Graduate Certificate
Advance your career with Deakin's Graduate Certificate of Commerce and gain a broad base of business knowledge and application. This course offers an introduction to the fundamentals of commerce, teaching you skills you can apply in contemporary business contexts.
The Graduate Certificate of Commerce allows you to select subjects to suit your interests and goals and build knowledge to help you make informed business decisions. With studies chosen from the areas of capital markets, business and technology and business and society you will cover a breadth of critical information to forward your career.
Ready to build upon your business skill set and expand your career options?
With options to study at Deakin's Melbourne Burwood Campus or online, you can tailor your study experience to fit around your commitments. Want to keep your options open for further study? This course provides a direct pathway to the Master of Commerce.
To complete the Graduate Certificate of Commerce, students must attain a total of 4 credit points, consisting of 4 credit points of course electives, plus completion of the compulsory 0-credit point module, DAI001 Academic Integrity Module. Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point.
The University aims to provide students with as much credit as possible for approved prior study or informal learning which exceeds the normal entrance requirements for the course and is within the constraints of the course regulations. Students are required to complete a minimum of one-third of the course at Deakin University, or four credit points, whichever is the greater. In the case of certificates, including graduate certificates, a minimum of two credit points within the course must be completed at Deakin.
You can also refer to the Recognition of prior learning system which outlines the credit that may be granted towards a Deakin University degree and how to apply for credit.