Graduate Certificate of Cultural Heritage

2024 Deakin University Handbook

Year	2024 course information
Award granted	Graduate Certificate of Cultural Heritage
Deakin course code	A585
Faculty	Faculty of Arts and Education
Campus	This is an A785 Master of Cultural Heritage or A685 Graduate Diploma of Cultural Heritage exit only option.
Duration	0.5 year full-time or part-time equivalent
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8

Course overview

The Graduate Certificate of Cultural Heritage is designed for professionals working in the heritage industry, or those who wish to gain employment in the heritage industry. This program of coursework will develop an extensive, cross-disciplinary knowledge of heritage principles and practice across a range of disciplines, as well as an awareness of community sensitivities. Successful completion of the Graduate Certificate of Cultural Heritage will lead you to entry to the Graduate Diploma of Cultural Heritage.

Course rules

To exit from the Master of Cultural Heritage or the Graduate Diploma of Cultural Heritage with an award of Graduate Certificate of Cultural Heritage a student must have successfully completed 4 credit points of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies coursework units including:

2 credit points of compulsory core units below

AIM723 Heritage Interpretation [No longer available for enrolment]

AIM734 Understanding Significance [No longer available for enrolment]

AND

2 credit points from the specified list of units below

AIM703

Heritage Practice: Conservation and Managing Change

AIM704 Heritage, Development and Tourism in the Asia-Pacific Region [No longer available for enrolment]

AIM705

Heritage Practice: Fundamentals

AIM708

World Heritage