Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing

Course code: GG013
Course coordinator: Associate Professor Kim Foster

Master of Mental Health Nursing
Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing

Choosing a graduate certificate | Applying for a graduate certificate | Cost of a graduate certificate | Admission requirements | Clinical practice requirements | Study pattern

Sydney Nursing School offers a flexible range of postgraduate advanced learning courses in several specialty areas. One of these areas is Mental Health Nursing.

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Choosing a graduate certificate

You can either choose to study the graduate certificate alone, or as a pathway into a graduate diploma or a master’s degree. If you haven't studied at tertiary level for some time, you might consider to use this route.

A graduate certificate can only be studied part-time by local students. Since international students can only apply for full-time study, they are not eligible to study at graduate certificate level in the Sydney Nursing School.

Each unit of study may have up to five face-to-face study days. A normal part-time load is two units of study per semester. The graduate certificate is two semesters part-time.

The graduate certificate requires a total of 24 credit points. Award units taken at graduate certificate level may also count towards a graduate diploma or a master’s degree. Previously completed non-award units of study may be credited towards a graduate certificate.

Student learning is further supported by the University’s eLearning.

Applying for a graduate certificate

There is one intake of students in March each year.

Application must be made online. You will also need to upload certified copies of other documentation as part of your online application process. To assist you, there is a checklist of required documents that you will need.

Cost of a graduate certificate

Graduate certificates are Commonwealth supported courses for local students. Australian citizens are able to pay the cost of the course up front with a discount at a rate for each unit of study; or defer the full payment by taking out a HECS-HELP loan. Australian Permanent Residents and New Zealand citizens are also Commonwealth supported however the full cost per unit of study must be paid up front without a discount.

Visit the Costs and scholarships website for more detailed information.

Admission requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing

Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing is open to all nurses registered in Australia.

Clinical practice requirements

During this course, you will be required to undertake clinical assessments in the workplace. So, if you wish to enrol in the Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing, you need to fill out a clinical assessment form and upload the document with your application.

2012 study pattern for the Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing

The following study pattern indicates which units you will study in each semester.

For full descriptions of each of the following courses, click on the unit of study codes.