Graduate Certificate in Business

Course Description

The Graduate Certificate in Business is the generalist post graduate qualification of our age, opening job opportunities in a wide range of businesses.

Graduates with a Graduate Certificate in Business are ready for many different positions in business. The Graduate Certificate gives you the business skills to commence your para-professional career in assisting in the engagement of clients.

Graduates will be prepared for success in contemporary organisations and prepared to take on the industry’s trends, responsibilities, needs and opportunities.

Career Outcomes

• Executive assistant
• Business para-professional roles
• Project/Operations Assistant

Course Learning Outcomes

Graduate attributes

• Communicate effectively in a diverse range of professional or community context
• Complete work tasks and assignments independently or as an effective member of multidisciplinary teams
• Engage in and value life-long learning leading to the enhancement of professional knowledge and skills
• Are information and technology literate
• Respond appropriately to a changing workforce, cultures and values reflecting a global work environment
• Demonstrate critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making abilities essential to contributing soundly to the resolution of issues confronting organisations
• Facilitate intellectual curiosity
• Act in an ethical manner in all aspects of professional life

Course Structure

Please Note

• The program is available each intake but note that some units of study are subject to quotas and minimum enrolment requirements.
• Not all units of study are available every semester, and changes in course structure occur from time to time.

Exit Outcomes

To obtain a Graduate Certificate in Business, candidates are required to successfully complete all 4 units. Not all units are offered each semester.

International Student Duration

The CRICOS-registered duration is 26 weeks or 6 months of full-time study (1 semester). Please note the part time mode is not available to a holder of a student visa, who is not a citizen of Australia or New Zealand, or who is not an Australian permanent resident, or who is a temporary resident of Australia.

Domestic Student Duration

For domestic students, the course is 6 months full-time or 1 year part-time.

Delivery Methods

Assessment Methods

The Institute uses authentic assessment principles that may include practical exercises, case studies, presentations, reports, online simulations, essays, and examinations.

Assessments may be done under invigilation (where the student has their ID verified and is monitored doing the assessment (Invigilation is a requirement for units accredited by CAANZ and CPA Australia for membership applications).

General entry

A recognised Australian or equivalent Bachelor degree or higher

Special or alternative admission arrangements

A minimum of five years’ relevant work experience, which includes at least three years’ management experience, or significant technical experience; OR

An Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree (AQF Level 6) or learning equivalent to an AQF Level 6 qualification and at least three years’ relevant work experience; OR

Completion of the Graduate Certificate stage at the Institute (or equivalent at a recognised HEP or University)

International students

Must satisfy the English Language Requirements;

AND
A recognised Australian or equivalent Bachelor degree or higher

OR

An Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree (AQF Level 6) or learning equivalent to an AQF Level 6 qualification and at least three years’ relevant work experience

OR

Completion of the Graduate Certificate stage at the Institute (or equivalent at a recognised HEP or University)

OR

A minimum of five years’ relevant work experience, which includes at least three years’ management experience, or significant technical experience

Special and/or alternative entry: non-school leavers (mature-age applicants and/or those who do not hold their HSC or equivalent)

A minimum of five years’ relevant work experience, which includes at least three years’ management experience, or significant technical experience

OR

An Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree (AQF Level 6) or learning equivalent to an AQF Level 6 qualification and at least three years’ relevant work experience

OR

Completion of the Graduate Certificate stage at the Institute (or equivalent at a recognised HEP or University)

Language requirements

Language proficiency

• IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band less than 6.0
• 575 or better on the TOEFL, or
• 91 or better on the TOEFL IBT (International Benchmark Test), or
• 235 or better TOEFL CBT (Computer Based Test), or
• 58 or better Academic PTE (Pearson Test of English), or
• 176 or better Cambridge English scale, CAE and CPE (from 2015), or

A Levels with a C or better in English in the CTC General Certificate of Education (GCE).

English Language Test results are valid for two years up to the date of commencement at the Institute