Are you ready to take the next step in your career?
The School of Professional Practice is launching a new national delivery of the Graduate Certificate in Leadership, with a focus on Organisational Leadership. Join participants from around Australia who are managing and supervising staff and departments in various faith-based agencies and organisations.
Designed with working professionals in mind, the course will be delivered in a blended mode (online and on-site) to more easily fit around your work and personal commitments.
SHORT TIME FRAMES
BLENDED MODE
SUITS FULL-TIME WORKERS
NEW Semester 2, 2023 intake
Graduate Certificate in Leadership – Organisational Leadership stream
Learning materials
All learning material including lectures, interviews, reading material and links to other referencing and learning resources, quizzes and activities will be available online via ARK the University’s Learning Management System. The materials will be accessible at your convenience during each unit’s teaching period.
Weekly webinars
Webinars will be held weekly on a mid-week evening. These sessions will allow you to meet with your tutor and other participants, discuss the learning material and prepare for assignments.
Day-long intensives
At the end of either the second or third week of each unit, a day long intensive will be held for all participants to gather for a face-to-face workshop, learning, and networking. Intensives will be held in different locations simultaneously, depending on the numbers of participants in the various national hubs. Hub locations include Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane.
Assignments
Assignments are designed to help you put your learnings into practice.
National delivery
The course will be taught by the School of Professional Practice, with onsite delivery supported by Colleges of the University located in Adelaide in Brisbane.
Units
Each unit will run for a 5-week period, that include 4-weeks of teaching and 1-week in which you will complete an assignment for that unit.
In Semester 2, 2023, there will be three core units running back-to-back.
| Unit code | Unit title | Level | Discipline | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE8801Z | Self-Leadership | Postgraduate Foundational | — | 12.0 |
| LE8802Z | Leading Others | Postgraduate Foundational | — | 12.0 |
| LE8803Z | Organisational Leadership | Postgraduate Foundational | — | 12.0 |
In addition, you will undertake short elective units, chosing from critical thinking and leadership formation, collaborative leadership, leading change, leading through challenges, confidence to lead, courage to lead, communication skills, balancing the budget, safeguarding, ethical leadership, managing conflict, building community and more.
For full details (including course fees), please view the course profile.
Delivery
Short time-frames and a blended mode (online and face-to-face) make this course specialisation ideal to suit busy professionals already working full-time.
Intake
Classes start in Semester 2, 2023 (from 31 July). Applications closing soon.
A customised approach
The School of Professional Practice offers innovative and engaging courses and units that equip graduates to make a lasting impact in their workplaces and communities.
The School seeks to partner with organisations to design and deliver customised electives that meet the specific needs of their staff and stakeholders, and in which existing professional development activities and other training may be considered as credit.
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In 2017, 2018 and 2019, the federal government’s Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) Student Experience Survey ranked the University of Divinity #1 out of all universities in Australia. This includes metrics such as learner engagement, teaching quality and student support.
Meet the Program Director
Prof Albert Haddad
University of Divinity
Professor Albert Haddad is the Dean of Academic Programs and Interim Head of the School of Professional Practice at the University. He has over 20 years experience in leadership roles in higher education, theology, and ministry and holds the degree of Doctor of Education from the University of Melbourne. Prior to joining the University, Albert […]