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Diploma of Business
Kaplan Business School, Multi-campus (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane), Australia
About this program
Kaplan Business School markets its Diploma of Business as workable either as a stand-alone one-year qualification or as the first step into a Bachelor of Business, and the subject list is built to support both uses. The compulsory Level 100 core (business communication, introductory accounting, economics, commercial law and numerical analysis skills) is identical to the first year of every KBS Bachelor of Business variant, so credit transfers cleanly for students who go on to the Bachelor. Level 100 electives let students dip into business analytics, advanced business English, academic-success skills, or a first taste of IT (introduction to IT, Python programming, business information systems, database design, information networks). The Level 200 elective bank is the same shared pool used across KBS's Bachelor of Business majors, spanning accounting (financial accounting, accounting information systems, advanced financial accounting, management accounting), finance, hospitality and tourism operations, corporations law, management, and marketing, letting students sample a specialisation area before committing to it at Bachelor level. The course runs at Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
Study plan in 3 parts
- BUS101Level 100 core: Business Communication
- BUS103Introduction to Accounting
- BUS104Economics
- BUS107Commercial Law
- BUS109Skills for Numerical Analysis
- BUS105Level 100 electives: Introduction to Business Analytics
- BUS110Skills for Advanced Business English
- BUS111Skills for Academic Success
- TEC100Introduction to Information Technology
- TEC101Professional Practice and Communication in IT
- TEC102Programming in Python
- TEC103Information Systems in Business
- TEC104Database Design and Management
- TEC105Information Networks
- ACC201Level 200 electives (shared Bachelor of Business pool): Financial Accounting
- ACC202Accounting Information Systems
- ACC203Advanced Financial Accounting
- ACC205Management Accounting
- BUS201Skills for Workplace Success
- BUS208Quantitative Analysis
- FIN201Financial Institutions and Markets
- FIN203Corporate Finance
- The Hospitality and Tourism System (HAT201) plus Food and Beverage Operations, Technology and Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism, Accommodation Operations
- LAW204Corporations Law
- MAN206Introduction to Management (MAN200), Organising People at Work (MAN201), Governance, Ethics and Sustainability (MAN202), Managing Projects (MAN204), Managing Operations (MAN205), People and Culture
- Marketing Principles (MKT200) plus Integrated Marketing Communications, Services Marketing, Omnichannel Marketing, Consumer Behaviour
Career & PR pathway
Which careers in Business lead to skilled migration depends on the occupation, not the degree title. See the skilled occupation lists guide for which occupations are on each list, and the points calculator to check where you stand.
Admissions
Successful completion of Year 12 or equivalent schooling such as a Certificate IV (KBS's published Diploma-level academic entry requirement).
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