Course results for Curtin University Religion Subjects

Examine the role of Catholic schools in 21st Century Australia. Explore the role that Catholic schools play in the community. Understand the religious tradition that complements the school curriculum.

Study the education of the catholic religion. Explore how spiritual and moral halves form a person, and how prayer in childhood can inform this. Gain skills for teaching prayer and morals in school.

Explore statements of belief, known as ‘creeds’, that form Catholic faith. Consider how these contribute to the meaning of human life, and how they are portrayed through ritual, symbol and storytelling. Learn how this lives out in church and school.

View human rights through the lenses of religious and cultural beliefs.Return to the Enlightenment and the birth of human rights. Adopt Buddhist, Christian and Islamic approaches. Ask how these perspectives intersect with the field of education.