Graduate Certificate in Business
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…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
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
- GC1 Critically evaluate a range of core concepts and theories of organisations and their management
- GC2 Analyse information and be able to review and effectively communicate in a business context
- GC3 Apply concepts, theories, and experience to business problems and propose sustainable solutions demonstrating initiative, ethics and social responsibility
- GC4 Develop awareness into the management of people and potential leadership development
- GC5 Communicate professionally and proficiently to business and non-business audiences
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
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).
REQUIREMENTS
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
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
Language proficiency
- IELTS Academic: 6.5 with no band less than 6.0; or
- TOEFL: 575 or better; or
- TOEFL IBT (International Benchmark Test): 91 or better; or
- TOEFL CBT (Computer Based Test): 235 or better; or
- Academic PTE (Pearson Test of English): 58 or better; or
- Cambridge English: CAE and CPE (from 2015): 176 or better; or
- General Certificate of Education (GCE): A Levels with a C or better in English; or
- KITE: all bands B2 with a result greater than 450 in each band; or
- Duolingo: overall 115 with no band less than 110.
English Language Test results are valid for two years from the date of the results up to the date of commencement at the Institute. The most recent test supersedes ALL previous tests.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Polytechnic Institute Australia is a provider of higher education located in the heart of Sydney. It offers students the Bachelor of Business (Accounting), Bachelor of Business (Marketing), Bachelor of Networking and Telecommunication, and Diploma of Business programs.
