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Play a key part in community growth while developing hands-on expertise to advance as an experienced practitioner and leader through Victoria University's Graduate Diploma in International Community Development.
This distinctive postgraduate program provides tailored learning, focusing on local and global community development approaches.
Designed for bachelor's degree holders seeking career progression in community development, this course offers valuable professional enhancement.
Current community development professionals looking to elevate their careers will gain essential competencies through this program.
Upon completing this course, graduates will demonstrate the ability to:
Apply community development theories to critically assess solutions for modern sociocultural challenges;
Analyze diverse perspectives on globalization and development, evaluating their community effects through the lens of UN Sustainable Development Goals;
Examine civil society's function and grassroots movements within international community development;
Evaluate how political systems at various levels influence community development initiatives;
Implement sophisticated research and project management techniques in global community development settings.
Completion of an Australian Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in any discipline OR
Completion of an Australian Graduate Certificate (or equivalent) in a similar discipline
English language requirements
IELTS (or equivalent): Overall score of 6.5 (with no band less than 6.0)
TOEFL Internet: Overall of 79
Pearson Test of English (PTE): Overall score of 58-64 (with no section score less than 50)
University of Cambridge - Advanced (CAE): Overall score of 176. No individual band less than 169.
VU English - English for Academic Purposes (EAP) (Level 6): Achieved.