For further details about Diploma of Business units, unit availability and trimester structures, please download the course and unit outline.
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8 or 12 months
March, June, October
A$25,956 ($3,245 per unit)
A$34,614 (A$4,327 per unit)
CRICOS Course Code: 063386M
ǂ Domestic students can study this diploma online. International students cannot study this diploma online.
Completing your Diploma of Business at Deakin College will give you direct entrance into the second year of a Deakin University Bachelor degree in business. Within Deakin’s Faculty of Business and Law, you can choose from a number of specialist majors. You will also be able to choose elective units in areas such as event management, public relations, project management and many more.
Employment and career options upon completing your Bachelor degree:
On completion of this Diploma you can pathway into the following degrees at Deakin University:
Majors: Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Event Management, Organisational Psychology, People Management, Project Management, Business and Digital Communication, Retail and Supply Chain Management, Sustainability and Development, Recruitment and Talent Acquisition
Bachelor of Business (Sport Management)
Bachelor of Business Analytics
Bachelor of Property and Real Estate
Majors: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Financial Planning, Human Resource Management, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing
For further details about Diploma of Business units, unit availability and trimester structures, please download the course and unit outline.
To successfully complete the Diploma of Business, students are required to complete and pass eight core units (1 credit point each) and one compulsory module (0 credit points). From Trimester 3, 2024, some international students will be required to take an additional, compulsory module (0 credit points).
The unit provides a foundation in financial literacy that will assist you to reflect on matters of finance that influence your personal investment decisions and risk profile, and evaluate alternatives that impact financial, resourcing and investment decisions in business.
This unit addresses the theory of competitive markets, and the need for and effects of government intervention. This includes a consideration of the nature of economics, consumer behaviour and market demand, the firm – its technology and costs, market structures, markets for input, public goods and externalities. This unit also provides the microeconomic framework required to develop an appreciation and understanding of the pricing and output by firms and their implications for economic efficiency.
The unit aims to show how manufacturing and service companies compete and what makes them effective and efficient. Topics include: product/service design; value chains; supply chains; operations strategy; materials management; production planning; and control and quality.
Our world is now a world of information. On the one hand this makes many things easier, fun or even possible but on the other, it can cause us to be overloaded with information and distracted by our constant connections. In this unit, we look at how we might manage better and use information and connections in business, at work and in everyday life.
The unit begins by considering the changes that the digital world has made to our lives and how we live in a world immersed in information and social media. We then look at how we can search and analyse information and utilise social media for business, learning and collaboration. We then look at how information can be used to assist people but also to monitor and manage people at work and at home. Finally, we consider how to use ICT in a more secure manner.
Marketing focuses on the creativity involved in the marketing process, ranging from understanding consumer needs to designing customer-driven integrated marketing strategies using the marketing mix as well as creating value for end users and business customers. It is the intention to build the knowledge on the marketing planning process and how this is successfully implemented in market and computer-oriented organisations that include profit-oriented companies, government and the not-for-profit sector.
This unit provides students with the necessary tools to develop and improve their intrapersonal skills.Students will also undertake a reflective practice of reviewing their own intrapersonal skills with a view to developing a self-diagnosed strategy where improvement is desired. Intrapersonal skills provide the foundation for effective communication and active collaboration as they focus on understanding the capabilities of you as the individual, as well as how and what sort of strategies should be employed for improvement.
The aim of this unit is to provide students with a critical understanding of the intellectual foundations of the study of management. The unit will provide the opportunity to analyse how the solutions to management ‘problems’ have developed under different conditions throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century. The unit also explores how management practice influences, and is influenced by, the external environment. This will involve examining how managerial action impacts on and is shaped by the environment, through a consideration of, ethics, social responsibility, and the social and cultural context of management.
This unit provides students with an understanding of the dynamic nature of entrepreneurship including the challenges and opportunities that are experienced by entrepreneurs. An introduction to a range of processes and strategies will help students develop the necessary tools for identifying, creating and evaluating opportunities across the private, public and non-profit sectors. The unit design allows students to enhance and apply their knowledge towards the creation of positive social or environmental change.
This module’s learning and assessment activities provide students with guidance on what constitutes academic integrity. It will allow students to develop knowledge, skills and good practice principles to avoid plagiarism and collusion and thereby maintain academic integrity.
This module is designed to provide international students with opportunities to review, develop and practice the English language systems and skills required to successfully participate in an undergraduate degree program. It is compulsory for international students only and consists of a mandatory 2-hour on-campus class per week for the duration of the first trimester.
Some international students are exempt from this module. For exemptions, visit our English language entry requirements page.
On-campus
On-campus classes run between 9am and 7pm on weekdays. Most units run as 2 x 2-hour classes each week. You can also expect between 4-6 hours of private study per unit, per week.
The Academic Integrity Module is run online and can be completed in 1-2 hours.
The Language Development Module (international students only) is run on campus as a 1 x 2-hour class each week in your first trimester only.
We offer standard and streamlined timetable options.
Find out more about our standard and streamlined timetables.
Online
Online study is only available to domestic students. Recorded content, classroom notes, readings, activities and assessments are available online, to be accessed at any time. An optional one-hour live online session is held each week for every unit, and you are strongly encouraged to attend.
Weighted average mark (WAM) required for transfer, by campus:
Course | Trimester Intake | Melbourne Burwood | Geelong Waterfront | Warnambool | Online | Maximum Credits |
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M325 Bachelor of Business (B, WF~, O) Major sequences: Entrepreneurship and Innovation (B, O) Event Management (B, O) Organisational Psychology (B, WP~, O) People Management (B, WF, O) Project Management (B, O) Business and Digital Communication (B, WF^^, O) Retail and Supply Chain Management (B, O) Sustainability and Development (B, WF^^, O) Recruitment and Talent Acquisition (B, WF, O) | T1 T2 T3++ | 50 | 50 | 50 | 8 | |
M391 Bachelor of Business (Sport Management) (B, O) | T1 T2 T3 | 50 | 50 | 8 | ||
M340 Bachelor of Business Analytics (B, O) | T1 T2 | 50 | 50 | 8 | ||
M312 Bachelor of Laws (B, WF, O) | T1 T2+ | 70 | 70 | 70 | 8 | |
M348 Bachelor of Property and Real Estate (B, O) | T1 T2 T3 | 50 | 50 | 8 | ||
M300 Bachelor of Commerce ≠ (B, WF^^, O) Major sequences: Accounting (B, WF, WB, O) Economics (B, WF^^, O) Finance (B, WF^^, WB^^, O) Financial Planning (B, WF^^, WB^^, O) Human Resource Management (B, WF, O) Management (B, WF, O) Management Information Systems (B, WF^^, O) Marketing (B, WF^^, O) | T1 T2 T3 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 8 |
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International students must be able to demonstrate English language proficiency before being admitted to this course.
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