Graduate Certificate
A completed recognised bachelor degree (or higher award) in any discipline with an overall grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 (on QUT's 7 point scale).
Pathway into Master of Business
1.5 year program - For students with an undergraduate degree in the same discipline as their nominated Master of Business major
BS37 Graduate Certificate in Business and Communication (one semester) leading to BS11 Master of Business (Applied Finance Human Resource Management Integrated Marketing Communication International Business Management; Marketing Public Relations or Strategic Advertising) (two semesters) (96 credit points of advanced standing).
2 year program - For students with an undergraduate degree in business (or related field of study) in a discipline that is different to their nominated Master of Business major
BS37 Graduate Certificate in Business and Communication (one semester) leading to BS11 Master of Business (Applied Finance Human Resource Management Integrated Marketing Communication International Business Management; Marketing Professional Accounting Public Relations or Strategic Advertising) (three semesters) (72 credit points of advanced standing).
2 year program - For students with an undergraduate degree in any discipline
BS37 Graduate Certificate in Business and Communication (one semester) leading to BS11 Master of Business (Applied Finance Human Resource Management Integrated Marketing Communication International Business Management; Marketing Professional Accounting Public Relations or Strategic Advertising) (three semesters) (48 credit points of advanced standing).
This course is intended primarily as a pathway for international students who want to study Master of Business (BS11) but have not met the English language requirements for direct entry. Graduate Certificate in Business and Communication is is designed to help students acquire postgraduate level knowledge and skill in a specialist business discipline while developing competency in English language and academic literacy.
You will be studying two Communication units QUT College to enhance your academic English language skills and two Business major units at the faculty from one of the following majors: Applied Finance Human Resource Management Integrated Marketing Communication International Business Management Marketing Professional Accounting Public Relations or Strategic Advertising.
Developed in consultation with industry the Graduate Certificate in Business and Communication incorporates real-world case analysis activities and workplace projects. You will also benefit from meaningful connections with industry leaders and practitioners as they share their insights into essential skills and attributes needed for professional practice.
The Communication units work explicitly to provide you with the academic language skills and strategies that will support you through the study of your two chosen business discipline units. The dimension of language developed through the Communication units will move you beyond vocabulary syntax and grammar to cognitive conceptual knowledge and formal academic language as opposed to basic interpersonal communicative skills.
This course also provides you with opportunities to understand your own cultural identity and develop knowledge skills and attitudes that foster understanding of other cultures.
Support servicesIn addition to the substantial support that will be offered to you by the QUT College the QUT Business School also offers you specific programs of support. These include unit-based embedding of support services just in time task-targeted support as well as a combination of workshop delivery and one-to-one support.
Students will choose the discipline area in the Graduate Certificate in Business and Communication that matches the major they have been offered in the Master of Business. They will undertake two Communication units delivered by QUT International College and two discipline units taken directly from the Master of Business program.
Students will choose the discipline area in the Graduate Certificate in Business and Communication that matches the major they have been offered in the Master of Business. They will undertake two Communication units delivered by QUT International College and two discipline units taken directly from the Master of Business program.