| AQF Level |
Level 8 Graduate Certificate |
| CRICOS Code |
083755C |
| Overview and Aims of the Program |
The aim of the MGSM Graduate Certificate is to provide inter-disciplinary ground-knowledge leading towards expertise in core management areas including finance, marketing, organisational behaviour and strategy. |
| Graduate Capabilities |
The Graduate Capabilities Framework articulates the fundamentals that underpin all of Macquarie’s academic programs. It expresses these as follows:
Cognitive capabilities
(K) discipline specific knowledge and skills
(T) critical, analytical and integrative thinking
(P) problem solving and research capability
(I) creative and innovative
Interpersonal or social capabilities
(C) effective communication
(E) engaged and ethical local and global citizens
(A) socially and environmentally active and responsible
Personal capabilities
(J) capable of professional and personal judgement and initiative
(L) commitment to continuous learning |
| Program Learning Outcomes |
By the end of this program graduates will:
1. Identify and analyse an organisation’s environments using well developed analytical frameworks to develop considered strategic options to address strategic functional challenges.
2. Communicate, influence and participate effectively in and across diverse teams by critically reflecting on team dynamics and differing cultural rules.
3. Recognise where a distinct frame of reference may result in cultural bias and learn to see value in the diversity of cultural perspectives and understand the impact of different institutional norms on cross cultural business.
4. Recognise and assess the ethical, social and environmental implications of business decisions and develop institutional responses to uphold corporate ethics and community standards and values.
5. Using traditional and non-traditional value frameworks to identify diverse stakeholder needs and measures of success to evaluate organisational outcomes. |
| Learning and Teaching Methods |
The program incorporates a variety of learning and teaching methods including formal lectures, group discussions, group projects, online learning, practical experience and individual workplace-based projects.
Students are exposed to frameworks related to the fundamentals of management and strategy. These frameworks, combined with students' existing experience, form the basis for discussion and collaboration within the interactive environment of the classroom. Material will be applied directly to business situations through case studies and assessment. |
| Assessment |
• Assessment of student learning and the provision of feedback on progress are facilitated through unit assessments. Assessment tasks are aligned with learning outcomes for each unit and targeted graduate capabilities.
• All standard, 4 credit point units taught at MGSM are structured to have a standard student workload of 150 hours, including 40 hours of assessment allocated to a combination of group and individual assessment items, based on the learning outcomes of each unit.
• The MGSM applies an annual Assurance of Learning Programme (AOL) in which students are assessed on rubrics based on the mission-driven attributes of leadership, global mindset, sustainable value and citizenship. Results are collected, disseminated and analysed, and used to inform unit and curriculum development as part of a continuous improvement process.
• Students are assessed on both group and individual work in all core units. Syndicate group assessments are considered an important aspect of the collaborative learning approach taken and to reflect the typical environment encountered within a management career.
Assessment methods include:
• individual assignment
• group assignment and report
• individual essay or report
• group presentation
• individual presentation
• group case studies
• individual case studies
• class tests
• final examinations. |
| Recognition of Prior Learning |
Macquarie University may recognise prior formal, informal and non-formal learning for the purpose of granting credit towards, or admission into, a program. The recognition of these forms of learning is enabled by the University’s Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy (see www.mq.edu.au/policy) and its associated Procedures and Guidelines. The RPL pages contain information on how to apply, links to registers, and the approval processes for recognising prior learning for entry or credit.
Domestic students
For undergraduate RPL information visit www.goto.mq.edu.au/nonschoolrpl
For domestic postgraduate RPL information visit www.goto.mq.edu.au/pgrpl
International students
For RPL information visit www.mq.edu.au/international/rpl |
| Support for Learning |
Macquarie University aspires to be an inclusive and supportive community of learners where all students are given the opportunity to meet their academic and personal goals. The University offers a comprehensive range of free and accessible student support services which include academic advice, counselling and psychological services, advocacy services and welfare advice, careers and employment, disability services and academic skills workshops amongst others. There is also a bulk billing medical service located on campus.
Further information can be found at www.students.mq.edu.au/support/
Campus Wellbeing contact details:
Phone: +61 2 9850 7497
Email: campuswellbeing@mq.edu.au
www.students.mq.edu.au/support/health_and_wellbeing/contact_us |
| Program Standards and Quality |
The program is subject to an ongoing comprehensive process of quality review in accordance with a pre-determined schedule that complies with the Higher Education Standards Framework. The review is overseen by Macquarie University's peak academic governance body, the Academic Senate and takes into account feedback received from students, staff and external stakeholders. |
| Graduate Destinations and Employability |
Qualifications alone will not result in a new job or advancement in a career, consequentially MGSM offers its students a range of complimentary services to assist them in navigating a successful career path. For instance, MGSM students can access expert guidance to achieve their career goals through personal consultations with dedicated, professional career coaches. Career coaching helps students’ learn how to unlock their potential through increased awareness of their strongest motivators and interests, transferable skills and personal values, leading to increased career satisfaction and success. MGSM also conducts a range of career preparation seminars covering key skill areas and provides networking opportunities with prospective employers, as well as recruitment road-show events.
MGSM has close ties with influential local and global organisations, such as; KPMG, EY, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, National Bank, HSBC, AMP, Macquarie Group, Citi, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Telstra, Optus, Siemens, Woolworths, Campbell Arnott, IBM, Hewlett Packard, and Cisco. MGSM has also consistently ranked as one of the world’s top business schools for student quality for the last decade, as a result, recruiters, employers, management consultants, executive search firms and even members of MGSM’s alumni community regularly source talent directly from MGSM. |
| Assessment Regulations |
This program is subject to Macquarie University regulations, including but not limited to those specified in the Assessment Policy, Academic Honesty Policy, the Final Examination Policy and relevant University Rules. For all approved University policies, procedures, guidelines and schedules visit www.mq.edu.au/policy. |
| Accreditation |
This is an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) accredited qualification. The Graduate Certificate is also nested in the MBA, which is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
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