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Diploma of Business

ProviderTorrens University Australia
Course code: SATAC5B0602UniversityStudy area: Management and CommerceCourse data availableData JSON

Course overview

The Diploma of Business provides the core business knowledge and skills needed to move into management roles or become an entrepreneur and launch your own company. You'll learn to research, analyse and interpret domestic and international environments so you can identify and plan business proposals.

This course teaches you the fundamentals of communication, marketing and management. The course promotes critical thinking skills that are used to create strategic business and marketing plans and identify business opportunities. The Diploma of Business consists of eight subjects, including four core subjects and four elective subjects, so you can tailor the course to fit your career goals. Upon completion, you can use your credits to enter the second year of a Bachelor of Business program.

Learning outcomes

  • Develop organisational strategies to pave the way to success

  • Analyse domestic and international business trends so you can always stay on top

  • Learn critical thinking and strategic planning in an enterprise context

  • Identify smart business opportunities and how to take advantage of them

Note: This course is also available at our Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney campuses. Flexible study options are available including On-campus, Online or a Hybrid of both.

Areas of Study: Business communications, customer experience management, understanding people and organisations, marketing fundamentals. Students can also choose electives in the areas of foundations of business information systems, integrated marketing communication, introduction to entrepreneurship, sales and negotiation strategies.

Career Opportunities: Administrative officer, accounts clerk, customer services officer, project officer.

Entry requirements

Review the available standard entry requirements, English requirements and additional notes for this course.

Standard entry

Recent secondary

  • Qualify for the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) or equivalent recent year 12 qualification (including the International Baccalaureate Diploma).

Higher Ed

  • Completed or partially completed a recognised higher education program at a recognised higher education institution,
  • Completed a University Foundation Studies, Bridging or Enabling program

Work-Life Other

  • Completed a non-recent SACE or equivalent secondary education qualification with a competitive selection rank, including the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB),
  • STAT multiple choice test (optional),
  • Personal competencies and/or employment experience (optional)
  • If you have studied at higher education level in the last two years, you must not have accumulated more than a total of two full-time years of higher education study in order to use your STAT/PCA/Employment results.
  • If you have been employed in the Australian Defence Force you may be eligible to apply for an undergraduate course on the basis of your service.

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VET

  • Completed an award from a registered training organisation at Certificate IV level or above
English requirement
IELTS Academic 5.5, no band below 5

If your current English result is below direct entry, consider the university-recognised English language pathway or ELICOS package; successful completion at the required level can usually satisfy English entry without another English test.

Course curriculum

Course structure, credit points and subject sequence

Course curriculum not yet available

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