Graduate Certificate of Management

at ATMC - Federation University - Melbourne Campus Australia

Graduates of this program will have be able to design, implement and maintain IT systems using a well-informed software engineering approach and create high-quality software in a systematic and efficient manner. Graduates may find employment in a wide range of industries including security and defence, education, aerospace, health, business, and finance.

This course aims to provide students with a pathway to a research career in IT, building their overall understanding of Information Technology and academic research.

Course Outline
Students without a background in IT can undertake this program and gain both the background IT knowledge plus the research skills to go on to further research-oriented study. Upon completion, students will have a broad understanding of Information Technology plus a strong understanding of academic research in the discipline.

This program has a coursework component that is comparable to a graduate diploma in Information Technology that focuses on Software Engineering and Enterprise Systems Technology. Additionally, the course work provides an exploration of required research skills and methodology training to undertake a career in research.

This program also requires students to undertake an individual academic research project that is equivalent in size and depth to an Australian Honours thesis. This project will be carried out by working with a research supervisor. This project will contribute new knowledge to the chosen field.

Study the Master of Business Administration (Health Services Management) and become a leader in the health industry. You’ll develop the skills and specialist knowledge to manage a multitude of various issues as they relate to the health care sector, including leadership, policy, practice, and evidence-based delivery. If you are currently working in the sector or aspiring to a management position or have a non-health background with interest in the healthcare industry, this is the degree for you.

This degree will enable students to apply strategic creativity and innovation to protect data using ethical hacking to test systems and security protocols.

Course Outline
Learn how to defend business, government and individual databases that hold sensitive data. Employment in this area has experienced strong growth over the last ten years and is forecast to continue.

Your specialisation in security will allow you to be on the frontline of the war in cyberspace and become familiar with methods attackers use. You will learn how to investigate and protect against security breaches on vulnerable private information, whilst developing an understanding of the security models provided by the major operating systems involved in modern computer networks.

Through core studies and practicals, you will delve into networks, their protocols and hardware, to investigate how these systems can be vulnerable to a malicious attack. Your problem-solving skills will come to the fore when ethical hacking – testing a system to break-in or to find weak points.

As a network architect, or an IT security specialist, you can look forward to a varied career in information security or IT operations.

This degree provides the opportunity to learn new programming languages, architecture, and paradigms to create new software applications for a successful career in the IT Industry. 

Course Outline
You will complete subjects in dynamic web development, data structures and algorithms and agile coding, in addition to electives that will add breadth and depth to your studies.

The curriculum reflects the current and future needs of practicing software developers, aimed to advance your skills in first and second year of the curriculum so that you can apply your knowledge to a final year project.

On completion, you may seek employment that involves identifying new areas of software process improvements to produce measurable business benefits. Your communication skills will be an asset in this area, as you report on project progress, anomalies, risks and issues.

Graduates may also be involved in software release and post-release activities, including product launches, and implementation roles such as installation, configuration, programming/customisation, integration, and data migration.

The Bachelor of Business is a contemporary degree developed in collaboration with industry and designed to meet the needs of businesses now and in the future. 

Course Outline
Businesses are facing an unprecedented number of challenges and opportunities stemming from digital disruption and the rapid adoption of new technologies. There has never been a more exciting time to start your career in business, whether you are looking for a career in the corporate world or aspiring to be an entrepreneur.

Graduates gain a solid foundation in business management, entrepreneurship, critical thinking, teamwork, leadership, creativity and innovation, and interpersonal skills. These skills are in high demand from employers and central to succeeding in the rapidly changing business world.

Specialisation Options

• Banking and Finance
  • Applied Ethics in Contemporary Societies
  • Management Accounting
  • Investment and Portfolio Management
  • Banks and Financial Institutions
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Commercial Law
• Management
  • Applied Ethics in Contemporary Societies
  • Employment Practice
  • Business Communications
  • Work Futures
  • Leading Organisations
  • Strategic Management
  • Development and Change
• Marketing
  • Applied Ethics in Contemporary Societies
  • Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creations
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Marketing Research
  • Marketing Communication
  • Marketing Strategy and Analysis
  • Social Media Marketing

This post-graduate program gives students the opportunity to gain a deep understanding of relevant topics and technology pertaining to ES (like ERP, SCM, and CRM), BPR, Big Data, Business Analytics, Project Management, and IT strategy, using some cutting-edge technologies from leading vendors like SAP, IBM, SAS, and Teradata. Students will participate in ERP simulation games which teach ERP concepts “by doing”.

This program provides students with an opportunity to gain up-to-date knowledge and skills to analyse, implement and use ES. It further enhances the student ability to comprehend how and why these systems provide economic, technological, operational, and strategic value to an adopting organisation. It unleashes the strategies to manage ES implementation to achieve the anticipated benefits.

To provide hands-on experience with ES, courses in this program are embedded with software’s from leading ES vendors like SAP. Students not only develop skills in learning SAP but also gain the opportunity to prepare for SAP certifications related to business processes, business intelligence and HANA. By doing this, students will have a competitive advantage in the job market.

The Bachelor of Information Technology is an innovative Program designed with input from major IT industry partners. Upon completion of the Program, you will have achieved industry-recognised qualifications; have the foundation to become a leader in the IT field; be able to understand the impact of technological change; be able to appreciate not only current usage of IT in business and industry environments but also trends in computing; and be able to analyse, design and implement up-to-date  computer-based systems including those related to internet technology, multimedia and web-based applications. 

As a graduate of this Program, you will have been provided with a balance between specific knowledge of particular development tools (languages, operating systems, development environments) and general lifelong learning skills, which will ensure that you are able to remain at the forefront of this vibrant and rapidly developing sector.

The Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting has been developed as both an entry point and exit point for the Master of Professional Accounting. Please see Master of Professional Accounting for further program outline information.

Graduates of this program will have be able to design, implement and maintain IT systems using a well-informed software engineering approach and create high quality software in a systematic and efficient manner. Graduates may find employment in a wide range of industries including security and defence, education, aerospace, health, business, and finance.