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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2010

GRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS 2

Graduate Diploma in Business Studies – Bendigo (LGBSB)

This course is designed to enable graduates of any discipline to undertake a program of study in the fields of human resource management or marketing, and assumes no previous business studies.

The course introduces students to leading edge developments in the field of study, and the learning environment prepares students to contribute to organisational development both at individual and team levels. The problem-focused approach taken in the course assists students to develop problem-solving and decision-making skills that lead to the effective management and marketing of a diversity of businesses.

Admission requirements

An Australian Bachelor’s degree in any discipline or an approved equivalent qualification.

Course structure

The course is taken over one to two years full-time or part-time equivalent. It consists of eight 15-credit point subjects as follows (total 120 credit points). Other subjects may be substituted at the course coordinator’s discretion. No more than two first-year level subjects and a minimum of three third-year subjects from the list below must be included in your program.

Major in Human Resource Management
Teaching period Subject name Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Industrial Relations ECO3IRE
TE-SEM-1 Human Resource Development MGT3HRD
TE-SEM-1 Organisational Behaviour MGT2OBE
TE-SEM-1 Human Resource Management MGT2HRM
TE-SEM-2 Human Resource Information Systems MGT3HRI
TE-SEM-2 Interpersonal Skills and Conflict Management MGT3ISC
TE-SEM-2 International HRM MGT2IHR
TE-SEM-2 Organisational Change and Development MGT3OCD
Major in Marketing
Teaching period Subject name Subject code
TE-SEM-2 Strategic Marketing A MKT3SMA
TE-SEM-1 Consumer Behaviour MKT2CBE
TE-SEM-2 Marketing Research MKT3MRE
TE-SEM-1 Marketing Communications MKT2MCO
TE-SEM-2 Foundations of Marketing MKT1FMK
TE-SEM-2 Selling and Sales Management MKT3SSM
TE-SEM-2 Services Marketing MKT2SMA
TE-SEM-2 Marketing Law LST3MAL