C06009v3 Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

Overview

The Graduate Diploma in Business Administration provides a basis for the development of a career in management for graduates who have not previously undertaken an administrative studies degree course.

Course aims

General management skills are developed to provide expertise in strategic thinking, critical analysis, developing and implementing business plans, decision making under uncertainty, understanding organisational dynamics, effective communication and promoting change.

Career options

Career options include management-level positions in industry or government.

Articulation

Additional admission requirements

Applicants require one of the following:

• a degree from a recognised university or other higher education institution and a minimum of four years' relevant work experience, or
• satisfactory completion of a relevant Graduate Certificate.

Additional recognition of prior learning

Students may be granted a maximum of five subject exemptions in the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, of which two core subjects can be approved from prior undergraduate study.

Course duration and attendance

The Graduate Diploma in Business Administration is completed in one year of full-time or two years of part-time study.

Course structure

The Graduate Diploma in Business Administration comprises seven of the core MBA subjects, plus one elective, totalling 48 credit points of study.

Course completion requirements

Other information

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