Graduate Certificate in Innovation Practice (GC-INNOVP) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

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

• Conduct a human-centred design-based innovation project. They will be able to start with the identification of an initial need area and then carry the project through the development of a conceptual design and business model to the development and iteration of prototypes to validate key innovation hypotheses and test user engagement;
• Manage conflicting demands from multiple stakeholders;
• Effectively receive complex feedback from and, communicate complex ideas to, multiple audiences, and effectively facilitate the further development of those ideas through those audiences.

Generic skills

• Problem identification
• Problem solving
• Value proposition construction
• Team skills
• Project management
• Communication and facilitation
• Stakeholder management

Graduate attributes

Upon completion of this Graduate Certificate students will have achieved:

• Academic distinction: The Graduate Certificate in Innovation Practice will enable holders of University of Melbourne Post-Graduate Degrees to understand what it means to innovate within their chosen field, and will give them a platform that enables them to apply and further-develop innovation skills.
• Active citizenship: Innovation will be core to the solutions to many current and emerging societal problems. In addition to acquiring the skills to drive those innovations, graduates of this certificate will learn how to look for innovation opportunities within those problems.
• Integrity and self-awareness: Through the process of completing this certificate, graduates will improve their ability to work in teams, manage projects, manage stakeholders, communicate effectively, and observe, reflect on, and learn from, their behaviour in all these contexts.