Graduate Diploma of Property
2024 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2025 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Diploma of Property |
| Deakin course code | M633 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Business and Law |
| Campus | This course is only offered Online |
| Online | Yes |
| Duration | 1 year full-time or part-time equivalent |
| Course Map - enrolment planning tool | This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2025. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central. |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8 |
Please note: this course is only available in Trimester 1 and 2. | |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Indicative student workload
- Professional recognition
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Mandatory student checks
- Alternative exits
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Work experience
- Fees and charges
Course overview
Boost your existing property knowledge with expertise in valuation and property development, or get the qualifications you need to start a new career in the property industry. Deakin’s Graduate Diploma of Property prepares you for a range of roles including property development, property management and valuation.
Designed for professionals, such as architects, surveyors, real estate and sales agents, local council staff and construction managers, this course will help you to broaden your career in the built environment. It is also ideal for graduates with degrees in commerce, management or law disciplines wanting to move into the property industry.
Ready to get the knowledge and accreditation to add a property skill set to your career portfolio?
Develop and refine your core professional skills, particularly related to the fields of property development and valuation. You will establish an understanding of the various stakeholders in the property and real estate market, and how they collaborate to develop and manage property.
Explore a range of built environment disciplines, from sustainable construction to property management and delve into sustainability and its economic, social and environmental relevance in the context of property development.
You will also learn about statutory valuation, property investment, property law and practice, property development, and advanced property valuation and the application of these topics in a property career.
Prior studies are required for Certified Practising Valuer accreditation. Alternatively, students can supplement the course with the three units listed in the Professional Recognition section found below.
Indicative student workload
You can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include lectures, seminars, online interactions, or professional experiences for Work Integrated Learning (WIL) units. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.
Professional recognition
Deakin Business School holds both AACSB and EQUIS accreditations. These prestigious accreditations are awarded to business schools that meet strict standards of quality, academic and professional excellence, and demonstrate a commitment to ongoing improvement and innovation in their courses, ensuring our graduates are employable worldwide.
The Graduate Diploma of Property is recognised and professionally accredited by the Australian Property Institute (API). This accreditation ensures that the course is of the highest quality as required by the API. The Graduate Diploma of Property is academically accredited for Certified Practising Valuer (CPV) providing there has been prior study in the knowledge field areas of:
- Finance and Accounting
- Commercial Law
- Property Economics or Economics
Students who meet these requirements and want to apply to the API for the above certifications may then apply to the API to be evaluated for admission as a CPV. (Please refer to API’s website for full admission requirements, including information about prior work experience relevant to each accreditation).
Any student who does not meet the prior study areas listed above, may supplement their Graduate Diploma of Property studies by undertaking corresponding API approved subjects offered by Deakin that include:
MAA701 Accounting
MLC707 Business Law
MPE781 Economics for Managers
Students would be required to enrol in these units at Deakin as single unit (non-award) study. To apply, please submit your application via the applicant portal.
Career opportunities
Career paths available for graduates with a qualification in property include, but are not limited to:
- asset manager
- business broker
- investment trust manager
- portfolio manager
- property consultant
- property developer
- property finance consultant
- property manager
- property researcher
- rural property broker/consultant
- sales and leasing negotiator
- valuer.
Participation requirements
Units in this course may have participation requirements that include compulsory placements, work-based training, community-based learning or collaborative research training arrangements.
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.
Mandatory student checks
Units which contain work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, working with children check or other check. These requirements will be detailed in unit guides upon enrolment.
Alternative exits
| Graduate Certificate of Property (M511) |
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Employ specialised knowledge and apply professional, legal and ethical standards in the fields of property development, investment, property valuation, property management and sustainable construction, in private and commercial real estate markets, both nationally and internationally |
| Communication | Prepare and communicate (orally, visually and in writing) complex property information and analysis to a range of stakeholders including investors, developers, regulators, clients and colleagues in order for informed decisions may be made |
| Digital literacy | Use a range of advanced digitally based technologies in professional practice and scholarly activities within the property related environment |
| Critical thinking | Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise complex data and specialist information on property markets and indicators for the planning, design and development of commercial, industrial, retail, residential property and other specialist property, e.g. property for educational purposes |
| Problem solving | Apply property theories and concepts to evaluate and appraise methodologies to critically identify and develop sustainable solutions and strategies for a diverse range of complex and authentic problems in property industry |
| Global citizenship | Examine and evaluate the ethical, sustainability, economic and global factors that impact the interconnected theories and principles of property development, investment, construction, management and maintenance |
Course rules
To complete the Graduate Diploma of Property students must pass 8 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 their first study period
- 8 credit points of core units
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University’s vocabulary.
Course structure
Compulsory 0-credit point module
To be completed in the first trimester of study:-
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin |
Core units
Trimester 1
| MMP713 | Property and Real Estate Context |
| MMP712 | Rating and Statutory Valuation |
| SRT722 | Sustainable Construction Studies * |
| MMP742 | Investment Valuation |
*This unit was previously coded MMP722
Trimester 2
| MMP721 | Property and Real Estate Law and Practice |
| MMP731 | Management of Real Estate |
| MMP732 | Property Development |
| MMP741 | Property and Real Estate Valuation |
Work experience
This course does not require students to complete compulsory work integrated learning units.
Course duration
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as failing of units or accessing or completing placements.
Other course information
Other course information
The eligibility of students for membership of the accrediting body is subject to meeting the requirements of that body and that Deakin makes no representations that individuals will meet those requirements.
Further information
Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.
- Contact Student Central
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, and their study discipline or your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.