Graduate Certificate of Corporate Governance

Prepare your career for a future in management and beyond with the Graduate Certificate of Corporate Governance.

This course will equip you with a range of skills sought after by large corporations and boards alike, including law, leadership and design thinking.

Upon completion, you’ll have a unique and sought-after skill-set, allowing you to navigate legal and governance issues while also increasing the confidence you need to progress your business career into the boardroom.

The Graduate Certificate of Corporate Governance will equip graduates with a range of skills which may assist them on the path to becoming company directors, with an understanding of law, leadership and design thinking issues. The role of governance is becoming more important and evident due to highly visible corporate failures, executive remuneration, and corporate decision making. A knowledge of governance is becoming more important for those in senior management roles, including board members, company directors, members of the C-suite, company secretaries, accountants and workers looking to move into senior management roles. Equipping graduates with this knowledge will help them to navigate legal and governance issues in decision making.

The Graduate Certificate of Corporate Governance forms the first stage in a nested suite of programs consisting of:

• Graduate Certificate of Corporate Governance
• Graduate Diploma of Corporate Governance (GD-CORGOV) ^
• Master of Corporate GovernanceMaster of Corporate Governance (Advanced)

^ Students are unable to enrol directly into the Graduate Diploma of Corporate Governance but it is available as an exit award.

A student cannot be awarded two masters level courses from the same nested suite

This course is for working professionals. That’s why we offer it in Intensive Mode. It’s an efficient and faster way to complete a postgraduate qualification with minimal impact on your professional and personal life. Units (subjects) are either delivered after work hours or on Fridays or Saturdays, and run throughout the year in six week teaching periods instead of the usual 12 week semesters. This means you can complete more units and graduate faster, or take breaks when you need to.

To qualify for the award of Graduate Certificate of Corporate Governance students must complete four core units (or equivalent) (50 credit points).Maximum Academic CreditThe maximum level of credit that can be granted for the Graduate Certificate of Corporate Governance is 25 credit points (normally two units)

Units of study

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students complete 4 units (50 credit points)

ENT60009 Opportunity Discovery, Creativity and Design LAW60005 Contracting with Corporations LAW80008 Corporate Governance

and either

ORG60001 Leading ECO60003 Managerial Economics ACC60002 Accounting Information and Managerial Decision Making

A recognised bachelor degree in any discipline PLUS a minimum of three years equivalent full-time relevant professional experience* ora minimum of five years equivalent full-time relevant professional experience*

*Relevant professional/managerial experience and evidence of academic capability will be determined by the Faculty PVC (or delegate) with reference to Faculty determined guiding principles. Applicants will be required to submit a curriculum vitae (CV) with their application. Documents substantiating relevant experience are required, clearly detailing roles and duration, as well as evidence of formal and non-formal learning. Where relevant experience is used for the basis of admission, no further recognition for prior learning/credit can be granted on that basis.

At completion of the Graduate Certificate of Corporate Governance, graduates will be able to:

• apply coherent, advanced and integrated knowledge of corporate governance and enterprise governance concepts in diverse contexts using critical thinking
• apply problem solving, design and decision making methodologies to identify and provide innovative solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence
• communicate proficiently in professional practice to a variety of audiences and function as an effective member or leader of a diverse team
• apply governance fundamentals to the analysis, design and operation of a business model using appropriate governance methods and tools, in a variety of contexts.

The Swinburne graduate attributes signify that Swinburne intends that its teaching programs assist all its graduates to be:

• capable in their chosen professional, vocational or study areas and an ability to engage in critical enquiry
• entrepreneurial in contributing to innovation and development within their business, workplace or community
• effective and ethical in work, community situations and reasoning skills
• adaptable and able to manage change
• aware of local and international environments in which they will be contributing (e.g. socio-cultural, economic, natural).