Edith Cowan University
Graduate Certificate of Project Management
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 6 months
- Course Type: Graduate Certificate
Discover the essential steps to successfully launch your new project and turn your ideas into reality!
Course overview
Project Management can be applied in almost any industry across various projects. These projects include developing a new product or service, effecting a change in structure, staffing, or style of an organisation, designing new applications, developing or implementing a new or modified information system, constructing a building or facility, managing government projects or implementing a new business procedure or process.
The mission in this course is to be inclusive and enrich society through high-quality teaching and research. By completing this course, you will be able to contribute to the advancement of the project management profession and the wider community.
Key facts
What you will study
A total of 60 credit points is required to complete the Graduate Certificate in Project Management. Each unit is valued at 20 credit points.
- Managing Project Scope and Stakeholders
- Project Scheduling and Control
- Project Risk and Quality
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
To gain entry to the Graduate Certificate of Project Management, you will need to have one of the following qualifications:
- 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.
- Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at 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.
Outcomes
Career outcomes
The course provides you with the knowledge to manage projects in almost any industry. It provides a pathway into a project management career by developing core skills in areas such as project stakeholders, project scope, scheduling, risk and quality management. Current project managers can extend their knowledge by learning and applying new theories and methods, thus enabling them to advance in their careers.
Possible future job titles:
- Project Team Member
- Project Officer
- Project Manager
- Project Scheduler
- Project Administrator
- Project Support Officer
- Program Manager
Learning outcomes
- Communicate specialised knowledge, concepts and skills to a variety of audiences in the field of project management.
- Apply independent judgement when analysing and evaluating complex problems to generate creative solutions in project management.
- Demonstrate management skills by initiating, planning, implementing and evaluating tasks in the field of project management.
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 in accordance with:
- 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. 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.