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Diploma of Business

 
 

2012
Location: Sydney, Melbourne
Intake Session: February, July, Nov
Normal Course Duration: 2 years

About the Diploma of Business

  • Can't afford a Bachelor Degree? Start with the Diploma of Business and do your bachelors later.
  • The Diploma of Business is a one-year qualification that's a pathway into the second year of the Associate Degree of Business Studies as well as the second year of Bachelor of Business Studies, Bachelor of Business (with specialisations) and the Bachelor of Information Technology.
  • Choose a course structure and specialise in the areas of Business or Information Technology and make yourself more employable.

Course outcomes

  • On completion of the Diploma of Business you can go straight into the second year of the Associate Degree of Business Studies as well as the second year of Bachelor of Business Studies, Bachelor of Business (with specialisations) and the Bachelor of Information Technology. Business graduates often find emploment in marketing, accounting and management. IT graduates are highly employable and often pursue careers in software development, games, business analysis and ICT consulting.
  • Depending on the area of major study undertaken, graduates of the Diploma of Business will be attractive to employers in areas of business analysis, marketing, management, accounting, Information Technology and systems analysis.
  • The Diploma of Business will equip you to:
    - demonstrate knowledge and understand a range of business concepts
    - analyse and plan approaches to a range of business situations
    - appreciate the significance of ethical planning within business

Advanced standing/university credit

  • With this program you can fast-track your future Bachelor Degree!
    On completion of the Diploma of Business you can go straight into the second year of the Associate Degree of Business Studies as well as the second year of Bachelor of Business Studies, Bachelor of Business (with specialisations) and the Bachelor of Information Technology.
  • Complete your diploma in less time!
    If you have completed similar study or work experience you may be able to fast-track your Diploma of Business and finish sooner. Ask us how...

Ask your Student Advisor for more information

 

Course structure

Specialise in Business or Information Technology.

  1. Complete the 6 core subjects.
  2. Choose 1 elective group (consisting of 2 electives) relevant to your area of specialisation.
  3. Graduate; or go straight to second year of the Associate Degree of Business Studies, the Bachelor of Business Studies, Bachelor of Business (with specialisations) or the Bachelor of IT.

Refer to www.csu.edu.au for detailed subject information.

Ask us for help choosing your electives

Core subjects:
  • ACC100
 Accounting 1: Information for Business
  • ITC 105
 Business and Technical Communication
  • MGT 100
 Organisations and Management
  • MGT 210
 Organisational Behaviour
  • MKT 110
 Marketing and Society
  • QBM120
 Business Research Methods

Elective groups

Accounting:
  • ACC110
 Accounting 2: Financial Planning for Business
  • MGT230
 Ethics Sustainability and Culture

Human Resource and Management:
  • ECO130
 Business Economics
  • HRM 210
 Human Resource Management

Information Technology:
  • ITC161
 Introduction to Information Technology
  • ITC242
 Introduction to Data Communication

Management:
  • ECO130
 Business Economics
  • MGT230
 Ethics, Sustainability and Culture

Marketing:
  • ECO130
 Business Economics
  • MKT220
 Buyer Behaviour

Course start dates and fees
Location Intake 2013 fees (AUD)
    (per subject) (entire course)
 Sydney Feb/Jul/Nov $2,100 $16,800
 Melbourne Feb/Jul/Nov $2,100 $16,800

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