Wesley Institute is a tertiary education

Tertiary education

Tertiary education, also referred to as third stage, third level, and post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education, such as a high school, secondary school, university-preparatory school...

 provider in Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

Australia

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 offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in counselling

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy is a general term referring to any form of therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client or patient; family, couple or group...

, creative arts

Creative Arts

Creative arts is the term used to describe different types of art. Specifically, to introduce fine art ideas, techniques, skills and media. It is generally used as an umbrella for Dramaturgy, Music , Graphic Arts/Cartooning, Performing Arts, Film and Publishing, Galleries and Museums and the Visual...

 (drama, dance, graphic design and music), education and theology

Theology

Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...

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History

http://www.wesleyinstitute.edu.au/wi/About_Us/Brief_History.asp

Wesley Institute was founded in 1989 on the premise that synergies generated from blending visual, performing, and other forms of applied arts with theological and biblical studies can inform, enrich, innovate, transform and empower Christian life, leadership, ministry and service in a variety of professional, community, educational, artistic and other situations. The Institute has been a highly successful pioneer in designing and implementing academic courses predicated on creative ministry concepts, and its models have been adopted by other Christian education providers.

In addition to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Theology and the Creative Arts, the Institute also offers postgraduate qualifications in Counselling and Pre-service Teacher Education which have each extended the scope of Christian provision in these professions in Australia.

Government accreditation was granted in 1992.

Faculties and Courses

Faculties and courses as of 2011 include:
Music

Music

Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...

* Associate Degree of Music
* Bachelor of Music
* Master of Music (Performance, Contemporary Composition, Arts Management)
Drama

Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

* Diploma of Dramatic Art
* Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Performance, Production, Theatre Practice)
Dance

Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....

* Associate Degree of Dance
* Bachelor of Dance
Theology

Theology

Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...

* Associate Degree of Theology
* Associate Degree of Theology (Korean Medium)
* Bachelor of Theology
* Bachelor of Theology (Korean Medium)
* Bachelor of Theology (Honours)
* Graduate Diploma of Theological Studies
* Master of Theological Studies
* Master of Theology
* Master of Theology (Korean Medium)
Counselling
* Graduate Diploma of Counselling
* Master of Counselling
Education

Education

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

* Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary)
* Master of Teaching (Primary)
Graphic Design

Graphic design

Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...

* Associate Degree of Graphic Design
* Bachelor of Graphic Design.