Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration

The Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration is designed to prepare you for managerial positions in the arts and associated industries.  It is ideal if you are working in a leadership role or position. This program will provide you with the opportunity to develop your presentation skills and portfolio to enhance your employment opportunities in a chosen creative industry with a solid reference base for critical and reflective thinking appropriate to assuming an administrative role with responsibility.

This program introduces you to the application of critical thinking, the formulation of visual and written presentations, and the development of creative arts portfolios.  The program will also prepare you for work in the creative arts and to undertake a higher academic level degree. 

What am I studying?

The Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration will introduce you to the application of critical thinking, the formulation of visual and written presentations, and the development of creative arts portfolios.  The program is designed to develop the presentation and portfolio skills to enable you to gain employment in a chosen creative industry with a solid reference base for critical and reflective thinking appropriate to assuming an administrative role with responsibility.  The Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration provides an excellent introduction to academic thinking and the level of work required to undertake a Masters degree as well as to the scope of the creative industries and the type of work involved. Classes are held on-campus at CQUniversity Sydney and the tuition is individualised to permit students to focus on a preferred creative industry.

Why Study at CQUniversity

The Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration prepares you to work in the creative arts.  Essentially, the Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration provides an entry pathway into the Master of Creative Enterprise (Arts Administration) for students who possess relevant work experience but are not eligible for direct entry into the Master degree. 

Entry Requirements

To be eligible for the program, you must have completed a bachelor degree (or an equivalent qualification) or have satisfied the Dean (or nominee), School of Education and the Arts, of your competence to undertake the program on the basis of an equivalent qualification.  For example, equivalence may be determined by a combination of: 

• an academic record in a diploma or certificate award of appropriate content standards;
• published or unpublished material of appropriate content and standard; and
• non-award professional development activities and/or work experience.

If you are an international student, please visit www.international.cqu.edu.au for further information including English language requirements.

Career Opportunities

If you are interested in working in (or wishing to enter) the creative arts industry, this is a great way to boost your career possibilities. Upon successful completion of this program you may wish to seek employment as an Arts Administrator.

Program Structure

You must complete three core courses (24 units of credit) in critical thinking in creative industries, creative arts portfolio and presentation skills in creative industries.

Course Information

For example courses you could study as part of the Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration program please click here.

As CQUniversity is committed to providing quality, up-to-date and relevant education, please note courses are refreshed regularly and may not be an exact indication of course availability for your study. Please call 13CQUni 13 27 86 if you have specific questions regarding course information regarding your specific application.