Admission and Unit Information - Graduate Certificate in Business Administration
Admission
Applicants must have:
- A minimum of eight (8) years full-time equivalent professional/managerial work experience or
- Successfully completed an undergraduate degree, or higher, in any discipline and have a minimum three (3) years full-time equivalent managerial/professional work experience; or
- Successfully completed an undergraduate degree, or higher, in any discipline and have a minimum six (6) years full-time equivalent general work experience;
- Successfully completed an Advanced Diploma in any discipline and have a minimum six (6) years full-time equivalent general work experience.
- International applicants must achieve IELTS - 6.5 overall score with a minimum 6.0 in each subset.
Applicants seeking admission on the basis of work experience MUST support their application with a Statement of Service for all work experience listed on the application.
Applications from Australian and New Zealand citizens and holders of permanent resident visas must be made via the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC).
Applicants who have undertaken studies overseas may have to provide proof of proficiency in English. Local and International applicants who are applying through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) will find details of minimum English proficiency requirements and acceptable proof on the UAC website. Local applicants applying directly to UWS should also use the information provided on the UAC website.
International applicants must apply directly to the University of Western Sydney via UWS International.
International students applying to UWS through UWS International can find details of minimum English proficiency requirements and acceptable poof on the UWS International website.
http://www.uws.edu.au/international
Overseas qualifications must be deemed by the Australian Education International - National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (AEI-NOOSR) to be equivalent to Australian qualifications in order to be considered by UAC and UWS.
Course Structure
To qualify for the award of a Graduate Certificate of Business Administration, students must successfully complete 40 credit points of units as follows.
This unit introduces students to different aspects of the business environment so they develop a general understanding of a wide range of topics within the field of commerce. Management, marketing, legal and economic perspectives are explored as components of business structures taking into account the interactions between political, social, and fiscal enviroments. It is recommended that students undertake this unit in their first quarter of study.
Students will gain financial literacy through practical understanding of the information contained in financial reports. Appreciating the variety of uses of accounting information for planning and controlling enhances the ability to extract relevant data. This unit emphasises the function of both financial and management accounting in measuring, processing and communicating information useful for decision making.
Developing one’s own professional skills, being able to assess and develop the skills of others, and astutely reading the environment, are core to high-achieving executives. Foundations of Management introduces new managers to the fundamentals of management. It takes an holistic view of three main elements related to optimal performance of managers, drawing from and reflecting upon participants’ experiences. These three elements consist of the awareness of the self as manager, the skills needed when dealing with other people, and awareness of the dynamic organisational environment. The focus is developing skills through application to key organisation processes around employment, risk and innovation.
Marketing Management is designed to provide an introduction to the key concepts, principles and practices that constitute the Marketing discipline. Marketing as a business philosophy that underpins the activities of the firm is a key focus. Areas covered include: the marketing process and marketing implementation; marketing and strategic planning, including return on marketing investment (ROMI); the marketing environment; marketing research and marketing information systems; consumer and business buying behaviour; market segmentation of consumer and business markets; product development and product management; brand management; pricing strategy; communication strategy; competitive marketing strategy; marketing implementation.
