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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2011

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

Course code/s: LGBA Melbourne

This management program provides candidates with a range of essential skills for working within contemporary organisations and a broad knowledge of today’s business environment.  The course aims to provide students with a rigorous education in the techniques of management, business, and administration through integration of theory and previously acquired workplace experience.

Admission requirements

Applicants should have completed an undergraduate degree in any discipline, and/or have relevant work experience, be proficient in English and possess strong verbal and written communication skills.

Alternatively, relevant and significant professional experience may be accepted. The Graduate Diploma has intakes each year in January, April, June, and September. Applicants may obtain further details and an application package by contacting the School.

Course structure

The Graduate Diploma may be taken over six months of full-time study or up to two years of part-time. The diploma comprises eight subjects from the Master of Business Administration program including six core and two elective subjects. Students with a grade average of 65% or above in this course may also use it as a pathway to the Master of Business Administration with full Advanced Standing (credit).

List of available subjects is located in the description of the Master of Business Administration.