Graduate Diploma in Start Up Scale Up

Western Sydney University

About

The Graduate Diploma in Start Up Scale Up provides a unique opportunity for innovative students and small-to-medium sized enterprises to be exposed to the University’s business and technology incubator environment while learning fundamental business skills integral to starting a business or scaling a business up to meet new regional or global demands.

Students cover material on New Markets, Digital Technology, Creativity and Management Capabilities while developing material relevant to the creation of their new business or business innovation.

The Graduate Diploma involves four Core units, a capstone unit and two electives that can be adjusted for the specific requirements of the business or business innovation the student envisions.

Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 80 credit points of level 7 units which includes the units listed below.

Code Name
200851 Innovation for New Markets
Code Name
200852 Innovation, Creativity and Foresight
Code Name
200850 Entrepreneurial Management Capabilities
Code Name
200845 Innovation Through Digital Technology

Electives - Any two 10 credit point electives from the range of available postgraduate units across the University

Code Name
200971 Start-up

The capstone unit 200971 Start Up cannot be undertaken until a minimum of 40 credit points of other units of the course have been successfully completed.

Recommended Sequence

Full-time

Code Name
200852 Innovation, Creativity and Foresight
Code Name
200850 Entrepreneurial Management Capabilities
Code Name
200851 Innovation for New Markets
Code Name
200845 Innovation Through Digital Technology
Code Name
200971 Start-up

One elective

Code Name
200971 Start-up

One elective

Part-time

Code Name
200850 Entrepreneurial Management Capabilities
Code Name
200851 Innovation for New Markets
Code Name
200852 Innovation, Creativity and Foresight
Code Name
200845 Innovation Through Digital Technology

One elective

One elective

Code Name
200971 Start-up
Code Name
200971 Start-up

Institution