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Design your own course - choose all your units
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Over 1,000 units to choose from - Choose from one discipline or mix and match across disciplines
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Innovative process allows you to complete with less effort than a standard graduate certificate
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Defer fees through FEE HELP*
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Your Academic Success Advisor will guide and support you all the way
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A postgraduate degree compliant with the Australian Quality Framework (AQF)
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Complete in 6 months or 1 year part-time
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Study online from home
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24x7 online tutor support
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3 study periods per year (trimesters)
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Students develop a compelling professional identity and philosophy during the course
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If life interrupts your course, exit with a 2 or 3 unit Bespoke Course (with Certificate of Completion)
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Start in March, July or November
Less Effort Without Cutting Corners
UNE has developed a genuinely, innovative process that allows you to complete the Bespoke Graduate Certificate of Professional Practice with less effort, and with more career benefits, than a standard graduate certificate. There are no tricks or gimmicks. You won’t be expected to cram or compress weeks of learning into shorter intensive bursts which only give the illusion of less effort.
Compared to a standard graduate certificate, the amount of effort required is reduced because 25 to 50% of the course is devoted to collaborating with your academic success advisor, to articulate and demonstrate the knowledge you have already gained in your professional life. This process occurs within the core unit, ‘Developing Your Professional Practice’ (DYPP). The DYPP saves you effort because you are building on and enriching your existing knowledge without having to learn all of the subject matter from scratch.
Design Your Own Course
In addition to the DYPP Core Unit, you choose 2 or 3 units to make up the rest of your course. You have complete freedom to select these units from over 1,000 units. Choose these from one discipline or mix and match units from across different disciplines. While the choice is completely yours, your academic success advisor can help guide you to select those units. This lets you study only those units which give you the knowledge and skills you need, without having to study the ones that don’t. This empowers you to be able to adapt, as quickly and efficiently as possible, to a rapidly changing workplace.
Looking for even more choice to design your own course without the DYPP Core Unit? UNE Bespoke Courses consist of just 2, 3 or 4 units from a range of UNE’s existing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. You can choose these units from within a particular degree or you can mix and match units across different degrees and disciplines.
An Academic Concierge to guide and support you
Your individual circumstances are unique, so an academic success adviser will help you to plan your Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice and will be there for advice all the way.
Defer Fees
The course is eligible for the government’s FEE-HELP* scheme, which allows you to defer fees.
Online Study with 24x7 support
Study online in any of our three study periods (trimesters) with 24/7 tutor support. Finish in one trimester, or take three.
If life gets busy and you can’t finish
If life gets too busy for you during your course and you aren’t able to complete, you can exit with a 2 or 3 unit Bespoke Course, with a University Certificate of Completion to show for your effort.
Australian Quality Framework (AQF) Compliant Award
You will graduate with a university postgraduate award that complies with the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF).
Career Opportunities
Being a highly tailored course, the career opportunities are very specific to each individual. Depending on your career aspirations, the award may help to:
- diversify skillsets to prepare for a rapidly changing workplace
- hone specialist skills to give a competitive edge in a chosen field or
- provide new skills to take your career in a new direction.
Entry Requirements:
A candidate shall:
(a) hold an AQF Level 7 Bachelor degree in any discipline; or
(b) satisfy the School by means of other relevant qualifications and workplace experience, at least equivalent to admission rule (a), of adequate preparation for candidature.
