Bachelor of Christian Studies

The degree is open as the first degree to persons who have achieved an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) score of at least 65 or its local or overseas equivalent. Consideration will be given to other factors such as practical experience, maturity and motivation, and the likelihood of satisfactory completion of the course's academic requirements.

The Reformed Theological College was founded in 1954 at the Synod of the Reformed Churches of Australia. The Synod felt that Australia and New Zealand needed a College that would adhere unequivocally to the Bible's authority as the Word of God and present a systematic reformed understanding of Scripture.

The inaugural Principal was Professor Alexander Barkley, a godly Irishman who was pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Geelong. The College began in the schoolroom at his church and moved through a series of small buildings before the RTC Board purchased the only remaining wing of the original Geelong Grammar School in 1961. This historic bluestone building, built-in 1857, served the College well for almost 40 years.