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Graduate Certificate of Project Management

Effective from 01-JAN-2025 : Code L39

As challenges in all sectors multiply, organisations are increasingly more reliant in projects to find effective solutions. Project management equips professionals with the skills to harness and interpret information from diverse sources, improving decision-making across all phases of a project - from initiation and planning to execution, monitoring, closure, and benefits analysis.
Project management is a highly versatile and transferable skill set, applicable across every industry. Whether it's developing new products or services, implementing organisational change, designing innovative systems, constructing buildings, managing government initiatives, or introducing new procedures, effective project management supports a delivered on time, on scope, on budget, and aligned with strategic goals.
In this course, our mission is to be inclusive and enrich society through high-quality teaching and research, where you’ll be able to contribute to the advancement of the project management profession and to the wider community.

Disclaimer

This course information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the course requirements and the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.

Course Learning Outcomes

  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.

Professional Recognition

Course

This course has been Accredited by: PMI Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC).

Admission requirements

Admission requirement (Band 6)

  • Bachelor degree; or
  • Equivalent prior learning including at least five years relevant professional experience.

English Language requirement (Band 4)

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 in the Admissions Policy;
  • 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 as defined in the Admissions Policy.

Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level

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

Course Duration

  • Full Time: 0.5 Years
  • Part Time: 1 Year

Course Delivery

  • Joondalup: Part Time, Full Time

Course Coordinator

Dr Reza KIANI MAVI

Course Structure

Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
MAN5401Managing Project Scope and Stakeholders20
MAN5402Project Scheduling and Control20
MAN6308Project Risk and Quality20

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

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