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Professional Certificate in Positive Psychology (PR-POSPSYC) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
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About this course
- Overview
- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Further study
Contact
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/professional-certificate-in-positive-psychology
Coordinator
Jacqui Francis
Intended learning outcomes
Students completing the course should:
- have knowledge of current thinking and research in the field of positive psychology, and its application to health, business and other relevant contexts;
- have an understanding of how positive psychology may be used to facilitate well-being, performance and motivation, particularly in organisational settings;
- have the opportunity to explore the relevance and application of positive psychology to their professional practice;
- have knowledge of strength-based, evidence-based, and values-based interventions;
- have an ongoing and deepening commitment to the study and practice positive psychology
- adopt reflective practices with regards to their applications of positive psychology;
- have a sound basis for further studies in positive psychology at the Masters level.
Generic skills
Graduates should develop the following generic skills:
- Problem-solving skills, including engaging with, researching and identifying strategies to solve unfamiliar problems and bring about change.
- Analytical skills and the ability to construct and express logical arguments.
- To learn to critically investigate, modify and adapt new ideas and approaches.
- Plan effective work schedules and meet deadlines.
- Verbal and written communication skills.
- Change management skills.
- Use of evidence and data.
Graduate attributes
The Professional Certificate will enable graduates to achieve the following University of Melbourne Graduate Attributes:
- Academically excellent: graduates will develop in-depth research and evidence-based knowledge of positive psychology and in particular positive education. They will demonstrate a high level of achievement in writing, problem-solving and communication. Graduates will be critical and creative thinkers, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning and be adept at learning in a range of ways, including through information and communication technologies.
- Knowledgeable across disciplines: graduates will examine critically, synthesise and evaluate knowledge across a broad range of disciplines, particularly those with relevance to their education setting. They will expand their analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences and have the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems. As a result of completing the Professional Certificate they will have a set of skills that will allow multi-disciplinary approaches to student learning, engagement, and wellbeing to be implemented.
- Leaders in communities: Graduates of the Professional Certificate will be prepared to assume leadership roles in their classrooms, schools, or other educational settings through having developed a thorough knowledge of positive education and leading individual, group, and collective change as a result. They will be able to initiate and implement constructive change in their communities, including professions and workplaces.
- Attuned to cultural diversity: Graduates of the Professional Certificate will be working within organisations characterised by cultural and other forms of diversity. This is reflected in such overarching documents as the Australian Charter for the Teaching Profession, the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young People and the various national professional teaching standards and curriculum documents used in schools and other education settings. Graduates will value different cultures and be well-informed citizens able to contribute to their communities wherever they choose to live and work.
- Active global citizens: As educators knowledgeable in positive education, graduates of the Professional Certificate will contribute and lead social and community change in helping their organisations to flourish. They will recognise that education is the best means we have of opening the doors of opportunity for people and of ameliorating the effects of inequity and disadvantage.
Last updated: 10 February 2024