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Graduate Certificate in Futures Studies

Be a cutting-edge thinker who can create amazing futures for you and me.

This program will give you powerful tools to manage change and to find creative ways to future-proof an organisation. Futures Studies is an increasingly sought after skill in strategic management and is being used as a tool in government, business, education and community development.

UniSC program code
AR510
Commence
Semester 1 or Semester 2
Duration
Program only available part time. Not all courses available concurrently.
Study mode
on campus; online
Fee type 2015
  • Postgraduate coursework places
Total courses
4

This program will give you powerful tools to manage change and to find creative ways to future-proof an organisation. Futures Studies is an increasingly sought after skill in strategic management and is being used as a tool in government, business, education and community development.

This course teaches you how to use futures methods, concepts and tools to reinvent the way things are. Develop expertise to transform organisations which may face possible or probable threats to their futures.

The program hones your personal leadership skills and teaches you a wide range of facilitation techniques. Online study is available.

Admission requirements

A student entering the Graduate Certificate program will normally be required to hold an undergraduate degree, or equivalent, from a recognised higher education institution.

Program structure

Required courses (4)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
FUT700 Applied Futures Studies: Methods, Values and Strategy
FUT710 Futures Research Methods and Techniques
FUT720 Strategic Foresight Leadership
FUT730 Media and Business Futures

Program requirements and notes

Program requirements and notes
  • Students are required to successfully complete the 4 required courses as listed below.
  • This program is only available part-time.
  • FUT700 Applied Futures Studies: Methods, Values and Strategy is only available online.
  • Not available to international students on a Student visa.

For students who commenced study in this program prior to Study Period 1, 2014:

  • Find the Student Handbook for the semester in which you commenced.
  • Select the program in which you are enrolled.
  • Scroll down to your relevant Program Structure.