Graduate Certificate in Business Administration

The Graduate Certificate in Business Administration is a stand-alone award that offers a pathway for further learning leading to the Master of Business Administration, or can be an early exit point for those enrolled in the Master of Business Administration.

The program aims to broaden knowledge and skills for students entering with a qualification in an unrelated discipline, while students from a related discipline will deepen their existing knowledge and skills.The Graduate Certificate in Business Administration provides recent graduates or emerging managers with the opportunity to acquire contemporary business knowledge and skills necessary to take up leadership roles in an increasingly complex and uncertain world.

This program imbues knowledge and skills which will enable graduates to manage organisations and make decisions in an unpredictable business environment.

You will be provided with various opportunities to employ business design thinking to provide innovative solutions to contemporary business problems.This program provides a range of learning experiences which will allow you to apply management theories and concepts across a range of contemporary organisational contexts.

Students are involved in a variety of learning activities, which include lectures, role plays and other experiential activities, including seminars, discussions, individual and team presentations, team activities, preparing business reports and preparing and presenting business consulting projects.This program emphasises practicalities and the development of skills to address real world issues in contemporary business settings.

The program offers a pathway to success in business for recent graduates with limited working experience, and emerging managers.This program is delivered on campus.

Stage A:

Complete the following One (1) Commencement Course:

Complete the following Three (3) Courses:

Academic Entrance requirements

An Australian Bachelor degree or equivalent or higher level qualification in any discipline with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 1.0 (out of 4.0)

or

An Australian Bachelor degree or equivalent or higher level qualification in any discipline and a GMAT overall minimum score of 550

Alternate Entry

No prior academic qualifications but a minimum of 5 years full-time (FTE) work experience is required.

Applicants will be required to submit a CV.

Entrance requirements for international onshore applicants

All non-Australian residents and overseas full-fee paying students are required to meet RMIT English

language requirements. For more information on these requirements and acceptable English Language tests

please see www.rmit.edu.au/international/english-equivalent

English Language Requirements:

For information on English Language Requirements and acceptable English Language tests please see: www.rmit.edu.au/international/english-equivalent.

The range of program learning outcomes addressed in the program improves graduate employability by responding to the expectations of employers.

In this program you will apply design thinking and analytical tools, develop leadership capacity and design-based marketing strategies, to create and address a range of organisational issues as a global manager.

On the successful completion of this program you will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate and reflect on contemporary issues, theories and practice within complex and uncertain business environments 2. Apply design thinking and analytics tools to develop innovative solutions to business problems 3. Develop leadership capacity and technology proficiency with an awareness of legal, ethical social, economic and environmental implications in an age of digital disruption 4. Demonstrate high level interpersonal skills, including collaboration, consulting, critical thinking and persuasive communication (oral and written), in a range of contexts 5. Apply research principles and methods to business problems, and make reasoned judgments about contemporary business practice