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Veterinary General Practitioners are the main health care providers to a wide range of animals. They are expected to ensure quality of care is delivered to all their patients via strategies that include disease prevention advice as well as medical and surgical interventions. To achieve this, they require a broad understanding of many health areas that allows them to give holistic and balanced patient care.This practical and immersive Graduate Certificate is designed to broaden and increase the general practitioner’s depth of knowledge and understanding of the common problems encountered in small animal veterinary practice, thus making practice more efficient, enjoyable and effective.

The Graduate Certificate in Advanced Social Work is designed to graduate advanced practitioners in the professional social work field. The subjects in this course adopt an interdisciplinary, international and evidence-based approach to respond to the complex and growing challenges faced by social workers working in a range of health, mental health and human services fields.Subjects are taught by leading academics in the fields of evidence-based research, health, mental health, child and family welfare, ageing, social policy, program evaluation and leadership. Students from around the globe will be provided with opportunities to work together to address the increasing challenges and opportunities in the health and human services fields with a key focus on linking social work to practice.The course requires completion of 50 credit points of study, including a compulsory subject focusing on social work practice-based research. The course is provided entirely on-line providing flexibility to design study times around other work and family commitments and study preferences.This course is designed to be available to professional social workers at different stages in their careers, including recent graduates, established practitioners and those seeking to move in new directions.

A Graduate Certificate in Arts allows you to complete a comprehensive six-month course of study, choosing from more than 25 discipline areas. It is particularly useful if you are returning to tertiary study after time away from an academic environment.

The Graduate Certificate in Arboriculture is a 4 subject (50 point) graduate award of the University of Melbourne, designed for professionals currently managing, or planning to learn how to manage, urban trees.The course investigates a wide range of tree management issues and emphasizes the need to promote a strategic approach to tree management and the contribution trees can make to urban life. It aims to increase understanding of current issues in urban tree management through studies in growth and function, identification and selection, pests and diseases and environmental stresses including planning in a changing climate. Writing management plans for urban trees is a strong focus of the course.At the completion of this course participants are expected to be able to conduct tree risk assessments and have the ability to be engaged as an expert witness for local government or consumer and trade tribunal proceedings.

The Graduate Certificate in Applied Analytics targets professionals seeking to develop an understanding of how to apply analytics in their profession. The course will enable students to develop a sound understanding of analytics technology and equip them to apply key analytics techniques to different scenarios in their professional area and evaluate and communicate strategic and operational issues around the application of analytics concepts and theories to real-world practice.The degree requires completion of two compulsory subjects and two elective subjects. Students who complete the Graduate Certificate have the option of proceeding to the Master of Applied Analytics which will involve completion of a further two subjects plus a Capstone project. Credit will be granted towards this Master’s degree for the four subjects completed in the Graduate Certificate.All subjects are undertaken online providing students with flexibility in where and when they study. Students will be expected to actively participate in discussions and collaborations with their peers and teachers.As most students in this course will be full-time professionals, enrolment is currently offered on a part-time basis only, requiring students to complete one subject per eight-week term, over an academic year of four terms. The course will typically be completed over one year part time.

The Graduate Certificate in Aboriginal Health in Rural Communities is designed to develop students understanding of health‐related knowledges, their applications in Aboriginal communities, and the broadly social factors that influence experiences of health in Aboriginal community settings. Specifically, the course examines the integration, overlap, and disjuncture of Aboriginal knowledges and Western knowledges of health in which Aboriginal health services operate (the first compulsory subject), and how historical, social and cultural processes as well as processes of power impact upon the health experiences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians. It also includes undertaking a community‐based project within an Aboriginal health setting (the second compulsory subject). In undertaking this course, students will gain advanced understanding of how both Aboriginal and Western knowledges can be applied to the field of health in rural Aboriginal communities. It will provide students with strong analytical and critical thinking skills as well as skills in community development, project management and basic research that, in consultation with community and academic mentors, will assist individual students to achieve their academic and professional career objectives.The course requires completion of two compulsory subjects delivered in a blended mode through the Department of Rural Health, and two elective subjects from the Master of Public Health program. For the two compulsory subjects, students attend short teaching intensive days on campus (Shepparton) totalling no more than two weeks per semester in at least two time blocks, allowing for the majority of time to be spent in community with online tutorials and other individualised supports. The Department of Rural Health will then support students to complete two additional electives chosen from a selection of subjects delivered through the School of Population and Global Health as part of the Master of Public Health that focus on further developing students understanding of how historical, social and cultural processes as well as processes of power impact upon health experiences and outcomes.Graduates of the graduate certificate are given advanced standing in the Master of Public Health (representing 50 credit points towards that degree).

Students will be introduced to many of the issues underpinning the advances in food and fibre production within the Australian and International Agriculture sectors. The discipline core subjects within the Graduate Certificate in Agricultural Sciences cover a range of plant and animal disciplines as well as a focus on current and emerging environmental agricultural and associated industry impacts.Graduates have a foundation in the scientific principles and analytical skills behind improved agricultural production systems and their sustainability. Students undertake interdisciplinary studies in the nature of agricultural crop, food and fibre production and markets at an advanced level. Knowledge and skills are developed in environmental, economic, social and ethical factors related to plant- and animal-derived food and fibre production in Australia and globally.The Graduate Certificate consists of 50 credit points of study. The Graduate Certificate may be undertaken as either full-time over one semester or part-time study over one year and will be delivered at the Parkville campus. The program comprises of one core subject (12.5 credit points), one specialisation core subject (12.5 credit points) and two elective subjects (25 credit points). The specialisation core subjects cover a range of plant and animal disciplines as well as a focus on current and emerging environmental agricultural and associated industry impacts.The Graduate Certificate in Agricultural Sciences is a pathway into the Graduate Diploma and / or the Master of Agricultural Sciences.

The Graduate Certificate in Ageing (GC-AGEING) is a nested award within the Master of Ageing course. The GC-AGEING is available to students wishing to take 50 credit points within the Master of Ageing coursework. The GC-AGEING requires completion of four subjects (50 points) and is structured to suit individual needs and study preferences.The GC-AGEING will not offer the opportunity to pursue the capstone subjects offered in the full 150 points Master of Ageing course. There is no advanced standing offered in the GC-AGEING. Hence, all students must complete 50 points of study to be awarded the GC-AGEING.

The Graduate Certificate in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing is a four subject course with a choice of two specialisations - a health promotion specialisation and an oncology specialisation.The Graduate Certificate in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing is designed to enable students to:articulate and critically examine their own understandings of professional practice in working with young people in a variety of contexts;further develop and apply critically reflective, evidence-informed approaches to adolescent health and wellbeing practice, program development and policy analysis;identify and analyse the broader social, cultural and environmental factors which impact on and influence practitioners and young people;analyse and critically evaluate contemporary theories of adolescence and adolescent development (including historical and cultural contexts), to enhance one's own practice in working with young people, families, communities and agencies;identify national and international adolescent health issues and trends and relate these to the broader socio-environmental contexts impacting on the health and wellbeing of young people;critically examine life-course or life-stage approaches to adolescent health recognising casual pathways;identify the principles associated with micro and macro approaches to practice and use them to develop enhanced prevention and intervention strategies when working with young people, families, communities and agencies;analyse, evaluate and apply ecological models of resiliency, risk and protection in adolescent health;engage young people, families and other professionals in the development and implementation of strategies to promote adolescent health and wellbeing;review current practice against established legal, ethical, confidential and professional principles / codes of practice and recommend strategies to enhance professional judgement;identify the professional settings and services which interact with young people and explore potential strategies to enhance inter-agency collaboration, communication and referral;develop strategies for engaging culturally diverse communities to enhance youth participation, active engagement, inclusivity and capacity building.

The Diploma in Music provides students with the opportunity to undertake a tailored sequence of music study and gain a music qualification while completing an undergraduate degree in another field at The University of Melbourne. It is available to students enrolled in an undergraduate degree other than the Bachelor of Music and the Bachelor of Fine Arts. It is studied concurrently with the bachelor degree.Diploma in Music students study for a music qualification alongside Bachelor of Music students, giving the opportunity to build valuable friendships and networks in a challenging musical environment. A range of study options is available across all areas of specialisation within the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, including practical music, ensemble music performance, aural studies, composition, improvisation, music history and theory. Students are encouraged to follow their own areas of interest, constructing a bespoke program of study from the range of elective choices available.The Diploma may only be awarded on the completion of the concurrent degree course. This means that graduation from the Diploma will only occur at the same time as graduation from the concurrent course.