Southern Cross University (SCU) Courses

To qualify for entry into the Graduate Certificate, all applicants must:

• Have successfully completed a minimum three (3) year Bachelor qualification, or equivalent, in health, psychology or social science-related discipline, and;
• Be proficient in English.

If you are a registered nurse, you could also be eligible for the Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing. Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We may recognise and grant credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for entry to the online Graduate Certificate in Education, specialising in Inclusion and Diversity, you must have:

• four-year Bachelor degree in Education from any Australian university or equivalent; OR
• an undergraduate degree and a fourth-year level teaching qualification from any Australian university or equivalent

In either case, students need to be proficient in English.

Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules

We recognise and grant credit for past education or qualifications in a process called advanced standing (recognition of prior learning). If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for entry to the Graduate Certificate in Education, specialising in Educational Wellbeing, you must have:

• four-year Bachelor degree in Education from any Australian university or equivalent; OR
• an undergraduate degree and a fourth-year level teaching qualification from any Australian university or equivalent

In either case, students need to be proficient in English.

Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules

We recognise and grant credit for past education or qualifications in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for entry into the Graduate Diploma, all applicants must:

• Have successfully completed a minimum three (3) year Bachelor qualification, or equivalent, in health, psychology or social science-related discipline, and;
• Be proficient in English.

If you are a registered nurse, you could also be eligible for the Graduate Diploma of Mental Health Nursing. Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We may recognise and grant credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for entry into the Graduate Diploma in Project Management online, you must:

• Hold a Bachelor's degree in any discipline with a minimum of two years' work experience in a professional environment; or
• Have over five years' work experience/professional standing that is regarded by the Academic Board as equivalent to an undergraduate degree.
• Be proficient in English.

Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We recognise and grant credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for entry to the Graduate Diploma in IT Management, students must:

• Have a three-year bachelor degree from any Australian university, or equivalent; and
• Be proficient in English

Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We recognise and reward credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Business online, you need:

• A three-year bachelor degree from any Australian university, OR
• Professional experience regarded by SCU as equivalent to a degree, AND
• Students will need to be proficient in English.

Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We recognise and reward credit for past education, qualifications and work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for entry into the Graduate Diploma of Mental Health Nursing, all applicants must:

• Be a Registered Nurse (Division 1) and have access to mental health nurse practice or mental health nurse practitioners during their course of study, and;
• Be proficient in English.

If you are not a registered nurse, you could also be eligible for the Graduate Diploma of Mental Health. Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We may recognise and grant credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for entry into the Master of Healthcare Leadership, all applicants must:

• Have successfully completed a minimum three (3) year Bachelor qualification, or equivalent, in a health-related discipline;

• Provide evidence of minimum one (1) year full-time and current work experience at degree level in a health-related field and/or as acceptable to the School Board;

• Be proficient in English.


Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We may recognise and grant credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

We know that plans change. That's why we've built flexible completion options into the online Master of Healthcare Leadership. This means that if you need to exit early-if home or work demands your full attention-you could still receive a postgraduate qualification based on the units you've completed.

To be eligible for the award of Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Leadership:

• You will complete any eight (8) units.

To be eligible for the award of Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership:

• You will complete the following four (4) units: Strategic Health Management, Health Systems Policies and Practices, Principles and Practices of Clinical Accountability and Leading Change in Healthcare.