetable for 2026S1
and the Academic Calendar for 2026
Link to the Semester One 2026 on-campus weekly Timetable >>>
Papers in Semester One 2026
LANGUAGE
- A1040 Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin (Available to on-campus and distance students)
BIBLICAL STUDIES
- B1010 Introduction to the New Testament and Pauline Literature (Available to on-campus and distance students)
- B2010 Old Testament Historical Books (Weeks 1-7 of semester. Available to on-campus and distance students)
- B3020 Apocalyptic Literature (Weeks 8-13 of semester. Available to on-campus and distance students)
CANON LAW
- C2000 Introduction to Canon Law and Governance (Weeks 1-7 of semester. Available to on-campus and distance students)
- C3020 Selected Themes in Canon Law (Weeks 8-13 of semester. Available to on-campus and distance students)
DOGMATIC THEOLOGY
- D2000 Fundamental Theology (Available to on-campus and distance students)
- D2020 Ecclesiology and Mariology (Available to on-campus and distance students)
- D3110 Sacraments of Healing & Reconciliation (Available to on-campus and distance students)
CHURCH HISTORY
- H3040 Reformations: Churches in the 16th Century (Available to on-campus and distance students)
MORAL THEOLOGY
- M2000 Fundamental Moral Theology (Available to on-campus students only)
PASTORAL THEOLOGY
- P2040 Introduction to Pastoral Counselling (Available to on-campus and distance students)
- P2050 Māori Pastoral Care (Available to on-campus students only)
PHILOSOPHY
- W1010 Ancient & Early Medieval Philosophy (Available to on-campus students only)
- W2010 Philosophy of the Human Person (Available to on-campus and distance students)
Papers in Semester Two 2026
BIBLICAL STUDIES
- B1000 Introduction to the Old Testament and Pentateuch (Available to on-campus and distance students)
- B2030 Synoptic Gospels (Available to on-campus and distance students)
- B3000 Psalms and Wisdom (Available to on-campus and distance students)
DOGMATIC THEOLOGY
- D2010 Christology & Soteriology (Available to on-campus students only)
- D3000 The Trinity (Available to on-campus students only)
- D3010 Creation, Anthropology, Grace & Eschatology (Available to on-campus students only)
- D3100 Sacraments of Initiation (Available to on-campus and distance students)
CHURCH HISTORY
- H1010 Early Church History (Available to on-campus and distance students)
- H3060 The Catholic Church in New Zealand (Available to on-campus and distance students)
MORAL THEOLOGY
- M3010 Catholic Social Teaching (Weeks 1-7 of semester. Available to on-campus students only)
- M3030 Contemporary Social Issues in Moral Theology (Weeks 8-13 of semester. Available to on-campus students only)
PASTORAL THEOLOGY
- P1010 Introduction to Pastoral Care & Psychology (Available to on-campus and distance students)
- P2000 Introduction to Church Administration (Weeks 8-13 of semester. Available to on-campus students only)
PHILOSOPHY
- W1000 Logic & Critical Thinking (Available to on-campus and distance students)
- W2000 Late Modern & Contemporary Philosophy (Available to on-campus students only)
- W3010 Epistemology (Available to on-campus students only)
