Graduate Diploma of Business Administration
Deakin University
About
Enhance your undergraduate degree with versatile business expertise.
Deakin’s Graduate Diploma of Business Administration is designed to provide you with a global business perspective, broadening your career options and paving the way to take on our Master of Business Administration (MBA) – ranked in the top 15 online MBAs globally.
Structure
To complete the Graduate Diploma of Business Administration, students must attain a total of 8 credit points, consisting of 6 credit points of core units and 2 credit points of elective units, plus completion of the compulsory 0-credit point unit, MAI010 Academic Integrity.
Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
Entry information
Deakin University offers admission to postgraduate courses through a number of Admission categories.
All applicants must meet the minimum English language requirements.
Please note that meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee selection, which is based on merit, likelihood of success and availability of places in the course.
For more information on the Admission Criteria and Selection (Higher Education Courses) Policy visit the Deakin Policy Library
Minimum admission criteria:
- Bachelor degree in any discipline and three years relevant work experience*, or
- Graduate Certificate in a related discipline and five years professional /managerial work experience*
* Must be in a managerial or professional role. Applicants must demonstrate decision making responsibility in a range of areas such as budgeting, staffing, project management, financial management, or other relevant professional experience.
All applicants must provide the following with their application:
- current CV
- current contact details of two referees who can be contacted concerning your work experience
- a one page brief outlining why you believe that your work experience would be valued by your MBA peers
Learning outcomes
Deakin's graduate learning outcomes describe the knowledge and capabilities graduates can demonstrate at the completion of their course. These outcomes mean that regardless of the Deakin course you undertake, you can rest assured your degree will teach you the skills and professional attributes that employers value. They'll set you up to learn and work effectively in the future.
| outcome type | outcome description |
|---|---|
| Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities | Demonstrate an understanding of fundamental business principles and concepts and integrate own business expertise to develop insights into complex, contemporary business issues and apply this to address emerging global business trends and challenges |
| Communication | Demonstrate high level communication skills to articulate a range of business concepts and their application. |
| Digital literacy | Use digital technologies to obtain, organise and disseminate complex business information. |
| Critical thinking | Critically analyse and evaluate business data and information, complex ideas and theories and their application in an organisational environment. |
| Problem solving | Apply problem solving skills to analyse, develop and recommend solutions for complex business issues. |
| Self-management | <em>Not explicitly addressed as a learning outcome in this award.</em> |
| Teamwork | <em>Not explicitly addressed as a learning outcome in this award.</em> |
| Global citizenship | Demonstrate understanding of global business issues and social and cultural contexts that influence them. |
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