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AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF THEOLOGY
Non-core units.
For CH201, CH202, OT201, OT202, NT201, NT202, see Diploma
Moderation.
Diploma Scanners
All results in essays and exams are subject to an ACT statistical moderation of student results in
all units in the fields of OT, NT, TH, CH and PE. The Assessment and Moderation Committee
review the data at their meetings at the end of each semester.
A check will continue to be made by the Assessment and Moderation Committee on the averages
achieved by all students in the minor assessed work. Differences of more than 10% between
assessment marks and exam marks in each college are highlighted. Any significant (and
inexplicable) variations are followed up by the dean in a letter to the college, with the added
sanction of reducing marks on scrutiny of minor assessed work.
Diploma exam papers in the fields of OT, NT, TH, PE and CH will be viewed by the relevant
member of the Diploma Scanning Committee. Any suggested change in the paper will be
conveyed to the examiner.
Colleges teaching diploma biblical exegesis units are required to submit to the relevant Diploma
Scanner details regarding the assessment procedures for that unit. Colleges should make such
submissions on the relevant assessment procedures form (attached) to the scanner, who will
approve the assessment methods proposed. Submissions should be sent to the scanners by the due
dates listed on the forms.
The Dean, who is the Chair of the Scanning Committee, will mediate in any conflict between an
examiner and the Scanning Committee.
Units in the field of LA are subject to the moderation process that applies to the undergraduate
degree sand the Master of Divinity. Assessment proposal forms are to be sent to the LA
Moderator, Dr Max Davidson, on the relevant form.
Diploma Scanners
All colleges are required to submit exam papers and essay questions in all units including Type B
electives delivered in OT and NT and in the Department of Christian Thought (TH, CH, PE) to
the relevant scanner on a semester by semester basis.
The scanner ensures that—
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the paper covers the unit outline,
the questions are free of grammatical and spelling mistakes,
the questions asked are appropriate to diploma level, and
they do not overlap with an essay topic set that semester.
Where colleges have not submitted the required material, final results will be withheld by the
Assessment and Moderation Committee until the scanner grants approval. The ACT office will
forward to all scanners a checklist of units that are being delivered across the network in the
relevant unit fields after the census date each semester.
College registrars are responsible for ensuring that exam papers and essay questions are sent to
the relevant scanner by email by the due dates.
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The scanners are as follows:
Philosophy/Ethics (PE)
Rev John McClean, B.Sc., B.D.
C/- Presbyterian Theological Centre
Burwood NSW 2134
02 9744 1977
PE.dip.scan@actheology.edu.au
New Testament (NT)
Murray Smith, B.A., M.A., M.A., Grad.Dip.Ed.
20 Arthur Street
Carlton NSW 2218
02 9594 0364
NT.dip.scan@actheology.edu.au
Old Testament (OT)
Dr Janson Condren, B.A., M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D.
C/- SMBC
PO Box 83
CROYDON NSW 2132
02 9747 4780
OT.dip.scan@actheology.edu.au
Theology (TH)
Ms Rhonda Barry, B.A., Dip.Ed., Dip.Lib.Sc., B.Th.
PO Box 1637
Ashfield NSW 2131
02 9577 9934
TH.dip.scan@actheology.edu.au
Church History (CH)
Mr Bill Gilliver, BA, DipEd, BDiv, GradDipMin, MTh
48 Calala Drive
STRATHPINE QLD 4500
07 3897 2706
CH.dip.mod@actheology.edu.au
Please note that all LA units offered by diploma colleges are moderated by the Undergraduate
Degree/MDiv LA Moderator, the Rev Dr Max Davidson.
Dr Davidson’s contact details are:
13 Spur Court
NARANGBA QLD 4504
LA.moderator@actheology.edu.au
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ACT Scanning Schedule 2015
15 April
Submission to scanners of first semester examination papers and essay topics
15 May
Submission to the OT and NT scanners assessment proposal forms for second
semester exegesis units
15 May
Final date for scanners’ approval of first semester examination papers
15 September
Submission to scanners of second semester examination papers and essay topics
15 October
Final date for scanners’ approval of second semester examination papers
15 December
Submission to the OT and NT scanners assessment proposal forms for first semester
exegesis units
Ref: wpdocs/Moderation/diploma moderation/diploma scanners 2015