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The Graduate Certificate in Journalism (Advanced) is part of a nested suite of courses associated with the Master of Journalism. The Graduate Certificate in Journalism (Advanced) is comprisef of three compulsory subjects, totalling 50 points. Together these represent basic journalistic skills and understandings.

The Graduate Certificate in Arts (Advanced) allows students to undertake coursework subjects in a specialist field of study at an advanced level.

The Graduate Certificate in Youth Mental Health has been developed by the University of Melbourne's Centre for Youth Mental Health in collaboration with Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, to build the capacity of the youth mental health workforce both nationally and internationally.The course is designed for health professionals working in a range of clinical and community contexts, and is intended to equip students with essential, foundational knowledge in youth mental health, covering major theoretical frameworks in the area, the various ways in which the transition to adulthood underscores young people's vulnerability to mental illness, and established frameworks regarding the causes, symptoms and best-practice interventions for non-psychotic mental illnesses experienced by young people. Students are also introduced to tailored engagement and assessment approaches to augment their existing skills when working with young people in a therapeutic or clinical context.The Graduate Certificate is delivered entirely online, and can either be treated as a stand-alone qualification to contribute to professional development, or as an entry point for the more advanced Graduate Diploma in Youth Mental Health offered by the University of Melbourne.

The Graduate Certificate in Veterinary Public Health comprises the first four subjects of the Master of Veterinary Public Health. The Graduate Certificate and the Graduate Diploma also represent early exit options from that Masters course.The Master of Veterinary Public Health is an online Masters degree for veterinarians, animal scientists and animal health workers to enable them to identify and respond to animal health issues at the population level. A component of the degree deals specifically with responses to emergency animal disease occurrences, in Australia and internationally.For the past 25 years the animal health and quarantine services in the Commonwealth and State governments have encouraged continuing education and have provided a number of short courses in “exotic” diseases for graduate veterinarians to promptly detect, control and eradicate newly introduced and other emergency diseases. This course will enhance and formalise this training and educational experience by providing co-ordinated and targeted modules to cover the skills that have been identified from experience in recent emergency diseases situations, such as Hendra virus infections and the 2007 outbreak of equine influenza in Australia.This course has been developed in direct partnership with CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory and the Victoria State Government’s Department of Primary Industries. It has been tailored to suit experienced full time animal health professionals, expecting to remain in employment whilst studying part-time. The online method of delivery and broad range of elective topics will provide students with flexibility and allow them to manage their study commitments and educational needs.VETS90083 Selection and Interpretation of Laboratory Tests will be taught as a short residential course to cover hands-on experience and to personally introduce students to each other as well as to their future tutors and mentors to ensure that they are familiar with the resources and requirements of online learning.Other subjects in the Veterinary Public Health program may be studied individually under the Community Access Program, without applying for the full program. Any such successfully completed subjects may later be credited towards the Masters, Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate level programs in Veterinary Public Health.

Nested in the Master of Urban Horticulture, this Graduate Certificate is designed for those with qualifications in disciplines other than horticulture. The course provides knowledge and vocational specific skills in the planning, installation and management of vegetation across a range of urban landscape applications. The four core subjects encompass critical learning around the science, function and identification of landscape plants, as well as their propagation, cultivation and use. They also deliver outcomes important in the horticulture of urban landscapes, particularly in relation to soils, water, growing conditions and maintenance. Employment outcomes can be found in technical and planning roles in the areas of open space and landscape management, revegetation and restoration works and horticultural maintenance. Further study pathways are available to the Graduate Diploma and Master of Urban Horticulture.

Exit award for the Master of Urban and Cultural Heritage.

The Graduate Certificate in Transfusion Practice provides students with the skills and the opportunity to extend their nursing knowledge in an area of specialty transfusion practice. It aims to improve the transfusion safety and appropriate use of blood and blood products within hospitals. The foundation of the work is the translation of national best practice guidelines into everyday transfusion practice.The Graduate Certificate in Transfusion Practice is a part-time, three subject online program of one years duration administered by the Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education. The course is delivered in partnership with the Australian Red Cross Blood Service under the auspices of the Blood Matters: better safer transfusion (BeST) program and the Department of Human Services Victoria.The program is conducted by an experienced nurse educator and is the only online Graduate Certificate in Transfusion Practice course in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Graduate Certificate in TESOL is designed for VIT eligible teachers wishing to add English as an Additional Language as a specialist area. It focuses on the curriculum, pedagogy, and language as they apply to classroom instruction and the provision of TESOL within school systems. In combination with an approved initial teaching qualification, the Graduate Certificate in TESOL is recognised as an approved course of study for appointment and promotion to tagged positions within registered schools.

This is a one-year, part-time program designed for educators, administrators and quality assurance practitioners seeking to extend their knowledge and skills in tertiary sector quality assurance. It offers expert perspectives on QA issues, policies, national systems and institutional approaches in both national and international tertiary education contexts, drawn from the best and latest research and resources. It aims to provide concepts, insights and practical skills for designing, analysing and operating QA systems; and access to an international network of practitioners facing similar challenges.Participants can expect a structured suite of readings, study tasks, moderated on-line discussion groups and regular lecturer feedback with a strong cohort experience in groups of 10-15 participants.

This is a one-year, part-time program designed for middle to senior level educators, administrators and scholars seeking to extend their knowledge and skills in tertiary sector leadership and management.It offers expert perspectives on Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training systems, policy settings, institutional strategies and tertiary sector work cultures in a national and international context, drawn from the best and latest research and resources for tertiary sector leadership. It aims to provide concepts, insights and practical skills for leading and managing successfully in tertiary sector institutions; exposure to high profile tertiary sector leaders and expert scholars, nationally and internationally, and access to a network of tertiary sector peers facing similar management challenges.Participants can expect an on-line, syndicate group and action learning modes of study, with a strong cohort experience in groups of 20 participants; integrated learning via theory, case studies, simulation exercises and work-based projects; and scope to choose projects aligned with personal development and career aspirations, with other institutions in Australia or overseas.