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Certificate of proficiency
Our Certificates of Proficiency are ideal for professionals looking to develop specific technical or practical skills over a short period of time.
Delivered in the evenings over the course of just 13 weeks, these programs are offered by the Faculties of Business and Management and Engineering and Information Sciences.
On completion, you will receive an official transcript that can be used as credit towards a future postgraduate program.
Certificate of Proficiency Courses
The following Certificates of Proficiency are currently on offer at UOWD. Please note that eligibility for each course is aligned to the admission requirement for the postgraduate degree that each subject belongs to and certain pre-requisites may be required.
- Economics for Modern Business
- Quantitative Economic Analysis
- Insights into Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Contemporary Leadership Skills for Entrepreneurs
- Digital Marketing
- Social Marketing
- Marketing Strategy
- Consumer Behaviour
- Marketing Communications
- Developing and Marketing New Products and Services
- International Marketing Strategy
- Research for Marketing Decisions
- Retail Marketing Management
- Strategic Marketing Management
- Responsible Talent Management Strategies
- Design Thinking and Business Transformation
- Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation
- Decision Effectiveness in Strategic Management
- Responsible Leadership Effectiveness
- Essential Elements for Business Analytics
- Techniques and Tools for Business Analytics
- Business Analytics for Economic and Market Environments
- Business Analytics for Services and Operations
- Advanced Business Analytics
- Leading in Contemporary Organisations
- Human Resource Development
- Corporate Governance
- Strategic Management
- Management of Change
- Organisational Analysis
- Contemporary Issues in International Business
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Performance Management
- Management of Workplace Health and Safety
- Job Analysis, Recruitment and Selection
- Cross Cultural Management
- International Business Theory and Practice
- International Business Strategies
- Supply Chain Management
- Total Quality Management
- Supply Chain Analytics
- Strategic Procurement Management
- Advanced Supply Chain Management
- Logistics System
- Project Management
- Introduction to Inclusive Education: Strategies, Policies and Legislation
- Research Methods and Design
- Introduction to Technology in Education
- Psychology for Educators
- Engineering Project Management
- Financial Management for Engineered Assets
- Life Cycle and Risk Management
- Maintenance Requirement Analysis
- Modelling of Engineering Management Systems
- Project Implementation and Outsourcing
- Strategic Management for Engineers and Technologists
- Systems Reliability Engineering
- Engineering Logistics
- Sustainability for Engineers Scientist and Professionals
- Financial Skills for Entrepreneurs
- Financial Strategy
- Investment Management
- Portfolio Management
- Financial Statement Analysis for Business
- Banking Theory and Practice
- Advanced Managerial Finance
- Multinational Financial Management
- Portfolio Stimulation
- Financial Institutions
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Derivatives
- Accounting for Managerial Decision making
- Financial Strategy and Governance
- Promoting Clinical Excellence
- Clinical Governance
- Leading change in Healthcare
- Information Systems and Strategy
- IT Governance
- Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
- Project and Change Management
- Digital transformation strategy and Industry 4.0
- Cloud foundations & architecting
- AI Practitioner
- Research & Design Thinking for Digital Transformation
- Data Science Practitioner
- Cloud Application Development
- IoT Practitioner
- IoT Application Development
- Blockchain Practitioner
- Business process management and automation
- Cyber Security Practitioner
- Blockchain Application Development
- Big Data Engineering
- Emerging Digital Tools & Practices
- Film & Cinema Studies
- Media Management
- Social Media and Network Culture
- Transmedia Storytelling
- Emotional Intelligence for Leaders
- International Environment Politics
- International Law and Diplomacy
- Theories of International Relations
- Development Studies
Why choose to do a Certificate of Proficiency?
Progression to Future Postgraduate Programs
Upon completion of the chosen subject students are awarded a Certificate of Proficiency and an official academic transcript. This transcript can then be used as credit towards future postgraduate programs.
Classes to fit around your commitments
All Certificates of Proficiency classes are held from 6-9:30pm, Monday to Friday and are designed to fit around work commitments.
World-Class Faculty
UOWD’s Faculty provide a wealth of academic and professional expertise from across the globe. All full-time professors hold a PhD degree and are active researchers in their specialist field. They also bring vast industry experience from years of practice in their respective disciplines, creating a learning environment that is both grounded in the latest academic theory and applicable to current professional practice.
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