24. Projects


The special interest project can only be done in the final year of the Advanced Diploma course.

The project is designed to enable you to pursue a particular area of interest. As such, the project is meant to be a mature piece of reflection, research or analysis completed towards the end of your Diploma studies.

The project will be assessed at the standard of a first year university degree course. It is to be 4,000 words in length.

The topic for research must be different from those covered in other subjects, except that a more detailed study of a topic or area studied only briefly in other subjects may be acceptable. The topic is to be decided upon in consultation with a supervisor appointed by Mary Andrews College, with whom you will meet regularly to discuss the progress of your work.


If you are doing the Advanced Diploma of Theology, you must choose a project from either the Department of Bible and Language or the Department of Christian Thought, i.e. a project from one of the following fields:
Languages LA290
Old Testament OT290
New Testament NT290
Theology TH290
Church History CH290
Philosophy and Ethics PE290


If you are doing the Advanced Diploma of Ministry, you must choose a project from the Department of Ministry and Practice, i.e. a project from one of the following fields:
Evangelism and Missions EM290
Pastoral and Church-Focussed Ministry PC290
Developmental Ministry DM290