UTS course code: C11157
Testamur title: Graduate Certificate in Communication Development
Abbreviation: GradCertCommDev
Course Coordinator: Dr Shirley Saunders
Course fee: HECS/$200 per cp (local); $6,250 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 24

Overview
Course aims
Admission requirements
Attendance
Course duration
Course structure
Assessment
Articulation and progression
Other information

Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Communication Development is designed to meet the needs of graduates who wish to enhance their professional practice by extending their knowledge of applied theory in communication development and management. Students in the course come from a diverse range of disciplinary and trade backgrounds including human resource development, business, health care, community service, professional development, organisational consultants and technical and vocational education.

Course aims

The aims of the course are for you to:

• explain and critique a range of contemporary theoretical perspectives on adult communication development and management
• apply academic knowledge of adult communication management and adult learning principles to develop professional practice
• critically analyse and evaluate appropriate and wide-ranging sources of information and teaching/training resources on adult communication development and management
• analyse a significant problem, issue or aspect of adult communication development related to professional practice
• develop personal communication knowledge and skills in interpersonal relations, organisational development, team work and organisational frames in order to enhance self awareness and facilitate learning in communication development studies
• identify and determine ways of developing and enhancing adult communication competence of adults-as-learners in the workplace and other social settings
• acknowledge the multiple perspectives that are brought to any communication and learning situation as a result of gender, ethnicity, class, age, sexuality and/or physical abilities, and
• establish a foundation for continued self-directed learning in adult communication development and management.

Admission requirements

An undergraduate degree from any field or equivalent is required for entry into this course.

Attendance

The course is delivered with weekly classes on the City campus. All four subjects are also available in distance study.

Course duration

The course can be completed in one year of part-time study if you complete some of the subjects by distance and others by weekly study. You complete the course in two years of part-time study if you enrol in the weekly mode or distance mode only.

Course structure

The course comprises four compulsory subjects that can be taken in any order:

013343 Adult Communication Management and Interpersonal Relations 6cp
013344 Adult Communication Management and Organisational Development 6cp
013205 Adult Communication Management and Teamwork 6cp
013206 Adult Communication Management and Organisational Frames 6cp

Note: All subjects in this course are offered in both distance and weekly mode. A non-refundable administration fee applies to all subjects where students choose distance mode (to apply from 2004). This fee is $50 per distance subject (pending final UTS approval).

Assessment

All subjects are assessed on a Pass/Fail basis.

Articulation and progression

A graduate obtains 24 credit points advanced standing into the Master of Education (C04200), Master of Education in Vocational Education and Training (C04189), Master of Education in Higher and Professional Education (C04190), Master of Education in Adult Education (C04179) and Master of Arts in Lifelong Learning (C04191).

Other information

For further information about this course, contact:

telephone (02) 9514 3900
email education@uts.edu.au