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Micro-credentials

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UWA Plus micro-credentials are professional short courses that demonstrate your skills, knowledge and experience in a given subject area. Our micro-credentials focus on skills that are in high demand by employers and industry - complete a micro-credential for your professional development and improve your career outcomes.

We've designed UWA Plus micro-credentials to suit your needs - they are short and affordable so you can easily fit them into your lifestyle, with the flexibility to pick and choose what works for you. Update, upskill or reskill; complete a one-off micro-credential or stack them up and convert into credit towards an undergraduate or postgraduate course - the choice is yours.

Select from a range of areas, including professional writing, education, medication management, geology, astrophysics, psychology and more - with more UWA Plus micro-credentials on the way.

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Featured micro-credentials

Integrated Einsteinian Science for School Teachers This micro-credential introduces modern Einsteinian concepts related to the themes of the national curriculum across four modules. 12pd points Integrated Einsteinian Science for School Teachers NOTE - Further information on taking the modules as individual micro-credentials is available on the web page.	Australia and the Indo-Pacific – understanding our strategic connections to Asia Gain an understanding of the Indo-Pacific region and Australia's strategic relationships to Asia. 2pd points Australia and the Indo-Pacific – understanding our strategic connections to Asia
Using R: Environmental and Agriculture Applications This micro-credential introduces students to data analysis and report preparation using R and R Studio at a workplace standard. 12pd points Using R: Environmental and Agriculture Applications	ATAR Physics for Teachers: Year 11 Syllabus In this micro-credential participants learn the new year-11 Physics ATAR syllabus, focusing on Science Understanding. Topics covered include Motion, Forces. Energy, Waves, Nuclear and Electrical Physics. 3pd points ATAR Physics for Teachers: Year 11 Syllabus
Tailings Management With the current acute shortage of suitably trained and qualified tailings management engineers and personnel, an advanced knowledge in tailings management will improve your employability and future career outcomes. MINEM501 Preparation, Transport & Deposition of Tailings - Q1 MINEM522 Tailings Water Balance - Q1 MINEM533 Case Studies of Tailings Failures - Q1 MINEM502 Basics of Tailings Geotechnics - Q2 MINEM523 Tailings Dewatering Technologies - Q2 MINEM541 Tailings Compliance - Q2 MINEM503 Tailings Testing - An Introduction - Q3 MINEM531 Risk Evaluation for Tailings Engineering - Q3 MINEM542 Tailings Roles and Responsibilities - Q3 MINEM521 Tailings Operations - Q4 MINEM532 Tailings Monitoring - Q4 MINEM543 Tailings Management Plans - Q4	Autism Assessment and Diagnosis A suite of autism assessment and diagnosis micro-credentials developed by Autism CRC with The University of Western Australia. Autism: Contemporary Diagnostic Frameworks Principles of Best Practice in Autism Assessment and Diagnosis Autism: Diagnostic Features and Assessment Approaches in early childhood (0-5 years) Autism: Diagnostic Features and Assessment Approaches in Children (6-16 years) Autism: Diagnostic Features and Assessment Approaches in Older Adolescents and Adults (17+ years) Initiating a Referral for Autism Diagnostic Assessment Differential Diagnosis: Distinguishing Autism from Other Neurodevelopmental and Mental Health Conditions
Urban Greening micro-credential	Are you interested in learning more about urban greening? In Perth, our urban forest and nature are more crucial than ever. We face significant threats and challenges that demand integrated solutions. The University of Western Australia's School of Design in Landscape Architecture is offering a new micro-credential in 2025 to enhance the knowledge of professionals in government, private practice, and related fields. The Urban Greening micro-credential includes a two-day intensive workshop, complemented by a series of lectures and online modules. Participants will earn two University credit points and professional development in their field. Learn from local and national experts in urban greening through a multi-disciplinary lens as we share knowledge and explore integrated solutions. This program is being coordinated by Caine Holdsworth and Daniel Jan Martin. Please register your interest here to learn more and receive enrolment details.

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Micro-credentials by area of interest

Business and Commerce

Australia and the Indo-Pacific – understanding our strategic connections to Asia [INDOM100]

This micro-credential is developed and delivered by the Perth USAsia Centre team and will provide participants with an understanding of the Indo-Pacific region and Australia's strategic relationships to Asia.

Course dates

25 July 2025 - 12 October 2025 [MC-2H]

Cost

$495 inc. GST

Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis – The Essentials [SCIEM521]

Benefit: Cost Analysis is one of the most important and widely used tools of economics. It supports improved decision making about projects and policies by providing a systematic, logical, transparent, and consultative approach to evaluating and prioritising them. In this micro-credential, participants will learn the essential background knowledge and know how to apply Benefit: Cost Analysis in weighing explicit and implicit costs and benefits of a project or an investment program.

Course dates

21 July 2025 - 20 October 2025

Cost

$440 inc. GST

Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis – Measuring Benefits [SCIEM522]

Benefit: Cost Analysis skills are in high demand. This micro-credential is for those who already have knowledge of the essentials of Benefit: Cost Analysis (e.g., through having completed SCIEM521 Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis - The Essentials) and are seeking additional knowledge on how to estimate and calculate the monetary values of various types of benefits from a project or policy, for inclusion in a Benefit: Cost Analysis. This will allow them to apply Benefit: Cost Analysis to a broad range of real projects and policies.

Course dates

21 July 2025 - 20 October 2025

Cost

$440 inc. GST

Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis – Practical issues [SCIEM523]

Benefit: Cost Analysis skills are in high demand. This micro-credential is for those who have some knowledge of Benefit: Cost Analysis (e.g. through having completed SCIEM521 Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis - The Essentials and SCIEM522 Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis - Measuring Benefits) and are seeking to develop their skills in applying the technique in practical situations. It covers a variety of practical issues, including obtaining the required information, representing project risks, handling uncertainty, conducting sensitivity analysis, reporting results and avoiding traps and errors.

Course dates

21 July 2025 - 20 October 2025

Cost

$440 inc. GST

Data and Computer Science

Using R: Environmental and Agriculture Applications [SCIEN505 / SCIEM505]

This micro-credential introduces students to data collection and statistical data analysis using R and R studio, and and focuses in detail on a set of specific methods relevant to obtaining non-market value information. The specific context of the examples used are relevant to research and data analysis in environmental and agricultural science, and environmental and agricultural economics, and environmental management

Course dates

26 Feb - 30 June 2025 [MC-1C]

22 July - 1 Dec 2025 [MC-2C]

Cost

Fee-free - thanks to a Microcredentials Pilot in Higher Education grant

Earth Sciences

Introduction to Groundwater Systems [GEOSM401]

This micro-credential focuses on these questions to develop knowledge of groundwater systems. The micro-credential is designed for people who have undergraduate-level scientific literacy and numeracy skills and are interested in advancing their understanding of groundwater systems.

Course dates

26 May 2025 - 13 June 2025 [MC-2H]

Cost

$1188 inc. GST

Characterising Groundwater Resources [GEOSM402]

This micro-credential focuses on techniques for quantifying and utilizing groundwater resources. The course is designed for people who have undergraduate-level scientific literacy and numeracy skills as well as some knowledge of groundwater systems.

Course dates

16 June 2025 - 4 July 2025 [MC-2H]

Cost

$1188 inc. GST

Our Changing Water Cycle [GEOSM403]

In this micro-credential you will deepen your understanding of the key hydrologic processes that drive water storage and movement through landscapes, and how these are responding to our changing climate. Learners will develop skills in analysing and interpreting measured hydrological data to understand and quantify our changing water cycle.

Course dates

3 March 2025 - 11 April 2025 [MC-1H]

Cost

$1188 inc. GST

Predicting Changing Hydrologic Systems [GEOSM404]

In this micro-credential you will build your skills in identifying the key features of hydrologic systems and implementing appropriate numerical models to predict their response to changing climate or management approaches.

Course dates

31 March 2025 - 5 May 2025 [MC-1H]

Cost

$1188 inc. GST

Advanced Structural Geology [GEOSM501]

This micro-credential aims to provide professional geologists with the opportunity to build upon their existing knowledge and skills in structural geology and to be able to expand their understanding of structural analysis applied to ore deposits. It is ideal for industry geologists who are looking to develop more advanced skills of relevance to their current or future employment.

Course dates

15 September 2025 - 19 September 2025

Cost

$1188 inc. GST

Geophysical Exploration: Basic Principles and Magnetics [GEOSM502]

This micro-credential covers the important characteristics common to all geophysical methods used in mineral exploration: ambiguity, interference, noise, resolution and sampling considerations, image processing and the common methods of data enhancement.

Course dates

23 June 2025 - 4 July 2025

Cost

$1188 inc. GST

Advanced Structural Geology Field Excursion [GEOSM503]

This micro-credential provides professional geologists with an opportunity to build upon their existing knowledge and skills in structural geology on a field excursion focusing on the tectonic and metallogenic evolution of the Kalgoorlie Terrane (WA). It is ideal for industry geoscientists seeking more advanced skills in field-based mapping, data analysis and interpretation of relevance to their current or future employment.

Course dates

22 September 2025 - 26 September 2025

Cost

$2000 inc. GST

Geophysical Exploration: Gravity, Radiometric, Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods [GEOSM504]

This micro-credential focuses on the key concepts of gravity, radiometric, electrical and electromagnetic geophysical methods as applied to mineral system-based exploration.

Course dates

7 July 2025 - 1 August 2025 (intensive week followed by 35 hours of practical exercises/assessment in subsequent three weeks)

Cost

$1188 inc. GST

Environmental Tracers and Isotopes in Groundwater Systems [GEOSM508]

This micro-credential focuses on applying environmental tracers and isotopes to understand groundwater systems.

Course dates

17 March 2025 - 11 April 2025

Cost

$1188 inc. GST

Education

Features of the Universe for Teachers [ASTRM401]

This micro-credential will appeal Secondary School Teachers interested in expanding their knowledge in the key concepts of astronomy and astrophysics required by the Western Australia's School Curriculum and Standard Authority for Level 7 to 12.

Course dates

24 March 2025 - 25 May 2025

Cost

$400 inc. GST

Integrated Einsteinian Science for School Teachers [PHYSN410]

This micro-credential introduces modern Einsteinian concepts related to the themes of the national curriculum.

Course dates

21 July 2025 -12 June 2026

Cost

Fee-free for eligible domestic participants

Einsteinian Science for School Teachers I: Atoms, Light, Space and Climate [PHYSM411]

This unit is designed for school teachers and other educators to enable them to grasp Einsteinian science concepts and implement lesson plans. This unit will cover primarily Year 3 – 6 curriculum topics, paving the way to develop further into higher level concepts and curriculum.

Course dates

21 July 2025 - 5 September 2025

Cost

$600 inc. GST

Einsteinian Science for School Teachers II: Gravity, Energy and Quantum Mechanics [PHYSM412]

This unit is designed for school science teachers and other educators to enable them to grasp Einsteinian science concepts and implement lesson plans suitable for early secondary school classrooms.

Course dates

22 September 2025 - 7 November 2025

Cost

$600 inc. GST

Einstein Science for School Teachers III: From Climate to Cosmology [PHYSM413]

This unit is designed for school science teachers and other educators to enable them to grasp Einsteinian science concepts and implement lesson plans suitable for upper secondary school classrooms.

Course dates

21 July 2025 - 5 September 2025

Cost

$600 inc. GST

Einsteinian Science for School Teachers IV: Modern Science in the Real World [PHYSM414]

This unit deepens the knowledge for school science teachers and other educators to enable them to proficiently deliver the Einsteinian science concepts suitable for upper secondary school classrooms

Course dates

22 September 2025 - 7 November 2025

Cost

$150 inc. GST

ATAR Physics for Teachers: Year 11 Syllabus [PHYSM121]

In this micro-credential participants learn the new year-11 Physics ATAR syllabus, focusing on Science Understanding. Topics covered include Motion, Forces. Energy, Waves, Nuclear and Electrical Physics.

Course dates

30 September 2025 - 10 October 2025

Cost

$990 inc. GST

Atoms, Materials and Reactions [CHEMM101]

This micro-credential is part of a programme to up-skill teachers to teach ATAR Chemistry. This micro-credential will cover unit 1 and 2 of the ATAR chemistry syllabus.

Course dates

To be announced

Cost

$990 inc. GST

Equilibrium, Energy and the Environment [CHEMM102]

This micro-credential is part of a programme to up-skill teachers to teach ATAR Chemistry. This micro credential will cover unit 3 and 4 of the ATAR chemistry syllabus.

Course dates

To be announced

Cost

$990 inc. GST

ATAR Physics for Teachers: Year 12 Syllabus [PHYSM122]

In this micro-credential participants learn the new year-12 Physics ATAR syllabus, focusing on Science Understanding. Topics covered include Gravity, Relativity, Electromagnetism, Quantum Physics, and Cosmology.

Course dates

1 December 2025 - 12 December 2025

Cost

$990 inc. GST

Engineering

Preparation, Transport and Deposition of Tailings [MINEM501]

Participants will learn what deposition and storage techniques are available and preferred methods for managing different types of tailings streams.

Course dates

2026 dates to be announced

Cost

$1100 inc. GST

Tailings Water Balance [MINEM522]

Participants will learn about the components of a water balance, how to calculate storage and decant pump requirements for storm events and design for a zero spill operation and changes due to climate change.

Course dates

2026 dates to be announced

Cost

$1100 inc. GST

Case Studies of Tailings Failures [MINEM533]

Participants will be able to articulate the link between monitoring and setting suitable TARPs, evaluate how poor operational practices impact on TSF stability, plan a site investigation for a new TSF and discuss how best practice could prevent TSF failures.

Course dates

2026 dates to be announced

Cost

$1100 inc. GST

Basics of Tailings Geotechnics [MINEM502]

Participants will learn how particle size distributions are obtained and how they are used to classify geomaterials. This includes an introduction to the concepts of plasticity and links to mineralogy. Utilisation of phase diagrams for understanding key parameters such as void ratio are described and the core concept of effective stress and its link to shear strength are discussed.

Course dates

28 April 2025 - 20 June 2025

Cost

$1100 inc. GST

Tailings Dewatering Technologies [MINEM523]

Participants will learn about technologies used for enhanced dewatering to produce high density, non-segregating tailings as well as filtered, unsaturated tailings and how to transport and deposit such material, as well as examples of successful projects currently using approaches such as these.

Course dates

28 April 2025 - 20 June 2025

Cost

$1100 inc. GST

Tailings Compliance [MINEM541]

Participants will learn about he transition from prescriptive approaches to TSF regulation and governance, to an increasingly risk-based approach, which included the introduction of the concept of Consequence Category.

Course dates

28 April 2025 - 20 June 2025

Cost

$1100 inc. GST

Tailings Testing - An Introduction [MINEM503]

Participants will learn how various forms of tailings testing are carried out, the types of devices available, and some review of relevant theory to understand what the test is doing. This will be done through the presentation and analysis of real tailings test data.

Course dates

14 July 2025 - 15 September 2025

Cost

$1100 inc. GST

Risk Evaluation for Tailings Engineering [MINEM531]

Participants will learn about determining what constitutes a safe design, through topics that include the Factor of Safety approach, probabilistic approaches and risk as an acceptable criterion. Topics will include uncertainty and variability, safety risk acceptance levels and the use of safety matrices, and the concepts of ALARP and frequency-consequence evaluations.

Course dates

14 July 2025 - 15 September 2025

Cost

$1100 inc. GST

Tailings Roles and Responsibilities [MINEM542]

This micro-credential discusses how the organisational structure set up to manage a tailings storage facility can contribute to preventing accidents and tailings releases. Using the GISTM (Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management) as a framework, the roles and responsibilities of personnel including the Accountable Executive, the Engineer of Record, and the Responsible Tailings Facility Engineer are discussed, amongst others.

Course dates

14 July 2025 - 15 September 2025

Cost

$1100 inc. GST

Tailings Monitoring [MINEM532]

This micro-credential participants learn about modes of failure, current and emerging monitoring technologies, working towards achieving ALARP, implementing TARPs and various controls and control effectiveness.

Course dates

6 October 2025 - 28 November 2025

Cost

$1100 inc. GST

Tailings Management Plans [MINEM543]

Participants will learn about general concepts of tailings management, details of required inputs and outputs, and the importance of accounting for variability when developing both conceptual and detailed tailings management plans. The emphasis is on maximising storage capacity economically while ensuring safe operational procedures..

Course dates

6 October 2025 - 28 November 2025

Cost

$1100 inc. GST

Tailings Operations [MINEM521]

Participants will learn about the importance of developing, documenting and implementing a Tailings Management Plan that caters for short term tailings capacity requirements, while also implementing strategies to cater for life-of-mine requirements. The key role of aspects such as deposition strategies, layer thickness, maintaining freeboard, decant systems and how to incorporate these aspects into a Tailings Management Plan are covered.

Course dates

6 October 2025 - 28 November 2025

Cost

$1100 inc. GST

Health and Biomedical Sciences

Diabetes Fundamentals and Diabetes Education

[PHCYM501 & PHCYN502]

These micro-credentials are designed for optometrists, exercise physiologists, pharmacists, podiatrists, physiotherapists and dietitians, which are all Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) recognised primary allied health discipline professions.

Course dates PHCYM501

13 April 2025 - 25 May 2025; OR

27 April 2025 - 10 May 2025; OR

15 June 2025 - 5 July 2025; OR

6 July 2025 - 19 July 2025

Course dates PHCYN502

28 April 2025 - 19 July 2025

Cost:

$660 inc GST

Medication Management Reviews and Aged Care Pharmacy [PHCYN503]

This micro-credential provides pharmacists with the opportunity to enhance their existing skills and apply knowledge in a new area. It was developed by experts in the field and consumers. It takes the approach that pharmacists already have the existing knowledge and will be supported to develop new skills to
apply their knowledge in new settings.

Course dates

8 September 2025 - 28 November 2025

Cost

Thanks to the Australian Government's Microcredentials Pilot in Higher Education we are able to waive the fee for PHCYN503 for a limited time (limited fee-free places available).

To register your interest, click here.

Two highly specialised micro-credential courses Clinical Optometry OPTMM410 and Pharmacology and Immunology for Optometry OPTMM411 are designed as part of the UWA Doctor of Optometry Micro-credential Bridging Program, applicable only to those who have appropriate pre-requisites.


Course dates: 12 November 2024 - 28 February 2025
Cost: OPTMM410: $5,500 inc. GST; OPTMM411: $2,200 inc. GST

Humanities and Social Sciences

Understanding and Responding to Domestic and Family Violence and Coercive Control [SWSPN101]

Registrations are now closed (see below for alternative course option)

This micro-credential equips professionals with knowledge and skills to address DFV, focusing on coercive control, risk management, First Nations complexities, trauma-informed practices, and legal responses for safer communities.


Course dates

23 April - 16 October 2025

Cost

Fee-free. Open to domestic students only. Limited places available.

Understanding and Responding to the Complexities of Coercive Control in Domestic and Family Violence [SWSPM102]

Registrations are now open

Health, social and legal professionals will gain an understanding of DFV and coercive control, focusing on impacts, perpetrator patterns, risk management, and legal responses for safer communities.

Course dates

23 April 2025 - 18 July 2025

Cost

$660 inc. GST
Teaching Outdoors [GEOSM506]

This micro-credential aims to introduce primary or secondary school teachers and educators to the wealth of opportunities for incorporating outdoor learning activities into teaching aspects of science and humanities disciplines. The micro-credential combines online materials and discussions with a 1-day field excursion and project-based learning to explore the links between earth science and other natural sciences, history and urban planning.

Course dates

3 March 2025 - 4 April 2025

Cost

$792 inc. GST

Australia and the Indo-Pacific – understanding our strategic connections to Asia [INDOM100]

This micro-credential is developed and delivered by the Perth USAsia Centre team and will provide participants with an understanding of the Indo-Pacific region and Australia's strategic relationships to Asia.

Course dates

28 February 2025 - 18 May 2025 [MC-1H]

25 July 2025 - 12 October 2025 [MC-2H]

Cost

$495 inc. GST

Law

Understanding and Responding to Domestic and Family Violence and Coercive Control [SWSPN101]

Registrations are now closed (see below for alternative course option)


Course dates

23 April - 16 October 2025

Cost

Fee-free. Open to domestic students only. Limited places available.

Understanding and Responding to the Complexities of Coercive Control in Domestic and Family Violence [SWSPM102]

Registrations are now open

Health, social and legal professionals will gain an understanding of DFV and coercive control, focusing on impacts, perpetrator patterns, risk management, and legal responses for safer communities.

Course dates

23 April 2025 - 18 July 2025

Cost

$660 inc. GST

Natural and Physical Sciences

Introduction to Applied Bioinformatics I [SCIEM401]

This micro-credential provides an introduction to the analysis of data across areas of biology, whether this be biomedical, environmental or agricultural.

Course dates

[MC-1H] - Commence any time from 1 January 2025 and complete by 30 June 2025

[MC-2H] - Commence any time from 1 April 2025 and complete by 30 September 2025

[MC-3H] - Commence any time from 1 July 2025 and complete by 31 December 2025

Cost

$792 inc. GST

Features of the Universe for Teachers [ASTRM401]

This micro-credential will appeal to Secondary School Teachers interested in expanding their knowledge in the key concepts of astronomy and astrophysics required by the Western Australia's School Curriculum and Standard Authority for Level 7 to 12.
Course dates

24 March 2025 - 25 May 2025

Cost

$400 inc. GST

ATAR Physics for Teachers: Year 11 Syllabus [PHYSM121]

In this micro-credential participants learn the new year-11 Physics ATAR syllabus, focusing on Science Understanding. Topics covered include Motion, Forces. Energy, Waves, Nuclear and Electrical Physics.

Course dates

30 September 2025 - 10 October 2025

Cost

$990 inc. GST

ATAR Physics for Teachers: Year 12 Syllabus [PHYSM122]

In this micro-credential participants learn the new year-12 Physics ATAR syllabus, focusing on Science Understanding. Topics covered include Gravity, Relativity, Electromagnetism, Quantum Physics, and Cosmology.

Course dates

1 December 2025 - 12 December 2025

Cost

$990 inc. GST
Integrated Einsteinian Science for School Teachers [PHYSN410]

This micro-credential introduces modern Einsteinian concepts related to the themes of the national curriculum.
Course dates

21 July 2025 -12 June 2026

Cost

Fee-free for eligible domestic participants

Einsteinian Science for School Teachers I: Atoms, Light, Space and Climate [PHYSM411]

This unit is designed for school teachers and other educators to enable them to grasp Einsteinian science concepts and implement lesson plans. This unit will cover primarily Year 3 – 6 curriculum topics, paving the way to develop further into higher level concepts and curriculum.

Course dates

21 July 2025 - 5 September 2025

Cost

$600 inc. GST
- Einsteinian Science for School Teachers II: Gravity, Energy and Quantum Mechanics [PHYSM412]
  
  This unit is designed for school science teachers and other educators to enable them to grasp Einsteinian science concepts and implement lesson plans suitable for early secondary school classrooms.
  
  Course dates
  
  22 September 2025 - 7 November 2025
  
  Cost
  
  $600 inc. GST
- Einstein Science for School Teachers III: From Climate to Cosmology [PHYSM413]
  
  This unit is designed for school science teachers and other educators to enable them to grasp Einsteinian science concepts and implement lesson plans suitable for upper secondary school classrooms.
  
  Course dates
  
  21 July 2025 - 5 September 2025
- Cost
  
  $600 inc. GST
- Einsteinian Science for School Teachers IV: Modern Science in the Real World [PHYSM414]
  
  This unit deepens the knowledge for school science teachers and other educators to enable them to proficiently deliver the Einsteinian science concepts suitable for upper secondary school classrooms
  
  Course dates
  
  22 September 2025 - 7 November 2025
  
  Cost
  
  $150 inc. GST
- Teaching Outdoors [GEOSM506]
  
  This micro-credential aims to introduce primary or secondary school teachers and educators to the wealth of opportunities for incorporating outdoor learning activities into teaching aspects of science and humanities disciplines. The microcredential combines online materials and discussions with a 1-day field excursion and project-based learning to explore the links between earth science and other natural sciences, history and urban planning.
  
  Course dates
  
  3 March 2025 - 4 April 2025
  
  Cost
  
  $792 inc. GST
- Atoms, Materials and Reactions [CHEMM101]
  
  This micro-credential is part of a programme to up-skill teachers to teach ATAR Chemistry. This micro credential will cover unit 1 and 2 of the ATAR chemistry syllabus.
  
  Course dates
  
  To be announced
  
  Cost
  
  $990 inc. GST
- Equilibrium, Energy and the Environment [CHEMM102]
  
  This micro-credential is part of a programme to up-skill teachers to teach ATAR Chemistry. This micro credential will cover unit 3 and 4 of the ATAR chemistry syllabus.
  
  Course dates
  
  To be announced
  
  Cost
  
  $990 inc. GST
- Responsible Agricultural Practices [AGRIM503]
  
  This unit critically analyses, using a philosophical approach, agricultural activities around the world. In particular it examines the use of animals in agricultural production, the management of natural resources, and considers community attitudes relating to the use of production animals, the impact of agriculture on natural resources, the use of modern technologies, and the societal role of agriculture. The unit will provide students with the knowledge and skills to conduct a fair assessment of current and future ethical problems arising from agricultural production. The students examine current ideologies and scientific research that attempts to understand and improve the ethics of agriculture worldwide.
  
  Course dates
  
  To be announced
  
  Cost
  
  $550 inc. GST
- Introduction to Groundwater Systems [GEOSM401]
  
  This micro-credential focuses on these questions to develop knowledge of groundwater systems. The micro-credential is designed for people who have undergraduate-level scientific literacy and numeracy skills and are interested in advancing their understanding of groundwater systems.
  
  Course dates
  
  To be announced
  
  Cost
  
  $1188 inc. GST
- Characterising Groundwater Resources [GEOSM402]
  
  This micro-credential focuses on techniques for quantifying and utilizing groundwater resources. The course is designed for people who have undergraduate-level scientific literacy and numeracy skills as well as some knowledge of groundwater systems.
  
  Course dates
  
  To be announced
  
  Cost
  
  $1188 inc. GST
- Our Changing Water Cycle [GEOSM403]
  
  In this micro-credential you will deepen your understanding of the key hydrologic processes that drive water storage and movement through landscapes, and how these are responding to our changing climate. Learners will develop skills in analysing and interpreting measured hydrological data to understand and quantify our changing water cycle.
  
  Course dates
  
  To be announced
  
  Cost
  
  $1188 inc. GST
- Predicting Changing Hydrologic Systems [GEOSM404]
  
  In this micro-credential you will build your skills in identifying the key features of hydrologic systems and implementing appropriate numerical models to predict their response to changing climate or management approaches.
  
  Course dates
  
  To be announced
  
  Cost
  
  $1188 inc. GST
- Advanced Structural Geology [GEOSM501]
  
  This micro-credential aims to provide professional geologists with the opportunity to build upon their existing knowledge and skills in structural geology and to be able to expand their understanding of structural analysis applied to ore deposits. It is ideal for industry geologists who are looking to develop more advanced skills of relevance to their current or future employment.
  
  Course dates
  
  15 September 2025 - 19 September 2025
  
  Cost
  
  $1188 inc. GST
- Geophysical Exploration: Basic Principles and Magnetics [GEOSM502]
  
  This micro-credential covers the important characteristics common to all geophysical methods used in mineral exploration: ambiguity, interference, noise, resolution and sampling considerations, image processing and the common methods of data enhancement.
  
  Course dates
  
  23 June 2025 - 4 July 2025
  
  Cost
  
  $1188 inc. GST
- Advanced Structural Geology Field Excursion [GEOSM503]
  
  This micro-credential provides professional geologists with an opportunity to build upon their existing knowledge and skills in structural geology on a field excursion focusing on the tectonic and metallogenic evolution of the Kalgoorlie Terrane (WA). It is ideal for industry geoscientists seeking more advanced skills in field-based mapping, data analysis and interpretation of relevance to their current or future employment.
  
  Course dates
  
  22 September 2025 - 26 September 2025
  
  Cost
  
  $2000 inc. GST
- Geophysical Exploration: Gravity, Radiometric, Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods [GEOSM504]
  
  This micro-credential focuses on the key concepts of gravity, radiometric, electrical and electromagnetic geophysical methods as applied to mineral system-based exploration.
  
  Course dates
  
  7 July 2025 - 1 August 2025 (intensive week followed by 35 hours of practical exercises/assessment in subsequent three weeks)
  
  Cost
  
  $1188 inc. GST
- Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis – The Essentials [SCIEM521]
  
  Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis is one of the most important and widely used tools of economics. It supports improved decision making about projects and policies by providing a systematic, logical, transparent, and consultative approach to evaluating and prioritising them. In this micro-credential, participants will learn the essential background knowledge and know how to apply Benefit: Cost Analysis in weighing explicit and implicit costs and benefits of a project or an investment program.
  
  Course dates
  
  24 February 2025 - 26 May 2025 OR 21 July 2025 - 20 October 2025
  
  Cost
  
  $440 inc. GST
- Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis – Measuring Benefits [SCIEM522]
  
  Benefit: Cost Analysis skills are in high demand. This micro-credential is for those who already have knowledge of the essentials of Benefit: Cost Analysis (e.g., through having completed SCIEM521 Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis - The Essentials) and are seeking additional knowledge on how to estimate and calculate the monetary values of various types of benefits from a project or policy, for inclusion in a Benefit: Cost Analysis. This will allow them to apply Benefit: Cost Analysis to a broad range of real projects and policies.
  
  Course dates
  
  24 February 2025 - 26 May 2025 OR 21 July 2025 - 20 October 2025
  
  Cost
  
  $440 inc GST
- Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis – Practical issues [SCIEM523]
  
  Benefit: Cost Analysis skills are in high demand. This micro-credential is for those who have some knowledge of Benefit: Cost Analysis (e.g. through having completed SCIEM521 Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis - The Essentials and SCIEM522 Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis - Measuring Benefits) and are seeking to develop their skills in applying the technique in practical situations. It covers a variety of practical issues, including obtaining the required information, representing project risks, handling uncertainty, conducting sensitivity analysis, reporting results and avoiding traps and errors.
  
  Course dates
  
  24 February 2025 - 26 May 2025 OR 21 July 2025 - 20 October 2025
  
  Cost
  
  $440 inc. GST

Psychology

Understanding and Responding to Domestic and Family Violence and Coercive Control [SWSPN101]

Registrations are now closed (see below for alternative course option)


Course dates

23 April - 16 October 2025

Cost

Fee-free. Open to domestic students only. Limited places available.

Understanding and Responding to the Complexities of Coercive Control in Domestic and Family Violence [SWSPM102]

Registrations are now open

Health, social and legal professionals will gain an understanding of DFV and coercive control, focusing on impacts, perpetrator patterns, risk management, and legal responses for safer communities.

Course dates

23 April 2025 - 18 July 2025

Cost

$660 inc. GST

rTMS training course - theory component [RTMSM501]
This micro-credential aims to teach the neuroscientific theory behind neuromodulation treatments, provide guidance on current best practice for treatment plans.

Course dates

4 April 2025 (registrations close 17 March 2025)

Cost:

$550 inc GST on-campus ($495 inc GST online)
rTMS training course - practical component [RTMSM502]

This micro-credential offers an opportunity to obtain practical training on rTMS equipment and systems. The course comprises a half day practical training session with a one hour assessment of skills. It is recommended that this course is taken in combination with RTMSM501 which provides complementary content on the theoretical basis and neuroscientific evidence for rTMS as a treatment.

Course dates

5 April 2025 (registrations close 17 March 2025)

Cost:

$770 inc GST
Introduction to Classical Test and Rasch Measurement Theories [IMEDM401]

The micro-credential begins with some traditional test theory because it is still relevant and also because of the history of the development in formal testing. Studying both theories enables students to better appreciate each theory and, in particular, how Rasch measurement incorporates, elaborates and better achieves the goals of traditional test theory.

Course dates

24 February 2025 - 30 June 2025

Cost

$2,915 inc. GST
Advanced Course in Rasch Measurement Theory [IMEDM402]

This micro-credential introduces students to advanced principles of Rasch measurement theory in the social sciences. It is a follow-up to Introduction to Classical and Rasch Measurement Theories. Analyses of real and simulated data sets using new features available in RUMM2030 and one assignment where participants have the option of analysing their own data.

Course dates

24 February 2025 - 30 June 2025

Cost

$2,915 inc. GST

Research

Introduction to Applied Bioinformatics I [SCIEM401]

This micro-credential provides an introduction to the analysis of data across areas of biology, whether this be biomedical, environmental or agricultural.

Course dates

[MC-1H] - Commence any time from 1 January 2025 and complete by 30 June 2025

[MC-2H] - Commence any time from 1 April 2025 and complete by 30 September 2025

[MC-3H] - Commence any time from 1 July 2025 and complete by 31 December 2025

Cost

$792 inc. GST

Introduction to Classical Test and Rasch Measurement Theories [IMEDM401]

The micro-credential begins with some traditional test theory because it is still relevant and also because of the history of the development in formal testing. Studying both theories enables students to better appreciate each theory and, in particular, how Rasch measurement incorporates, elaborates and better achieves the goals of traditional test theory.

Course dates

24 February 2025 - 30 June 2025

Cost

$2,915 inc. GST

Advanced Course in Rasch Measurement Theory [IMEDM402]

This micro-credential introduces students to advanced principles of Rasch measurement theory in the social sciences. It is a follow-up to Introduction to Classical and Rasch Measurement Theories. Analyses of real and simulated data sets using new features available in RUMM2030 and one assignment where participants have the option of analysing their own data.

Course dates

24 February 2025 - 30 June 2025

Cost

$2,915 inc. GST

Transferrable skills

Introduction to Applied Bioinformatics I [SCIEM401]

This micro-credential provides an introduction to the analysis of data across areas of biology, whether this be biomedical, environmental or agricultural.

Course dates

Commence any time from 1 January 2025 and complete by 30 June 2025
Commence any time from 1 April 2025 and complete by 30 September 2025
Commence any time from 1 July 2025 and complete by 31 December 2025

Cost

$792 inc. GST

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