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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2012

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

Course code/s: LGBUA Melbourne

New for Semester Two 2012

The La Trobe MBA

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

Course Description

The La Trobe MBA offers a cutting-edge general management education with its focus on the internationally recognised Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) and its Personal and Professional Development (PPSD) platform. The program builds on a long tradition of flexible delivery with two intakes per year, different delivery modes to suit different student needs (standard, flexible and accelerated options) and teaching times in the evening, weekends, and block modes. The Graduate Diploma in Business Administration is an integral part of the MBA which may be granted to students who complete only part of the MBA program.

Admission Requirements

An Australian Bachelor Degree, or international equivalent, with a minimum of  a C grade average in the final year and three years of relevant postgraduate work experience.

Course Structure

Core Subjects
Subject name Subject Code
Personal and Professional Skills Development BUA5PSD
Values, Ethics and Diversity in Organisations BUA5VED
Management Fundamentals BUA5MGT
Financial and Management Accounting BUA5FMA
Business in Society BUA5BIS
Marketing BUA5MKG
Elective Subjects -- Choose Two
Subject name Subject Code
Corporate Governance BUA5CG
Human Resource Management and Employment Relations BUA5HER
Management Finance BUA5MFN
Entrepreneurship BUA5ENP
Management Information Systems and Knowledge Management BUA5ISK
Organisational Analysis BUA5OA
International Management BUA5IM
Business Research Methods BUA5BRM
Strategic Management BUA5SM
Study Tours (Hanoi, Dijon, Mexico City) BUA5IMP
Community Development Projects BUA5CDP
Experiential Learning Project BUA5ELP
Research Projects BUA5RP4

Personal and Professional Skills Development (PPSD) Requirements

Activity

E-Portfolio (12 hours)