1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Program structure
The Graduate Certificate year
(Also Year one of the Graduate Diploma in
Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Master of
Entwprise Innovation)
Semester I
Hours per
week
EF 713 The Entrepreneurial Organisation 39
EF 936 Opportunity Evaluation Techniques 39
Semester 2
EF 810 New Venture Marketing 39
EF 938 Commercialising Innovation 39
Course convener
Kevin Hindle
Telephone: 9214 8732
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A Career potential
The program is designed for people interested in the use
5' and effects of training in the innovation process but will be
of particular value to employees of organisations who have
3: been charged with the responsibility of developing training
interventions to support organisational change.
z. The courses in the program cover four key aspects of
C.
2 training management:
E principles and planning of training interventions;
design and development of training programs;
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E innovation and training;
administration and evaluation of training.
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R The program provides a sound theoretical base in all four
" areas and the major proiects and exercises undertaken in
the program wili provide the opportunity for participants
to apply their learning to their own or other organisations.
A tangible outcome of the program will be some actual
training programs designed and detailed ready for
implementation.
The program provides for articulation of accredited
subjects into higher level degree programs offered by the
Centre for Innovation and Enterprise.
Admission requirements
Applicants should comply with one of the following:
A first degree in any discipline and commitment by an
employee to a task, role or project requiring skills in
training; management.
Applicants who lack a first degree may be admitted to
the program at the considered discretion of the Head of
the Division.
Duration of the course
The program is designed to be completed within one
calendar year of commencement of the first subject.
Course structure
Subjects are block taught in a modular structure and the
course is as follows:
Houw per
week
EF820G Planning of Training Programs 36
EF821G Program Design 36
EF822G Training Innovation and Evaluation 36
EF823G Administration of Training 36
Each course is taught in two two-day block modules (i.e.
nine hours per day), including evaluation and examination
sessions.
Course convener
Dr Bruce Johnson
Telephone: 9214 8381
Graduate Diplomas
NO84 Graduate Diploma in Applied
Psychology
The course is offered as a one year full-time or two year
part-time program. It is designed for students who have
completed a first degree with a three-year major sequence
of studies in psychology undertaken in a course (or
courses) approved for this purpose by the Australian
Psychological Society. The program is intended to
complete students' foundation studies in psychology as a
science and as a profession. The course is designed to
prepare students to enter the profession by meeting the
educational requirements for Associate Membership of Jle
Australian Psychological Society.
The course has the following objectives:
to enable students to understand and apply the
principles of social science which underlie the
discipline of psychology;
to enable students to acquire knowledge of the
principles of social and behavioural science research
design and analysis;
to enable students to extend skills in formulating
research problems, gathering and analysing data,
interpreting and communicating research findings;
to enable students to acquire advanced knowledge in
selected topic areas within psychology and applied
psychology, building upon and extending basic
undergraduate preparation;
to provide students with an understanding of the
nature of psychology as a profession, the ethical,
moral, legal and social responsibilities of the
psychologist, and the role of the Australian
Psychological Society;
to prepare students for entry level work as
psychologists-in-training under supervision in
occupational fields such as applied social research, the
human services, and human resources.