By Declan Murphy,
Director - International Office

The Yamasa Institute confers 3 awards for students who complete ACJS programs. These are the Course Certificate, the Graduate Certificate and the Graduate Diploma. The course certificate is issued to all students completing an ACJS program, the Graduate Diploma is the highest level award.

Minimum Eligibility requirements for Graduate Certificate:

Pre-enrollment;
1) You need to have an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution. (Please note that you do not need an undergraduate degree to enroll for a course certificate. For details please read the minimum entry requirements.)
2) You need to complete all admissions requirements for your course or program.

During Enrollment;
3) You need to maintain an attendance rate of 95% or higher for all classes/all days for each course attended.
4) You are required to complete all coursework, exams and essays for each course attended.
5) You are to have no outstanding tuition, accommodation, financial assistance loan repayments or other fees at the end of module or course attended.

Graduation Requirements:

To qualify for the Graduate Certificate, a student must complete 24 credit points and must satisfy the following conditions.

1) A maximum of 8 credit points may be transferred from other institutes/universities after placement testing/reference - these credit points will be classified as Academic (more about this...)
2) A minimum of 18 credit points must be for academic programs (more about this...)
3) A minimum of 18 credit points must be ACJS/OCJS programs (more about this...)
4) A maximum of 6 credit points from extension programs (more about this...)
5) An essay and presentation (more about this...)