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The Graduate Diploma of Counselling provides students with a range of counselling skills that can be applied across work settings, client types and cultural groups. Students specialise in human services counselling, couple counselling or forensic counselling. The course is designed to meet the needs of those employed in the human services sector (such as mental health, general health care, education, law and mediation, justice and welfare, and public service fields) or those who have an interest in the specialist fields of couple counselling or forensic counselling.

The Graduate Diploma of Construction Management forms the second stage in a four-stage nested program consisting of: Graduate Certificate in Construction Management (GC-CMGT) Graduate Diploma of Construction Management (GD-CMGT) Master of Construction Management (MA-CMGT) Master of Construction and Infrastructure Management (MA-CIMGT) The construction industry has always required efficient technical and financial project administrators, and this need is even greater in today's financial climate. Projects must run efficiently on all fronts, and managers must be able to plan, execute and supervise jobs with professional skill in areas where each new technological advance creates a need for new techniques, methods and equipment. The main aim of this program is to prepare graduates for future roles in managing people, equipment, materials, technological processes and funds in the construction, building and maintenance of buildings and assets in the civil infrastructure. This aim is facilitated by the study of advanced management and engineering techniques in the fields of construction, building and maintenance.

This program is only available in Singapore. The Graduate Diploma in Clinical Supervision course provides advanced, high quality multidisciplinary training in clinical supervision for professionals working in the mental health area.

The Graduate Diploma of Aviation (Management) qualifies graduates to undertake management roles in the aviation industry. The course primarily is designed to meet the needs of personnel currently involved in the aviation industry who wish to upgrade their skills at tertiary level in the area of aviation management. The course consists of both core and elective units. The Graduate Diploma enables a student to specialise in discipline specific material, building on the core materials provided in the Graduate Certificate. Elective units may be taken from either the Aviation Management or Aviation Human Factors units or as approved by the Aviation Postgraduate Course Coordinator. Graduates may pathway into the Master of Aviation (Management) course with advanced standing.

The Graduate Diploma of Aviation (Human Factors) provides the advanced knowledge and skills for aviation professionals undertaking operational roles within a Safety Management system. The course provides students with the advanced knowledge necessary to deliver human factors programs within the aviation industry. The course, primarily, is designed to meet the needs of personnel currently involved in the aviation industry who wish to upgrade their skills at tertiary level in the advanced area of human factors. In addition, the course has application for personnel in other technologically based industries including rail, shipping, medical, heavy industry, the chemical industry and energy production.

The Graduate Diploma of Applied Statistics will give you a practical knowledge of statistical methods that you can confidently apply in your workplace or your area of interest. Throughout your studies you will work with software packages such as R, IBM SPSS, and the SAS suite. You’ll learn best-practice methods for research design and as you progress, you’ll learn to use advanced analysis techniques and make forecasts based on complex sample surveys. Group activities using real-life data will help you build your problem-solving capability. This qualification is suited to graduates of other disciplines or those who need to use statistics in their role but haven’t had formal applied statistics training. Your skills can be applied to a wide range of disciplines, including market research, business, sports and health.

The rapid pace of change in the ways in which information is accessed, utilised and converted into knowledge means that there is a growing need for graduates with both traditional and electronic professional and creative writing skills. The goal of Swinburne's writing programs is to draw together print and performance-based texts, while exploring the local and global opportunities of electronic media. The writing suite of programs builds on the expertise of Swinburne academics in areas including creative writing, electronic writing, information management, eCommunications and writing for learning technologies. These programs will give students access to the best materials in print and online as well as to experts in their field. Students will be supported by online mentors and tutors. The Graduate Certificate of Writing forms the first stage in a three-stage nested suite of programs consisting of: Graduate Certificate of Writing (GC-WRI) Graduate Diploma of Writing (GD-WRI) Master of Writing (MA-WRI)

Contribute to healthy city futures with our Graduate Certificate of Urban Informatics. You’ll gain the skills and knowledge required to respond to the growing challenges of mass urbanisation, including accommodating dense populations, responding to climate change, public health, housing affordability, and growing spatial complexity. You’ll learn why multi-dimensional approaches to urban planning are needed, and how to embrace creative and speculative design thinking, and engage with people, data and advanced technologies. Graduates will be prepared to make meaningful contributions in careers as specialist urban informatics consultants.

The Graduate Certificate of Urban Design builds on your existing skills and knowledge to prepare you for designing healthy, modern cities. You’ll hone your understanding of the contemporary approaches needed to tackle population growth, climate change, housing affordability, urban mobility and public health in our cities. You’ll graduate with the confidence and specialised knowledge in urban design required to build a career in urban design and planning practices, or in local city councils.

The Graduate Certificate of Social Science (Housing Management and Policy) is a postgraduate professional qualification which provides knowledge and skills in research, policy development and systems of housing management. This course is designed for people working in the public and community housing sectors and related industries, such as homelessness. Single unit studies are also available.