Applicants may be admitted to the Graduate Certificate in Aged Care or the Graduate Diploma of Aged Care if they have previously successfully completed a relevant: bachelor degree or bachelor honours degree.‘Relevant’ means a degree that includes subjects in human services, psychology, social work and education. ‘Non-relevant’ means degrees that are science based (not including psychology), where you have not human services-related subjects.
Applicants with non-relevant degrees will be considered on the basis of their work and life experience.
Applicants with Work and Life ExperienceApplicants without undergraduate qualifications can apply for admission via the work and life experience pathway which may consider other forms of study completed in the higher educational sector and vocational sectors.
These include volunteer activities with older people, participation in religious communities supporting older people, church contributions, and professional development relevant to human services and aged care.