1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

management, accounting, taxation and finance within
their current organisations.
Entrance requirements
In order to be accepted into this course, applicants must
have at least two years practical business experience at
middle management level and a good track record as judged
by the selection panel.
Course structure
BC410 Introduction to Taxation
BC411 Taxation Entities, Issues and Planning
BC412 Introduction to Finance
BC413 Investment Analysis
Fees
The Graduate Certificate in Taxation and Finance is a fullfee
paying course.
Course convener
Denis Vinen on 9214 8474
YO73 Graduate Certificate in
Training Management
This program is offered by the Centre for Innovation and
Enterprise Pty Ltd in association with the Australian
Institute of Management (AIM) with classes conducted at
the AIM Management Centre, 181 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda.
Career potential
The program is designed for people interested in the use
and effects of training in the innovation process but will be
of particular value to employees of organisations who have
been charged with the responsibility of developing training
interventions to support organisational change.
The courses in the program cover four key aspects of
training management:
principles and planning of training interventions;
design and development of training programs;
innovation and training;
administration and evaluation of training.
The program provides a sound theoretical base in all four
areas and the major projects and exercises undertaken in
the program will provide the opportunity for participants
to apply their learning to their own or other organisations.
A tangible outcome of the program will be some actual
training programs designed and detailed ready for
implementation.
Entrance requirements
Applicants should comply with one'of the following:
A first degree in any discipline and commitment by an
employee to a task, role or project requiring skills in
training management.
Applicants who lack a first degree may be admitted to
the program at the considered discretion of the Head of
the Division.
Duration
The program is designed to be completed within one
calendar year of commencement of the first subject.
Location
Normally classes will be held at Ernst & Young premises.
This program may also be offered as an in-house training
program.
Course structure
Subjects are block taught in a modular structure and the
course is as follows:
Hours per week
EF820 Planning of Training Programs 36
EF821 Program Design 36
EF822 Training Innovation and Evaluation 36
EF823 Administration of Training 36
Each subject is taught over four consecutive Wednesdays
of nine hours a day, with a months break between subjects.
This includes evaluation and examination sessions.
Course convener
Dr Bruce Johnson on 9214 8381
Graduate Diplomas
NO84 Graduate Diploma in Applied
Psychology
The course is offered as a one year full-time or two year
part-time program. It is designed for students who have
completed a first degree with a three-year major sequence
of studies in psychology undertaken in a course (or
courses) approved for this purpose by the Australian
Psychological Society. The program is intended to
complete students' foundation studies in psychology as a
science and as a profession. The course is designed to
prepare students to enter the profession by meeting the
educational requirements for Associate Membership of the
Australian Psychological Society.
The course has the following objectives:
to enable students to understand and apply the
principles of social science which underlie the
discipline of psychology;
to enable students to acquire knowledge of the
principles of social and behavioural science research
design and analysis;
to enable students to extend skills in formulating
research problems, gathering and analysing data,
interpreting and communicating research findings;
to enable students to acquire advanced knowledge in
selected topic areas within psychology and applied
psychology, building upon and extending basic
undergraduate preparation;
to provide students with an understanding of the
nature of psychology as a profession, the ethical,
moral, legal and social responsibilities of the
psychologist, and the role of the Australian
Psychological Society;
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