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The Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing Practice is a 100 credit-point coursework program offered online with clinical specialty practice competency requirements. Students complete seven 12.5 credit point theory subjects and two 6.25 credit point nursing practice subjects either full-time over one year or part-time over two years.

Like the Master of Laws, the Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies allows students to tailor a course to meet their own professional and personal goals. Many students who complete four subjects towards the Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies decide to take four more subjects to complete a Master of Laws.This course is available only for law graduates.

Mental disorders contribute to a high proportion of the total burden of illness and disability worldwide, and their prevalence is increasing. These conditions range in severity from mild episodic symptoms to severely disabling depression, anxiety, substance misuse, and psychosis amongst others. The consequences of mental illness go beyond the individual sufferers to affect families, communities, healthcare services, social care, and criminal justice systems. The treatment of mental disorders requires a multidisciplinary approach, and highly trained medical expertise is essential to deliver a fully comprehensive biopsychosocial approach to assessment and management of patients. There is increasing recognition amongst psychiatrists of the extreme variability in quality of psychiatric training of general doctors and specialists around the world. There is a massive disparity in access to adequately trained doctors between low, middle, and high-income countries, as well as between urban and rural areas.The Graduate Diploma of International Psychiatry (GDipPsych) course is aimed at medical professionals worldwide, who work with mentally ill patients in any capacity, or would like to develop their capacity to do so. The GDipPsych is limited to practicing doctors of any background or specialisation but not suitable for non-medical practitioners.The GDipPsych is a part-time, fully online programme that consists of 4 compulsory subjects covering:Basic Clinical Skills in PsychiatryPsychiatric disordersPsychopharmacology and introduction to evidence based medicine andSocial psychiatryThere is a focus on mental health across the globe, with awareness of issues relating to culture and socioeconomic diversity.The Graduate Diploma of International Psychiatry offers a tiered approach to learning. The subjects provide essential background theory and foundation knowledge, and covers the most common psychiatric disorders encountered in adult populations worldwide. The GDipPsych will build upon pre-existing theoretical knowledge (gained by fulfilling entry requirements) and address a wider range of psychiatric disorders, with a focus on management using evidence-based approaches. There will also be an increased focus on basic sciences, and cultural/social aspects of mental health, psychology and mental healthcare service delivery.

The Graduate Diploma in Genomics and Health is a nested award within the Master of Genomics and Health course.The Graduate Diploma in Genomics and Health will take a blended learning approach to delivery, combining online and face-to-face interactions. It requires completion of a total of 100 points of study and is structured to suit individual needs and study preferences. Students also have the option of enrolling in the Master of Genomics and Health course (200 points) and exiting with the Graduate Diploma (100 points), enrolling in the Graduate Diploma and exiting with the Graduate Certificate (50 points), or enrolling in the Graduate Certificate and subsequently articulating to the Graduate Diploma or Master.The rapid advances in genomics in the last decade are expected to bring about benefits in health care but are not without their challenges in terms of upskilling a workforce that is able to incorporate new ways of thinking about and applying genomics, as well as consideration of ethical and social issues.This Graduate Diploma in Genomics and Health course is the first course of its kind in Australia and students will engage in discourse around the current and potential impact on health and medicine brought about by these advances in genomics and genomic technologies.This course is designed to be available to students at different stages in their careers, including career starters and those who currently work and wish to further their knowledge, skills and qualifications. The coursework includes 75 points of compulsory subjects and allows some individual tailoring by offering students the choice of 2 elective subjects (25 points).Students who wish to transfer at any stage into the Master of Genetic Counselling must meet the course eligibility rules and successfully complete all of the compulsory subjects required for that stage of the Master of Genetic Counselling. This will only occur after approval from the Master of Genetic Counselling Curriculum Committee.

The Graduate Diploma (Global Competition and Consumer Law) is a highly innovative and advanced international course that responds to the proliferation of competition and consumer policies and laws, and their increasingly active enforcement, around the world. Competition policy and law are a crucial means of driving economic growth, higher living standards and productivity at national and global levels.This course provides interdisciplinary knowledge and skills through subjects that grapple with the legal, regulatory, economic, political, institutional and social facets of competition policy, law and enforcement. The course focuses substantively on the policies, laws and enforcement experiences of the major jurisdictions in this field, the United States and European Union, but also draws on other jurisdictions - from the Asia Pacific region particularly (including Australia). Subjects have been developed and are taught by leading experts, each bringing outstanding pedagogical skills, substantive knowledge and practical skill and experience to instruction in the course.The course provides students with advanced specialised expertise and skills to tackle the complex challenges raised by the design and application of competition systems. It is designed for professionals in the private and public sectors who are aspiring to build or advance a career in this field.It can be completed either wholly online or through a combination of wholly online and wholly on-campus subjects. Using a combination of face-to-face teaching in small class sizes and sophisticated interactive technology, the course facilitates close rich engagement with globally-renown experts and a diverse network of like-minded peers.The course requires completion of 50 credit points in total. Students who complete the Graduate Diploma have the option of transferring to the LLM (Global Competition and Consumer Law), for law graduates, or Master of Global Competition and Consumer Law, for non-law graduates, which will involve completion of a further 50 credit points. Credit will be given towards these masters degrees for the credit points completed in the Graduate Diploma.As most students in this course will be full-time professionals, enrolment is on a part-time basis for most students. On this basis, the course will typically be completed in two years. However, students will be permitted to elect to undertake an increased study load during their course if their circumstances allow.

The Graduate Diploma in Food Science is directed at persons who are interested in focusing their further study on food science and its applications in the food and associated industries.As a graduate students will be well prepared to play a key role in research divisions within food companies and associated organisations, as well as in managing food production across the entire food supply chain.

The specialisation in environmental law provides students with expertise in a dynamic area of law that will continue to grow in importance. The course is of particular relevance to people working in environmental and resources sectors, professionals in government, legal practitioners and those with a broader philosophical or practical interest. The subjects are focused on emerging national and international legal issues and practices, such as in water law, climate change law, animal law, waste management and general planning and development. Other areas include the negotiation of international environmental treaties and the laws surrounding international ‘commons’ areas such as Antarctica, the high seas and outer space.

The Graduate Diploma in Environment is a flexible, multidisciplinary course that enables students to develop knowledge for professional practice in environment or sustainability. Depending on their academic background, interests and career aspirations students can choose from over 200 subjects taught by 10 different faculties. The course is 100 points (equivalent to eight subjects or one full time year of study).

The Graduate Diploma in Enterprise is designed to create skilled general managers who can drive their organisations forward. This innovative program provides core knowledge in eight core subject areas required by leaders in the modern organisation as well as the opportunity to develop specific skills in key disciplines of enterprise management.

Energy and resources are dominant in the Australian economy, and management of these resources presents formidable legal challenges for governments and private enterprise, at global, national and local levels. Australia’s record in managing these resources is internationally recognised. Many foreign companies participate in exploration for and production of these resources in Australia while several Australian companies undertake these activities overseas as well as in Australia.Melbourne Law School’s specialisation in energy and resources law allows lawyers and other professionals to gain understanding of and skills in statutory and contractual regimes governing exploration and production activities, sophisticated commercial transactions relating to these activities, project finance arrangements, regulatory controls upon exploration, production, transportation and marketing, and resolution of land-use and resources conflicts, drawing upon Australian experience acquired over many decades and applying it globally.