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Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership is designed to provide aspiring and current educational leaders with a relatively short flexible program which enables them to access recent developments in theory, research, policy and practice in educational leadership.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Communicate effectively to a range of audiences, and be capable of independent and collaborative enquiry and team based leadership.
  • Professionals
  • Leaders
  • Global citizens
  • Scholars
2.
Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and problem solving skills.
  • Professionals
  • Scholars
  • Global citizens
3.
Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the field of educational leadership as it relates to their specialist area of study, and the ability to synthesize and apply disciplinary principles and practices to new or complex environments.
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
  • Global citizens
  • Leaders
4.
Demonstrate an understanding of international perspectives relevant to the educational field.
  • Global citizens

Program Structure

Students must complete 24 UOC when taken as a standalone program.

  1. Core Course (6 UOC)
  2. Prescribed Electives (18 UOC)

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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

Minimum Entry Requirements

Program Requirements

Progression Requirements

Articulation arrangements:
The Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership forms part of a sequence of articulated programs comprising the Graduate Certificate and Masters degree of Educational Leadership. A postgraduate student enrolled in an articulated program may progress from the Graduate Certificate to the Masters level with full credit for courses completed in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership.

For more information on university policy on progression requirements please visit Academic Progression

Program Fees

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