Enhance your nursing practice and prepare for clinical leadership.
Note: The Graduate Certificate in Nursing is an exit point only from the Master of Nursing (Clinical Leadership).
Please note: No direct entry. This program is only available as an exit point — refer to the Master of Nursing (Clinical Leadership)
Note: The Graduate Certificate in Nursing is an exit point only from the Master of Nursing (Clinical Leadership).
The Master of Nursing (Clinical Leadership) is designed for degree qualified Nurses who are eligible to register (Division 1) to enable you to shape the development and delivery of health care services. It prepares you for clinical leadership, research and advanced practice roles and provides opportunity for continuing professional development. Choose a specialisation in acute and emergency care, community and primary health care, and clinical practice education. The program is delivered in blended mode using a combination of online and on-campus learning.
Students may choose to exit the masters program after completing four courses, and may be awarded a Graduate Certificate in Nursing. Students must have completed all the requirements of the Graduate Certificate to be awarded this program. Please note that there is no direct entry into the Graduate Certificate.
Admission requirements
The program is only available as an exit point. Students should refer to the Master of Nursing (Clinical Leadership).
Career opportunities
Graduates will extend their career pathways in clinical leadership in administration, education, research and practice roles. These roles are enacted in a range of private and public, primary, secondary and tertiary, health care services, in institutional and community settings. In addition graduates will potentially have increased opportunities in higher education career pathways.
Program structure
Program Structure
Required courses (4)
Select 4 courses from:
HLT702 History Teaching: Curriculum A
NUR551 Teaching and Learning in Mathematics: Curriculum A
NUR552 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
NUR703 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
NUR704 Secondary Professional Learning 3: Diversity and Inclusion
NUR705 The Psychology of Learning
NUR706 Secondary Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
NUR707 Secondary Assessment and Reporting
NUR708 Using Data for Learning
NUR709 Secondary Professional Learning 4: The Professional Empowered and Engaged
NUR713 Changing Planet Earth
NUR720 Hydrology and Geomorphology
NUR721 Regions, Change and Sustainability
NUR722 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
NUR751 Advanced Discipline Readings
PUB702 Advanced Research Methods
PUB705 Microbiology
One (1) course may be chosen from available postgraduate elective courses (700 coded) from either faculty (Arts and Business or Science, Health, Education and Engineering).
Only one (1) course may be chosen from:
HLT701 Medical Microbiology
PUB708 Microbial Pathogenesis
Only one (1) course may be chosen from:
HLT703 Immunology
HLT704 Molecular Biology
OR select all 4 courses from:
NUR731A Communication and Thought
NUR731B Professional Experience: Orientation to the Profession
NUR731C Assessing Learning
NUR731F Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
Note: Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 48
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 48 units as outlined in the Program Structure
Program notes
- Exit point only. No direct admission to the Graduate Certificate in Nursing
- Students unable to complete the Master of Nursing (Clinical Leadership) may exit via this program with a Graduate Certificate in Nursing
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student visa
- When enrolling, please refer to the Plan your study tab