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Graduate Certificate in Catholic Identity and Leadership

GradCertCathID&Lead

40 cp

Minimum duration: 6 months full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at:
Nationally, online (http://www.acu.edu.au/elearning/)
Also available to Sponsored Cohorts

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Requirements for Completion of the Graduate Certificate

To qualify for the Graduate Certificate, a student must complete 40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of: 

  1. 20 cp from Core Units; 
  2. 20 cp from Electives.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

Click here for Unit Descriptions

Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible  (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Core Units                                                                                

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
THEO567  10 Catholic Ethos and Social Teaching
PHIL506 10 Ethics in a Faith-Based Context

Electives                

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
COUN615 10 Leadership  and Communication
COUN616 10 Relationship and Family Counselling  (Pre: COUN621 Foundations of Counselling52)
COUN620 10 Grief and loss: Issues and Approaches  (Pre: COUN621 Foundations of Counselling52)
COUN622 10 Mediation and Conflict Resolution (Pre:  COUN621 Foundations of Counselling52)
LEGL504 10 The Legal Environment (Inc: EXSC661  Sports Law and the Regulatory Environment)
LEGL505 10 Duty of Care
SOCI607 10 Managing the Research Process
SOCI608 10 Contemporary Human Services Management
 SOCI610 10 Social Justice and Advocacy
SWTP602  10         Leadership in Human Services  Organisations
SWTP603 10   Professional Supervision and Consultation  in the Human Services
SWTP604  10 Special Studies in the Human Services
SWTP605 10    Child Protection Context and Policy
SWTP615 10 Families with High and Complex Needs
SWTP616 10  Models of Intervention in Human  Services
SWTP617  10    Cross-Cultural Practice
THEO667 10 Theology of the Human Person
YSED600  10    Principles of Effective Youth Work
YSED601 10 Critical Issues, Young People and  Schooling
YSED602 10   Young People at Risk
YSED604 10  Youth Cultures
YSED607 10    Justice and Young People
YSED610 10   Working with Children and Young People

Other elective approved by the Course Co-ordinator


52 For students who enter the course with recognised expertise in counselling,  this prerequisite may be waived by the Course Co-ordinator.