Graduate Certificate of Business Administration

What you will study

To qualify for the award of Graduate Certificate of Business Administration, students must complete 50 credit points comprising four core units of study.

• Accounting Systems and Reporting
• Marketing Management
• Behaviour in Organisations
• Opportunity Discovery

Entry requirements

Academic requirements

To gain entry into this course, applicants must have one of the following:

• A minimum of three years equivalent full-time relevant professional experience.
• A recognised bachelor’s degree in a related discipline.
• A recognised bachelor’s degree in any discipline plus a minimum of two years equivalent full-time relevant professional experience.

English language requirements

All Swinburne students must be able to meet the English language requirements. You’ll be able to provide evidence of your English language skill if you have one of the following:

• Completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or another type of secondary qualification taught in English.
• Completed some types of university or vocational education studies (tertiary studies).
• Completed an English language test, such as TOEFL, IELTS, Pearson or C1.
• Completed an English language (ELICOS) course.
• Lived and worked in an English-speaking country for at least four years (domestic applicants only).

These requirements vary for prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students, depending on your chosen course.

Recognition of Prior Learning

If you meet the entry criteria and have substantial work experience, contact our Course Consultants to discuss potential Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for your professional background. Contact the university for more information.

Outcomes

Career outcomes

• Your Graduate Certificate of Business Administration will teach you practical techniques to plan and deliver effective, comprehensive business strategies within a complex environment.
• Your practical learning aims to equip you with skills you can take straight into your next senior leadership role. It is designed to quickly accelerate your career progression and earning potential in just about any field.
• A Graduate Certificate of Business Administration from Swinburne Online signals to employers your readiness to take on contemporary business challenges within a senior leadership position.

Learning outcomes

• Apply advanced knowledge of business concepts in diverse contexts and applications using critical thinking.
• Apply problem solving, design and decision-making methodologies to identify and provide innovative solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence.
• Communicate proficiently in professional practice to a variety of audiences, function as an effective member or leader of a diverse team, and use the basic tools and practices of business within project work.
• Demonstrate professionalism, integrity, ethical conduct, professional accountability and an awareness of professional practices in a global and sustainable context.
• Apply business fundamentals to the analysis, design and operation of a model using appropriate business methods and tools.

Fees and FEE-HELP

Estimated annual fee in 2025: $18,160 (domestic full-fee paying place)

Course fees will be affected by a student’s unit selection and any credit awarded in recognition of previous academic experience.

A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:

• The number of units studied per term.
• The choice of major or specialisation.
• Choice of units.
• Credit from previous study or work experience.
• Eligibility for government-funded loans.

Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.

FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.