Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma

What is the equivalent of CSU's and USQ's Graduate Certificate in US? The same goes to the Graduate Diploma of CSU and USQ.

 

Here's my take on the Graduate Diploma: if you had earned a Bachelors degree in English Literature, e.g., and you decided that you wanted to pursue a postgraduate program in History, then you might first be required to obtain a Graduate Diploma in History in order to obtain the necessary background in History. The English system of higher education appears to be more focused than the American system and so a person might obtain their BA in a particular subject without taking hardly any other subjects. The Graduate Diploma is essentially a means of obtaining background in a subject previously unstudied and usually involves taking a number (8-10) of undergraduate courses in that subject. If you enroll on a full-time basis you can normally finish it in a year. To my knowledge there is no real American equivalent except maybe obtaining a second BA degree.
Jack

 

Typically out here, a Grad Cert is half of a Gad Dip which is half of a coursework Masters - so at the best, one quarter of a non research/thesis masters.

On the other hand, just to confuse, it may be a 'Diploma' level course but requiring a graduate degree for entry.

Confused? )

Don't waste your time on less than a Masters degree.




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Peter French,
MEd MAcc (UNE) CMA
Australia