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Graduate Certificate in Commerce

+ Award nomenclature

Graduate Certificate in Commerce
GradCertCom

+ Course Availability Modes and Locations

Graduate Certificate in Commerce (2301CO)
Distance Education Wagga Wagga

Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.

Normal course duration

Full-time 0.5 years (1.0 sessions)

  • Normal course duration is the effective period of time taken to complete a course when studied Full-time (Full-time Equivalent: FTE). Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern for the actual length of study. Not all courses are offered in Full-time mode.
  • This course may utilise a three session per year teaching calendar. Students should consult the Enrolment Pattern for availability of subjects in Session 3, or contact their Course Coordinator.

    • Admission criteria CSU Admission Policy

    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 5 years relevant work experience acceptable to the University will be considered.

    Credit CSU Credit Policy

    Standard CSU Credit policy apply.

    Graduation requirement

    To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.

    Course structure

    The Graduate Certificate in Commerce consists of four subjects (32 points) with the following requirements to be met:

    1. all subjects must be selected from the range of restricted elective subjects offered by the Faculty of Business at Level 5 or equivalent;
    2. students may not enrol in any subject which is substantially similar to a subject already completed; and
    3. students shall meet all prerequisite requirements.

    Credit in the Master of Business Administration (MBA)

    The Graduate Certificate in Commerce is also a pathway into the MBA for students without an undergraduate degree. Students may receive credit for up to four subjects into the MBA upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate.

    Faculty of Business restricted elective subjects

    ACC501 Business Accounting & Finance
    ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
    ACC514 Financial Accounting
    ACC515 Accounting & Finance
    ACC518 Current Developments In Accounting Thought
    ACC525 Financial Accountability in the Public Sector
    ACC585 Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation
    ACG504 Communication in Business
    ACG506 FInancial Management of Small Business
    ACC566 Accounting Systems and Processes
    ACC567 Financial Accounting 2
    ECO501 Business Economics
    ECO503 International Economics
    ECO511 Economics for Business
    ECO515 Managerial Economics
    ECO517 Economic Evaluation
    FIN516 Corporate Finance
    FIN518 International Financial Management
    FIN521 Corporate Treasury Management
    FIN522 Financial Modelling
    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 Financial Planning
    FIN563 Estate Planning
    FIN564 Superannuation and Retirement Planning
    FIN567 Property Investment
    HRM501 Labour Market Studies
    HRM502 Human Resource Management
    HRM507 Research Methods
    HRM512 Values and Conflict in Organisations
    HRM514 International Human Resource Management
    HRM516 International Management Behaviour
    HRM523 Advanced Studies in Industrial Relations
    HRM528 Strategic Human Resource Management
    HRM531 Organisational Politics and Culture and Change Management
    HRM532 International Human Resource Development
    HRM539 Managing People in Small Business
    HRM540 Theory of Conflict Resolution
    HRM545 Skills of Conflict Resolution
    HRM550 Evaluating Human Resources
    HRM552 Organisational Behaviour
    HRM560 Human Resource Development Context
    HRM561 Developing Training Capabilities
    HRM563 Developing Organisational Capabilities
    INR501 Industrial Relations Environment
    INR502 Industrial Relations System and Issues
    INR503 Industrial Relations Practice
    INR510 Comparative Labour Relations
    ITC505 ICT Project Management
    ITC540 IT Infrastructure Management PG
    ITC549 Web Site Operations and Publishing
    ITC557 Web Based Info Systems PG
    ITC563 IT Managment Issues
    ITC596 IT Risk Management
    LAW502 Law of International Business
    LAW503 Administrative Law
    LAW504 Business and Corporations Law
    LAW505 Taxation 1
    LAW515 Law of Employment
    LAW516 Dispute Resolution: Methods and Results
    LAW517 Mediation: Processes and Uses
    LAW518 Taxation 2
    LAW519 Negotiation Skills
    LAW530 Environmental Law and Management
    LAW540 Australian Law & Legal System
    LAW545 Taxation Strategies
    MGT501 Management Theory and Practice
    MGT503 The Social and Economic Environment
    MGT505 Foundations of Quality Management
    MGT506 The Learning Organisation
    MGT510 Strategic Management
    MGT517 Advanced Research Methods
    MGT520 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development
    MGT530 International Business
    MGT531 Business Ethics
    MGT536 Leadership and Entrepreneurship
    MGT537 Entrepreneurial Project
    MGT540 Management of Change
    MGT547 Ethics of Corporate Governance
    MGT550 Operations Management
    MGT553 Project Management
    MGT580 Forecasting and Risk Assessment
    MGT583 Management of Sustainable Business
    MGT589 Managing Risk
    MGT594 Leadership and Business Ethics
    MKT501 Marketing Management
    MKT510 Customer Behaviour
    MKT519 Marketing for Small Business
    MKT520 Managing Product and Service Innovation
    MKT525 Electronic Marketing
    MKT540 Marketing Strategy
    MKT550 Global Marketing
    MKT560 Marketing and Organisational Research
    MKT561 Services Marketing
    MKT562 Business to Business Marketing
    MKT570 Integrated Marketing Communications
    PAD591 Public Sector Management

    Students should obtain the permission of the Course Director, if they wish to complete subjects not on the list above.

    Enrolment pattern

    Due to the flexibility of the course requirements, there is no prescribed enrolment pattern. Students may choose the order in which they undertake subjects, depending upon the availability of subjects and the meeting of any pre-requisites.

    + Residential School

    Please note that the following subjects may have a residential school component.

    ACC512 Management Accounting for Costs & Control
    ACC514 Financial Accounting
    ACC515 Accounting & Finance
    ACC518 Current Developments In Accounting Thought
    ACC566 Acc Systems and Processes
    ACC567 Financial Accounting 2
    ECO511 Economics for Business
    FIN560 Financial Planning
    LAW504 Business and Corporations Law
    LAW505 Taxation 1
    LAW517 Mediation: Processes and Uses
    LAW518 Taxation 2
    LAW519 Negotiation Skills

    Enrolled students can find further information about CSU residential schools via the About Residential School page.

    Contact

    For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au

    The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: February 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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