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UWA Plus micro-credentials are professional short courses that demonstrate your skills, knowledge and experience in a given subject area. Our micro-credentials focus on skills that are in high demand by employers and industry - complete a micro-credential for your professional development and improve your employability and future career outcomes.

We've designed UWA Plus micro-credentials to suit your needs - they are short and affordable so you can easily fit them into your lifestyle, with the flexibility to pick and choose what works for you. Update, upskill or reskill; complete a one-off micro-credential or stack them up and convert into credit towards an undergraduate or postgraduate course - the choice is yours.

Select from a range of areas, including professional writing, education and environmental science, economics, geology, engineering, health and more - with more UWA Plus micro-credentials on the way.

Email to enquire about your organisation's training needs or discounts for registering a group of employees uwaplus@uwa.edu.au.

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Featured micro-credentials

 
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Sleep Devices

This micro-credential streamlines the knowledge required by dental health professionals to successfully manage patients with obstructive sleep related breathing disorders such snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea.

6pd points

  
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Australia and the Indo-Pacific – understanding our strategic connections to Asia

In this course you'll gain an understanding of the Indo-Pacific region and Australia's strategic relationships to Asia.

2pd points
 
 

Teaching Outdoors

This micro-credential aims to introduce primary or secondary school teachers and educators to the wealth of opportunities for incorporating outdoor learning activities into teaching aspects of the STEM and HASS curriculums at all levels.

2pd points
Responsible Agricultural Production 

History and Basic Characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

This micro-credential will provide you with foundational knowledge required for understanding FASD. This will include covering the historical and social context of FASD, characteristics of FASD and common comorbidities.

3pd points
 

Professional Writing and Communication

Professional Writing and Communication provides interactive instruction and practice in professional workplace communication.

Through workshops and assessments, you'll develop skills in report writing, the organisation of logical arguments, research and compositional strategies, media literacy, the use of web-based resources and forms of oral communication.

2pd points

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Micro-credentials by area of interest

Agricultural Environmental and Biological Sciences

  • Understanding Urban Soils

    In this micro-credential you will explore and the past and present connections between soils and urban ecosystems, in the context of increasing urbanisation of Earth's human population.

    Start date
    30 January 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST

  • Causal Inference for Policy Evaluation

    Causal inference has become increasingly important for evaluating the impact of policy interventions in a wide range of social, cultural, environmental, economic and political contexts. This micro-credential introduces key causal inference methods with examples drawn from different disciplines.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $990 inc. GST

  • Responsible Agricultural Production

    This micro-credential will use a philosophical approach to critically analyse agricultural activities around the world. Participants will gain the knowledge and skills to conduct a fair assessment of current and future ethical issues arising from agricultural production.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $550 inc. GST

  • Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis – The Essentials

    Benefit: Cost Analysis is one of the most important and widely used tools of economics. It supports improved decision making about projects and policies by providing a systematic, logical, transparent, and consultative approach to evaluating and prioritising them. In this micro-credential, participants will learn the essential background knowledge and know how to apply Benefit: Cost Analysis in weighing explicit and implicit costs and benefits of a project or an investment program.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Teaching Outdoors

    This micro-credential aims to introduce primary or secondary school teachers and educators to the wealth of opportunities for incorporating outdoor learning activities into teaching aspects of the STEM and HASS curriculums at all levels.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST

  • Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis – Measuring Benefits

    Benefit: Cost Analysis skills are in high demand. This micro-credential is for those who already have knowledge of the essentials of Benefit: Cost Analysis (e.g., through having completed SCIEM521 Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis - The Essentials) and are seeking additional knowledge on how to estimate and calculate the monetary values of various types of benefits from a project or policy, for inclusion in a Benefit: Cost Analysis. This will allow them to apply Benefit: Cost Analysis to a broad range of real projects and policies.

    Start date
    27 March 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis – Practical issues

    Benefit: Cost Analysis skills are in high demand. This micro-credential is for those who have some knowledge of Benefit: Cost Analysis (e.g. through having completed SCIEM521 Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis - The Essentials and SCIEM522 Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis - Measuring Benefits) and are seeking to develop their skills in applying the technique in practical situations. It covers a variety of practical issues, including obtaining the required information, representing project risks, handling uncertainty, conducting sensitivity analysis, reporting results and avoiding traps and errors.

    Start date
    1 May 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Understanding Environmental DNA

    This unit will develop your understanding of environmental DNA with emphasis on the entire process from sample collection through to reporting of findings.

    Start date
    26 June 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST
Business and Commerce

  • Australia and the Indo-Pacific – understanding our strategic connections to Asia

    This microcredential is developed and delivered by the Perth USAsia Centre team and will provide participants with an understanding of the Indo-Pacific region and Australia's strategic relationships to Asia.

    Start date
    6 February 2023
    Cost
    $330 inc. GST

  • Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis – The Essentials

    Benefit: Cost Analysis is one of the most important and widely used tools of economics. It supports improved decision making about projects and policies by providing a systematic, logical, transparent, and consultative approach to evaluating and prioritising them. In this micro-credential, participants will learn the essential background knowledge and know how to apply Benefit: Cost Analysis in weighing explicit and implicit costs and benefits of a project or an investment program.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Gateway to Business Mandarin

    Through this course, participants will learn and practise the language and culture applicable in Mandarin-speaking professional environments, from communications and common protocols to dealing with daily work in a cross-cultural setting.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Data Analytics in Portfolio Investments

    This micro-credential is designed specifically to equip you with the specialised skill set required in financial data analytics to help make informed investment decisions.

    Working under the close supervision of a world-class scholar from the UWA Business School, participants will gain hands-on coding experience using the Python programming language, and extract important information from large financial datasets commonly used by fund managers in the real-world.

    Start date
    13 March 2023
    Cost
    $1,200 inc. GST

  • Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis – Measuring Benefits

    Benefit: Cost Analysis skills are in high demand. This micro-credential is for those who already have knowledge of the essentials of Benefit: Cost Analysis (e.g., through having completed SCIEM521 Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis - The Essentials) and are seeking additional knowledge on how to estimate and calculate the monetary values of various types of benefits from a project or policy, for inclusion in a Benefit: Cost Analysis. This will allow them to apply Benefit: Cost Analysis to a broad range of real projects and policies.

    Start date
    27 March 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis – Practical issues

    Benefit: Cost Analysis skills are in high demand. This micro-credential is for those who have some knowledge of Benefit: Cost Analysis (e.g. through having completed SCIEM521 Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis - The Essentials and SCIEM522 Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis - Measuring Benefits) and are seeking to develop their skills in applying the technique in practical situations. It covers a variety of practical issues, including obtaining the required information, representing project risks, handling uncertainty, conducting sensitivity analysis, reporting results and avoiding traps and errors.

    Start date
    1 May 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST
Earth Sciences
Education

  • Relational Practice and the Politics of Gender/Sex

    Relational practice recognises that all of reality is constructed through relationships – for example, between organisms and their environments.

    Start date
    2 January 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST

  • Unpacking Texts and Producing Resources in the English Classroom

    The unit explores the process of teaching fiction and non-fiction texts, from initial teacher reading to classroom delivery.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Teaching Historical Fiction

    Through a series of lectures, workshops and activities, participants will track the genre of historical fiction through time, considering traditional engagements with the genre, as well as exploring examples that blend aspects of other genres.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Teaching Poetry from Anon to AI

    This micro-credential provides interactive instruction and collaborative opportunities to explore the role of poetry in English education.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Community of Inquiry

    This micro-credential offers training in the community of inquiry (CoI) methodology, which grew out of the philosophy for children movement.

    Start date
    6 February 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST

  • Professional Reading for English Teachers

    The unit explores several seminal texts in the field of English teaching and considers ways to embed professional reading throughout participants' careers.

    Start date
    16 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Programming and Planning for Subject English

    The unit explores the different methods through which English teachers can strategically plan and program classroom teaching and learning.

    Start date
    16 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Teaching Outdoors

    This micro-credential aims to introduce primary or secondary school teachers and educators to the wealth of opportunities for incorporating outdoor learning activities into teaching aspects of the STEM and HASS curriculums at all levels.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST
Engineering

  • Tailings Water Balance

    In this micro-credential the components of a water balance are discussed and methods for quantifying these components illustrated.

    Start date
    January 2023
    Cost
    $1,100 inc. GST

  • Preparation, Transport and Deposition of Tailings

    An introductory level course aimed at professionals who are working in the field of tailings management but have had little or no formal training in the field.

    Start date
    January 2023
    Cost
    $1,100 inc. GST

  • Tailings Roles and Responsibilities

    This micro-credential discusses how the organisational structure set up to manage a tailings storage facility can contribute to preventing accidents and tailings releases.

    Start date
    January 2023
    Cost
    $1,100 inc. GST

  • Tailings Dewatering Technologies

    This micro-credential has been designed for professionals working in the field of tailings management. It is best suited to practicing engineers, geoscientists or individuals with responsibility for designing and/or operating a tailings storage facility who are interested in alternative solutions for managing tailings.

    Start date
    April 2023
    Cost
    $1,100 inc. GST

  • Tailings Compliance

    This micro-credential has been designed for professionals working in the field of tailings management. It is best suited to practicing engineers, geoscientists or individuals with responsibility for managing and/or operating a tailings storage facility who are interested in the relationship between various governance approaches and associated documents, as well as the evolving landscape of tailings governance.

    Start date
    April 2023
    Cost
    $1,100 inc. GST
Health and Biomedical Sciences

  • Autism: Contemporary diagnostic frameworks

    This unit will provide students with knowledge of key diagnostic concepts and their application to autism assessment; contemporary autism diagnostic frameworks and criteria; and changes in autism assessment approaches over time.

    Start date
    20 January 2023
    Cost
    $330 inc GST

  • Autism: diagnostic features and assessment approaches in early childhood (0-5 years)

    Students who undertake this micro-credential will gain the knowledge required to identify key diagnostic features of autism and to distinguish between neurotypical and neurodivergent development in early childhood (0-5 years).

    Start date
    20 February 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc GST

  • Breastfeeding- A Foundation for Human Health 1 and 2

    No country in the world is meeting minimum recommended durations for breastfeeding. Early weaning is resulting in significant costs to human health, survival, economic and environmental outcomes. Although scientific discoveries that improve our understanding of how breastfeeding works are increasing, these discoveries are taking many years to reach patient care. These Lactology micro-credentials fast-track this new knowledge from the laboratory to the community. 

    Start date
    Breastfeeding a foundation for human health 1: Monday 20th February 2023
    Breastfeeding a foundation for human health 2: Monday 10h April 2023
    Cost
    Special introductory offer $495 (incl GST) for each micro-credential

  • Initiating a referral for autism diagnostic assessment

    Students who undertake this micro-credential will improve their understanding of the importance of a prompt referral for autism assessments, and of the key professional groups who can initiate such referrals.

    Start date
    6 February 2023
    Cost
    $330 inc GST

  • Principles of Best Practice in Autism Assessment and Diagnosis

    This micro-credential will provide students with knowledge and understanding of Australian and international best practice approaches to diagnostic assessment for autism.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc GST

  • rTMS Training course - theory component

    This micro-credential aims to teach the neuroscientific theory behind repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) treatments, including a background on the neuroscience, biophysical principles and technological advances.

    Start date
    17 March 2023
    Cost
    On campus $550 inc GST
    Online only $495 inc GST

  • rTMS Training course - practical application

    In this micro-credential you will receive hands on training on state of the art rTMS devices with assisted neuronavigation technology.

    Start date
    18 March 2023
    Cost
    $770 inc GST

  • Autism: diagnostic features and assessment approaches in children (6-16 years)

    Students who undertake this microcredential will gain the knowledge required to identify key diagnostic features of autism, and to distinguish between neurotypical and neurodivergent development, in childhood (6-16 years).

    Start date
    7 April 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc GST

  • Autism: diagnostic features and assessment approaches in older adolescents and adults (17+ years)

    Students who undertake this micro-credential will gain the knowledge required to identify key diagnostic features of autism, and distinguish between neurotypical and neurodivergent development in older adolescents and adults (17+ years).

    Start date
    14 April 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc GST

  • Differential diagnosis: distinguishing autism from other neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions

    This course explores a range of differential diagnoses relevant in diagnostic assessments for autism across the lifespan.

    Start date
    14 April 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc GST
Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Relational Practice and the Politics of Gender/Sex

    Relational practice recognises that all of reality is constructed through relationships – for example, between organisms and their environments.

    Start date
    2 January 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST

  • Unpacking Texts and Producing Resources in the English Classroom

    The unit explores the process of teaching fiction and non-fiction texts, from initial teacher reading to classroom delivery.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Teaching Historical Fiction

    Through a series of lectures, workshops and activities, participants will track the genre of historical fiction through time, considering traditional engagements with the genre, as well as exploring examples that blend aspects of other genres.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Teaching Poetry from Anon to AI

    This micro-credential provides interactive instruction and collaborative opportunities to explore the role of poetry in English education.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Australia and the Indo-Pacific – understanding our strategic connections to Asia

    This microcredential is developed and delivered by the Perth USAsia Centre team and will provide participants with an understanding of the Indo-Pacific region and Australia's strategic relationships to Asia.

    Start date
    6 February 2023
    Cost
    $330 inc. GST

  • Community of Inquiry

    This micro-credential offers training in the community of inquiry (CoI) methodology, which grew out of the philosophy for children movement.

    Start date
    6 February 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST

  • Professional Reading for English Teachers

    The unit explores several seminal texts in the field of English teaching and considers ways to embed professional reading throughout participants' careers.

    Start date
    16 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Programming and Planning for Subject English

    The unit explores the different methods through which English teachers can strategically plan and program classroom teaching and learning.

    Start date
    16 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Causal Inference for Policy Evaluation

    Causal inference has become increasingly important for evaluating the impact of policy interventions in a wide range of social, cultural, environmental, economic and political contexts. This micro-credential introduces key causal inference methods with examples drawn from different disciplines.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $990 inc. GST

  • Gateway to Business Mandarin

    Through this course, participants will learn and practise the language and culture applicable in Mandarin-speaking professional environments, from communications and common protocols to dealing with daily work in a cross-cultural setting.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Teaching Outdoors

    This micro-credential aims to introduce primary or secondary school teachers and educators to the wealth of opportunities for incorporating outdoor learning activities into teaching aspects of the STEM and HASS curriculums at all levels.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST
Physical Sciences and Mathematics

  • Geophysical Exploration: Basic Principles and Magnetics

    This micro-credential covers the important characteristics common to all geophysical methods used in mineral exploration: ambiguity, interference, noise, resolution and sampling considerations, image processing and the common methods of data enhancement.

    Start date
    13 February 2023
    Cost
    $990 inc. GST

  • Geophysical Exploration: Gravity, Radiometric, Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods

    This micro-credential focuses on the key concepts of gravity, radiometric, electrical and electromagnetic geophysical methods as applied to mineral system-based exploration.

    Start date
    20 February 2023
    Cost
    $990 inc. GST

  • Teaching Outdoors

    This micro-credential aims to introduce primary or secondary school teachers and educators to the wealth of opportunities for incorporating outdoor learning activities into teaching aspects of the STEM and HASS curriculums at all levels.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST

  • Einsteinian Science for Primary School Teachers

    This micro-credential is designed for primary school teachers and other educators interested in changing the way science is taught at an early age through the introduction of modern Einsteinian concepts of space and time, gravity and quanta.

    Start date
    8 May 2023
    Cost
    $825 inc. GST

  • Einsteinian Science for Secondary School Teachers

    This micro-credential is designed for secondary school teachers and other educators interested in changing the paradigm of school science teaching through the introduction of modern Einsteinian concepts of space, time and gravity, and quantum processes including subatomic particles, mobile phones, renewable energy, climate science and medical imaging, all presented through activities and models easily accessible to students from years 7-12.

    Start date
    8 May 2023
    Cost
    $825 inc. GST
Psychology
Research

  • Causal Inference for Policy Evaluation

    Causal inference has become increasingly important for evaluating the impact of policy interventions in a wide range of social, cultural, environmental, economic and political contexts. This micro-credential introduces key causal inference methods with examples drawn from different disciplines.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $990 inc. GST
Transferrable skills

  • Relational Practice and the Politics of Gender/Sex

    Relational practice recognises that all of reality is constructed through relationships – for example, between organisms and their environments.

    Start date
    2 January 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST

  • Unpacking Texts and Producing Resources in the English Classroom

    The unit explores the process of teaching fiction and non-fiction texts, from initial teacher reading to classroom delivery.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Teaching Historical Fiction

    Through a series of lectures, workshops and activities, participants will track the genre of historical fiction through time, considering traditional engagements with the genre, as well as exploring examples that blend aspects of other genres.

    Start date
    16 January 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Community of Inquiry

    This micro-credential offers training in the community of inquiry (CoI) methodology, which grew out of the philosophy for children movement.

    Start date
    6 February 2023
    Cost
    $660 inc. GST

  • Professional Reading for English Teachers

    The unit explores several seminal texts in the field of English teaching and considers ways to embed professional reading throughout participants' careers.

    Start date
    16 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Programming and Planning for Subject English

    The unit explores the different methods through which English teachers can strategically plan and program classroom teaching and learning.

    Start date
    16 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

  • Gateway to Business Mandarin

    Through this course, participants will learn and practise the language and culture applicable in Mandarin-speaking professional environments, from communications and common protocols to dealing with daily work in a cross-cultural setting.

    Start date
    27 February 2023
    Cost
    $440 inc. GST

Frequently asked questions

What are micro-credentials?

Micro-credentials are short courses. Successfully completing a micro-credential showcases mastery of specific skills, knowledge and/or experience in a given subject area or capability. Designed to meet students’ flexibility requirements, micro-credentials focus on skills that are in high demand by employers and industry, and provide the opportunity for you to update, upskill or reskill in specific areas. UWA Plus micro-credentials are delivered by UWA or by an external provider via an agreement with UWA.

Are micro-credentials right for me?

If you’re interested in upskilling in a specific area with the option of gaining university credit, micro-credentials may be right for you. Check the specific micro-credential listing for details.

How is a micro-credential different from other types of study?

Micro-credentials are short, specific courses designed to be stackable. They give you the flexibility to pick and choose what works for you, so you can complete a one-off micro-credential or stack multiple micro-credentials to convert to academic credit towards an undergraduate or postgraduate course.

What are ‘stackable’ micro-credentials?

Micro-credentials are ‘stackable’ because you can combine multiple micro-credentials that may be converted to academic credit towards an undergraduate or postgraduate course.

Why are micro-credentials valuable?

Successfully completing a micro-credential showcases mastery of specific skills or knowledge. Micro-credentials contribute to your skillset and employability, and create pathways for continued learning.

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