Edith Cowan University
Graduate Certificate of People and Culture
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 6 months
- Course Type: Graduate Certificate
Enhance your understanding of shaping workforce and organizational culture through data-driven decision making, people analytics, innovation, inclusion, and well-being practices.
Course overview
This course is designed for HR professionals who want to build and champion positive workplace cultures. Students build skills as holistic HR professionals with a person-centred approach to workplace success. This course also enables students to appreciate the role of mental well-being and diversity in a business's success.
Key facts
31st July, 2026
What you will study
The course has three units of study. Each unit is valued at 20 credit points.
- Healthy Work and Wellbeing
- Diversity and Inclusion
- People Analytics
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
All applicants are required to have a bachelor’s degree with a major in Human Resource Management, Management, Industrial Relations, Employment Relations, or Business Administration. Applicants may also apply with a Graduate Certificate or Diploma in Human Resource Management.
Academic admission requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Equivalent prior learning, including at least five years of relevant professional experience.
English language requirements
English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
- IELTS academic overall band minimum score of 6.5 (no individual band less than 6.0).
- Bachelor's degree from a country specified on the university's English Proficiency Bands page.
- I completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at the postgraduate level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent).
- Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years of relevant professional experience.
- Other tests, courses or programs defined on the university's English Proficiency Bands page.
Recognition of Prior Learning
You may be able to get credit for your course based on prior formal, non-formal or informal learning. To apply, you will need to provide supporting documentation outlined by the university. Contact the university for more information.
Outcomes
Career outcomes
Potential career opportunities exist for graduates in the fields of human resource management, employment relations, recruitment, talent management, organisational development and more.
Possible future job titles:
- Human resource manager
- Human resource director
- Employment relations manager
- Workplace relations manager
- Recruitment consultant
- Talent manager
- HR officer
- Talent acquisition health and safety coordinator
- Director of people and culture
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a body of specialised human resource management knowledge and practice by planning, implementing and evaluating functions in a business setting.
- Apply high-level, independent judgement when analysing and evaluating complex problems to generate creative solutions.
- Communicate specialised knowledge and concepts to a variety of audiences in business settings.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Estimated first-year indicative fee 2025: $15,250 (domestic full-fee paying place).
The estimated first-year indicative fee is provided as a guide only, based on a typical enrolment of students undertaking the first year of this course. At ECU, you pay for the individual units you enrol in, not an overall course fee.
A student’s annual fee may vary by:
- The number of units studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of units.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Could you contact the university directly to confirm?
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.