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Business short courses and microcredentials

The School of Business and Creative Industries is committed to making current industry knowledge, skills and insight available to everyone.

Our leading academics have developed a variety of short courses and resources to help you up-skill or update your knowledge, ensuring you’re always across latest industry trends and best practice.

In some cases, completing a short course could make you eligible for credit towards a university qualification.

We are committed to delivering education that keeps pace with the constantly evolving local and global business and creative environments, so our offerings and resources will change throughout each year. We encourage you to check regularly for our latest offerings.

Business Planning

What you'll learn
  • develop a customised business plan
  • conduct organisation and industry analysis and develop a marketing strategy
  • review business structures and assess your operational plan and risk, and financial management
  • Hone your communication skills

 

Duration:

7 weeks

Time commitment:

Seven 2-hour modules

Study load:

Part-time

Delivery mode:

Face to face and online

Cost:

Free

  Starting soon!      FREE COURSE  

Workforce Planning

What you'll learn
  • stakeholder planning and analysis
  • creating a workforce profile
  • identifying workforce supply and demand dynamics

 

Duration:

7 weeks

Time commitment:

Seven 2-hour modules

Study load:

Part-time

Delivery mode:

Face to face and online

Cost:

Free

  FREE COURSE  

Create compelling social media content with Canva

What you'll learn

Become equipped to:

  • Understand what Canva is and what it can do
  • Learn how to use Canva to create compelling visual content for a range of social media platforms

 

Date:

Thursday, 13 July 2023

Time commitment:

3-hour session

Delivery mode:

On campus (UniSC Sunshine Coast)

Cost:

$120

  Starting soon!  

Increase your productivity with AI tools

What you'll learn

Topics covered include:

  • When and how to use different text-based AI tools.
  • What is AI? What can it do? What are its limitations?
  • Overview of AI multi-media tools: text to image/video/voiceover.
Date:

Wednesday 19 July 2023

Time commitment:

3-hour session

Delivery mode:

On campus (UniSC Sunshine Coast)

Cost:

FREE

  Starting soon!      FREE COURSE  

Coaching for adaptive leaders and teams

What you'll learn

Become equipped to:

  • Explore fundamental coaching mindsets
  • Learn the core coaching competencies
  • Experience hands on practice and feedback
Date:

Thursday, 27 July 2023

Time commitment:

3-hour session

Delivery mode:

On campus (UniSC Sunshine Coast)

Cost:

$120

  Starting soon!  

Taking a regenerative approach to business

What you'll learn

Topics covered include:

  • Regenerative principles and practices
  • Mindset shift: Inclusive experiences for stakeholder empowerment
  • Transdisciplinary, design thinking approaches
  • Creating competitive advantage with regenerative business approaches
Date:

Wednesday 23 August 2023

Time commitment:

2-hour session

Delivery mode:

On campus (UniSC Sunshine Coast)

Cost:

FREE

  Starting soon!      FREE COURSE  

Brand management essentials for businesses

What you'll learn

Become equipped to:

  • Understand and use essential brand building tools
  • Evaluate and maintain the brand
Date:

Thursday 24 August 2023

Time commitment:

3-hour session

Delivery mode:

On campus (UniSC Sunshine Coast) and online

Cost:

FREE

  Starting soon!      FREE COURSE  

Social Media Strategy and Content Creation

What you'll learn

Become equipped to:

  • Audit, monitor and measure your social media activities. Identify what is working and not working.
  • Conduct audience research and competitor analysis.
  • Develop a social media strategy.
  • Create compelling written, graphic and video social media content for a range of platforms.

 

Date:

Begin any time (available from late August 2023)

Time commitment:

Six 3-hour sessions / or option to choose single sessions

Delivery mode:

On-demand (start any time)

Cost:

$799 (entire course)

$150 (per individual module)

Harnessing the Power of Brand Management for Your Business

What you'll learn

Topics covered include:

  • Understanding the essential tools to create a desirable and effective brand.
  • Learning how to create consistent and effective brand relevant communications.
  • Exploring how to evaluate and maintain the brand.
  • Evaluating Brand Equity, Understanding Brand Elements, Creating Brand-Relevant Marketing Communications, Analysing Social Media Material and Crafting Secondary Brand Associations.
Next offering:

September 2023

Time commitment:

Three 6-hour modules

Delivery mode:

On campus (UniSC Sunshine Coast)

Cost:

$1,200

Performance Techniques for Creative Professionals

What you'll learn

Become equipped to:

  • Understand and practice introductory vocal and movement performance techniques
  • Learn new tools for empathetic collaboration and partnership
  • Practice self-awareness and reflection
Date:

Wednesday, 27 September 2023

Time commitment:

3-hour session

Delivery mode:

On campus (UniSC Sunshine Coast)

Cost:

$120

Leadership for High Performance Teams

What you'll learn
  • key elements of effective leadership
  • understanding different personality styles
  • understanding team dynamics and developing skills that will improve engagement at all levels
  • exploring strategies to manage burnout and increase employee engagement

 

Next offering:

October 2023

Time commitment:

Three 6-hour modules

Delivery mode:

On campus (UniSC Sunshine Coast)

On campus (UniSC Moreton Bay)

Cost:

$1,200

Accounting basics: Business insights from better accounting strategies

What you'll learn

Become equipped to:

  • Learn where your money is going
  • Explore what the numbers really say about your business
  • Discover simple changes you could make to improve your financial position
Date:

Monday, 30 October 2023

Time commitment:

3-hour session

Delivery mode:

On campus (UniSC Sunshine Coast)

Cost:

$120

Demystifying the Dark Arts: Marketing and Branding Essentials for Video Game Developers

What you'll learn

Become equipped to:

  • Explore the marketing essentials needed for success.
  • Learn how to create effective marketing communication content.
  • Develop an appropriate brand for your studio and games.
Date:

Wednesday 1 November 2023

Time commitment:

3-hour session

Delivery mode:

Online via Zoom

Cost:

$120