Graduate Certificate in Leadership
This course is designed as a pathway into the Master of Business Administration by coursework (42520). It may be taken as a stand alone course and is tailored for mid to senior level professionals seeking advanced skills in business leadership. The course allows students the opportunity to gain further specialist skills and competencies to enable them to advance to the next level.
Course overview
- Course title
- Graduate Certificate in Leadership
- Award abbreviation
- GradCertBusLdshp
- Course code
- 41220
- Course type
- postgraduate certificate
- Status
- current / 2020
- Administered by
- Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education
Course details
- Intake periods
- Beginning of year and mid-year
- Attendance type
- part-time only
- Credit points required
- 24
A standard full-time load is 24 points per semester. - Standard course duration
- 1 year
- Time limit
- 2 years
- Delivery mode
- internal
- Locations offered
- UWA (Perth)
- Domestic fee type
- Postgraduate fee-paying/FEE-HELP
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Dr Allan Trench
- Fees
- Visit the fees calculator.
Prospective students should see the Future Students website for details on admission requirements, intake periods, fees, availability to international students, careers information etc.
Course structure
| Key to availability of units: |
|---|
| T1 = Trimester 1; T2 = Trimester 2; T3 = Trimester 3; N/A = not available in 2020; NS = non-standard teaching period |
All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.
Note: Units that are indicated as N/A may be available in 2021 or 2022.
Take all units (12 points):
| Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1, T2, T3 | MGMT5501 | Organisational Behaviour |
| for trimester teaching periods—lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week; for non-standard teaching period—lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 5 hours per week over 7 weeks; online-nil |
| T1, T2, T3 | MGMT5528 | Leading Self and Leading Others |
| lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
| Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | MGMT5522 | Leading Global Collaborations |
| intensive period—lectures/seminars/workshops: 5 sessions (7–8 hours each) over 7 weeks trimester—lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week |
| NS | MGMT5523 | Becoming a Leader: Perspectives on Leadership Development |
| trimester—lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week; non-standard teaching period—lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 5 hours per week over 7 weeks |
| NS, T1, T2 | MGMT5570 | Organisational Change and Transformation |
| intensive period—lectures/seminars/workshops: 5 sessions (7–8 hour each) over 7 weeks trimester—lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week. |
| NS, T3 | MGMT5647 | Negotiation Behaviour |
| trimester teaching periods—lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 3 hours per week; non-standard teaching period—lectures/seminars/workshops: up to 5 hours per week over 7 weeks (this unit may also be offered in intensive teaching mode) |
See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Rules
Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures
1.(1) The http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/postgraduate/student-procedures'>student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.
Academic Conduct Essentials module
2.(1) Except as stated in (2), a student who enrols in this course for the first time irrespective of whether they have previously been enrolled in another course of the University, must undertake the Academic Conduct Essentials module (the ACE module).
(2) A student who has previously achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module is not required to repeat the module.
English Language competency requirements
3. To be considered eligible for consideration for admission to this course an applicant must satisfy the University's English language competence requirement as set out in the University Policy on Admission: Coursework.
Admission requirements
4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—
(a) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and at least three years of relevant, documented professional experience; and
(i) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 60 per cent; or
(ii) a valid Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score of at least 5501; or
(iii) at least two additional years of relevant, documented professional experience considered by UWA to be sufficient to permit satisfactory completion of the course;
or
(b) at least eight years of relevant, documented professional experience considered by UWA (following an interview and assessment process) to be sufficient to permit satisfactory completion of the course.
1GMAT scores are valid for five years.
Admission ranking and selection
5. Where relevant, admission will be awarded to the highest ranked applicants or applicants selected based on—
(a) a satisfactory personal statement, as recognised by UWA;
and
(b) two satisfactory referees, as recognised by UWA.
Articulations and exit awards
6. The following courses form part of an articulated sequence:
- 41220 Graduate Certificate in Leadership (24 points)
- 42520 Master of Business Administration (72 points)
Course structure
7.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 24 points.
(2) Units must be selected in accordance with the course structure, as set out in these rules.
Satisfactory progress
8. To make satisfactory progress in a calendar year a student must pass units to a value of at least half the total value of units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty.
9. A student who has not achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module when their progress status is assessed will not have made satisfactory progress even if they have met the other requirements for satisfactory progress in Rule 8.
Progress status
10.(1) A student who makes satisfactory progress is assigned the status of 'Good Standing'.
(2) Unless the relevant board determines otherwise because of exceptional circumstances—
(a) a student who does not make satisfactory progress for the first time under Rule 8 is assigned a progress status of 'On Probation';
(b) a student who does not make satisfactory progress for the second time under Rule 8 is assigned a progress status of 'Suspended';
(c) a student who does not make satisfactory progress for the third time under Rule 8 is assigned a progress status of 'Excluded'.
11. A student who does not make satisfactory progress in terms of Rule 9 is assigned the progress status of 'On Probation', unless they have been assigned a progress status of 'Suspended' or 'Excluded' for failure to meet other satisfactory progress requirements in Rule 8.