Graduate Diploma
A Graduate Diploma is designed as a vehicle for degree graduates to pursue further study at an undergraduate level. The programme can be designed to broaden knowledge and skills in a familiar subject or discipline or develop knowledge in a new area.
Entry
Entry is open to degree graduates. However, those who have been able to demonstrate equivalent practical, professional or educational experience of an appropriate kind may be granted admission.
Outcomes
A person with a Graduate Diploma is able to:
- engage in self-directed learning and advance study; and
- demonstrate intellectual independence, analytic rigour, and the ability to understand and evaluate new knowledge and ideas.
Credit requirements
A Graduate Diploma:
- is registered at level 7 and requires a minimum of 72 credits at level 7; and
- requires a minimum of 120 credits from levels 5 or above.
Relationship with other qualifications
A Graduate Diploma may provide the basis for postgraduate study.