Course code: 2161 + Clayton campus + Full-fee-paying: unit fee $1650; course fee $3300 + International students: unit fee $3250; course fee $6500 + Attendance not required (however, as all four units include an assessment component in performance and presentation skills, students studying by off-campus distributed learning will be required to either attend one weekend seminar per semester at Monash, or present a videotape of the activity to be assessed, or participate in a video conference)
Upon successful completion of the Faculty Certificate in Civil Ceremonies, students will have demonstrated a developing professional ability to practise as a celebrant including:
For practice as a Civil Marriage Celebrant, registration with the Attorney General's Department is required. The department currently has its policy for the appointment of new civil marriage celebrants under review. For other rites of passage, there is at present no recognised licensing authority.
The program is open to candidates who do not hold a bachelors degree but are able to demonstrate a minimum of five years relevant work experience. Such experience would include work in the fields of nursing, education, counselling, human services, human resource management, or the equivalent whether paid or volunteer.
Access to a word-processing package is highly desirable
The
Faculty Certificate in Civil Ceremonies requires the satisfactory completion of
the core unit CVL4010 and one of the two other 12-point, one-semester units
listed below, accumulating a total of 24 credit points.
Students must complete:
In addition, students must complete one of:
As all the above units in the Faculty Certificate in Civil Ceremonies have an assessment component in performance and presentation skills, all off-campus distributed learning students must attend either one weekend seminar or present a videotape of the activity to be assessed, or participate in a video conference for each unit.
Assessment methods include reflective essays, fieldwork reports, and videotaped presentations or participation in a video conference in-class exercises. There are no examinations.
For more detailed information, contact Ms Judy Watt, Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology, Clayton campus, telephone (03) 9905 2036, fax (03) 9905 2210, or email judy.watt@arts.monash.edu.au.
Completed applications are to be forwarded to Ms Judy Watt, Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology, PO Box 11A, Monash University, Victoria 3800, by 30 October 2001 to be considered for a first-round offer.
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