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Study graduate certificate online with Swinburne University of Technology through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

Step Into LeadershipMake your move into a key leadership role with the Graduate Certificate of Business Administration. If you are a seasoned professional without a tertiary or postgraduate degree, the Graduate Certificate of Business Administration is the perfect way to translate your experience into a recognised postgraduate qualification.Gain entry through either three years relevant work experience or undergraduate study, and develop your strategic, leadership and entrepreneurial skills to help you thrive as a business professional. If you meet the entry criteria and have substantial work experience, contact our Course Consultants to discuss potential Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for your professional background.Fast-Track Your CareerIn as little as eight months, your coursework will equip you with the skills to capitalise on opportunities, think critically and lead an organisation to success in any field, including commerce, education, arts, engineering, IT and health. Gain practical skills that you can apply in your current workplace, and fast-track your career with a university qualification, professional network and job opportunities without putting your life on hold.Pathway to Advanced QualificationsThe AACSB-accredited Graduate Certificate of Business Administration contains the first four units of, and is a pathway to, the Graduate Diploma of Business Administration and the Master of Business Administration. Swinburne University’s MBA has a Tier-1 rating and is in the top Online MBAs in CEO Magazine’s 2022 Global Rankings.Why study with us?<ul><li>No prior study needed: If you have three of more years of relevant work experience, you can jump directly into your Graduate Certificate of Business Administration with Swinburne Online.</li><li>Pathway to a top-tier MBA: When you have completed your graduate certificate, you may use your completed units towards Swinburne Online’s MBA.</li><li>Career growth: Accelerate your career progression and earning potential with a skillset designed to meet the business demands of the future.</li><li>Swinburne quality: Upon completion of your online Graduate Certificate of Business Administration, you will receive exactly the same globally recognised postgraduate qualification as Swinburne’s on-campus students.</li><li>Validate Your Knowledge and Skills: Transform your existing knowledge and work experience into a postgraduate qualification you can proudly add to your resume.</li><li>Study when and where you choose: With no compulsory live classes or attendance requirements, you can create a study schedule that fits around your work and family commitments.</li></ul>

Study the core units of business leadership, including marketing management and innovation. Build leadership skills. Become a clear communicator and ethical decision maker. Get strategic about your business career and consider upgrading to an MBA.

Graduate Certificate of Business Administration

Introduction to Psychology I

Introduction to Human Physiology

Health and Wellbeing in Social and Cultural Contexts

Introduction to Cybersecurity

Art and Creativity

Introduction to Nutrition

Animation and Motion Graphics Design

Child Development for Educators

Foundations of Psychology

Electrical and Electronic Systems

This subject provides students with a broad and eclectic view of the history and philosophy of psychology. It surveys a selection of interesting and influential events, people, and ideas and uses these as a focus to critically examine issues that directly and indirectly shape the discipline as it is practiced today.

Break down some of the big theories of psychology and analyse them. Afford yourself a fuller picture of the history of psychological study, and the real-life figures who pioneered it. Ponder the nature of the mind and the philosophy of science.

History and Philosophy of Psychology

This subject introduces R, one of the popular open source statistical programming languages commonly used in applied statistics and data science disciplines. Students will learn key programming principles of R and develop competence in programming in R which are essential for a statistician or data scientist to perform different types of statistical analyses.This subject was formerly known as STA60003 Basic Statistical Computing

Upskill and package up your computer and statistical knowledge. Form questions. Use SPSS software to select, modify, merge and apply data visualisation techniques. Investigate missing values and manage complex data files. 

Basic Statistical Computing Using R

This subject allows students to develop advanced writing techniques and creative artefact planning skills  through the production of a major piece of work for publication. It will also extend students’ knowledge about a range of writing genres and insights into the writing process. It exposes students to the many different approaches to the practice of writing by critically appraising a range of writing practitioners and published works. It will also further develop and apply critical, theoretical and reflective understandings through the frame of practice-led research to assist in the development of a student’s own folio of original work.

Continue the development of your writing folio. Complete the artefact and exegesis that you began in Writing and Praxis: Publication Folio A (PWR80005).Research a wide range of writing genres including crime, business and short story writing.

The Creative Artefact: Publication Folio B

Students will investigate the art of visual storytelling and explore a range of techniques for the creation of story elements such as structure, character, dialogue, adaptation and layout. The subject also explores how cultural and critical theories offer frameworks for understanding film, television and multimedia.

Learn the skills behind the scripts of your favourite films and productions, including structure, character, dialogue and more. Learn to critique genres and theoretical approaches – before lifting your pen and unleashing your inner scriptwriter.

Scriptwriting

In this subject, students will learn the dimensions of research and publication in the writing of history. Students will develop the skills needed to create narratives using local, family, social or material history and to produce a piece of writing for publication in print and/or online.

Take your readers back in time as you learn about the process of researching, producing and publishing historical writing.Discuss creating fictionalised characters based on real people. Consider local, family and social approaches to history.

Writing History: People, Places and Times

In this subject, students will learn how to read, write and research a wide range of writing styles typical to those met in the degree of their work and/or life. Students will gain insight into different forms of professional writing, have access to professionals speaking about their particular form of professional writing, develop understanding of the relationship between professional writing style and target audience, and obtain skills in writing for different professional purposes.

Hone your ability to write and research materials across a variety of writing styles.Evaluate reviews, advertisements, reports, histories and scholarly discourse. Think about target audiences. Listen to lectures from working professionals.

Real Life Writing

This unit introduces students to the ways in which human behaviour has been conceptualised as &#39;abnormal&#39;. Students are introduced in depth to the diagnostic manual used by Australian psychologists. Important examples of psychological disorders are introduced in terms of their phenomenology and nosology, as well as theories about aetiology and approaches to psychological treatment. In sum, the unit develops understanding of the concept of abnormal behaviour, and develops understanding of key mental disorders and the major psychological treatments used to address them.

Mental Health Diversity, Diagnosis and Treatment

This subject explores key themes in the development of personality theory. The psychodynamic, psychosocial, biological, trait, humanistic, and social cognitive approaches to understanding personality are compared and critically evaluated according to the available evidence. Assessment of individuals according to each theory is also critically evaluated. Applications of the personality theories to real-world problems are emphasised in the subject so that students begin to appreciate the importance of understanding differences between people and how these differences drive behaviour.

Take learning, narrative and psychoanalytic approaches to studying personality. Look deep into the unconscious. Learn how early childhood experiences can shape personality traits. Gain an understanding of how personality disorders are characterised.

Psychology of Personality

This subject aims to provide an introduction to our solar neighbourhood, including terrestrial planets, giant planets, minor bodies and the Sun. The emphasis is on conceptual astronomy rather than mathematical techniques.

Revolve around the solar system. Survey the stellar suburbs of stars, terrestrial and giant planets and the Moon and Sun. Understand Earth’s position.  Study celestial activities of the night sky. Probe the solid surfaces of Mercury, Venus and Mars. 

Exploring the Solar System

This subject extends the ideas developed in Statistical Practice 1 to include more advanced analyses, broaden the range of applications students are familiar with so that they will be able to carry out independent statistical investigations, and develop an awareness of the assumptions and limitations involved in the generalisation of results of such investigations.

Practice and advance your statistical knowledge and extend ideas. Produce an independent investigation. Get analytical and compare groups using parametric and non-parametric methods. Stop generalising, question assumptions and identify data limits. 

Statistical Practice 2

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