Graduate Certificate of Humanitarian Leadership
2020 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2020 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Certificate of Humanitarian Leadership |
| Campus | Cloud Campus with some located learning requirements |
| Cloud Campus | Yes |
| Duration | 1 year part-time |
| Deakin course code | A540 |
| Approval status | This course is approved by the University under the Higher Education Standards Framework. |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8. |
| This course is facilitated by the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership (CHL), Deakin University. | |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Fees and charges
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
Course overview
The Graduate Certificate of Humanitarian Leadership is a uniquely intensive and challenging accredited leadership course designed for all actors involved in emergency and humanitarian responses.
Career opportunities
Designed for all actors involved in emergency and humanitarian responses, this course will transform the leadership offered by humanitarians and emergency responders and their organisations.
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Participation requirements
The GCHL includes two intensive residential units, one held in Melbourne, Burwood Campus and the second in Semarang, Indonesia. All students are required to participate in and successfully pass these residential units in order to complete the course.
Students find these face-to-face units very fulfilling as the content of the learning becomes more personal and relationships are forged with other students and faculty.
Students should be aware that these units are very intense and challenging in nature, similar to that of a first phase emergency response. They are not the usual university classroom practices but rather intensive experiential learning.
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on your course, your fee category and the year you started. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit the Current students fees website.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
| Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities | Apply specialised knowledge of the historical development of the humanitarian sector and relate this knowledge to the current humanitarian context through analysing current and future sector-wide trends and applying learning, best practice in leadership, sector standards and strategies to a range of complex national and international situations. |
| Communication | Effectively communicate the theories and practices of leadership in operational contexts of complex humanitarian emergencies, and influence and engage a diverse variety of stakeholders to effect change. |
| Digital literacy | Demonstrate specialised skills to select and apply sector-specialised as well as generic digital communication technologies to conduct and critically analyse research, communicate findings and other information and build relationships to engage a diverse group of stakeholders. |
| Critical thinking | Review and critically analyse current local physical and political and aid environments, synthesise knowledge from a variety of stakeholders and critically reflect on current and future humanitarian trends, to propose solutions and prioritise actions in relation to complex humanitarian dilemmas. |
| Problem solving | Use creative and critical thinking, high level professional judgement and leadership skills to identify resources, to engage stakeholders, and to plan, implement, manage and evaluate a range of solutions and responses to complex problems and dilemmas encountered in humanitarian operations. |
| Self-management | Demonstrate advanced leadership behaviours through independent and reflective learning, commitment to continuing professional development, response to feedback and critical reflection on their own behaviour and its impact on others; demonstrate accountability and responsibility for personal actions and outputs as leaders in complex humanitarian emergencies. |
| Teamwork | Operate as a proactive and constructive team member and leader working with key stakeholders in multi-skilled, multicultural and inter-agency response teams, to positively influence the team dynamic. |
| Global citizenship | Demonstrate the ability to apply humanitarian principles and values, and actively engage in humanitarian operations across a variety of contexts and communities, including local, national and international, taking into consideration cultural, social, political, economic, environmental and ethical issues. |
| Approved by Faculty Board November 2018 | |
Course rules
To qualify for the award of Graduate Certificate of Humanitarian Leadership, a student must successfully complete 4 credit points of study as listed below.
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. Click here for more information.Course structure
Complete 4 units in:
| AHL701 | The Humanitarian World |
| AHL702 | Developing Humanitarian Leadership |
| AHL703 | Leadership in Humanitarian Operations |
| AHL704 | Demonstrating Strategic Leadership in Humanitarian Contexts |
Other course information
Course duration - additional information
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing placements.
Further information
Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.
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