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Entrance requirements
Applicants must hold a degree or diploma from an approved
tertiary institution, including major studies in at least one of
sociology, politics, economics, geography, planning or
contemDorarv history. Students with majors in discipline other
than thbse liited may also be considered.
Course structure
The course entails one year of full-time study or two years
part-time study, involving six semester subjects and a
research report. Each subject usually involves three hours of
class meetings per week for one semester.
The following subjects are offered:
AS400 Urban Social Theory
AS402 Urban Policy
AS403 Research Report
AS404 Advanced Urban Research
AS411 UrbanResearch
AS41 3 Applied Social Planning
AS465 Urban and Regional Economics
Each student is expected to complete a research report
relating to either policy issues or some aspect of urban policy
and planning or community development. Where possible,
research is developed in cooperation with government
departments, consultancy firms, community groups and
research institutes.
~089 Graduate Diploma in Writing
The Graduate Diploma in Writing is designed to introduce
students to the range of skills required of a professional
writer.
The course is designed for those who intend to work (or are
already working) in fields which require a high competence in
written communication, e.g. writers in commerce, industry
and community groups, or freelance writers. Specifically, the
course is desianed to provide both a theoretical base and a
range of skill;applicable to a wide range of writing activities;
to provide knowledge of and experience in the analysis of
writing; to provide experience in presentation and marketing
of manuscripts; to provide students with the practical and
theoretical ability to undertake a substantial piece of
independent writing.
Entrance requirements
Applicants should hold a degree from a recognised tertiary
institution, or a qualification approved as equivalent, or
equivalent experience.
Course structure
The course entails two semesters of full-time study or four
semesters part-time. The graduate diploma consists of six
subjects: two core subjects (AL400 and AL401) and four
elective subjects. The two core subjects involve two hours per
fortnight over two semesters. Each elective subject involves
three hours of course work per week per semester.
Core subjects
AL400 Reading and Writing Seminar
AL401 Writing Project
Elective subjects
AL403 Narrative Writing
AL405 From Book to Film: Textuality and Discourse
AL407 Open Subject
AM404 Writing for the Media
AM406 Community Press
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Graduate Diploma in
Management
Career potential
This course is designed to prepare professionals who, being
more extensively educated in management of enterprise and
innovation, are able to take up management positions more
quickly after graduation, become more innovative in their
leadership of Australian enterprise, have and achieve
heightened goals, are more able to improve their individual
professional practices and hence are more likely to contribute
significantly to their work, their profession, the economy and
society.
Studies include the environmental and social impacts of
successful professional practice, personal skills such as
speaking, negotiating, communicating, team working and
leadership as well as the more conventional business,
financial and marketing studies.
The coursework and the case studies at graduate level relate
management principles and practice particularly to the
technology learnt during an undergraduate course.
Admission requirements
(a) The completion of a degree of diploma together with at
least two years industrial experience.
(b) The completion of the Bachelor of Engineering or
Bachelor of Technology degree offered by the Division of
Science, Engineering and Design at Swinburne
undertaken as an industry based learning program
incorporating integrated periods of industrial experience.
(c) The completion of another Bachelor of Engineering
degree together with at least two years of relevant work
experience at a suitable level of responsibility within an
engineering field after completion of the degree.
(d) A limited number of applicants not meeting the above
criteria may be admitted after interview on the basis of
considerable relevant experience and level of
responsibility in industry or business.
Duration of course
The course is undertaken by one year of full-time study or
two and a half years of part-time study. The course, when
combined with the Bachelor of Engineering, or Bachelor of
Technology, requires only a further six months full-time or one
and a half years part-time, after the completion of the four
and a half year degree.
In its combined mode, the course will offer a 'fast-track' to
management education for graduates of Engineering at
Swinburne.
Course structure
Wherever possible session presentations maximise application
of 'pracademia', where subjects are team-taught by
academics and practitioners to ensure focus is squarely fixed
on current management practice.
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