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Graduate Diploma in Business Coaching
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Testamur Title of Degree: | Graduate Diploma in Business Coaching |
Abbreviation: | GDipBusCoach |
UOW Course Code: | 1638 |
CRICOS Code: | N/A |
Total Credit Points: | 48 |
Duration: | 2 years part-time |
Home Faculty: | Faculty of Business |
Intake Session(s): | Trimester 1 |
Delivery Mode: | On-campus (Face-to-face) |
Delivery Campus: | Wollongong, Sydney |
Additional Information: |
Overview
The Graduate Diploma in Business Coaching has been designed to offer a shorter program than the Masters degree for those wishing to complete a postgraduate qualification in business coaching. This degree is suitable for: internal business coaches working within companies, those working as individual or executive coaches who wish to strengthen their business understanding, consultants or counsellors who wish to develop their coaching skills, people undertaking a change of career, and managers who wish to develop coaching skills as part of their management approach.
Entry Requirements
Academic requirements and English requirements are available from the Course Finder.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students graduating from the Graduate Diploma in Business Coaching will be able to:
- Analyse contemporary coaching-related theory and research and effectively translate knowledge into interpersonal processes and practices that support high quality coaching relationships.
- Critically evaluate the suitability of different measurement approaches in coaching contexts and utilise them to rigorously evaluate, and communicate, the impact of coaching services.
- Demonstrate the ability to manage the quality of your coaching practice via the analysis of self-assessment, self-reflection, service evaluation and/or feedback data collected.
- Formulate ethical responses to challenges encountered within the coaching process, such as dealing with client mental health issues, using an array of intrapersonal and interpersonal skills.
Course Structure
Candidates are required to complete eight (8) core subjects (48 credit points).
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MGNT863 | Introduction to Business Coaching | 6 | Trimester 1 |
| MGNT864 | Applied Coaching Skills | 6 | Annual |
| MGNT865 | Applied Coaching Psychology | 6 | Trimester 2 |
| MGNT965 | Advanced Coaching Skills | 6 | Trimester 3 |
| MGNT966 | Coaching for Strategy | 6 | Not on offer in 2016 |
| MGNT967 | Coaching for Innovation and Change | 6 | Not on offer in 2016 |
| MGNT988 | Cross-Cultural Coaching | 6 | Not on offer in 2016 |
| MGNT989 | Team Coaching | 6 | Not on offer in 2016 |
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Credit Arrangements
Credit and articulation arrangements are available from the Course Finder. Refer to UOW's articulation arrangements for information on how to apply for credit.
Other Information
Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder
Website: http://www.uow.edu.au/business
Email: business-enquiries@uow.edu.au