Graduate Certificate in Innovation Practice (GC-INNOVP) // Course structure
Course structure
The Graduate Certificate in Innovation Practice is a 50-point qualification comprising three post-graduate level subjects:
- One Human-Centred Design subject (12.5 points) (prerequisite for Prototyping for Commercialisation)
- One Innovation-related subject (12.5 points)
- Prototyping for Commercialisation (25 points)
Candidates may not satisfy both the Human –Centred Design and Innovation-related subject requirements with one subject (HCD/Innovation)
- A human-centred design subject is one in which a design process is central to the curriculum and empathy with the user is central to that design process. The subject includes collecting and analysing data from potential users to understand their needs and/or how they will use the object being designed. Data may be collected by observation, interviewing, and/or analysis of “big data” datasets.
- Innovation is fundamentally a process of linking a technology (broadly defined) to a receiving social context (market, social environment, organisation etc.) to create something new, and reduce it to practice. Consequently, an innovation subject is any subject that deals with (1) the technological aspects of innovation, (2) receiving context aspects of innovation, AND (3) novelty. Beyond that, the subject area can be very broad. Innovation subjects might deal with design, venture creation, leadership, finance or regulatory processes in the context of innovation, among others.
The Human-Centred design subject is a pre-requisite for Prototyping for Commercialisation.
Candidates may receive up to 25 points of advanced credit based on subjects already completed.
Candidates will propose their Human-Centred Design and Innovation subjects (12.5 credit points each), and whether or not they are seeking advanced credit, in their application.
Students will complete Prototyping for Commercialisation (25 credit points):
Please see list of subjects via Innovation Practice Program or refer to the list of subjects that have previously been allowed per below.
Human-Centred Design Subjects:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90426 | Applied Design Thinking | January (Online) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90427 | UX Design for Health and Wellbeing | October (Online) |
12.5 |
| BMEN30008 | Biosystems Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BMEN90030 | BioDesign Innovation | Year Long (On Campus - Parkville) |
50 |
| BUSA90086 | Thinking like an Entrepreneur | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| BUSA90527 | Digital Product Management | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BUSA90529 | Building Entrepreneurial Ventures | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| COMP90018 | Mobile Computing Systems Programming | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGM90016 | Engineering Management Capstone |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENGR90026 | Engineering Entrepreneurship | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGR90034 | Creating Innovative Engineering | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGR90039 | Creating Innovative Professionals | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM90007 | Information Visualisation | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| INFO90003 | Designing Novel Interactions | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| INFO90004 | Evaluating the User Experience | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| INFO90006 | Fieldwork for Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| INFO90008 | HCI Research Project |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| INFO90010 | Technology Innovation Project | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| LAWS90193 | Design for Innovation | No longer available | |
| MCEN90050 | Human Centred Mechanical Design | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| MCEN90061 | Mechatronics Systems Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90223 | Design Thinking | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90224 | Garage Project | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90230 | New Venture Creation: Initiation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90285 | Intrapreneurship: Initiation | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90286 | New Venture Creation: Validation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90287 | Indigenous Business Ecosystems | August (Online) |
12.5 |
| MKTG90041 | Customer Experience Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Innovation Subjects:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90426 | Applied Design Thinking | January (Online) |
12.5 |
| BMEN30008 | Biosystems Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BMEN90030 | BioDesign Innovation | Year Long (On Campus - Parkville) |
50 |
| BMEN90039 | Biomedical Eng Management & Regulations | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BUSA90086 | Thinking like an Entrepreneur | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| BUSA90527 | Digital Product Management | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BUSA90529 | Building Entrepreneurial Ventures | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| ENGM90016 | Engineering Management Capstone |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENGR90026 | Engineering Entrepreneurship | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGR90034 | Creating Innovative Engineering | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGR90036 | Leadership for Innovation |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENGR90039 | Creating Innovative Professionals | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FNCE90089 | Seminars in Entrepreneurial Finance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| INFO90004 | Evaluating the User Experience | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| INFO90006 | Fieldwork for Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| INFO90008 | HCI Research Project |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| INFO90010 | Technology Innovation Project | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| LAWS90193 | Design for Innovation | No longer available | |
| MGMT90030 | Managing Innovation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90165 | Social Entrepreneurship | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90201 | Entrepreneurial Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90223 | Design Thinking | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90224 | Garage Project | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90225 | Business Model Innovation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90227 | Entrepreneurial Organisation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90229 | Entrepreneur Within | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90285 | Intrapreneurship: Initiation | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90286 | New Venture Creation: Validation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90287 | Indigenous Business Ecosystems | August (Online) |
12.5 |
| MKTG90037 | Managing for Value Creation |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MKTG90041 | Customer Experience Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 27 February 2025