Distance Education 2000 - Graduate Diploma of Arts (Civil Ceremonies)

Graduate Diploma of Arts (Civil Ceremonies)

General information
Aims
Professional recognition
Entry requirements
Special requirements
Course structure
Assessment
Credits/exemptions
Further information
Completed applications

General information

Course code: 2157 * Caulfield campus * Full-fee paying: subject fee $1650; course fee $6600 * Overseas students: subject fee $3000, course fee $12,000 Attendance not required.

Aims

Upon successful completion of the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Civil Ceremonies), students should have demonstrated an ability to:

understand the history, cultural variety and social traditions of rites of passage at points of birth, majority, graduation, marriage, divorce and death.
identify emotional, legal and ethical aspects of rites of passage related to birth, marriage, divorce and death, and to be able to respond sensitively, including making appropriate referrals for professional advice.
interview bereaved people in order to arrange a funeral and couples preparing for marriage.
prepare funeral and marriage ceremonies including literary and musical content
conduct funeral and marriage ceremonies
prepare and conduct ceremonies for the public expression of grief such as the recognition of a divorce, memorial service.
prepare and conduct other public ceremonies for other rites of passage such as namegiving, coming of age, and graduation.
display a sense of professional responsibility, including familiarity with the literature in the field, with standards of practice and performance and accountability to clients and colleagues.

For practice as a Civil Marriage Celebrant registration with the Attorney General's department is required. The Department currently has its policy under review. For other rites of passage there is at present no recognised licensing authority.

Entry requirements

The program is open to candidates with a bachelors degree or holders of the Faculty Certificate in Civil Ceremonies.

Special requirements

Access to a word processing package is highly desirable

Course structure

The Graduate Diploma of Arts (Civil Ceremonies) requires the satisfactory completion of four twelve-point, one-semester subjects accumulating a total of forty-eight credit points. Students must complete:

CVL4010 Rites of passage: culture and celebrating lifecycle events
CVL4020 Lifecycle events in music and literature
CVL4030 Celebrant and client: legal, ethical and personal issues
CVL4040 Professional celebration of rites of passage

As all four subjects in the Graduate Diploma of Arts (Civil Ceremonies) have an assessment component in performance and presentation skills, all distance education students must attend either one weekend seminiar or present a video tape of the activity to be assessed, or participate in a video conference for each subject.

Assessment

Assessment methods include reflective essays, fieldwork reports, and in-class exercises. There are no examinations.

Credits/exemptions

Twenty-four credit points obtained by candidates having completed the Faculty Certificate in Civil Ceremonies.

Further information

For more detailed information contact Dr Fred Klarberg, Centre for the Study of Religion and Theology, telephone: (03) 9905 2036, fax:(03) 9905 2210, email: fred.klarberg@arts.monash.edu.au

Completed applications

Completed applications are to be forwarded to Dr Fred Klarberg, Centre for the Study of Religion and Theology, Monash University, PO Box 197, Caulfield East 3145, telephone (03) 9905 2036, fax:(03) 9905 2210, email: fred.klarberg@arts.monash.edu.au.