Scientific area Humanistic area, field Theology
Name Undergraduate university theological-catechetic studies
Issuing institution The Faculty of Catholic Theology of the University of Split
Duration Three-year study is organized in 6 semesters. Each semester consists of 15 weeks, and each week contains 15 hours of lectures and exercises in average, and a time required for making seminar essays. The student workload consists of 1800 working hours.
ECTS 180
Uvjeti za upis Završena četverogodišnja srednja škola, položen razredbeni ispit
Learning outcomes Having successfully completed the study a student should be able to:  - Interpret concepts and methods of practical philosophy. - Present and reflect upon the main courses and representatives of philosophical thought from its  beginnings up today. - Use different ethical and anthropological theories. - Discern and interpret main cosmological-theodical issues. - Elaborate on and critically evaluate main theses of the content, origin and a theological message of the Biblical texts. - Present and classify basic methods of interpretation of the Holy Scripture. - Interpret and practicise the Biblical message by analysing and combining texts from the Old and New Testament with literary works  aiming at the preparation of the parish catechesis. - Support Christian interpretation of the cosmic and personal history in  the framework  of God's revelation in Jesus Christ. - Provide arguments, estimate and evaluate the key theological questions of God's cognition. - Justify Biblical-theological foundation of Christian teaching on God and the Church. - Comparing relationship between sense and faith and Christianity and world religions. - Present, interpret and critically evaluate life, works, pastoral-catechetic endeavours and methods of the most distinguished eastern and western theological writers from the Apostolic age up to the Medieval period. - Assess fundamental principles of Christian moral theology. - Support and confirm the importance of theological and moral virtues. - Analyse and identify motives and reasons of Church social doctrine and support and classify its basic principles and accentuations. - Differentiate and interpret various phases of Church development from its beginning up to contemporary age.  - Analyse relationship between the Church and the world leaders throughout the history. - Present relationship between Church councils, heresies, Church and culture. - Identify motives and the reasons of causes and effects of division in Christianity. - Support and confirm the importance of ecumenical movement for the unity of Christ's Church. - Justify multiple forms of the Christian life and valorize the Catholic principles of ecumenism. - Discern and differentiate patterns of psychological processes and their influence on human behaviour. - Estimate and clarify the basic content, goals and missions of catechesis. - Plan methodical elements, methods and methodological systems in religious education and catechesis. - Valorize the influence of methodic-didactic variables on planning and  realization of religious education teaching. - Analyse, conceptualize and deliver catechesis for preschool level.
Employment possibility Acquired knowledge and skills enable the employment in various aspects of social life, especially in the church and social field. Bachelor of  Arts in Catechetics can work in: - Religious preschool institutions, - associations, - social institutions, - parish catechesis up to the 4th  grade of primary school or as a parish animator.
Possibility for progression to higher level study By completion of the Undergraduate theological-catechetic university studies, the student can proceed to the Graduate theological-catechetic university studies. Admission to the higher level of other related university programmes is possible after fulfilling additional requirements, for instance, passing previously determined differential exams. Conditions for continuation of the study in different areas is defined by the higher education institution which delivers that study.
Academic degree Bachelor (baccalaureus) of Arts in Catechetics/  
Bachelor (baccalaurea) of Arts in Catechetics.  
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