1997 Postgraduate Handbook

Graduate Certificate in Human Services Management

Fees apply

The program aims to meet the diverse needs of managers and others working within the broad field of human services, either in the public or the non-government community sectors.

Enrolment through

Wagga Wagga campus

Study mode

Distance education

Normal course duration

1 year part-time (2 sessions)

Admission requirements

Applicants should either:

• hold a relevant degree or diploma or a qualification deemed to be equivalent,
  or
• other academic and/or professional qualifications acceptable to the University.

Credit

There is no credit available for the Graduate Certificate. However, in some cases a student may apply to the Course Coordinator to substitute other subjects if they can demonstrate competence by virtue of previous studies in recognised award courses. Substitution does not reduce the number of subjects required to complete the course.

Articulation

The Graduate Certificate is given full credit in the Graduate Diploma of Human Services Management. The course articulates with the Master of Social Science (Welfare & Social Policy), the Master of Business (Human Resource Management) and for students with an undergraduate degree in Social Work, with the Master of Social Work.

Course requirements

To graduate with the Certificate, students must satisfactorily complete 32 subject points, consisting of four session length subjects.

Course structure

Session 1

• MGT501 Management Theory & Practice
• HRM509 Organisational Change

Session 2

• WEL416 Changing Human Service Organisations
• PHL404 Ethics & the Public Sector

• or
  • ETH401 Ethics & Social Welfare

Inquiries

Course Coordinator
Professor Robert Doyle
School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Telephone: (069) 33 2840
Facsimile: (069) 33 2792
Email: rodoyle@csu.edu.au

Last Revised: 25 November 1996.