Southern Cross University (SCU) Courses

To gain entry into the Master of Mental Health Nursing, all applicants must:

• Be a Registered Nurse (Division 1) and have access to mental health nurse practice or to mental health nurse practitioners during their course of study, and;
• Be proficient in English.

If you are not a registered nurse, you could also be eligible for the Master of Mental Health degree. Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

At SCU Online, we value your past education and work experience, allowing you to potentially reduce the mental health nursing postgraduate degree length through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Should you have any relevant professional work experience or academic qualifications that you would like us to acknowledge, please provide as much evidence of this as possible when applying to study the Master of Mental Health Nursing online.

Gain credit for your previous experience and graduate even sooner with Advanced Standing. At SCU Online, we proactively assess each student's prior learning, qualifications and professional experience and provide custom pathways to complete your online Master of Mental Health Nursing.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for entry into the Graduate Certificate in Project Management online, you must:

• Hold a Bachelor's degree in any discipline; or
• Have over five years' work experience/professional standing that is regarded by the Academic Board as equivalent to an undergraduate degree

In either case, students must be proficient in English.

We recognise and grant credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for entry to the Graduate Certificate in Information Technology Management, students must:

• Have a three-year bachelor degree from any Australian university, or equivalent; and
• Be proficient in English

Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We recognise and reward credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To gain entry into the Masters of Education online, you need:

• A four-year bachelors degree in education from any Australian university or equivalent; OR
• an undergraduate degree and a fourth-year level teaching qualification from any Australian university or equivalent, OR
• a three-year bachelors degree in teaching and an education-specific Graduate Certificate from any Australian University, or equivalent.

Non-standard language admission requirements for international students (IELTS) with an overall score of 7.5 or equivalent.Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules

At SCU Online, we value your past education and work experience, allowing you to potentially reduce the Master of Education's course length through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Should you have any relevant professional work experience or academic qualifications that you would like us to acknowledge, please provide as much evidence of this as possible when applying to study the Master of Education online.

Gain credit for your previous experience and graduate even sooner with Advanced Standing. At SCU Online, we proactively assess each student's prior learning, qualifications and professional experience and provide custom pathways to complete your online Master's in Education.

To qualify for entry into the Graduate Certificate, all applicants must:

• Have successfully completed a minimum three (3) year Bachelor qualification, or equivalent, in health, psychology or social science-related discipline, and;
• Be proficient in English.

If you are a registered nurse, you could also be eligible for the Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing. Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We may recognise and grant credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.

To qualify for entry into the Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership, all applicants must:

• Have successfully completed a minimum three (3) year Bachelor qualification, or equivalent, in a health-related discipline;
 AND
• Be proficient in English.


Find out more about Rules Relating to Awards and Specific Award Rules.

We recognise and grant credit for past education, qualifications and/or work experience in a process called advanced standing. If you're eligible for advanced standing, this can impact the number of units you need to study, reducing the time and cost of your overall degree.

Find out more about applying for advanced standing.