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Students who commenced their course prior to the current year, should refer to the handbook of the year they commenced their course.

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Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Enterprise (GradCertInn&Ent)

Course Code	FG012
Course Type	Postgraduate
Credit Points Required	24
CRICOS code

Description

This course will help develop commercially aware and empowered entrepreneurs. It is designed to equip participants with the skills and experience necessary to build a business in a variety of industries. The Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Enterprise will be relevant to people with a variety of interests including the self-employed, researchers, creative artists and social activists. Essentially the course ensures participants gain valuable skills and know-how in:

Identifying and understanding opportunity, change and innovation;
Developing successful businesses locally and internationally;
The skills associated with market research and intellectual property, financial and project management; and
The interpersonal and communication skills relevant to entrepreneurial business activities, including leadership, teamwork and pitching skills.

Participants also have the opportunity to develop expertise in the commercialisation of research and other intellectual property, social entrepreneurship, or enterprise in the creative industries.

Students currently enrolled in a research degree at the University of Sydney may be eligible for a scholarship to complete this Certificate under the Commercialisation Training Scheme. Further information is available from http://www.usyd.edu.au/ro/training/commercialisation.shtml.

Course Rules

Course Rules - Pre-2009 Commencing Students

To be awarded the Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Enterprise students (including CTS Scholarship Recipients) will successfully complete a total of four compulsory units of study (24 credit points):

New Course Rules - 2009 Commencing Students

From 2009, to be awarded the Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Enterprise, students will successfully complete a total of four units of study (24 credit points), comprising:

two compulsory units of study (12 credit points); and
two elective units of study (12 credit points).

Compulsory Units of Study

Students must complete the following two compulsory units of study (12 credit points)*:

Elective Units of Study

Students select two of the following options as electives (12 credit points):*

* Note. CTS Scholarship Recipients who undertake the Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Enterprise will successfully complete four compulsory units of study (24 credit points):

IBUS 5011 Foundations of Entrepreneurship
IBUS 6012 International Entrepreneurship
IBUS 6014 Intellectual Property Management
IBUS 6015 Innovation and Enterprise Special Project

View options available under the Graduate Certificate in Innovation and Enterprise

Enrolment Guide

The following program of study illustrates the progression of a student enrolled in the Graduate Certificate of Innovation and Enterprise on a part-time basis undertaking two units of study per semester.

Year / Semester	Unit of study 1	Unit of study 2	Total credit points
Year 1 Semester 1	Foundations of Entrepreneurship	elective*	24
Year 1 Semester 2	elective*	Innovation and Enterprise Special Project	24

* Note. Students who commenced their course prior to 2009 or are undertaking this certificate under a CTS Scholarship must complete the units IBUS6012 and IBUS6014 as their electives. Students who have commenced this program from 2009 and are not CTS Scholarship recipients may choose electives from those listed above under 'New Course Rules - 2009 Commencing Students'.

Please Note: This program of study is meant to be a guide only. Students may be able to undertake the required units of study for these majors in a different sequence to that listed above. Students should not that this example has been developed using 2010 offerings of units of study and there is no guarantee that the units of study listed above will be offered in the same semesters in the years after 2010. Units of study listed above may also be available in Summer or Winter School sessions.

Entry Requirements

For entry into this course applicants must have five years of relevant work experience or a completed a bachelor's degree, graduate diploma, graduate certificate or equivalent from a recognised tertiary institution (at a standard acceptable to the Faculty).

For details of the English language requirements for entry into this course, please refer to the page headed 'English Language Requirements for International Students' under the Admissions information on the University's website.

In order to be eligible for a scholarship under the Commercialisation Training Scheme, students must be concurrently enrolled in a relevant research program at the University of Sydney. An application form is available from http://www.usyd.edu.au/ro/training/commercialisation

Duration of Course

Full-time: Students undertake four units of study per semester, completing the four units in one semester (six months). (Note. In 2009 this is only possible for new students commencing their Certificate from 2009. This option is not available for pre-2009 students or students on CTS Scholarship due to unit of study availability).

Part-time: Students undertake between one and two units per semester, typically completing the program between one and two years.

Faculty of Economics and Business