Southern Cross University (SCU) Courses

To gain entry into the Master of Business Administration, you need:

• A three-year bachelor degree from any Australian university, OR
• At least five years of professional managerial experience regarded by SCU as equivalent to a degree, AND
• Students will need to be proficient in English.

No Bachelor's degree? You could still be eligible for entry into the MBA through your relevant work experience. Contact us today to find out more.

Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

At SCU Online, we value your past education and work experience, allowing you to potentially reduce your online MBA course length by a total of 50% (from 16 units to eight) through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Should you have any relevant professional work experience or academic qualifications that you would like us to acknowledge, please provide as much evidence of this as possible when applying to study the Master of Business Administration Online.

Gain credit for your previous experience and graduate even sooner with Advanced Standing. At SCU Online, we proactively assess each student's prior learning, qualifications and professional experience and provide custom pathways to complete your MBA online.

Depending on advanced standing awarded, you could complete your MBA online in as little as 16 months, part-time. Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To gain entry into the Master of Mental Health Nursing, all applicants must:

• Be a Registered Nurse (Division 1) and have access to mental health nurse practice or to mental health nurse practitioners during their course of study, and;
• Be proficient in English.

If you are not a registered nurse, you could also be eligible for the Master of Mental Health degree. Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

At SCU Online, we value your past education and work experience, allowing you to potentially reduce the mental health nursing postgraduate degree length through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Should you have any relevant professional work experience or academic qualifications that you would like us to acknowledge, please provide as much evidence of this as possible when applying to study the Master of Mental Health Nursing online.

Gain credit for your previous experience and graduate even sooner with Advanced Standing. At SCU Online, we proactively assess each student's prior learning, qualifications and professional experience and provide custom pathways to complete your online Master of Mental Health Nursing.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for entry into the Graduate Certificate in Project Management online, you must:

• Hold a Bachelor's degree in any discipline; or
• Have over five years' work experience/professional standing that is regarded by the Academic Board as equivalent to an undergraduate degree

In either case, students must be proficient in English.

We recognise and grant credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for entry to the Graduate Certificate in Information Technology Management, students must:

• Have a three-year bachelor degree from any Australian university, or equivalent; and
• Be proficient in English

Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We recognise and reward credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To gain entry into the Masters of Education online, you need:

• A four-year bachelors degree in education from any Australian university or equivalent; OR
• an undergraduate degree and a fourth-year level teaching qualification from any Australian university or equivalent, OR
• a three-year bachelors degree in teaching and an education-specific Graduate Certificate from any Australian University, or equivalent.

Non-standard language admission requirements for international students (IELTS) with an overall score of 7.5 or equivalent.Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules

At SCU Online, we value your past education and work experience, allowing you to potentially reduce the Master of Education's course length through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Should you have any relevant professional work experience or academic qualifications that you would like us to acknowledge, please provide as much evidence of this as possible when applying to study the Master of Education online.

Gain credit for your previous experience and graduate even sooner with Advanced Standing. At SCU Online, we proactively assess each student's prior learning, qualifications and professional experience and provide custom pathways to complete your online Master's in Education.

To qualify for entry into the Graduate Certificate, all applicants must:

• Have successfully completed a minimum three (3) year Bachelor qualification, or equivalent, in health, psychology or social science-related discipline, and;
• Be proficient in English.

If you are a registered nurse, you could also be eligible for the Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing. Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We may recognise and grant credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for entry into the Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership, all applicants must:

• Have successfully completed a minimum three (3) year Bachelor qualification, or equivalent, in a health-related discipline;
 AND
• Be proficient in English.


Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We recognise and grant credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Business Law, you must have:

• A Bachelor degree in any discipline, or equivalent; AND

• Students also need to be proficient in English.

If you are a qualified lawyer, you could also be eligible for the Master of Laws (Business Law) degree.

Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We may recognise and reward credit for past education or qualifications in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To gain entry into the Master of Business Law online, you must have:

• A Bachelor degree in any discipline with a minimum Credit average, or equivalent; or
• A Bachelor degree in any discipline, or equivalent, and two years of documented relevant professional experience; AND
• Students also need to be proficient in English.

If you are a qualified lawyer, you could also be eligible for the Master of Laws (Business Law) degree.

Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

At SCU Online, we value your past education and work experience, allowing you to potentially reduce the online Master of Business Law's length through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Should you have any relevant professional work experience or academic qualifications that you would like us to acknowledge, please provide as much evidence of this as possible when applying to study the Master of Business Law.

Gain credit for your previous experience and graduate even sooner with Advanced Standing. At SCU Online, we proactively assess each student's prior learning, qualifications and professional experience and provide custom pathways to complete your online Master of Business Law.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To gain entry into the Master of Engineering Management, you must:

• Have a four-year undergraduate degree in engineering, or in a cognate discipline: OR
• Have a three-year undergraduate degree in engineering, or in a cognate discipline, plus at least two years of relevant work experience; OR
• Demonstrate relevant prior learning and/or experience equivalent to the two points above, AND
• Students must also be proficient in English.

Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

At SCU Online, we value your past education and work experience, allowing you to potentially reduce the MEM Engineering Management course length through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Should you have any relevant professional work experience or academic qualifications that you would like us to acknowledge, please provide as much evidence of this as possible when applying to study the master degree of engineering management online.

Gain credit for your previous experience and graduate even sooner with Advanced Standing. At SCU Online, we proactively assess each student's prior learning, qualifications and professional experience and provide custom pathways to complete your online Master of Engineering Management.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To gain entry into the Graduate Certificate in Business, you need:

• A three-year bachelor degree from any Australian university, OR
• Professional experience regarded by SCU as equivalent to a degree, AND
• Students will need to be proficient in English.

No Bachelor's degree? You could still be eligible for entry into the course through your relevant work experience. Contact us today to find out more.

Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We recognise and reward credit for past education, qualifications and work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for entry into the Graduate Diploma, all applicants must:

• Have successfully completed a minimum three (3) year Bachelor qualification, or equivalent, in health, psychology or social science-related discipline, and;
• Be proficient in English.

If you are a registered nurse, you could also be eligible for the Graduate Diploma of Mental Health Nursing. Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We may recognise and grant credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.