Graduate Diploma in Professional Supervision

Course Duration
  • 1 year full-time
  • Up to 3 years part-time
AQF and Course Codes
  • Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma (AQF 8)
  • CRICOS: (N/A)
Tuition Fees
AU$20,304
at 2026 fees
Next Intake
February, July
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Course Overview

The Graduate Diploma in Professional Supervision provides advanced knowledge and skills in the professional supervision of groups and individuals who work in caring professions such as ministry, health, education and leadership. Through theological and critical reflection, advanced strategies and practical processes of supervision are examined and experienced. An integrated range of approaches and methods to assist supervisees are explored and used. The course offers advanced knowledge and experience in effective professional supervision, including encountering challenging situations, and exemplifies and encourages a culture of care of others and self-care. Students undertake at least one area of specialisation in professional supervision that may build on or reflect their career path.

Course Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Professional Supervision will be able to

  1. have advanced knowledge, drawing on current literature and research, of practices and processes of professional supervision of groups and individuals;
  2. have advanced, integrated knowledge of psychodynamic, ethical, legal, theological and contextual frameworks and how they influence the effective provision of professional supervision;
  3. apply advanced practical skills and experience in professional supervision in a range of complex situations;
  4. have advanced knowledge and understanding, including current research, in one or more selected specialist areas (e.g., ministry, chaplaincy, leadership, healthcare, education, welfare, or intercultural contexts);
  5. apply integrated, advanced skills and processes in the professional supervision of individuals and of groups.

Course Structure

The Graduate Diploma in Professional Supervision consists of 144 points.

Units are listed in an indicative teaching sequence.

 

Students in the general Professional Supervision stream will undertake the following units:

Course Structure Points
PS8011Z Foundations of Professional Supervision 18
PS8012Z People, Ethics, and Practice in Supervision 18
PS8013Z Where Two or More are Gathered: Group Supervision 18
PS8014Z Inclusion, Power, Authority and Culture in Supervision 18
PS9015Z Critical Praxis: An Intentional Approach 18
PS9016Z Integrated Praxis in a Differentiated World. 18
PS9017Z Special Focus: Advanced Ethical Considerations. 18
PS9018Z Integrated Professional Encounter 18

 

Students in the Spiritual Direction stream will undertake the following units:

Course Structure (Spiritual Direction stream) Points
PS8011Z Foundations of Professional Supervision 18
PS8012Z People, Ethics, and Practice in Supervision 18
PS8113Z Where Two or More are Gathered: Supervision of Spiritual Directors 18
PS8114Z Inclusion, Power, Authority and Culture in Supervision of Spiritual Directors 18
PS9015Z Critical Praxis: An Intentional Approach 18
PS9016Z Integrated Praxis in a Differentiated World. 18
PS9017Z Special Focus: Advanced Ethical Considerations. 18
PS9018Z Integrated Professional Encounter 18

Students who have completed PS8011Z; PS8012Z, PS8013Z / PS8113Z and PS8014Z / PS9114Z may exit with the Graduate Certificate in Professional Supervision.
  • The University of Divinity Graduate Certificate in Professional Supervision or equivalent; and
  • practical experience in ministry or a caring profession; and
  • evidence of current clearances for working with children and vulnerable adults, such as a Working With Children card.

The Graduate Diploma in Professional Supervision requires completion of 144 points.

Fees for 2026 are $2,538 per 18-point postgraduate unit, or $20,304 for the total course cost.

Fees are subject to change from year to year. For more information about fees, please visit the Fees page.

Credit of up to 72 points may be granted towards this award.

Credit is granted in accordance with the Credit Policy.

Graduate pathways

Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Professional Supervision can progress to the Master of Leadership and the Doctor of Professional Practice.

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Whitley College

Study Modes

Courses can be delivered through a variety of modes, such as:

  • Face-to-face: This is the traditional mode of study where you attend your classes in person at a physical location.
  • Online: In this mode, teaching and learning activities are delivered online.
  • Mixed-modes: This combines both face-to-face and online units throughout your award.
  • Intensive: this involves completing a condensed amount of content over a shorter period of time. Intensives can be face-to-face or online.
  • Supervised Research: This involves independent research, which is supervised by one or more people with expertise in the field.

Course Duration

Thhe Graduate Diploma in Professional Supervision is only available part-time.
Standard Minimum Maximum
1 year
1 year
3 years

AQF Level:

Regulation:

Regulation 11 Awards, Courses and Units

Course Code:

CRICOS Code:

N/A

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Upon successful completion of all course requirements, students will receive an invitation to graduate. This entitles the graduate to wear the approved Academic Dress at the graduation ceremony, and to use the approved postnominals after their name.

Academic Dress

Gown: Black Bachelor gown

Headwear: Black trencher

Hood: None

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