Graduate Certificate
Build a skill set to launch the next stage of your business career with Charles Sturt University's Graduate Certificate in Applied Business. Select from a wide range of subjects, all taught by industry experts, when you study this business certificate online.
Build a skill set to launch the next stage of your business career with Charles Sturt University's Graduate Certificate in Applied Business. Select from a wide range of subjects, all taught by industry experts, when you study this business certificate online.
This applied business certification can also be a conduit to further postgraduate study - giving you a platform to continue building your knowledge and boosting your career impact.
This course is part of an articulated program of study. Articulated programs allow you to build on your study to achieve the right level of qualification for you.
Applicants without a bachelor degree may be admitted on the basis of professional attainment and/or work experience.
Standard English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements apply. Click here to view the specific international course entry requirements.
For each 8-point subject you are enrolled in, you should expect to spend 10 to 12 hours per week working on assignments and assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, and attending lectures, intensive schools, or examinations. If you are studying four subjects per session, this is equivalent to a full-time job. The workload for some subjects may vary as a result of approved course design.
You may need to attend an online or on-campus intensive school for certain subjects in this course. These schools usually involve lectures, tutorials and practicals that will give you a deeper understanding of your subject.
Select at least one (1) subject from the following:
MGT501Contemporary Management8 credit ptsHRM502Human Resource Management8 credit ptsHRM552Organisational Behaviour8 credit ptsCompulsory subject8 Credit PointsLegend:Intensive schoolWorkplace learningIKC502Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities8 credit ptsRestricted electives16 Credit PointsLegend:Intensive schoolWorkplace learningSelect remaining subjects from the following:
ACG508Accounting Standards, Application and Disclosures8 credit ptsACG509Global Perspectives of Accounting8 credit ptsACG510Risk Based Auditing8 credit ptsACG511Interpreting and Communicating Accounting8 credit ptsACG512Data Analysis for Financial Decision-making8 credit ptsACG513Contemporary Cost Accounting for Management Decision-making8 credit ptsACG514Ethics, Governance and Developments in Accounting Thought8 credit ptsACG515Accounting For Strategic Decision Making8 credit ptsECO511Economics for Business8 credit ptsFIN516Corporate Finance8 credit ptsFIN535Strategic and Contemporary Financial Issues8 credit ptsHRM512Values and Conflict in Organisations8 credit ptsHRM514Cross Cultural and International HRM8 credit ptsHRM528Strategic Human Resource Management8 credit ptsHRM531Organisational Politics8 credit ptsHRM534Contemporary Issues in HRM8 credit ptsHRM540Theory of Conflict Resolution8 credit ptsHRM545Skills of Conflict Resolution8 credit ptsHRM550Evaluating Human Resources8 credit ptsHRM560Training, Design and Development8 credit ptsHRM563Organisational Development and Workforce Capabilities8 credit ptsINF461An Introduction to Data Management: Governance, Standards and Ethics8 credit ptsINF463Introduction to Data Tools and Analytics8 credit ptsINR501Industrial Relations in Context8 credit ptsINR502Contemporary Issues in Industrial Relations8 credit ptsINR503Industrial Relations in Practice8 credit ptsINR517Legal Frameworks of Employment Relations8 credit ptsITC505ICT Project Management8 credit ptsITC506Applied IT Ethics8 credit ptsITC514Linux Server Administration8 credit ptsITC516Data Mining and Visualisation for Business Intelligence8 credit ptsITC539Android App Development8 credit ptsITC542Networking Fundamentals8 credit ptsITC544IT Fundamentals8 credit ptsITC556Database Systems8 credit ptsITC560Internet of Things8 credit ptsITC573Data and Knowledge Engineering8 credit ptsITC575Foundations of Big Data Analytics8 credit ptsITC590Cyber Threat Intelligence8 credit ptsITC597Digital Forensics8 credit ptsITE518Agile Project Management8 credit ptsJST473Forensic Accounting, Asset Tracing and Recovery8 credit ptsJST544Leadership and Strategic Thinking in Crime Control8 credit ptsJST546Fraud and Financial Crime8 credit ptsJST547Technology and Financial Crime8 credit ptsLAW515Law of Employment8 credit ptsLAW516Dispute Resolution: Methods and Results8 credit ptsLAW517Mediation: Processes and Uses8 credit ptsLAW519Negotiation Skills8 credit ptsLAW540Australian Law and Legal System8 credit ptsMGI530Foundations of Business Analysis8 credit ptsMGI531Project Recovery8 credit ptsMGI533Social Platform Marketing8 credit ptsMGI534Digital Social Selling8 credit ptsMGI535Search Marketing8 credit ptsMGM501Theory to Practice of Leadership8 credit ptsMGM512Transforming Services and Operations8 credit ptsMGM513Business Data Analytics and Storytelling8 credit ptsMGT510Strategy and Planning8 credit ptsMGT540Facilitating Change8 credit ptsMGT549Toxic Leadership8 credit ptsMGT553Project Management8 credit ptsMGT568Difference and Leadership8 credit ptsMGT569The Leadership Challenge8 credit ptsMGT579Power and Leadership8 credit ptsMGT580Forecasting and Risk Assessment8 credit ptsMGT583Managing for Sustainability8 credit ptsMKT501Marketing for Managers8 credit ptsMKT525Digital and Social Media Marketing8 credit ptsMKT563Big Data and Marketing Analytics8 credit ptsPHL502Law, Ethics and Human Rights8 credit pts