Duration
1 year part time
Mode (Location)
Online
Intake
March, July
Key dates
Key dates
Fees
AUD $12,992 (2026 indicative first year fee). Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) are not available
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Career outcomes
Overview
- Gain comprehensive and integrated expertise in adolescent health and wellbeing
- Develop knowledge, skills, and confidence to address developmental, social, and environmental influences on adolescents' lives
- Challenge beliefs, implement new ideas, and explore alternative employment pathways within and beyond your current role
On completion of this course, you will have gained expertise in adolescent health and wellbeing. You will acquire the knowledge, skills, and confidence to consider how your current and future roles can better address the developmental, social, and environmental influences on adolescents' lives. Our graduates typically find that in addition to new knowledge and skills, they have gained the confidence to challenge old beliefs, implement new ideas, and negotiate alternative employment pathways – both within and beyond their current employment.
Graduate Certificate in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing careers
Upon completion of this program, you will be qualified to work in various roles related to adolescent health and wellbeing, including:
- Adolescent health and wellbeing practice
- Program development
- Policy analysis
Further study
The Graduate Certificate in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing can serve as a pathway to further study, such as the Master of Adolescent Health and Wellbeing or other related graduate programs offered by the University of Melbourne.
Profile
Brianna McCoola
What led you to study Adolescent Health and Wellbeing?
In 2010 I was working as a Radiation Therapist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. I had recently treated a young person, and I remember being caught off guard by their response to finishing treatment. I felt a lack of understanding for what this patient was feeling and wanted to change that within myself.
Soon after, I saw a flyer for the program and I decided to apply for the course, specialising in Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) cancer care. I was also lucky enough to be the recipient of a Canteen scholarship.
Studying part-time over the course of a year, I found myself using new knowledge about biology, adolescent identity and development, and professional relationships and boundaries in my everyday practice.