The course you choose needs to one that fits in with the number of hours you can study each week, meets your study goals, and suits your learning requirements and expected career outcome. When choosing to study at ACAP you get to choose the subject area that you want to study in and depending on your background the level of qualification you want to complete.

Which subject is right for you?

• Case Management
• Coaching
• Counselling
• Human Resources
• People Management
• Psychology

Which level of qualification is right for you?

Vocational Training

Vocational and Education Training (VET) can be either post secondary or secondary and aims to prepare students for a particular area of work. VET courses are traditionally non-academic and related to a particular occupation or vocation. VET courses focus on teaching students the skills needed for a particular vocation so that you develop expertise in a particular group of techniques or technology.

VET courses in Australia are regulated by the Government and offered under a national scheme which outlines a series of training packages. This results in courses that are nationally recognised and designed to specifically meet the needs of industry. For a full list of approved training packages click here.

At the VET level ACAP offers the:

• Diploma of Counselling (CHC51708)
• Diploma of Community Services (Case Management) (CHC52008)
• Diploma of Human Resources Management (BSB50607)

Higher education

Higher education is post secondary education that leads to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

Higher education meets a wide range of needs including the acquisition of a broad body of knowledge at Bachelor and Graduate Diploma level, through to ongoing professional development at Masters level to the contribution of significant and original new knowledge at a Doctoral level.

Higher education offered at a university is generally theoretically based. Higher education offered at ACAP is a combination of both theory and practice. At the higher education level ACAP offers a:

• Bachelor of Applied Social Science for those who have not studied a higher education program previously,
• Graduate Diploma of Counselling for those who have completed a Bachelors degree and want to gain broad knowledge in the area of counseling, 
• Master of Applied Social Science for those who have completed a Bachelors degree and want to gain specialised knowledge in the area of people management or counselling.