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University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)

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Graduate Certificate in Social and Service Design

  • Graduate Certificate

The ability to design service responses to complex problems is highly sought-after across commercial, government and not-for-profit organisations. UTS Graduate Certificate in Social and Service Design enables professionals to engage deeply with the discipline to develop this ability.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
0.5 year full-time
Course Code
C11257, 093568A
Study Mode
In person

About this course

The ability to design service responses to complex problems is highly sought-after across commercial, government and not-for-profit organisations. UTS Graduate Certificate in Social and Service Design enables professionals to engage deeply with the discipline to develop this ability. It is a practical learning program aimed at equipping students with a design-based methodology in social service design. Such a methodology provides a structure for reframing problems and can be employed to transform public engagement, practices, services, regulations, policies, organisations and communities.

UTS Graduate Certificate in Social and Service Design uses an experiential, peer-learning model within the teaching program and the learning environment offers a great opportunity for collaboration and idea-sharing with fellow students across disciplines and sectors.

To discover more, read on or download a course guide.

Why study this course

  • discover your potential for creative thinking and gain widely applicable skills in service design and design for social innovation
  • collaborate with, and expand your network of like-minded people
  • apply your learning in a self-selected project situated in your own professional practice.

Study locations

City

City campus

Career pathways

The course is designed for professionals looking to progress their career - by acquiring design-led innovation and organisational transformation techniques - as well as professionals seeking to redirect their practice toward service design and/or design for social innovation.

Course structure

The course comprises four core subjects (24 credit points) intended for part-time study: two subjects in studio mode and two subjects in block mode.