Graduate Diploma in Business

The University of Canberra

About

Take your leadership skills and experience to the next level and discover how to manage more effectively across a wide range of complex, global and ever-changing business environments with UC’s Graduate Diploma in Business.

Highly flexible and engaging, this course explores a variety of business disciplines including accounting and finance, marketing, management, human resources, economics, and international business.

This course will help you develop your strategic problem-solving skills and show you how to use creativity, critical analysis, research and theory to solve real world business problems in a logical and comprehensive way.

This course offers mainstream, evening and weekend study options designed specifically to enable both full or part time study to enable you to manage your existing professional commitments.WIL is an integral part of the UC journey and you are encouraged to actively attend and participate in relevant placements, workshops, conferences and events where you will have the opportunity to engage with both internal and external stakeholders at all levels.This approach gives you an invaluable opportunity to meet and build strong networking relationships with industry professionals and greatly improves your employability after graduation.

Structure

Graduate Diploma in Business (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 15 credit points as follows
  • 6234 - Economics for Managers G - 3 cp, Level G 9582 - Institutions of Law and Government G - 3 cp, Level G 9637 - Business and Management in Context G - 3 cp, Level G 9691 - Entrepreneurship PG - 3 cp, Level P 11396 - Business Decision Making G - 3 cp, Level G
Restricted Choice - 9 credit points as follows
  • Part A - Must pass 3 credit points from the following 9502 - Human Behaviour in Organisations G - 3 cp, Level G 11418 - Managing Human Capital G - 3 cp, Level G
  • Part B - Must select 1 of the following Human Resource Management - 6 credit points as follows Required - Must pass 3 credit points as follows11417 - Sustaining the Employment Relationship PG - 3 cp, Level P Restricted Choice - Must pass 3 credit points from the following 9502 - Human Behaviour in Organisations G - 3 cp, Level G 11418 - Managing Human Capital G - 3 cp, Level G International Business - Must pass 6 credit points as follows 6261 - Marketing G - 3 cp, Level G 11419 - Service Management G - 3 cp, Level G Marketing - Must pass 6 credit points as follows 6261 - Marketing G - 3 cp, Level G 11332 - Negotiation and Sales Management G - 3 cp, Level G

Entry requirements

Admission Requirements

Applicants must have an undergraduate degree or equivalent as approved by the University.

Assumed Knowledge

None.

Periods Course is Open to New Admissions

Year Location Domestic International
2020 UC - Canberra, Bruce Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 1 Semester 2
2021 UC - Canberra, Bruce Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 1 Semester 2
2022 UC - Canberra, Bruce Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 1 Semester 2
2023 UC - Canberra, Bruce Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 1 Semester 2

Information on admission closing dates can be found here.

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