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Graduate Certificate in Arts

Upgrade your skills and increase your employment opportunities.

In a time when employees experience several changes of career during their work life, it is beneficial to acquire different skills sets and knowledge. The graduate Arts programs afford you the opportunity to follow your interests, to enhance your quality of life aspirations, or to satisfy curiosity-driven study.

UniSC program code
AR505
Commence
Semester 1 or Semester 2
Duration
6 months minimum full time, 2 years maximum part time
Study mode
on campus
Fee type 2014
  • Postgraduate coursework places
Total courses
4

In a time when employees experience several changes of career during their work life, it is beneficial to acquire different skills sets and knowledge. The graduate Arts programs afford you the opportunity to follow your interests, to enhance your quality of life aspirations, or to satisfy curiosity-driven study.

Complete the Graduate Certificate in Arts and add value to your existing qualifications by completing a suite of four thematically based courses. The Graduate Certificate is a one-semester-equivalent full-time program that you can study across one to four semesters depending on your choice of discipline and courses. You may require a Blue Card depending on the courses you choose.

You can select a minor in any of the following disciplines: 3D Design; Australian Studies; Child Protective Practices; Communication Studies; Community Development; Comparative Studies; Creative Advertising; Creative Writing; e-Media Design; English; Geography; Graphic Design; History; Indonesian; Italian; Japanese; Justice Studies; Legal Studies; Planning Studies; Politics and International Relations; Public Policy; Public Relations; Sociology, Sustainability or a specialisation in Indigenous Studies.

 

Program structure

Program structure

Program requirements and notes
  • The program is a one semester equivalent full-time program that can be taken across one to four semesters depending on discipline and course choices.
  • Students are required to successfully complete 4 courses or equivalent that constitutes a School of Communication or School of Social Sciences minor or specialisation.
  • When selecting your courses within a minor or a specialisation, select no more than one introductory (100 level) course, with the exception of the following minors: Creative Advertising, Indonesian, Italian and Japanese.
  • Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses).
Required courses (4)

Select 1 minor or 1 specialisation from:

Specialisation

TOTAL UNITS 48

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