Graduate Certificate of Education Business Leadership
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2026 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Certificate of Education Business Leadership |
| Deakin course code | E556 |
| Course Credit Points | 4 |
| Course version | 2 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Course Information | For students who commenced from 2017 to 2024 |
| Final Intake | Offered to continuing students only. The final intake to this course was in teaching period 2, 2024. Students should contact Student Central for course, course map and enrolment information. |
Course sub-headings
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Apply practice-based, specialist knowledge to contemporary education business and planning to develop theoretical evidence-based strategies that lead change and process improvements |
| Communication | Employ a range of communication skills and strategies to engage with diverse stakeholders in order to build transparency, trust and collaboration in a variety of educational and organisational settings |
| Digital literacy | Apply a range of digital technologies to research, analyse, report, evaluate and communicate within a variety of educational and organisational settings |
| Critical thinking | Draw on professional experience and multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks to make critically informed judgements in relation to professional educational policy and practice |
| Problem solving | Use professional experience and multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks to analyse, evaluate and articulate solutions to authentic problems in educational practice |
| Self-management | Engage in ongoing reflective practice to enhance practical and theoretical knowledge of leadership and management in a variety of educational and organisational settings |
| Teamwork | Utilise teamwork theories to build collective efficacy as adaptable educational leaders and team members in order to navigate change and ambiguity |
| Global citizenship | Analyse ethical frameworks and practices in global, national and local systems and communities to support diverse stakeholders to meet educational outcomes |
Approved at Faculty Board 2019
Course rules
To complete the Graduate Certificate of Education Business Leadership you must pass 4 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate.
- DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in your first study period
- 4 credit points of core units
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.
Course structure
Core units
| ECM720 | Educational Context, Policy and Leadership in Challenging Times (replaces ELT701) |
| ECM721 | Evidence, Analysis and Evaluation for Educational Improvement (replaces ELT703) |
| ECM722 | Leading for Staff Development and Well-Being (replaces ELT702) |
| ECM723 | Leading and Managing Innovation, Change and Improvement (replaces ELT700) |
Course duration
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as failing of units or accessing or completing placements.
Fees and charges
Tuition fees will vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, your study load and/or unit discipline.
Your tuition fees will increase annually at the start of each calendar year. All fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD) and do not include additional costs such as textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment, mandatory checks, travel, consumables and other costs.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.