Postgraduate Certificate
A Postgraduate Certificate involves credits from a specified subject and, where appropriate, the cognate areas. It serves as a qualification recognising continuing professional development in the same area as the candidate's original degree.
A candidate will normally have completed all requirements of a Bachelors Degree or, in special circumstances, a Bachelors Degree with Honours. The Postgraduate Certificate is designed to extend and deepen a candidate's knowledge and skills through formal instruction and directed inquiry.
Entry
Postgraduate Certificates require a Bachelors Degree in a cognate subject or relevant skills and knowledge acquired through appropriate work or professional experience.
Outcomes
A graduate of a Postgraduate Certificate programme is able to:
- acquire and assess knowledge, analyse and solve problems, work and study independently; and
- demonstrate intellectual independence, analytic rigour and sound communication.
Credit requirements
The Postgraduate Certificate requires a minimum of 60 credits at level 8.
Relationship with other qualifications
A Postgraduate Certificate provides the basis for further postgraduate study.