Graduate Certificate in Digital Communication

Today’s communication professional needs to have the skills and knowledge to operate in this new and disruptive digital media environment.

This course will provide you with the critical thinking skills needed to design and implement solutions to the key communication challenges that confront today's society.

This course is a six-month full-time (or part-time equivalent) program that takes your career to the next level by providing you with skills and knowledge across areas such as social media storytelling, analytics and data visualisation.

This program is designed to provide a broad overview of the digital communication field and foundational skills, which will be developed in further depth through the Graduate Diploma or Masters of Digital Communication courses.

You will develop skills in social media, industry disruption, data analytics, artificial intelligence, automation and visualisation to enable you to pursue opportunities in the Digital Communication field.

Domestic Students

To meet the course requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Digital Communication, you must complete a total of 48 credit points of core units, made up of:

• 6 units, worth 6 credit points each
• 1 project unit, worth 12 credit points.

Many of the units in this course use intensive teaching periods. These intensive teaching periods are offered over shorter durations such as 5 weeks so you can focus your study on a smaller number of units. The intensive mode means that you will have increased flexibility in fitting study around your other commitments.

International Students

To meet the course requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Digital Communication, you must complete a total of 48 credit points of core units, made up of:

• 6 units, worth 6 credit points each
• 1 project unit, worth 12 credit points.

Many of the units in this course use intensive teaching periods. These intensive teaching periods are offered over shorter durations such as 5 weeks so you can focus your study on a smaller number of units. The intensive mode means that you will have increased flexibility in fitting study around your other commitments.

Academic entry requirements

• A completed recognised Bachelor degree (or higher); or
• A completed Diploma or higher in advertising, animation, communication, interaction design, journalism, media, marketing, or public relations plus two years (full-time) professional experience working in a field related to your qualification; or
• Five years (full-time) professional experience working in advertising, animation, communication, interaction design, journalism, media, marketing, or public relations.

Careers and outcomes(DOM,INT)

Graduates from our courses have successful careers in government, industry and the community sector. This course opens up exciting and creative media and communication roles in a range of industry sectors with globally transferable skills enabling employment anywhere across the globe.

Course articulation(DOM,INT)

You will have the option of continuing your studies with a Graduate Diploma in Digital Communication or a Master of Digital Communication.

Possible careers

• Digital Journalist
• Digital Performance Analyst
• Social Media Entrepreneur
• Social Media Manager