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Diploma of Business Studies
Diploma of Business Studies

Diploma of Business Studies

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  • Level:1-Year Diploma
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

  • The minimum age for entry to the First Year Diploma programmes is 17. Must have completed 12 years of schooling.

  • ALL IB Diploma: Predicted IB score qualification i.e. 22 IB = buffer of 2 points from normal entry requirement

  • ALL – Pearson qualifications incl. International GCSE and International A Levels, as well as their UK GCSE, A level and BTEC qualifications: Predicted 2 x A levels with a minimum combination of grade D and E or better (3 points from 2 subjects)

  • Australian Foundation programmes: 50% pass

English Requirement

To enter either of the First Year Business and Information Technology Diploma programmes, students must achieve an IELTS overall score of 5.5, with no bands less than 5.0, or an agreed equivalent.

Course Information

First Year Diploma programmes are two semester courses that function as an alternative first year of an undergraduate degree at Charles Darwin University. The programmes are for students who are close to meeting academic and English entry requirements but require some additional support for their first year of study.

Successful completion of the First Year Diploma programme allows for direct entry into the second year of an undergraduate degree in Business, Accounting, Nursing or IT.

CRICOS course codes: Business Studies: 0100739 (NT)

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Degree majors include:

  • Economics

  • International Human Resource Management

  • Management

  • Marketing

  • (or double major – combining two of the above)

Course structure

  • Two semesters, four units per semester

  • 3 core units + 5 optional units

  • All units have 6 contact hours per week

  • Semesters are 13 weeks long (12 teaching weeks + 1 exam week)

Core Units

  • Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability

  • Cultural Intelligence and Capability

  • Business and Professional Communications

Optional Units (choose 5)

  • Quantitative Analysis for Business

  • Introduction to Management

  • Fundamentals of Marketing (required for business stream)

  • Introduction to Accounting (required for accounting stream)

  • Introduction to Business Law

  • Introduction to Management

  • Business Economics

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Pathway Courses

First Year Diploma programmes are two semester courses that function as an alternative first year of an undergraduate degree at Charles Darwin University. 

Successful completion of this programme allows direct entry into the second year of the Bachelor of Business or the Bachelor of Accounting.

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

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Overseas Student Health Cover

OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year

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