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Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements

Students of non-English speaking backgrounds must have an adequate English language capacity assessed under the Australian International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The IELTS score required for admission to this course can be found in Schedule I of the JCU Admissions policy.

Special admission requirements

Will have obtained at least a Credit in any undergraduate research methods subjects relevant to their intended masters program.

Additional course rules

Candidates shall enrol in a pilot study for their intended master’s project as a minor project subject within the Graduate Certificate program.

Course learning outcomes

The graduates of James Cook University are prepared and equipped to create a brighter future for life in the tropics world‐wide. JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

Graduates of the Graduate Certificate of Research Methods will be able to:

• Demonstrate the application of contemporary, specialised knowledge and skills in clinical or health- related research methods in the conduct of a research project, with some independence

• Conduct a research project using specialised knowledge and technical skills, including data collection and qualitative or quantitative research methods, with independence

• Interpret and apply established and evolving evidence in the design of a research project

• Apply knowledge and understanding of research ethics to prepare a successful ethics application for a research project

• Demonstrate a high standard of ethical conduct in their research exercising autonomy, responsibility, accountability and well‐developed judgement

• Communicate specialised knowledge, ideas and arguments accurately, coherently and creatively to a variety of audiences through written manuscripts and oral presentations

• Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for future professional development requirements based on reflection on current skills, knowledge and attitudes.

Cairns

Maximum time to complete

3 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

Not applicable

Accreditation requirements

Nil

Supplementary exam for final subject

Nil

Exit with lesser award

Not applicable