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Degree
KEY FEATURES
Q
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
W
Graduate Certifcate in
Adolescent Health and Welfare
Fees 2013
Not available to international
students
Domestic:
Fee place $7056
total program fee
E
nn
Study of adolescent development and adolescent
health issues – develops skills to work effectively
with young people
nn
Specialisations in health promotion or oncology
nn
Forms frst half of diploma program.
Delivery mode:
Online.
Duration:
1 year part time.
Entry:
Semester 1.
nn
Undergraduate degree in teaching, youth work,
a health-related discipline or other approved
qualifcations; limited places available for those
without tertiary qualifcations but with signifcant
relevant work experience.
Graduate Certifcate in Youth
Mental Health
Fees 2013
Not available to international
students
Domestic:
Fee place $6912 with a
maximum of 0.5 EFTSL per year
E
nn
Study of development from adolescence to
adulthood, and of mental health problems that
emerge during this period of life.
Delivery mode:
Online.
Duration:
2 years part time.
Entry:
Semester 1/Semester 2.
nn
Undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline
such as health science, social work, psychology,
medicine or related disciplines, or
nn
Undergraduate degree in any discipline or
equivalent, and at least two years documented
relevant work experience, or
nn
Minimum fve years documented work
experience so that professional practice and
knowledge is comparable to that expected
of undergraduate degree holders in cognate
disciplines
nn
Candidates should currently be working with
young people for the duration of their study.
Graduate Diploma in
Adolescent Health and Welfare
Fees 2013
Not available to international
students
Domestic:
Fee place $14 112
per year
E
nn
Study of adolescent development and adolescent
health issues – develops skills to work effectively
with young people.
Delivery mode:
Online.
Duration:
1 year full time/2 years part time.
Entry:
Semester 1.
nn
Undergraduate degree in teaching, youth work,
a health-related discipline or other approved
qualifcations; limited places available for those
without tertiary qualifcations but with signifcant
relevant work experience.
Graduate Diploma in Youth
Mental Health
Fees 2013
Not available to international
students
Domestic:
Fee place $6912 with a
maximum of 0.5 EFTSL per year
E
nn
Study of development from adolescence to
adulthood, mental health problems that emerge
during this period of life and recent advances
in preventative models and the biological
assessment and treatment of mental illness in
young people.
Delivery mode:
Online.
Duration:
2 years part time.
Entry:
Semester 1/Semester 2.
nn
Undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline
such as health science, social work, psychology,
medicine or related disciplines, or
nn
Undergraduate degree in any discipline or
equivalent, and at least two years documented
relevant work experience, or
nn
Minimum fve years documented work
experience so that professional practice and
knowledge is comparable to that expected
of undergraduate degree holders in cognate
disciplines
nn
Candidates should currently be working with
young people for the duration of their study.
Postgraduate Certifcate in
Primary Care Nursing
Fees 2013
Not available to international
students
Domestic:
Fee place $7888
with a maximum of 0.5 EFTSL per
year
E
nn
Evidence-based approach to clinical care in
a range of clinical areas, (eg chronic disease,
prevention, women‘s health, youth health)
nn
Patient-centred and preventive approach to
communication with patients in primary care
settings
nn
Management of clinical conditions in primary care.
Delivery mode:
Online.
Duration:
1–2 years part time.
Entry:
Semester 1/Semester 2.
nn
Australian or overseas qualifed nurses who hold
a three-year degree or diploma in nursing or
approved equivalent and have at least one year
professional experience in a clinical setting
nn
National Division 1 registration required at the
time of enrolment.
Postgraduate Diploma in
Primary Care Nursing
Fees 2013
Not available to international
students
Domestic:
Fee place $15 776
per year
E
nn
Evidence-based approach to a wide range of
advanced clinical areas building on previous
experience
nn
Enables the practice of effective patient-centred
and preventive clinical care
nn
Deliver safe and effective nursing care and case
management to patients across the lifecycle.
Delivery mode:
Online.
Duration:
2–4 years part time.
Entry:
Semester 1/Semester 2.
nn
Australian or overseas qualifed nurses who hold
a three-year degree or diploma in nursing or
approved equivalent and have at least one year
professional experience in a clinical setting
nn
National Division 1 registration required at the
time of enrolment.
Master of Adolescent Health
and Welfare
Fees 2013
Domestic:
CSPs available
R
Fee place $14 112 per year
E
nn
Study of adolescent development and adolescent
health issues while increasing research skills
nn
Develops skills to work effectively with young
people.
Duration:
2 years full time/4 years part time.
Mode:
Online.
Entry:
Semester 1.
nn
Undergraduate degree in education, teaching,
youth work, health science, health/welfare-
related disciplines or sociology
nn
Limited places are available for those without
tertiary qualifcations but with signifcant relevant
work experience.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DEGREES
Melbourne
Medical School
Our alumni include
Nobel Laureates Sir Frank
Macfarlane Burnet
and
Sir John Eccles.