Laidlaw-Carey Graduate School
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Laidlaw-Carey Graduate School (LCGS) is a joint venture between Laidlaw College and Carey Baptist College. Its mission is to provide first class evangelical postgraduate theological education and to promote advanced research.
LCGS offers a range of postgraduate courses in theology suitable for both part-time and full-time study. It provides graduates with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the Christian faith and enhance their competencies, as well as to enable people from a range of vocations to think through at postgraduate level the application of their faith to their particular fields of interest. LCGS is developing a postgraduate enterprise that is both flexible enough to respond to a variety of needs and focused enough to provide internationally recognised qualifications.
The Graduate School operates from both the Laidlaw campus in Henderson and the Carey campus at Penrose. As the degrees offered are registered through Laidlaw College, all students are students of Laidlaw for NZQA and funding purposes. However, LCGS forms one unit, representing a common postgraduate and research culture, which has a life on both campuses.
LCGS is governed by a Board of Oversight with representatives of both colleges. Its management is through the Dean and the Registrar, who report to the Board. Academic matters are the responsibility of the Postgraduate Committee which consists of senior faculty from both colleges. The Postgraduate Committee reports to Laidlaw's National Academic Committee and to their Academic Advisory Board.
Programmes include:
- Master of Theology (MTh)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Theology (PGDipTh)
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Doctor of Theology (ThD)
Accreditation
The Master of Theology (MTh) is a programme of Laidlaw College that has been accredited by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).
The Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) are awards of the Auckland University of Technology. Laidlaw College may also offer joint supervision under the auspices of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Otago.
The Doctor of Theology (ThD) is an award of the Australian College of Theology which Laidlaw College is an institution approved for teaching and supervision.
Admission/Entry Requirements
General Admission
Candidates must have successfully completed a recognised undergraduate degree in theology or Christian ministries or have qualifications which, in the judgement of the Postgraduate Committee, are of an equivalent standard. A grade average of B in papers of the qualifying undergraduate programme equivalent to NZQA levels 6 and 7 is required.
Candidates who hold a recognised Bachelor's level degree in a discipline other than theology may be accepted for study towards the MTh following successful completion of a bridging programme of theological study such as those provided by Laidlaw and Carey or as approved by the Postgraduate Committee. Bridging requirements may be satisfied wholly or partly by credit transfer and/or recognition of prior learning.
In exceptional circumstances the Postgraduate Committee may allow candidates who do not meet these requirements, or who do not have qualifications of an equivalent standard, to be granted provisional enrolment into the MTh which will be confirmed after the satisfactory completion of two papers.
