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Graduate Certificates prepare students to develop advanced knowledge and skills for professional or highly skilled work and further learning corresponding to AQF level 8 qualifications. This course provides an introduction to the planning principles, practices and techniques used by urban and regional planners. Examples and applications draw on local, national and international examples. It can be seen as a stand-alone qualification in its own right, or as the first step towards the Master of Urban and Regional Planning, which is a full professional qualification. It can also provide mid-career training for practising planners. A distinguishing characteristic of the course is the use of interdisciplinary knowledge and techniques in addressing environmental, social and design issues of concern to the community. It is now widely accepted that successful human settlements must be properly planned and a range of statutory and non-statutory controls exist at all levels of government to protect the public interest in the development process. Additional Course Expenses Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks and other essential study materials. Students may be required to pay for additional expenses whilst on fieldwork/clinical placements.

Graduate Certificates prepare students to develop advanced knowledge and skills for professional or highly skilled work and further learning corresponding to AQF level 8 qualifications. The Curtin University Corrosion Engineering Course is unique to the region and is tailored to industry needs, specifically the energy and resource industries, meeting strong global demand for Corrosion Engineers. The course is designed to deliver specific skills such as understanding fundamental corrosion and prevention principles, diagnosing corrosion problems, formulating anti-corrosion solutions including working on real-life corrosion cases and projects. This course provides an advanced professional qualification for graduates in engineering or science disciplines. Additional Course Expenses Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks and other essential study materials.

Graduate Certificates prepare students to develop advanced knowledge and skills for professional or highly skilled work and further learning corresponding to AQF level 8 qualifications. The Graduate Certificate in Clinical Specialisation is designed to provide the theoretical foundations of nursing science, together with the clinical knowledge and skills associated with the specialisation. It focuses on the development of clinical leadership, promotion and integration of evidence-based nursing practice in the specialisation to foster the development of graduates consistent with the profile of the specialist, offering the advanced-level nurse further clinical skills and an opportunity to extend career options.

Graduate Certificates prepare students to develop advanced knowledge and skills for professional or highly skilled work and further learning corresponding to AQF level 8 qualifications. The Graduate Certificate in Critical Nursing is designed to provide the theoretical foundations of nursing science, together with clinical knowledge and skills. It focuses on the development of clinical leadership, promotion and integration of evidence-based nursing practice to foster the development of graduates consistent with the profile of the nurse specialist, offering the advanced-level nurse further clinical skills and an opportunity to extend career options. Additional Course Expenses Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks and other essential study materials.

Graduate Certificates prepare students to develop advanced knowledge and skills for professional or highly skilled work and further learning corresponding to AQF level 8 qualifications. The Graduate Certificate in Child and Adolescent Health Nursing offers effective and specific education for generalist, child and adolescent community health nurses to prepare practitioners capable of fulfilling these diverse practice roles. Community health nursing is modelled on a primary health care framework with the aim of promoting health, preventing disease, implementing early intervention strategies, managing individual cases and working in collaborative partnerships with clients. Embodied in the primary health care approach are the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of prevention that are provided by community health nurses. Given the autonomous work, nurses practising in the community must have professional skills and specialist preparation in these areas of community health nursing. The practice domain includes individuals, families, groups and whole communities. Australia's diverse multicultural society necessitates that community health nurses are able to undertake relevant research and provide relevant evidence-based sociocultural health support to the profession and members of the community throughout their lifespan. Career Opportunities Graduates may employment in community health practice in metropolitan, rural and remote area settings. Additional Course Expenses Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks and other essential study materials.

Graduate Certificates prepare students to develop advanced knowledge and skills for professional or highly skilled work and further learning corresponding to AQF level 8 qualifications. This course is tailored to give students a firm grounding in the basics of business theory and practice and is designed as a possible entry point to further postgraduate study or as a challenging stand-alone course. Upon completion, students are encouraged to continue their studies in either the Graduate Diploma in Business or Master of Business Administration. Additional Course Expenses Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks and other essential study materials.

Graduate Certificates prepare students to develop advanced knowledge and skills for professional or highly skilled work and further learning corresponding to AQF level 8 qualifications. This course is designed for students seeking an introduction to their chosen discipline in the Arts through one semester of full-time study (or part-time equivalent). As well as learning and practicing fundamental skills in a chosen field, students undertaking the Graduate Certificate will develop critical, analytical and creative capacities for conceiving works or projects for future professional or community engagements. Additional Course Expenses Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks and other essential study materials.

Graduate Certificates prepare students to develop advanced knowledge and skills for professional or highly skilled work and further learning corresponding to AQF level 8 qualifications. The Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance provides students with the foundation knowledge and skills in Finance. Additional Course Expenses Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks and other essential study materials.

UniReady will enable students to matriculate into Curtin (and other universities). The program incorporates a high degree of flexibility and responsiveness that caters to students with a wide range of educational backgrounds, ages and experiences. This program is flexible enough to allow students to complete one, some or all of the units in the course depending on credit for recognised learning. Additional Course Expenses Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks and other essential study materials.

The Indigenous Pre-Medicine and Health Sciences Enabling course is a 12 month or 200 credit course designed to provide a pre-entry pathway for Indigenous students into undergraduate courses within the Faculty of Health Sciences including Medicine. Students who successfully complete the Pre-Medicine and Health Sciences Enabling course with an acceptable ATAR score for their preferred medicine or health undergraduate course may be eligible to apply for entry into these courses. A minimum ATAR score of 70 is required for entry into some health undergraduates courses. Higher ATAR scores are required for various undergraduate courses including Medicine. The Pre-Medicine and Health Sciences Enabling course will include foundation or introduction units of learning such as Mathematics, Academic Literacy and Study skills, Chemistry and Human Biology. Two First Year Interprofessional undergraduate units, Indigenous Cultures and Health Behaviour and Foundation of Professional Health Practices, will be included in the course and will contribute to a credit in the undergraduate course upon their successful completion. Career Opportunities The Indigenous Pre-Medicine and Health Sciences Enabling course will provide a pathway into undergraduate courses in medicine and health science professions for Indigenous students. The current requirements by the Australian government and health organisations to increase the number of Indigenous doctors and health professionals across the wider Australian health services industry is identified as a major health initiative. This course will encourage and transition Indigenous students into these highly qualified areas of health and medicine and will be in alignment with key national and university strategies to increased culturally appropriate and evidence based health service provision to Indigenous people, and to improve Indigenous Australians’ health outcomes. Additional Course Expenses Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks and other essential study materials. Students may require a laboratory coat.