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The Graduate Diploma of Public Health equips you with the skills needed to investigate, critique and respond to real world population health problems in local and global contexts. This course is delivered by CDU and the Menzies School of Health Research. You will be taught by leading Menzies Research professionals in the specialist areas of Indigenous health, global health, public health practice and health research. You will acquire advanced knowledge and skills in: epidemiology; biostatistics; quantitative and qualitative research methods. You will learn to analyse and interpret population health information, evaluate and design public health interventions and formulate strategies to address complex health and social issues. You will apply public health approaches to: health promotion; disease control; health systems; health policy; decision making; the environment and the sustainable development goals. On completion, you can articulate to the Master of Public Health with the option of undertaking a supervised research project. Upon graduating, you will be equipped to work in various areas of public health, including professional public health practice; health policy and planning; epidemiology; communicable and chronic disease control; health research; community development and aid work, both nationally and internationally. This course requires you to have a high level of academic reading and writing. If you are not confident in your academic literacy skills, you are encouraged to fully utilise the University's academic support services.

This course is designed to enhance the knowledge and practice skills of education, nursing, allied health and social work professional to work with children and adolescents, through the therapeutic use of play. Students will gain in depth knowledge about the many influences upon children's wellbeing and the range of ways that children respond to major life events and transitions. Throughout the course the focus will be on the role of play in children's lives, how it is affected by developmental events and how play can be used to access the child's understanding, emotions and healing. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to work effectively with children, and how to access their understanding to the extent consistent with the child's age, maturity and circumstances. In addition, students will gain insights into how to help parents work therapeutically with their children, through play.

The Graduate Diploma of Nursing is designed to extend knowledge gained through your undergraduate nursing studies and to further develop your foundation research skills. The course provides evidence-based practice, leadership skills and principles, and managing professional development. Principles inherent in a cultural safety framework underpin the course to highlight the centrality of quality and safety in health care. It is expected that you will already be employed or have recent experience as a nurse. As part of this course, you will undertake assessments which have direct applications to your professional practice and context. On completion of this course, you may progress to the master's qualification specific to your discipline, with advanced standing for completed studies.

The Graduate Diploma of Mental Health is designed to extend knowledge gained through your undergraduate health studies and to further develop your foundational research skills. The course addresses: care delivery processes critical reflection on mental health practice the effects of policy and politics on health care provision, access and individual agency. Cultural safety principles underpin the course design and reinforce the ways in which quality and safety are central to health care. It is expected that you will already be employed or have recent experience within the health sector. As part of this course, you will undertake assessments which have direct applications to your professional practice and context.

With the Graduate Diploma of Indigenous Policy Development, you will build on your professional knowledge and experiences with a critical understanding of important aspects of Indigenous economic and policy development in modern Australia. You will examine key issues of Indigenous policy development and implementation, economic development and participation, traditional and modern governance structures, and intellectual and cultural property rights in current social and political contexts. This course is an essential foundation for respectful and accountable engagement with Indigenous people and the current social and political issues they face in Australia and internationally. This is an important course, if you want to develop your knowledge and understanding of: the workings of government and policy the structures and functions of governance in relation to Indigenous people the practice of cultural engagement with and between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people the culture and language of Yolngu people.

The Graduate Diploma in Information Technology (Cyber Security) complements your current information systems, information technology and computer science degree. The course focuses on cybersecurity in the modern world. You will apply your knowledge in practical activities giving you the opportunity to work alongside industry leaders.

The Graduate Diploma of Health Research equips students with advanced knowledge and skills in health research design and practice. This course is delivered by CDU and the Menzies School of Health Research. You will be taught by leading Menzies Research professionals in the specialist areas of specialist areas of Indigenous health, public health and global health. You will acquire theoretical and practical capabilities in: epidemiology; biostatistics; quantitative and qualitative research methods. On completion you can articulate to a Master of Health Research and undertake a supervised research project; and then proceed, with approval, to Higher Degree Research training. Alternatively, you can articulate to a Master of Public Health. Upon graduating, you will be equipped to work in areas of health research and professional public health practice. This course requires you to have a high level of academic reading and writing. If you are not confident in your academic literacy skills, you are encouraged to fully utilise the University's academic support services.

The School of Environment is a research-intensive, dynamic School surrounded by some of the most spectacular and fascinating natural environments in Australia. This course provides postgraduate education for existing and future professionals on the background, principles and practices of environmental management, particularly in the context of wet-dry and semi-arid tropical ecosystems and arid landscapes. The generic skills concepts and applications covered in this course are also highly relevant to those working in other ecosystems. The course also includes a focus on the social context within which environmental management takes place. This two semester course enables students to select specific units which address their interests and career directions, while also giving them the option to smoothly articulate, with full credit, into the Master of Environmental Management. Graduates of this program are equipped to work within the diverse range of disciplines and sectors involved in effective and sustainable ecosystem management, and are eligible to apply for membership of associations such as the Ecological Society of Australia (ESA) and the Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ).

Based in the capital of Australia's Northern Territory, at the centre of the 'Top End' and Australia's gateway to Indonesia and Southeast Asia, this highly unique postgraduate program focuses on a geographic region that is unarguably the most prone to, and affected by various types of disasters. As an emergency and disaster management professional, you will have the skills and ability to apply your knowledge and experience appropriately, collaboratively and productively in this vulnerable region and other parts of the world. You will have essential knowledge and skills to lead and manage all phases of the disaster management cycle. You will also confidently apply your academic studies to practical responses and report on your professional experience into the academic sphere of this rapidly evolving sector. This in-depth course promotes its uniqueness in three areas: its focus on Asia-Pacific Region its informed practice and research its multi-sectoral approach. This course is a pathway for further studies (i.e. Master of Emergency and Disaster Management) and is supported by nationally and internationally respected industry partners. The Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate in Emergency and Disaster Management are entry and exit pathways for the master's degree course.

The Graduate Diploma of Data Science will further develop your technical and analytical skills needed to manage and gain useful insights from massive data sets. This qualification complements the following multi-disciplinary areas: computer science information technology information systems statistics mathematics engineering or a program with substantial quantitative competencies. Your coursework will also include a project-based assessment giving you the freedom to focus on what you are passionate about.