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Explore the science of nutrition at a postgraduate level and examine food and diet within a social, biochemical, disease and life cycle-oriented context with the UC Graduate Certificate in Human Nutrition. This course is perfect for students from a broader health science background interested in gaining a better understanding of nutrition. Health professionals working in allied health or multidisciplinary roles within the community, clinical and industrial settings may also benefit from this course.Each UC course offers opportunities for students to engage with highly experienced teachers and industry professionals. These opportunities are significant as it allows students to build their own professional relationships networks while they’re still attending UC – thus giving each student a highly competitive edge in the job market once they graduate.There is a wide range of job opportunities available in the Nutrition industry, and this introductory course will help you decide on your career objectives and what kind of ongoing studies you will need to take to achieve them. Each study path has the potential to eventually transition into a variety of jobs working as a: consultant in the corporate/food industry, state or local government community setting; or working directly with nutrition-focused NGO’s, media organisations, or the fitness industry.Students must have completed a recognised bachelor’s degree in science or related fields, including human physiology and anatomy or biochemistry studies at the second-year level.

Research a professional practice issue in public administrationIf you are a public administration professional, this course will see you extend and build upon your professional experience via a combination of coursework, a relevant choice of electives and a research dissertation. You will undertake advanced study and reflection on theory and practice in the professional field of public administration and public policy, while drawing on, and extending, your professional experience and expertise.As a doctoral student, you will choose a real-world public administration problem to explore as a research project and will be encouraged to do so in the context of your own workplace, organisation or community. You will graduate from the program having made a unique contribution to professional practice in the field of public administration and ready to progress your career to the next level. As a Higher Degree by Research (HDR), this course is covered under the Australian Government's Research Training Program (RTP) funding model, which provides a fee offset for domestic students for the standard duration of the course.

The Professional Doctorate in Legal Science (Research) combines coursework with a research dissertation to enable advanced study and reflection on practice in the professional field of law. As a doctoral student, you will choose a real-world legal problem to explore as a research project and will be encouraged to use it to draw upon, and extend, your professional experience and expertise in relation to your own workplace, organisation or community.The UC Faculty of Business, Government and Law has particular teaching and research strengths in the areas of corporate, business and taxation law, although you can choose to explore a subject from across the legal spectrum. You will graduate from the program having made a unique contribution to professional practice in your chosen field and ready to progress your career to the next level. As a Higher Degree by Research (HDR), this course is covered under the Australian Government's Research Training Program (RTP) funding model, which provides a fee offset for domestic students for the standard duration of the course.A professional doctorate is, by its very nature, the embodiment of Work Integrated Learning (WIL), and is much more focused on professional practice than a traditional PhD. Throughout your coursework and specifically in your dissertation, you will be encouraged to apply your existing professional knowledge and undertake new research to identify and explore a real-world problem in the field of law.*Subject to satisfactory undergraduate law degree and successful completion of a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, which qualifies you for admission to practice as a lawyer.Before a candidate is admitted to the Professional Doctorate in Legal Science program, the University must be satisfied that it is able to supervise the candidate's proposed dissertation, and that the candidate satisfies the following admission requirements:There are non-standard English language requirements for this course. To be eligible, you must have an academic IELTS or equivalent of 6.5 with no band score below 6.0. Students who have undertaken all their education in an English-speaking country (as defined on the UC website) are deemed to have met our English language proficiency requirements.Domestic students who are accepted on this course are provided for under the Australian Government's Research Training Program (RTP) funding model, which provides a fee offset for the standard duration of the course. Once your RTP entitlement is consumed, you will be charged the annual fee rate that applied at the start of your degree. Further information on fees for Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students can be found here.

The Professional Doctorate (Research) is designed to benefit early and mid-career professionals in business, government or law who wish to study at the doctoral level in their professional field, its work and associated bodies of knowledge. The Professional Doctorate (Research) is a second generation professional doctorate developed in response to the growing demand in the Knowledge Economy for professionals educated in the higher order research and analytical skills necessary to identify and understand complex problems, and to identify and explore effective and innovative triple bottom line approaches to professional practices issues and concerns. As a second generation professional doctorate, the degree engages candidates with contemporary trans-disciplinary and extra-disciplinary 'open' systems of knowledge production. This is distinguishable from the traditional, academically-focused PhD and first generation professional doctorates in other core respects, by incorporating a fresh and innovative package of research skills coursework units which embrace candidates' professional and workplace experience. The Professional Doctorate (Research) also emphasises professional and workplace experience in the research component and supervision, including the option of including business, government or law experts as research advisers. This emphasis not only assists candidates in making a significant and original contribution to knowledge in the context of professional practice, but also acknowledges and draws upon the links among universities, professions and industry characteristic of the Knowledge Economy.

If you are a business professional looking to extend your expertise and progress your career to the next level, then the Professional Doctorate in Business Administration (Research) will help you embrace your past professional and workplace experience to develop a host of relevant research skills. This carefully designed program provides opportunities for advanced study and reflection on practice across a range of professional fields including accountancy, business management, economics, human resource development, international management, organisational behaviour, and more.You will explore a research subject of your choosing in the form of a dissertation and can tailor the course content to suit your professional interests through your choice of suitable electives. As a Higher Degree by Research (HDR), this course is covered under the Australian Government's Research Training Program (RTP) funding model, which provides a fee offset for domestic students for the standard duration of the course.A professional doctorate is, by its very nature, the embodiment of Work Integrated Learning (WIL), and is much more focused on professional practice than a traditional PhD. Throughout your coursework, and specifically in your dissertation, you will be encouraged to apply your existing professional knowledge and undertake new research to identify and explore a real-world problem in the field of business administration.Before a candidate is admitted to the Professional Doctorate in Business Administration (Research) program, the Faculty must be satisfied that it is able to supervise the candidate's proposed dissertation, and that the candidate satisfies the following admission requirements:There are non-standard English language requirements for this course. To be eligible you must have an academic IELTS or equivalent of 6.5 with no band score below 6.0. Students who have undertaken all their education in an English-speaking country (as defined on the UC website) are deemed to have met our English language proficiency requirements.Domestic students who are accepted on this course are provided for under the Australian Government's Research Training Program (RTP) funding model, which provides a fee offset for the standard duration of the course. Once your RTP entitlement is consumed, you will be charged the annual fee rate that applied at the start of your degree. Further information on fees for Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students can be found here.

This offering focusses on the integration of spatial data visualisation/analysis and health in health research. Students will learn spatial concepts and how to utilise a Geographic Information System. Students will also study concepts of biostatistics and epidemiology required for spatial data analysis. Students will then extend and apply this learning, utilising common large data sets. Finally, students will develop a work-relevant research question, and a methodology to address this question. Students will then execute this research project and report the results. This offering distinguishes itself from the majority of GIS-related offerings by its clear focus on the interaction of spatial, epidemiological and statistical methodologies, and health behaviours/outcomes. This offering is distinguishable from the very few other, health oriented courses already in the marketplace via its delivery structure (block intensive teaching and self-paced consolidation) and Graduate Certificate level of access.

With professional sports teams and athletes placing greater emphasis on technology and data in their quest for success and victory, there’s never been a better time to study sports analytics.This extremely flexible, fully online course will teach you to collect, analyse and interpret sporting data generated from a range of systems. You will evaluate it using cutting-edge performance technology, transmit interventions, and communicate your findings via visual, textual and verbal channels to a number of different audiences.Delivered by academics currently active in Australia’s high-performance sports environment, you will gain contemporary, evidence-based training which will ultimately allow you to assist coaching staff to develop tactics and appropriate training loads while achieving individual and team performance goals.At the completion of your course, you will be a confident user of the data and video analysis technology needed to interpret sporting performances and will have developed firm ideas about how to produce a winning team. You can apply for International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport (ISPAS) accreditation and will be officially ready to become a champion in the field of sports analytics.Work Integrated Learning (WIL) is a key component of this course, with all assessment activities mimicking those which would be undertaken in the real world of a sports performance analyst. You will monitor matches and analyse the performance and progress of real sporting teams and athletes, before presenting your results.The course content and structure has been developed with ongoing input and feedback from key partner organisations within the high-performance sporting industry, such as Brumbies Rugby, Canberra United Football Club, UC Capitals, the Australian Institute of Sport and UC’s Research Institute for Sport and Exercise (UCRISE).Applicants must hold a completed bachelor's degree. Admission to this course is competitive. Applications will be assessed on the basis of academic merit and number of available places.Students must have a basic understanding of the Microsoft Office suite of programs (or equivalent) together with a basic understanding of a broad range of sports. They must also have a basic understanding of statistical procedures.This course is offered fully online and international students may undertake this course online in their home countries.Following completion of the Graduate Certificate in Sports Analytics, students will be eligible to apply for International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport (ISPAS) accreditation (Level 2). The ISPAS provides an infrastructure of professionalisation, information and training opportunities for accredited performance analysts.

Use sound waves to penetrate soft tissue and learn how to diagnose a wide range of medical and health conditions with the 2-year, part-time Graduate Diploma in Medical Ultrasound course.As one of only two courses of its type available in NSW and ACT, this course will teach you the principles of ultrasound technology and give you the skills to be proficient in a range of examination practices including abdominal, paediatric and musculoskeletal.This course focuses heavily on interactive learning and offers a variety of study modes available to help prepare students (from both medical and non-medical backgrounds), for a career in a public or private hospital radiology practice; or in a community healthcare service.Note: There is currently a severe shortage of trained and qualified Medical Ultrasound graduates and as such students should have no problems securing long-term work options on completion of this course.This course offers students two unique integrated learning pathways. Traditional: where you, the student, is already working as a Sonographer and studying to have your skills officially recognised or; supportive: where you, the student leverage UC’s unique connections to industry stakeholders and partners, to gain access to additional learning/training and working opportunities.In both situations, your clinical work will enhance your employability and ensure you have the right mix of skills, knowledge, and experience to move seamlessly into your chosen career.There is currently a severe shortage of experienced and qualified medical sonographers in the world; and with an ever-increasing aging population, the deficit is expected to get worse.Currently, there has never been a better time to consider a career as a medical Sonographer, especially one with UC qualification. Our smaller, more personal study environments offer students the chance to get a more tailored training experience resulting in a higher level of qualified graduates.A career as Medical Sonographer will allow you to work in the following areas in both Australia and overseas.Students must have achieved either a Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science OR A bachelor’s degree with the successful study of two units of anatomy and physiology at bachelor’s degree level.Students must also complete 2000 hours of supervised ultrasound experience for at least two years, under the supervision of an ASAR accredited sonographer.

Are you interested in pursuing a career in health? Our Diploma in Health at the University of Canberra is designed as a pathway into a range of health-related degrees such as Health Administration, Health Promotion, Public Health or Sports Administration. With a variety of employment opportunities available in both health and community organisations, studying a Diploma in Health will provide you with the skills to succeed in an ever-valuable industry.This course is delivered in two trimesters at full-time or equivalent. The Diploma of Health is also transferable into a Bachelor of Health Studies.

The Diploma develops the expertise and skills that students need to confidently enter and contribute to the engineering industry leading to a career as a contributing team member in engineering industry. Diploma graduates will have direct entry into the second year of the Bachelor of Engineering in Network and Software Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Software Engineering at the University of Canberra.