C11125v3 Graduate Certificate in Dispute Resolution

Overview

The UTS Dispute Resolution program, a first in Australia, focuses on the wide range of non-adversarial dispute resolution processes. A comprehensive range of subjects are available accommodating distinct streams such as commerce, family, community and court-annexed programs.

Dispute resolution at UTS focuses on experiential learning involving a fusion of critical and reflective thinking paradigms with the application of theory in practical, work-based contexts.

The mixture of experience-based learning and formal lectures by professional practitioners give students a hands-on understanding of the full range of dispute resolution processes from negotiation, through the consensual processes, to decisional theory.

Career options

Career options include arbitrator, managers, negotiator and professionals in a wide range of areas such as health and education, government and industrial relations.

Admission requirements

Applicants require a bachelor's degree. Applicants who have not gained the requisite tertiary qualification may be provisionally admitted into the graduate certificate program if they can provide evidence of equivalent work experience and the ability to undertake projects at an advanced level.

Course duration and attendance

The Graduate Certificate in Dispute Resolution can be completed in a minimum of one semester of full-time study, or one year of part-time study. The core introductory subject is offered in intensive block mode over several days of attendance at the beginning of semester. The options are taught in intensive block mode over several full days of lectures, workshops and seminars.

Course structure

The course requires completion of a core introductory subject (6 credit points) plus a further three subjects (18 credit points).

Subjects are regularly timetabled but not all subjects listed are offered in any one semester. Timetabled subjects are offered subject to sufficient student interest. The current timetable can be found at:

Course completion requirements

Articulation with UTS courses

Other information

Future students

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