The Graduate Certificate of Health and Community is designed for health & community services professionals who wish to advance their careers, or for those who want to enter a new career in this growing industry sector. The course also offers a pathway into the Master of Social Work (Qualifying) degree at Acknowledge Education.
The Graduate Certificate of Health and Community provides a broad-based knowledge of health and community services, its practices, processes, and underlying theories and principles. The theoretical and applied learning units in this course, are designed so that students gain real-world knowledge and skills for application when working in health and community service contexts.
The core curriculum includes four units, two from the behavioural sciences and two from the social sciences. The two units of study from the behavioural sciences are, GCIND801 Foundations of Psychology and GCIND802 Grief, Loss and Trauma Across the Lifespan, and the two units from the social sciences are, GCSOC801 Foundations of Sociology and Politics and GCSOC802 Welfare Systems and Services in Australia.
This course requires successful completion of 24 credit points: 4 core units weighted at 6 points each.
The course will be conducted over one trimester comprising 12 weeks with 4 units, with the course being completed within one trimester of full-time study.
The units are:
GCIND 801 Foundations of Psychology
GCSO801 Welfare Systems and Services in Australia
GCIND802 Grief, Loss and Trauma Across the Lifespan
GCSOC 802 Foundations of Sociology and Politics
Academic Requirements
To be accepted into the course, international students require a relevant three-year AQF Level 7 degree.
English RequirementsÂ
International students must have an IELTS (Academic) minimum overall band score of 6.5 (with no individual band below 6.0) or equivalent completed within the two years prior to admission.
Please click here to download Admissions Policy for Overseas Students (HE and VET) .
Students admitted to the course are required to have completed a relevant three-year AQF Level 7 degree course.
Employment pathwayÂ
This course offers an employment pathway into the health and community services sectors in Australia (aged care, disability care, youth work, community work, support work).
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Higher Education pathway
The course offers a pathway into the Master of Social Work (Qualifying) at Acknowledge Education.
Students who have successfully completed an AQF(7), Bachelor degree with four relevant units of study (typically two units in the study of behavioural sciences and two units in the study of social sciences and equal to 0.5 EFTSL) AND who have successfully completed the Acknowledge Education Graduate Certificate in Health and Community are eligible for direct entry to the Master of Social Work (Qualifying) at Acknowledge Education.
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Tuition fee: $3,075 x 4 unitsÂ
Administration fee: $250
FEE-HELPÂ is a loan scheme available to eligible local full fee-paying higher education students which assists with the payment of part or all of their student contribution.
Please click here for more information on admissions for local students.