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This course provides you with the opportunity to extend your understanding of project management by establishing a deep foundation knowledge base of the theoretical principles as well as the practical application of project management. The course consists of coursework that explores the principles of project management as based on recognised international standards, guidelines and frameworks. Examples of different project domains are explored through case studies. Each case study enables you to explore the application of project management closely aligned to your chosen career path. The course develops technical skills in the initiation, bidding, tendering, planning, design, procurement, execution, reporting, commissioning, hand over, and post project support of projects. Human skills in stakeholder management, communication, team building, negotiation, and the avocation of ongoing professional career development are integrated into the coursework material and assessments. Finally, the systems perspectives of project and program management are investigated with respect to the applications systems, information, and knowledge that is required to achieve effective project, program and portfolio management in modern organisations.

The Graduate Diploma in Healthy Ageing will focus on issues surrounding healthy ageing. It examines complex concepts that can be immediately applied in practical situations when caring for anyone who is interested in healthy ageing. It encourages critical investigation into the impact of the rapidly expanding ageing population nationally and globally ensuring that you graduate with advancing knowledge and skills to apply a holistic approach to the care of ageing persons, regardless of community in which they reside. This course is aimed at those currently or planning to be working in the health care, welfare sector or area planning to meet the needs of the ageing population. Skills and knowledge obtained through this course are relevant and transferable specifically for those who find themselves dealing with members of the ageing population. This could include (but not limited to) council planning positions, education providers, administration workers, tourism workers, health care or welfare workers. Included in this course you will be introduced to research strategies appropriate to address healthy ageing, planning and other issues associated within the ageing population.

The Graduate Diploma in Domestic and Family Violence Practice will provide the opportunity for you to develop advanced industry-related knowledge, skills and competencies to respond to domestic and family violence. You will have the opportunity to enhance your learning in key specialist practice areas, such as sexual violence within intimate partner relationships, in relation to domestic and family violence. Units related to responding to victims and perpetrators, and leadership and management are available to you in this course. The knowledge and skills you will gain through completing this course are transferable across a wide range of professions and occupations where workers respond to domestic and family violence. This course will meet the gap in post-professional education for the domestic and family violence sector as noted, for example, in the ‘Not Now Not Ever’ report of the 2015 Queensland Domestic Violence Taskforce and in Australia’s National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children (2010).

The Graduate Diploma in Dementia Studies focuses on issues surrounding dementia. It examines complex dementia care concepts that can be immediately applied in practical situations when caring for a person with dementia and their significant others. It encourages critical investigation into the impact of dementia nationally and globally ensuring that you graduate with advancing knowledge and skills to apply a holistic approach to the care of persons with dementia, regardless of community in which they reside. This course is aimed at those currently or planning to be working in the health care, welfare sector or area planning to meet the needs of people with dementia. It is aimed to those who wish to obtain the specialised skills and insight to provide care to clients with dementia and their significant others and/or address issues associated with dementia. Included in this course you will be introduced to research strategies appropriate to address care, planning and other issues associated with dementia.

The Graduate Certificate in Religious Education develops the professional knowledge, practice and identity of teachers as educators in religion and religious practices and as significant partners of Christian faith communities in Catholic schools. The course has a specific focus on the guidelines, learning framework and religion curriculum of the Rockhampton Diocese of Catholic Education in Queensland but has broad applicability for current or aspiring teachers who wish to gain knowledge of Christian belief systems and rituals for the purpose of teaching in religiously affiliated schools throughout Australia. The units in this course satisfy the requirements of the Catholic Education system for full accreditation to teach in Catholic schools in Australia.

The Graduate Certificate in Healthy Ageing will provide you with the opportunity to obtain a qualification in healthy ageing that will enable you to venture into the rapidly growing market for health services that provide quality care to the ageing population. These courses will focus on healthy ageing concepts such as preventable diseases, health promotion and active ageing to ensure that you graduate with the knowledge and skills to apply a holistic approach to the care of your clients/community. The Graduate Certificate in Healthy Ageing would benefit those currently working in the health care, welfare sector or other area addressing the needs of the ageing population who wish to obtain a contemporary qualification to assist in their insight and knowledge to meet the needs of the ageing population. Skills and knowledge obtained through this course are relevant and transferable specifically for those who find themselves dealing with members of the ageing population. This could include (but not limited to) council planning positions, education providers, administration workers, tourism workers, health care or welfare workers.

The Graduate Certificate in Domestic and Family Violence Practice enables you to develop specialised industry-related knowledge and skills to respond to domestic and family violence. Key practice areas in relation to domestic and family violence are reflected in course electives of child safety, men’s behaviour change and working with victims/survivors. The knowledge and skills you will gain through completing this course are transferable across a wide range of professions and occupations where workers encounter domestic and family violence.

The Graduate Certificate in Dementia Studies focuses on issues surrounding dementia. It provides an introduction to dementia care concepts that can be immediately applied in practical situations when caring for a person with dementia and their significant others. It also provide insights into the impact of dementia nationally and globally ensuring that you graduate with the knowledge and skills to apply a holistic approach to the care of persons with dementia, regardless of community in which they reside. This course is aimed at those currently working in the health care and welfare sector or who have a qualification (VET or Higher Ed) in health or welfare who wish to obtain the specialised skills and insight to provide care to clients with dementia and their significant others. Additionally you will be introduced to problem solving strategies surrounding issues as a result of the rising prevalence of dementia.

The Graduate Certificate in Gerontology will provide you with skills as a health professional responding to the growing challenges of a diverse ageing population. You will develop insight into the health of the older person by participating in new paradigms of thinking. You will acquire practical skills using interdisciplinary perspectives and ageing theories that can be applied across health care contexts and cultures. This course provides a strengths-based and holistic view of the older person and the ageing process. Rather than focusing on frailty and disease, you will study the physical, mental and social aspects and implications of ageing. You will explore the determinants of healthy ageing as well as the various challenges faced by the older population. This course offers an innovative, multidisciplinary variety of core and elective units and a curriculum that is fully responsive to the findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (2018). Attention is given to the agency of the older person, dementia and cognitive decline, polypharmacy and safety issues, governmental policies, standards of care and accreditation requirements. The course is relevant to a wide range of professionals including nurses, allied health professionals, administrators and managers.

The Graduate Diploma of Gerontology will progress your skills as a health professional responding to the growing challenges of a diverse ageing population. You will develop insight into the health of the older person, as well as leadership skills, by participating in new paradigms of thinking. You will acquire practical skills and research capabilities using interdisciplinary perspectives and ageing theories that can be applied across health care contexts and cultures. This course provides a strengths-based and holistic view of the older person and the ageing process. Rather than focusing on frailty and disease, you will study the physical, mental and social aspects and implications of ageing. You will explore the determinants of healthy ageing as well as the various challenges faced by the older population. This course offers an innovative, multidisciplinary variety of core and elective units and a curriculum that is fully responsive to the findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (2018). Attention is given to the agency of the older person, complex care needs including dementia and cognitive decline, polypharmacy and safety issues, governmental policies, standards of care and accreditation requirements. The course is relevant to a wide range of professionals including nurses, allied health professionals, administrators and managers.