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REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Investigate Christian foundations in the first millennium

SAQA US ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE
116028	Investigate Christian foundations in the first millennium
ORIGINATOR
SGB Christian Theology and Ministry
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
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FIELD			SUBFIELD
Field 07 - Human and Social Studies			Religious and Ethical Foundations of Society
ABET BAND	UNIT STANDARD TYPE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	CREDITS
Undefined	Regular	Level 6	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6	24
REGISTRATION STATUS		REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE	SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		2018-07-01	2023-06-30	SAQA 06120/18
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2024-06-30		2027-06-30

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.

This unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard.

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD

This unit standard will be useful to people who wish to gain insight into the emergence of the culture of Christendom in Western Europe, and ways in which Christian faith and political expression became entangled. It will also be of value for those who wish to work with the classical Christian spiritualities, and their relevance to the contemporary world.

People credited with this unit standard are able to:

Describe and analyse key Christian concepts, movements and developments associated with the first millennium.

Locate those concepts, movements and developments in their historical, geographical, and socio-cultural context.

Describe and evaluate the dynamics of the interaction between religion and the social and political context.

Assess the early foundations of patterns of worship and Christian practice, and their contemporary relevance.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

This is a Elective Unit Standard, and can be undertaken only after the completion of all Core Unit Standards.
Learners can:

Learn from written study material,

Formulate their own viewpoints in writing,

Organise and process new information and viewpoints they encounter,

With guided support, take responsibility for their own intellectual progress.

UNIT STANDARD RANGE

N/A

Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1

Describe and analyse key concepts, movements and developments associated with the first millennium.

OUTCOME RANGE

Both Eastern and Western Churches, Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian expressions of Christianity

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

Key features of Christianity in the period are outlined and evaluated.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

Persecution, monasticism, state Christianity, Christological and Trinitarian debates, Donatism, Iconoclastic controversy, emerging distinctions between East and West) The foundations of Christianity in Africa must be covered.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The relationship between selected features is evaluated critically.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2

Locate those concepts, movements and developments in their historical, geographical, and context.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

The features selected for specific outcome 1 are set in a basic timeline of world history.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The same features are defined geographically and culturally.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

The continuing influence of these features on Christianity in Southern Africa is broadly outlined.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3

Describe and evaluate the dynamics of the interaction between Christianity and the social context.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

The changing relationship between the Christian churches and the political structures are examined.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The gradual formulation of Christian belief is described, and the processes of theological articulation summarised.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

Hebrew and Hellenistic expressions, Gnosticism, neo-Platonism, Christian apologetics, definitions of heresy

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

The social settings of Christian life and experience are outlined

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 4

Assess the early foundations of patterns of worship and Christian practice.

OUTCOME NOTES

Assess the early foundations of patterns of worship and Christian practice, and their contemporary relevance.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

The origins of worship are described and evaluated.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

Include eucharist and baptism

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The origins of Christian ministry are described and evaluated.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

Expressions of Christian faith in the period are described and evaluated

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

Monastic life, popular forms of piety, so-called heretical movements

UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS

Providers of learning towards this unit standard will need to meet the accreditation requirements of the appropriate ETQA.

Moderation Option:

The moderation requirements of the appropriate ETQA must be met in order to award credit to learners for this unit standard

UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE

The following essential embedded knowledge will be assessed through assessment of the specific outcomes in terms of the stipulated assessment criteria. Candidates are unlikely to achieve all the specific outcomes, to the standards described in the assessment criteria, without knowledge of the listed embedded knowledge. This means that for the most part, the possession or lack of the knowledge can be directly inferred from the quality of the candidate's performance. Where direct assessment of knowledge is required, assessment criteria have been included in the body of the unit standard.

An overview of Christianity from early beginnings to 1000 CE

UNIT STANDARD DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME

N/A

UNIT STANDARD LINKAGES

N/A

Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO):

UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING

Identify and solve problems: A proper critical understanding of medieval history in relation to Christianity facilitates a transformational approach to current Christian life and practice in Southern Africa

UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING

Participate as a reliable citizen locally, nationally and internationally: The evaluation of medieval Christianity in this Unit Standard demands a reasoned Christian response which interrogates the present in the light of the mistakes and achievements of the past

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING

Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information. This is done through the appropriate selection, sorting and evaluating of a mass of historical information, as well as through learning to identify the connections between historical events and processes

UNIT STANDARD CCFO DEMONSTRATING

Understand the world as a set of inter-related parts of a system: Historical research enables the learner to locate individual and local events, experiences and understandings in a global setting, challenging parochial, tribal and fragmented world-views.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO CONTRIBUTING

Contribute to the full development of oneself: Through assessing Christian in its medieval, Christendom mode, the learner's sense of rootedness in history is built up, and the learner is able to minister with a more critical understanding of the continuing impact of the past on models of Christianity in the 21st century

UNIT STANDARD ASSESSOR CRITERIA

Assessors should keep the following general principles in mind when designing and conducting assessments against this unit standard:

Focus the assessment activities on gathering evidence in terms of the main outcome expressed in the title to ensure assessment is integrated rather than fragmented. Remember we want to declare the person competent in terms of the title. Where assessment at title level is unmanageable, then focus assessment around each specific outcome, or groups of specific outcomes.

Make sure evidence is gathered across the entire range, wherever it applies. Assessment activities should be as close to the real performance as possible, and where simulations or role-plays are used, there should be supporting evidence to show the candidate is able to perform in the real situation.

Do not focus the assessment activities on each assessment criterion. Rather make sure the assessment activities focus on outcomes and are sufficient to enable evidence to be gathered around all the assessment criteria.

The assessment criteria provide the specifications against which assessment judgements should be made. In most cases, knowledge can be inferred from the quality of the performances, but in other cases, knowledge and understanding will have to be tested through questioning techniques. Where this is required, there will be assessment criteria to specify the standard required.

The task of the assessor is to gather sufficient evidence, of the prescribed type and quality, as specified in this unit standard, that the candidate can achieve the outcomes again and again and again. This means assessors will have to judge how many repeat performances are required before they believe the performance is reproducible.

All assessments should be conducted in line with the following well documented principles of assessment: appropriateness, fairness, manageability, integration into work or learning, validity, direct, authentic, sufficient, systematic, open and consistent

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this unit standard was Reregistered in 2012; 2015.

UNIT STANDARD NOTES

Definition of Terms:

Terms have been clarified as far as possible through the use of range statements.
The Middle Ages is a tendentious phrase which historians tend to eschew as being overloaded with value judgements. However, in a broad sense, it can be understood as the period between 500 and 1500 in which the old Roman order collapsed in the West and a new form of society and polity emerged, with profound implications for the development of Western Christianity

QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD:

	ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	STATUS	END DATE	PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
Elective	48917	National Diploma: Theology and Ministry	Level 5	NQF Level 05	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2023-06-30	As per Learning Programmes recorded against this Qual
Elective	62609	National Diploma: Theology and Ministry	Level 6	NQF Level 06	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2023-06-30	As per Learning Programmes recorded against this Qual

PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD:

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