Upon completion of the course, graduates will be able to apply both generic and specific skills relevant to the professional needs of the student and the organisational needs of the relevant business or industry, and be involved in continuous learning and the maintenance of a lifelong commitment to professional development.
The Graduate Certificate in Commerce is also a pathway to the Master of Business Administration (MBA) for students without an undergraduate degree. Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Commerce, students may receive credit for up to four subjects in the MBA course.
Credit may be awarded towards higher level Master programs within the Faculty of Business if the same subject or an equivalent subject applicable to the Master level program is completed in the Graduate Certificate in Commerce.
Students may receive up to 50% or two 8 point subjects worth of credit into the Graduate Certificate in Commerce for studies completed at postgraduate or equivalent level within the last 10 years.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points (four subjects).
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An indicative course structure is available in the CSU Handbook
Students study four Level 5 subjects across the following fields:
Subjects that may be available include:
ACC501 Business Accounting and Finance
ACC525 Financial Accountability in the Public Sector
ACC592 Security, Control and Business Information Systems
ECO501 Business Economics
ECO503 International Economics
ECO515 Managerial Economics
ECO517 Economic Evaluation
ECO518 Business Forecasting
FIN516 Corporate Finance
FIN518 International Financial Management
FIN521 Corporate Treasury Management
FIN523 Lending and Financial Institutions
FIN524 Applied Portfolio Management
FIN525 Financial Institutions Management
FIN530 Money and Capital Markets
FIN531 Investments Analysis
FIN535 Strategic Finance
FIN560 Introduction to Financial Planning
FIN562 Risk Management and Insurance
FIN563 Estate Planning
FIN564 Superannuation Planning
FIN567 Property Investment
HRM501 Labour Market Studies
HRM502 Human Resource Management
HRM507 Research Methods
HRM512 Values and Conflict in Organisations
HRM514 International Human Resources Management
HRM516 International Management Behaviour
HRM523 Advanced Studies in Industrial Relations
HRM527 Issues in Training and Development
HRM528 Strategic Human Resource Management
HRM531 Organisational Politics and Culture and Change Management
HRM532 International Human Resource Development
HRM533 International Work Organisation
HRM540 Theory of Conflict Resolution
HRM545 Skills of Conflict Resolution
HRM550 Evaluating Human Resources
HRM552 Organisational Behaviour
HRM560 Human Resource Development Context
HRM562 Developing Individual Capabilities
HRM563 Developing Organisational Capabilities
INR501 Industrial Relations Environment
INR502 Industrial Relations System and Issues
INR503 Industrial Relations Practice
INR504 Industrial Law
INR510 Comparative Labour Relations
LAW502 Law of International Business
LAW503 Administrative Law
LAW515 Law of Employment
LAW516 Dispute Resolution: Methods and Results
LAW517 Mediation: Processes and Uses
LAW521 Digital Communities, Law and Policies
LAW525 Contemporary International Legal Issues
LAW540 Australian Law and Legal System
MGT501 Management Theory and Practice
MGT503 The Social and Economic Environment
MGT505 Foundations of Quality Management
MGT506 The Learning Organisation
MGT510 Strategic Management
MGT520 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development
MGT530 International Business
MGT531 Business Ethics
MGT535 Developing and Managing the Enterprise
MGT536 Leadership and Entrepreneurship
MGT537 The Entrepreneurial Project
MGT540 Management of Change
MGT543 Facilitative Leadership and Group Dynamics
MGT544 Organisational Change and Development
MGT546 Corporate Governance: Ethics, Leadership and Accountability
MGT550 Operations Management
MGT553 Project Management
MGT554 Supply Chain Development
MGT580 Forecasting and Risk Assessment
MGT582 Management and Sustainability
MGT583 Management of Sustainable Business
MGT584 Leadership in Business
MGT593 Leadership: Concepts and Applications
MGT594 Leadership and Business Ethics
MKT501 Marketing Management
MKT510 Customer Behaviour
MKT520 Managing Product and Service Innovation
MKT525 Electronic Marketing
MKT540 Marketing Strategy
MKT550 Multinational Marketing Management
MKT560 Marketing and Organisational Research
MKT570 Integrated Marketing Communication
PAD591 Public Sector Management
TRM515 Tourism Policy and Strategic Development
TRM516 The Management of Tourism Events
If any further information is required or to check current availability of subjects, please phone info.csu on 1800 227 337 or email inquiry@csu.edu.au for the contact details of the appropriate person.
Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised Australian tertiary institution or a qualification deemed to be equivalent.
Applicants with other academic and/or professional qualifications and/or work experience acceptable to the University will be considered.
The following information gives you an overview of studying by distance education.
Course materials
When studying by distance education you may receive:
Distance education students usually study two 8 point subjects per semester. More or fewer subjects may be studied in consultation with the Course Coordinator.
Teleconferencing
Telephone tutorials may also be used to supplement face-to-face contact between students and academic staff. Conference calls enable several students, either at home or at a common location, to participate in a group tutorial with academic staff.
Direct telephone contact and email
Students are encouraged to maintain direct contact with staff by telephone or email. Office telephone numbers and email addresses will be supplied and telephone answering services are available in the offices of Course Coordinators. Students will also be advised of numbers for the School's central telephone answering and facsimile machines.
Online forums
Students may participate in various forums online, enabling direct and instant contact with staff and other students.
For all inquiries about Charles Sturt University courses, please contact info.csu on:
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