Social and Community Leadership

To avoid delays in completing your programme and incurring unnecessary costs, follow the enrolment guide below.

Programme list

For more course information, please visit Course Outlines and the course catalogue.

Postgraduate Certificate in Social and Community Leadership (60 points)

Part-time

Year 1: New students starting part-time in Semester One, 2025:

Semester 1, 2025 (30 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 706 Innovation, Design, Evaluation (30 points)
Semester 2, 2025 (30 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 703 Leadership, Ethics, Systems (30 points) 

Master of Social and Community Leadership – MSCL (180 points taught)

Full-time

Year 1: New students starting full-time in Semester One, 2025 take the following courses:

Semester 1, 2025 (60 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 706 Innovation, Design, Evaluation (30 points)
SOCCLEAD 708 Enacting Social Change (30 points)
Semester 2, 2025 (60 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 703
Leadership, Ethics, Systems (30 points)
SOCCLEAD 707
Programme Evaluation (30 points)

Year 2

Semester 1, 2026 (60 points)
A full list of course options in Semester 1,  2026 will be available from early November 2025.

Part-time

Year 1: New students starting part-time in Semester One, 2025 take the following courses:

Semester 1, 2025 (30 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 706 Innovation, Design, Evaluation (30 points)
Semester 2, 2025 (30 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 703
Leadership, Ethics, Systems (30 points)

Year 2

Semester 1, 2026 (30 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 708  Enacting Social Change (30 points)
Semester 2, 2026 (30 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 707 Programme Evaluation (30 points)

Year 3

Semester 1, 2027 (30 points)
A full list of course options in Semester 1,  2027 will be available from early November 2026.
Semester 2, 2027 (30 points)
A full list of course options in Semester 2, 2027 will be available from early November 2026.

Master of Social and Community Leadership – MSCL (180 points Research)

Full-time

Year 1: New students starting full-time in Semester One, 2025 take the following courses:

Semester 1, 2025 (60 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 706 Innovation, Design, Evaluation (30 points)
EDUCSW 700
Research Methodologies (30 points)
Semester 2, 2025 (60 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 703
Leadership, Ethics, Systems (30 points)
SOCCLEAD 794A
Thesis (30 points)

Year 2

Semester 1, 2026 (60 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 794B
Thesis (60 points)

Part-time

Year 1: New students starting part-time in Semester One, 2025 enrol in the following courses:

Semester 1, 2025 (30 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 706 Innovation, Design, Evaluation (30 points)
Semester 2, 2025 (30 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 703
Leadership, Ethics, Systems (30 points)

Year 2

Semester 1, 2026 (30 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
EDUCSW 700
 Research Methodologies (30 points)
Semester 2, 2026 (30 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 793
  Thesis (30 points)

Year 3

Semester 1, 2027 (30 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 793A
  Thesis (30 points)
Semester 2, 2027 (30 points)
 Course code  Course name (points)
SOCCLEAD 793B
  Thesis (30 points)

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