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The Yarra Institute shares with Yarra Theological Union responsibility for co-ordinating the program of social justice units and degrees offered by YTU in association with the Melbourne College of Divinity. 
Students can take individual units in social justice or as part of the Bachelor of Theology degree, or specialise in various social justice degrees, ranging from
* the one-year Associate Diploma in Ministry
* the two-year MCD Diploma in Social Justice Studies
* the one-year Graduate Diploma in Theology, to
* the Master of Arts, concentrating on social justice units.
Click here for the 2009 Social Justice Studies brochure
YTU offers an extensive range of units in social justice studies, and as well as the usual history, biblical and theological units, also specialises in pastoral studies and missology.
Among the social justice units offered at YTU are these:
Catholic Social Thought Overseas & in Australia
Justice and Social Teaching,
Biblical Justice & Reign of God
Respecting the Integrity of Creation
Catholic Social Teaching & Indigenous Peoples
Major Issues in Moral Theology
Christianity, Economics and Social Transformation
Can War be Just?
Interreligious Dialogue
Evangelisation today
Comparative Survey of Religions
Asian Theologies
Intro to Theology of Mission
Human Embodiment & Bioethics.
A full list of the subjects offered can be found in the YTU handbook at www.ytu.edu.au.
Units may vary from year to year.
Though YTU focuses on exploring the Catholic tradition, it is strongly committed to ecumenism. The Yarra Institute also wishes to promote social justice studies in the context of a widening ecumenical endeavour. Hence students are encouraged to learn about the social traditions of the different denominations, and to undertake some accredited social units at other Recognised Teaching Institutions within the Melbourne College of Divinity.
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