Graduate CertificateProgramme Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Implementing and Evaluating Innovation, Change and Learning (GCIEX) is a 15-credit unit, 16-week programme comprising two courses focusing on implementing change intervention, analysing intervention outcomes and stakeholder feedback, and learning through self-reflection and experience.
Programme Highlights
This Graduate Certificate offers learners the opportunity to implement change intervention guided by dialogue and feedback from peers and industry mentors, critically reflect on their experience as change agents, and appraise their stances on leadership, learning, innovation and change.
Graduates of the GCIEX will have first-hand experience of delving methodically into an organisational issue for which some actions carry the potential for positive change and impact, setting the planned action in motion, and evaluating it from a variety of angles and perspectives. They will discover their biases, inclinations and strengths when leading change and extract lessons from the experience.
The Graduate Certificate in Implementing and Evaluating Innovation, Change and Learning is a core certificate of the Master in Boundary-Crossing Learning and Leadership (MBX) programme, and stackable towards that qualification.
Find out more about the MBX here.
Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes across the three courses within this programme are as follows:
Construct their own theoretical framing of cross-boundary learning and innovation
Critique their cross-boundary change work
Evaluate the fit for purpose of a range of interventions
Analyse feedback from diverse sources
Formulate and deliver constructive feedback
Design support for others in leading, designing and implementing change
Create a supportive learning and innovation community
Programme Schedule
The programme is offered in both the January and July semesters. The course dates for January 2025 and July 2025 semester are provided below:
| Jan 2025 Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Dates |
| BXL611 | Implementing Cross Boundary Change | 18 Jan (8.30am - 12.30pm) 08 Feb (8.30am - 12.30pm) 01 Mar (8.30am - 12:30pm) 29 Mar (8:30am - 5:30pm) |
| BXL612 | Leader as Change Agent | 08 Mar (8.30am - 5.30pm) 15 Mar (8.30am - 5.30pm) |
| Jul 2025 Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Dates |
| BXL611 | Implementing Cross Boundary Change | 16 Aug (8.30am - 12.30pm) 06 Sep (8.30am - 12.30pm) 27 Sep (8.30am - 12:30pm) 25 Oct (8:30am - 5:30pm) |
| BXL612 | Leader as Change Agent | 04 Oct (8.30am - 5.30pm) 11 Oct (8.30am - 5.30pm) |
| Dates presented are subjected to changes. | ||
Programme Structure
The programme will be conducted within a semester (4 months).
Find out more on the admission eligibility criteria.
The Graduate Certificate consists of 2 courses.
Graduation Requirement
A minimum CGPA of 2.5 (out of 5.0) shall be required to successfully complete the GC.
Candidature of the programme
The minimum candidature is 6 months and the maximum is 24 months.
BXL611: Implementing Cross Boundary Change
In this course, learners will review their proposal developed in GCLBX. Once necessary approvals from relevant stakeholders have been obtained, learners will implement the proposal over the period of two courses. Online and physical face-to-face dialogue and feedback from peers and mentor will be a constant feature of implementation. Learners will keep a reflexive account of the implementation process which will provide information and data for their write up of the implementation. This write up, along with short written feedback from selected stakeholders, will form the basis of assessment.
BXL612: Leader as Change Agent
This course looks back on the learner’s journey and forward to the future. An important aspect of leadership is effective use of and reflection on feedback. For these reasons, a key feature of this course is for learners to curate a feedback dialogue with invited selected stakeholders to share with the cohort, their experience of the implementation. Together, the group will critically analyse the feedback and discuss lessons learnt (for all involved in the discussion).
Learners will surface and advance their stances on leadership, learning, innovation and change. Using their own and peers’ experiences, learners will critically analyse the different interventions, and the appropriateness of diverse forms of data and their analysis for both design and evaluation purposes. From this range of feedback from multiple sources, learners will strategise their next steps forward in their own development. This will contribute to their assessment for this course, along with the writing of a guide on change leadership for their selected audience. An alternative assessment for those who select it, will be writing a manuscript for submission to an academic publication.
Entry Requirements
Prerequisites
An undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification from a recognised university
Have at least 2 years of working experience
Obtained Graduate Certificate in Leading Learning, Innovation and Change Across Boundaries
Skills
Effective verbal and written communication skills that meets the English Language Proficiency Requirements (ELPR)* if your undergraduate degree is not awarded by an English-medium university, or your undergraduate degree is awarded by an English-medium university but the language of instruction was not English
* at least an IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5, or a TOEFL score of 580 (paper-based) or 85 (internet-based), or a PTE Academic score of 58, or C1 Advanced score of 180 [score must be obtained within the last 2 years at point of application].
Refer here for SUSS's Graduate Studies Admissions Requirements.
Fees and Funding
Prices displayed are inclusive of GST. IAL reserves the right to adjust the programme fees below without prior notice.
(for Singapore Citizens aged 40 years old and below and Permanent Residents)
(for Singapore Citizens aged 40 years old and above)
*With effect from 1 January 2024, applicants will be subjected to the 9% GST rate.
^SkillsFuture Funding and SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES)
- For each module, you must achieve at least 75% attendance, and pass assessments.
- For companies with a contract with IAL, full payment of the course fees shall be made to IAL within the 30 days credit term from the date of invoice.
- For more information on MCES, click here.
Mandatory e-Attendance via Singpass App from 1 October 2023
- Singaporean Citizens/Permanent Residents are required to set up your Singpass account and download the Singpass App prior to course commencement.
- Learners will have to submit a reschedule request, with an applicable fee, if they are unable to do so.
- Please be present in class (physical and online) 15 minutes before the scheduled lesson time on the actual day and have the following ready:
- Smart device (e.g., smartphone or iPad) with a functioning camera,
- Singpass mobile app installed on the smart device,
- Login credentials for the Singpass App.