Graduate Certificate in Management
Online
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2024
TUITION FEES
AUD 16,127 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* international students fees. contact the university for domestic students tuition fees
Introduction
As a successful manager, you understand the need to continually refresh the skills and knowledge required to stay at the top of your game in the increasingly fast-paced, globalised business world. With opportunities and challenges to respond to, new technologies to integrate, and disruptions to minimise through careful planning, skilled managers must be equipped to help workplaces adapt to competitive forces and changes in the business environment.
UNE's Graduate Certificate in Management will build on your expertise, and position you at the forefront of innovation and change. With the knowledge and skills acquired from this course, you will add value to any organisation, and excel in your career.
Why study the Graduate Certificate in Management with UNE?
Our flexible, online course is designed for working professionals. This course will help you broaden skills, update knowledge and expand opportunities within or beyond your current field of employment.
UNE is a proven leader in providing online lifelong learning. In fact, students consistently award us the maximum 5-star ratings for Overall Experience and Student Support in The Good Universities Guide, so when you study with us, you know you are in good hands.
What makes our course different?
You will hone your business skills by applying contemporary management theories in real-world settings, both through case-study-based assignments and by critically analysing your own workplace. You will have the opportunity to:
- Tailor your degree to suit your work and career goals by choosing from units across a range of areas, including accounting, business analytics, economics, finance, human resource management, management or marketing.
- Study online, full time or part time over up to two years, putting you in control of your workload and allowing you to balance your studies with your work and other commitments.
- Progress, with credit for your completed units, to the Master of Business Administration or the Master of Human Resource Management should you wish to pursue higher level qualifications.
This course is only offered online.
Study online
Most of our students choose to study online across three study periods with 24/7 tutor support* and fit study around work and family commitments. Uniquely, our online students are mostly over 30 and bring valuable experience with them. They form a community of adults juggling the same challenges and priorities and who bring their life and work experience together at UNE in order to become future-fit and better respond to a rapidly changing world.
24/7 tutor support includes: essay feedback (within 24 hours); live chat 24/7 for generic feedback on academic writing; and subject-specific help at a foundation or first-year level for subjects including mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics, business, accounting, microeconomics, macroeconomics and statistics. There are also a wide range of workshops, resources and courses available in academic skills support to assist you and help you to succeed.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
UNE offers bursaries and scholarships that can help you with the costs of studying and living in Australia.
The UNE International Bursary reduces the published annual tuition fees for international students by up to 30%. These bursaries are available for international students commencing coursework studies at UNE in 2023.
We currently are offering a 20% Bursary for the 2024 intake.
UNE also offers a number of substantial research scholarships to postgraduate students studying for research-based degrees.
View detailed Bursary information.
Curriculum
Course structure
To qualify for the award a candidate must pass units to the value of 24 credit points with at least 6 credit points at 500-level and 18 credit points at 400-level or above.
Rule A or Rule E
24 credit points
For candidates admitted under Rules (a) or (e)
- Core Units
- Listed Units
Rule B or Rule C
24 credit points
For candidates admitted under Rules (b) or (c)
- Advanced Standing
- Core Units
- Listed Units
Rule D
24 credit points
For candidates admitted under Rule (d)
- Advanced Standing
- Core Units
- Listed Units
Program Outcome
- Demonstrate specialist knowledge of contemporary business and management theory in order to promote sustainable business in a globalised economy;
- Utilise specialist cognitive and communication skills, tools and digital technologies to communicate appropriately and persuasively with a range of stakeholders;
- Demonstrate well-developed ability to use creativity and judgement in analysing business problems to identify possible solutions;
- Identify, critically evaluate and synthesise relevant information drawn from a range of sources in order to analyse complex business related issues;
- Demonstrate high-level ability to critically evaluate and formulate responses to social, cultural and ethical issues in a range of organisational contexts;
- Demonstrate preparedness to pursue knowledge and understanding to enhance professional practice; and
- Illustrate specialist skills in working autonomously and with others to generate solutions and show a capacity to function as a leader, including the ability to collaborate in a range of contexts to achieve individual and common goals.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
UNE’s Graduate Certificate in Management will allow you to hone your analysis, communication and decision-making skills to become a more effective manager in any organisational context.