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The Graduate Certificate of Business Healthcare is designed for health professionals seeking to advance their career and capability in leading and managing with impact in the healthcare sector. You’ll learn to apply leadership and entrepreneurial skills to the delivery of health services within a private, public and community healthcare setting. You’ll also develop skills and knowledge in finances, business communication, managing teams, and innovative solution implementation. When you graduate, you’ll be prepared to move into a management or leadership role within the community or private practice. And for those wishing to pursue further study, this course pathways into Swinburne's MBA and MBA (Executive) courses.

This course provides students with the foundational knowledge and skills needed to pursue further qualifications and/or a career in business and management. The Graduate Certificate of Business Administration addresses a range of areas of study in the context of entrepreneurial activity in organisations, including financial planning and decision-making, strategic marketing, operations management and leadership.

The Graduate Certificate of Business Information Systems has been designed to provide students with an understanding of the use and management of information systems in organisations. The course offers students the knowledge and skills required to work as an analyst in this field. Students learn about the underpinnings of information systems, including studies in business analysis, IT project management and enterprise information management, requirements analysis, database design and professional issues. They also learn how to approach organisational problems from a broader interdisciplinary perspective.

The Graduate Certificate of Business Administration (Executive) invites business professionals to take the next step in their careers through a series of practical and theoretical units. You’ll cover a range of topics relating to business management – including strategy, decision making, accounting, leadership and even creativity. At each stage in the course, you will be encouraged to learn through industry connections, practical projects and traditional assignments.

Concurrently undertaken with either the Bachelor of Aviation or Bachelor of Aviation / Bachelor of Business, the Graduate Certificate of Aviation (Piloting) is a professional pilot course beyond the minimum specified by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. Graduates are qualified to commence an aircraft type endorsement in either the charter or regular public transport airline sectors, or alternatively commence employment as a professional flight instructor.

The Graduate Certificate 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. Graduates may pathway into either the Graduate Diploma of Aviation (Management) or Master of Aviation (Management) courses with advanced standing.

The Graduate Certificate of Aviation (Human Factors) provides the specialised knowledge and skills for aviation professionals undertaking operational roles within a Safety Management system. 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 specialist area of human factors. In addition, the course has relevance for personnel in other technologically based industries including rail, shipping, medical, heavy industry, the chemical industry and energy production. Graduates may pathway into either the Graduate Diploma of Aviation (Human Factors) or Master of Aviation (Human Factors) courses with advanced standing.

The Graduate Certificate 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. You’ll become familiar with statistical software packages such as R and IBM SPSS, learn best-practice methods for research design, and develop your data analysis skills. You’ll build your problem-solving capability by working with real-life data and completing group activities. This qualification is well 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 and industries, including market research, business, sports and health.

The Doctor of Philosophy provides candidates with opportunities to collaborate with industry partners and build the next generation of innovative products. The program takes a design-led, team-based approach to preparing students to become entrepreneurial industry-ready applied researchers in their field. Working in multidisciplinary groups, students spend time with industry partners to identify gaps in the market and opportunities. Supported by mentors from industry and academia, students work on projects that match their skill set and pitch them to industry partners. Projects are taken through to research and development phases, and students develop detailed business plans through to commercialisation.

The Doctor of Philosophy provides candidates with opportunities to collaborate with industry partners and build the next generation of innovative products. The program takes a design-led, team-based approach to preparing students to become entrepreneurial industry-ready applied researchers in their field. Working in multidisciplinary groups, students spend time with industry partners to identify gaps in the market and opportunities. Supported by mentors from industry and academia, students work on projects that match their skill set and pitch them to industry partners. Projects are taken through to research and development phases, and students develop detailed business plans through to commercialisation.