Program summary

Program title: Graduate Certificate in Arts
Award abbreviation: GCA
Degree type: coursework
Study mode: on campus
Duration: 6 months minimum full-time, 2 years maximum part-time
Commence: Semester 1 or Semester 2
Fee type 2013: postgraduate coursework places
Total courses: 4
USC program code: AR505
CRICOS code: Not available to international students on a student visa

Upgrade your skills and increase your employment opportunities.

In a time when employees experience several changes of career during their work life, it is beneficial to acquire different skills sets and knowledge. The graduate Arts programs afford you the opportunity to follow your interests, to enhance your quality of life aspirations, or to satisfy curiosity-driven study.

Complete the Graduate Certificate in Arts and add value to your existing qualifications by completing a suite of four thematically based courses. The Graduate Certificate is a one-semester-equivalent full-time program that you can study across one to four semesters depending on your choice of discipline and courses. You may require a Blue Card depending on the courses you choose.

The Graduate Diploma in Arts extends the offer by allowing you to study a suite of eight thematically based courses in your chosen discipline. You may elect to study all eight courses in one area, effectively completing a School of Communication or School of Social Sciences major; or you can complete two complementary minors or one minor and one specialisation. This is a two-semester-equivalent full-time program. You can complete it across two to six semesters, depending on your discipline and course choices.

You can select a minor in any of the following disciplines: 3D Design; Australian Studies; Child Protective Practices; Communication Studies; Community Development; Comparative Studies; Creative Advertising; Creative Writing; e-Media Design; English; Geography; Graphic Design; History; Indonesian; Italian; Japanese; Justice Studies; Legal Studies; Planning Studies; Politics and International Relations; Public Policy; Public Relations; Sociology, Sustainability or a specialisation in Indigenous Studies.

For Graduate Diploma students, majors are available in: 3D Design; Australian Studies; Communication Studies; Counselling Studies; Creative Writing; e-Media Design; English; Geography; Graphic Design; History; Human Services, Indonesian; Italian; Japanese; Journalism; Justice Studies; Politics and International Relations; Public Relations; or Sociology.

Enquiries

Faculty of Arts and Business
Tel: +61 7 5430 1259

Program Leader
Dr Elizabeth Eddy
Tel: +61 7 5430 1269
Email: EEddy@usc.edu.au