CCTC teaches in four fields of study. Each of these fields has its own disciplines or specialist areas of study:

Field A:             Humanities

                     (biblical languages, philosophy, culture, sociology)

Field B:             Biblical Studies
                      (old testament, new testament)

Field C:             Christian Thought and History
                      (theology, church history)

Field D:             Practical and Public Theology
                      (ethics, worship, mission, ministry, pastoral care and helping skills, leadership,
                       youth ministry, children’s ministry, spirituality, supervised field education)

Each discipline has a foundational subject, which is prerequisite to all the other subjects in the discipline. For example ‘Introducing the Hebrew Bible’ is the foundational subject in the Old Testament discipline. This unit must be completed before undertaking more advanced subjects in Old Testament like ‘Psalms’ or ‘Prophets.’ Beginning theological study means subject choices are initially restricted to foundational units. However, once these have been completed the range of subjects to choose from increases dramatically.

There is a coding system for subjects. The first letter indicates the field of study and the second letter the discipline within the field. The first number indicates the level of study. Subject codes that end in ‘.15’ are one-semester units; those ending in ‘.30’ are two semester units. For instance, DP207.30 is a two semester unit in field D (Practical and Public Theology) in the discipline Pastoral Care and Helping Skills at second level.