Graduate Certificate in Global Engagement
Graduate Certificate in Global Engagement
Increase your intercultural skills and awareness of global issues, advancing your current career or building the foundation to a new career. Do you enjoy contemplating the big questions of our time, such as balancing economic growth with environmental protection or global connection with national identity? With skills in global engagement,…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Increase your intercultural skills and awareness of global issues, advancing your current career or building the foundation to a new career.
Do you enjoy contemplating the big questions of our time, such as balancing economic growth with environmental protection or global connection with national identity? With skills in global engagement, you could turn your passion into a career that makes a lasting difference.
In this course you’ll gain a foundational understanding of how power, culture, history, identity and sustainability intersect with societies across Asia, Africa and beyond. You’ll explore current global issues such as migrant and refugee flows, popular culture and its global reach, and regional tensions and opportunities, helping you engage with different cultural perspectives.
Our problem-based learning approach will enrich your interpersonal and decision-making skills. You’ll explore real-world issues, such as media representations of difference, regional governments’ use of soft power, sustainable solutions to the climate crisis, and the causes of international tensions and possibilities for cooperation. You’ll apply your skills to create considered policy recommendations to improve the lives of others.
Whether you’re seeking to advance your current career or embark on a new path, this course offers a rewarding and highly sought-after skillset.
Advance your career
Add a global perspective to your skillset and boost your employability by pairing this course with any bachelor or master degree.
Switch careers
If you’re looking to start a new career in an area such as international relations, international health, global business or human rights, this course would be a great first step. It could provide the cornerstone for a new career or lead to further postgraduate studies, such as our:
- Master of Human Rights
- Master of Global Engagement
- Master of International Relations and National Security.
What jobs can the Global Engagement lead to?
Careers
- Foreign or multicultural policy advisor
- Diversity and inclusion consultant
- Community engagement officer
- Humanitarian and advocacy officer
- International business advisor
- Social justice and sustainability advocate
Industries
- Government and public policy
- Non-profit and humanitarian organisations
- International business and trade
- Diplomacy and foreign service
- Environment and sustainability
REQUIREMENTS
Specifically, applicants require a degree level qualification or equivalent. Applicants with other qualifications, experience and expertise are considered for admission, but may be required to complete appropriate preliminary unit.
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) – Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking – 6.0; Overall band score 6.5; TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) 79 (overall) Reading 13 Listening 13 Speaking 18 Writing 21. Certificate in Advanced English (CAE): Grade C; and Pearson Test of English Academic: 60.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Curtin University is Western Australia’s largest and most culturally diverse university with Australia’s third largest international student population. Around 60,000 students from more than 130 countries study a Curtin degree, at locations including Perth, Margaret River, Kalgoorlie, Sydney, Malaysia and Singapore. Our cultural diversity adds a rich and valuable dimension to the campus atmosphere, preparing all graduates to live and work effectively in an increasingly global environment. We offer a range of industry-aligned undergraduate and postgraduate courses in business, humanities, health, engineering and related sciences. We also have a long-standing focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and culture, supported by our Centre for Aboriginal Studies.Curtin is widely recognised for its practical research that is focused on solving timely, real-world problems. In recent years our research activity has grown significantly, driving our rapid rise up the international university rankings.As a university that never settles, we will continue to develop existing partnerships and establish new ones in areas relevant to our research and teaching.
