Graduate Certificate in Social Change Leadership (GC-SCL) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this course, graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate an advanced understanding of Indigenous knowledges and experiences as they relate to creating and sustaining networked social change and reframing narratives to bring about social equity
• Critically analyse theoretical understanding and knowledge of current research, debates, policies and practices in Indigenous‐led social change
• Evaluate the social, cultural, political and historical context informing social equity in Indigenous and other historically marginalised communities
• Communicate solutions to social equity challenges to the wider Indigenous and non‐Indigenous social change making community
• Create and sustain networks to drive systemic social change to tackle inequity

Generic skills

• Critical thinking and reasoning
• Creative thinking and innovation
• Problem solving
• Leadership
• Teamwork and professional networking and collaboration
• Self-reflection, career awareness and lifelong learning
• Enhanced writing and communication skills.

Graduate attributes

Graduates of the Graduate Certificate in Social Change Leadership will have the necessary attributes to:

• Evaluate contemporary Indigenous issues and approaches from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including sociological, economical, psychological and pedagogical perspectives, and apply them to their own contexts
• Contribute to discussions and debates associated with the role of social change making in addressing historical and contemporary local, national and global Indigenous issues
• Show an awareness of the social and cultural diversity in Indigenous communities and how to work collaboratively with Indigenous peoples from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds
• Have an understanding of and deep respect for Indigenous knowledge, culture and values across local, national and global Indigenous communities
• Have the capacity to become leaders in their professions and communities
• Promote social justice, social inclusion, ethics, wellbeing and citizenship through policy and practice related to social change in Indigenous communities
• Be creative, innovative, self-directed and lifelong learners, able to link theory and practice and respond to the changing Indigenous landscape