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Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries

Take the next step in your career

Discover your leadership potential in the creative or cultural sector with the Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries.

This course is designed as the second step in the Creative Industries suite. Students can add this course onto their existing Graduate Certificate from the Creative Industries suite as continued study, or new students may elect to start this course from the beginning.

Whatever your path, you’ll enjoy the freedom of choice with this highly customisable degree. If you’re starting the qualification without any prior study, you’ll complete 8 units from a broad range of subjects, from marketing to user-experience, design leadership, conservation to entrepreneurship, and even finance for creative businesses. For those who have already completed a relevant Graduate Certificate, only 4 additional units need to be completed to achieve this qualification.

 

You call the shots

Mix and match units

Connect and grow

Build networks that will shape your career

Let your career thrive

Gain the skills needed to excel in your career

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Course highlights

Course highlights

 Tailor your degree to suit you and your career goals

 Refine your professional judgement, negotiation skills and creative problem-solving skills

 Refine your ability to form and nurture business relationships

 Develop the skills needed for tomorrow’s workplace

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In 1 year (full-time), 2 years (part-time) *

Intakes in February and July

8 units*

$3,125 per unit
2023 per unit fee for Domestic Students. FEE-HELP available.

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*Students continuing from a recognised Graduate Certificate in the Creative Industries suite will only need to complete 4-units, completing in 1-semester fulltime, or 1-year part-time.

Why study at UC

UC’s Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries can be studied as a standalone course, or as the next stage of study for students who have already completed a Graduate Certificate in the Creative Industries suite – such as Screen Development, Digital Marketing or Design.

This course offers complete freedom. Tailor your subject choice to match your interests and career path, the choice is yours.  Want to be ready for whatever the future holds? This degree is designed to place you at the forefront of creative industries and ensure your skills adapt to change.

With most of the subject options in this course available to study online, UC is committed to making sure you enjoy a truly flexible and learning experience. You will feel supported however you choose to learn through our student support team, career advisors and an inspiring cohort of teachers and industry experts.  

Stand-out and step-up

Gain the skills and knowledge needed to think, judge and act like a leader

Complete your degree in stages

Progress into a master’s degree by enrolling in additional units

Support every step of the way

Get support from a cohort of teachers who want to see you succeed

Career outlook

With considerable government investments in the creative sectors, it’s vital that you have the right skills to position yourself for success.

At over 5%, Canberra has one of the largest proportions of creative knowledge workers in Australia (2016 Census) and Creative businesses in the ACT are on the rise, growing by 8.5% since 2016 (ABS 2017-2021)!

The Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries will equip you with core skills in creative leadership, networking, critical thinking and creative problem-solving, ensuring you remain at the forefront of the industry. Whether you choose to work in Canberra, or take your skills outside the city, upon graduation, you’ll be ready to take on a broad range of roles across the creative and cultural sectors.

Career outlook

Meet your course convenor

Denise Thwaites

Lecturer

Denise Thwaites was awarded her PhD in 2014 and has since worked in a variety of roles across the contemporary arts sector, including positions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery and Australia Council for the Arts. Denise has worked at both internationally and locally engaged scales, leading curatorial projects for programs such as MoneyLab (Amsterdam), This Is Not Art Festival (Newcastle), New Beginnings Refugee Culture and Arts Festival (Sydney), Next Wave Festival (Melbourne) and the ACT Government’s Creative Recovery and Resilience Program (Canberra).

Over the past twelve years, Denise has designed, developed and taught innovative courses at several Australian higher education institutions and looks forward to connecting with new students through the Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries, supporting them to define a unique pathway to success in the contemporary creative and cultural sector.

What you will learn

Choose two areas of specialisation or mix and match units to suit you (total of 8 units required). 

Creative Industries

Creative Industries

Fine-tune your skills in problem-solving, critical thinking and negotiation and build the professional judgement needed to navigate the creative and cultural sectors with ease.

Core units

  • Impact and Enterprise (11155)
  • Creativity and Digital Engagement (11862)
  • Indigeneity and the Creative Sector (11863)

Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing

Gain the skills and confidence needed to implement effective, data-driven digital strategies across a variety of sectors.

Core units

  • Digital Advertising Practices (11866)
  • Social Media Marketing (11867)
  • Digital Advertising & Marketing Principles (11868)

Unit of choice

  • Consumer and Buyer Behaviour (11420)
  • Creative Decision Making (11500)
  • Strategy, Innovation and Change (11506)
  • Audience, Data and Media Convergence (11634)

Creative Leadership

Creative Leadership

Gain the confidence and skills needed to lead creative teams, projects and processes.

Core units

  • Strategy, Innovation and Change (11506)
  • Audience, Data and Media Convergence (11634)
  • Art, Technology and Business (11864)
  • Leadership in the Creative Industries (11865)

Design

Design

Learn how to apply designing-thinking to solve business problems and master the ability to articulate your vision, instruct designers and lead with confidence.

Core units

  • Visual Communication for Creative Businesses (11869)
  • UX Design (11870)
  • Digital and Tangible Design (11871)

Unit of choice

  • Entrepreneurship (9691)
  • Creative Decision Making (11500)
  • Leadership in the Creative Industries (11865)

Heritage Materials Conservation

Heritage Materials Conservation

Develop a strong theoretical, ethical and practical understanding of heritage materials and gain skills in conservation through hands-on study.

Core units

  • Heritage Materials and Their Environments (11160)
  • The Cultural Significance of Patina (11161)
  • Heritage Materials – Structure and Integrity (11162)
  • Heritage Materials – Aesthetics and Stability (11163)

Creative Business

Creative Business

Gain the foundational business skills needed to turn your creative ideas into commercial reality and learn what it takes to start, build and finance a creative business.

Core units

  • Entrepreneurship (9691)
  • Innovation Toolbox (11077)
  • Finance for Creative Businesses (11498)
  • Creative Decision Making (11500)

Upcoming intakes

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February 2023 intake



July 2023 intake


Entry requirements

To be eligible for the Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries, applicants must:

  • Have a bachelor’s degree in any field as approved by the University
  • Meet our English Language Requirements (overall IELTS Academic score (or equivalent) of 6.5 (non-standard English language requirements)).
  • Recognition of prior learning and experience available. 

COURSE COST

$3,125 per unit

2023 per unit fee for Domestic Students. Fee-Help available.

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Fee help

You may be eligible to defer payment of your tuition fees via the Commonwealth Government’s FEE-HELP loan scheme.

Visit FEE-HELP for lots of useful information about eligibility, how to apply and pay. You can apply for FEE-HELP once you have enrolled in a course.

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