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Graduate Certificate of Project Management

  • Graduate Certificate

Project management is becoming a core activity in all organisations and increasingly responsible for delivery of the corporate strategy. Find out what makes a successful project manager in the Graduate Certificate of Project Management, and learn how to undertake a new project.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
0.5 year full-time, 1 year part-time
Course Code
L39
Domestic Fees
$14,250 per year / $14,250 total

About this course

Project management is becoming a core activity in all organisations and increasingly responsible for delivery of the corporate strategy.

Find out what makes a successful project manager in the Graduate Certificate of Project Management, and learn how to undertake a new project.

Project Management can be applied in almost any industry across a range of projects, including developing a new product or service, effecting a change in structure, staffing, or style of an organisation, designing new motor vehicle, developing or acquiring a new or modified information system, constructing a building or facility, running a campaign for political office or implementing a new business procedure or process.

Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level

This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 8 Graduate Certificate Award.

Entry requirements

Admission requirements you'll need to meet for this course.

  • Academic admission requirements (Band 6) may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

    • Bachelor degree; or
    • Equivalent prior learning including at least five years relevant professional experience.
  • English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

    • IELTS Academic Overall band minimum score of 6.5 (no individual band less than 6.0);
    • Bachelor degree from a country specified on the English Proficiency Bands page;
    • Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at postgraduate level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent);
    • Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years relevant professional experience; or
    • Other tests, courses or programs defined on the English Proficiency Bands page.

Study locations

Joondalup

What you will learn

  1. Communicate specialised knowledge, concepts and skills to a variety of audiences in the field of project management.
  2. Apply independent judgement when analysing and evaluating complex problems to generate creative solutions in Project Management.
  3. Demonstrate management skills by initiating, planning, implementing and evaluating tasks in the field of project management.

Career pathways

The course provides students with the knowledge to manage projects in almost any industry. It provides a pathway into a project management career through the development of core skills in areas such as project stakeholders, project scope, scheduling, risk and quality management. Current project managers can extend their knowledge by learning and applying new theories and methods, thus enabling them to move ahead in their careers.

Possible future job titles

Project Team Member, Project Officer, Project Manager, Project Scheduler, Project Administrator, Project Support Officer, Program Manager

Similar courses to consider
  • Graduate Certificate of Project Management (Accelerated Online)
    Equivalent accelerated online version of L39.
Courses you can consider if you are interested in progressing further in this area.
  • Graduate Diploma of Project Management
  • Master of Project Management

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Business & Management courses at Test Edith Cowan University (ECU).
85.8%
Overall satisfaction
84.7%
Skill scale
75.7%
Teaching scale
82.4%
Employed full-time
$99.8k
Average salary