Diploma of Business
Develop core business acumen skills as you pathway into your future degree.
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Course Overview
Diploma of Business
A foundations of business program that prepares students for their area of degree specialisation.
Students develop a core skillset in business acumen.
This Diploma is equivelant to completing the first 8 subjects of your chosen degree program.
Pathway into your future dream degree!
- Study Options:
- Full Time Face-to-face
- Start Date:
- March, July & November
- Course Duration:
- 9-12 Months (2-3 Study Periods)
- Location:
- Brisbane Campus
- CRICOS Course code:
- 0888834G [TEQSA CRS1400267]
- Course Fees:
- $2250 per subject (8 Subjects)
- FEE-HELP:
- Yes
- Accredited by:
- TEQSA
Course information
Diploma of Business
A foundations of business program that prepares students for their area of degree specialisation.
Students develop a core skillset in business acumen.
This Diploma is equivelant to completing the first 8 subjects of your chosen degree program.
Pathway into your future dream degree!
- Study Options:
- Full Time Face-to-face
- Start Date:
- March, July & November
- Course Duration:
- 9-12 Months (2-3 Study Periods)
- Entry Requirements:
- CLICK HERE
- Location:
- Brisbane Campus
- CRICOS Course code:
- 0888834G
- Course Fees:
- $2250 per subject (8 Subjects)
- FEE-HELP:
- No
- Accredited by:
- TEQSA
Our Diploma serves as a fast-track into your chosen specialisation
"We believe that to be commercially savvy and ultimately successful, a solid foundation in Business Acumen is key - that is the focus of this Diploma - that is what sets us apart."
Jennifer Ah-Fock(Acting) Program Manager, DiplomaSubject descriptions
Trimester 1: Foundations of Business
Learn the foundations of business and set yourself up with the essential business, communication, marketing and management skills.
This subject is an introduction to the skills required for successful learning in an academic environment at the tertiary level, and for effective communication in a business environment.
This subject provides an introduction to various types of professional communication, and helps students to develop essential skills for being able to effectively communicate in business environments and lays the foundations for working effectively in teams.
This subject provides students with a broad overview of the management functions within an organisation, with a focus on planning, organising, leading and controlling. Critical thinking and problem-solving is introduced.
This subject provides students with a conceptual base for understanding the role of the marketing function in modern organisations. It explores the major components of the marketing mix including customer segmentation, products, pricing, placement, advertising, selling, and digital marketing, with an emphasis on demonstrating how marketing contributes to creating value for customers, and eventually increasing value for the company.
Trimester 2: Foundations of Business
This subject provides basic statistical methods that are widely used in modern business applications, and develops ideas for making decisions based on data. The aim is to equip students with essential knowledge and skills to interpret & forecast real-world data in a business context.
This subject introduces basic economic concepts and theories. The topics covered in this course are split between microeconomics, focusing on decision making of individual customers and firms (e.g. customers’ decisions on consumption, and firms’ decisions on production) and macroeconomics, which addresses economic issues at aggregate level (e.g. international trading, interest rates, taxes and government spending). The course lays the foundations for rational economical reasoning and develops skills of economic analysis.
This subject provides students with an introduction to the Australian legal system, and the legal rules regulating commercial activities in Australia. A substantial amount of the subject is dedicated to explaining the law of contract, relevant to most commercial exchanges of goods and services.
The next steps
If you’re ready to make the best business decision of your life, and to learn a course designed by industry entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs, then fill in our entry form now.
