Program Overview

Graduate Certificate in Minerals and Energy Economics

Overview

This course will introduce you to economic, financial and management issues relevant to the mineral and energy sectors. You can tailor your studies to suit your professional needs and interests.

What you'll learn

• Examine and evaluate economic and financial models and trends that affect the minerals and energy sector
• Analyse problems and issues that pertain to the mineral and energy sector and incorporate evidenced based solutions
• Access appropriate database sources and evaluate and synthesise information from these and other sources to make valid and supported judgments about issues
• Develop skills in communication to allow decision making in a business setting; recognise the different approaches needed to communicate with different audiences

Admission criteria

• Applicants require a bachelor degree and at least two years post-degree, relevant work experience
• Applicants without an undergraduate degree will be considered on the basis of significant work experience (at least eight years) at a recognisable level of responsibility

English requirements

• IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing System)
  • Writing: 6.0
  • Speaking: 6.0
  • Reading: 6.0
  • Listening: 6.0
  • Overall band score: 6.0

Application Requirements

• Part A: Employer recommendation
• Part B: Referee report
• Part C: Personal Statement
• Part D: Provide your CV/resume clearly showing your prior work experience and roles that you have held

Fees and scholarships

• Domestic fee paying postgraduate: $16,832 (2025 Fee year)
• Fees are indicative only
• Based on a first-year full-time study load of 100 credits
• The total cost will depend on your course options (i.e., units selected and time taken to complete)

Location

• Perth city

How to apply

• Please review information on how to apply for the campus of your choice
• Each campus has different application deadlines
• View our application deadlines page for further information

Course essentials

• Qualification: Graduate Certificate in Minerals and Energy Economics
• Duration: 0.5 year full-time or the equivalent in part-time study
• Credit: 100
• CRICOS: B
• Location: Perth city

Deadlines for applying direct to Curtin

• Trimester 1, 2025: Applications now closed!
• Trimester 3, 2025: 19 May 2025 - 18 August 2025
• Trimester 1, 2026: 1 September 2025 - 1 January 2026
• Trimester 3, 2026: 18 May 2026 - 17 August 2026

Course outline

• Overview
• Admission criteria
• Fees and scholarships
• Location
• How to apply

Credit for recognised learning (CRL)

• Use your experience to get credit towards your degree
• Finish your course sooner with credit for your previous study or work experience

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations

• Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
• Advertising Design Specialisation
• Animation and Game Design Specialisation
• Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
• Asian Studies Specialisation
• Chinese Language Specialisation
• Construction Management Specialisation
• Creative Writing Specialisation
• Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
• Designing Fashion Specialisation
• Digital Design Specialisation
• Digital and Social Media Specialisation
• English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
• Environmental Planning Specialisation
• Fashion Design Specialisation
• Fine Art Specialisation
• Geography Specialisation
• Graphic Design Specialisation
• Graphics Specialisation
• History Specialisation
• Illustration Specialisation
• Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
• Interior Architecture Specialisation
• International Development Specialisation
• Journalism Specialisation
• Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
• Photography Specialisation
• Principles of Planning Specialisation
• Professional Writing Specialisation
• Screen Production Specialisation
• Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
• Social Justice Specialisation
• Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
• Theatre Arts Specialisation
• Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
• Web Media Specialisation
• Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations

• Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
• Advertising Design Specialisation
• Animation and Game Design Specialisation
• Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
• Asian Studies Specialisation
• Chinese Language Specialisation
• Construction Management Specialisation
• Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
• Creative Writing Specialisation
• Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
• Designing Fashion Specialisation
• Digital Design Specialisation
• Digital and Social Media Specialisation
• English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
• Environmental Planning Specialisation
• Fashion Design Specialisation
• Fine Art Specialisation
• Geography Specialisation
• Graphic Design Specialisation
• Graphics Specialisation
• History Specialisation
• Illustration Specialisation
• Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
• Interior Architecture Specialisation
• International Development Specialisation
• Journalism Specialisation
• Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
• Photography Specialisation
• Principles of Planning Specialisation
• Professional Writing Specialisation
• Screen Production Specialisation
• Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
• Social Justice Specialisation
• Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
• Theatre Arts Specialisation
• Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
• Web Media Specialisation
• Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

• Advertising Design Specialisation
• Animation and Game Design Specialisation
• Asian Studies Specialisation
• Biological Diversity Minor
• Climate Change Science Minor
• Construction Management Specialisation
• Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
• Creative Writing Specialisation
• Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
• Designing Fashion Specialisation
• Digital and Social Media Specialisation
• Environmental Management Minor
• Environmental Planning Specialisation
• Fashion Design Specialisation
• Fine Art Specialisation
• Food Science Minor
• Forensic Studies Minor
• Geophysics Minor
• Geospatial Technology Minor
• Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1
• Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1
• Graphic Design Specialisation
• Graphics Specialisation
• Illustration Specialisation
• Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies Specialisation
• Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
• Interior Architecture Specialisation
• International Development Specialisation
• Landscape Restoration Minor
• Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
• Mapping and Land Planning Minor
• Metallurgy Minor
• Mining Minor
• Optimisation Minor
• Photography Specialisation
• Principles of Planning Specialisation
• Screen Production Specialisation
• Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
• Social Justice Specialisation
• Strategic Studies Specialisation
• Theatre Arts Specialisation
• Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
• Web Media Specialisation
• Web Presence Specialisation