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Associate Degree in Business Administration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies)

AssocDegBusAdmin1

160 cp

Minimum duration: 2 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Diploma in Business Administration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies)
(Exit qualification only)

DipBusAdmin

120 cp

Minimum duration: 1.5 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Advanced Certificate in Business Administration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies)
(Exit qualification only)

AdvCertBusAdmin

80 cp

Minimum duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at: Brisbane, Queensland

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Admission Requirements2

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites:

  1. Senior Secondary Certificate of Education or equivalent; or appropriate VET Certificate III or IV; and
  2. access to a workplace relevant to field of study.

2. Requirements for Completion of the Associate Degree

To qualify for the Associate Degree, a student must complete:

  1. 160 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
    1. 80 cp from Introductory Units;
    2. 80 cp from Advanced Units; and
  2. 2 Professional Experience Units.

3. Exit Points

3.1 The Diploma in Business Administration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) and Advanced Certificate in Business Administration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) are offered as exit points from the Associate Degree only.

3.2 A student who has completed the following requirements may exit from the course with the Diploma in Business Administration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies):

  1. 120 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
    1. 80 cp from Introductory Units;
    2. 40 cp from Advanced Units;

      and

  2. 1 Professional Experience Unit.

3.3 A student who has completed the following requirements may exit from the course with the Advanced Certificate in Business Administration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies):

  1. 80c p from Introductory Units;

    and

  2. 1 Professional Experience Unit.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Introductory Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ACCT104 10 Business Accounting
BUSO102 10 Office Administration
BUSO109 10 Business Communication Skills
ECON105 10 Economics for Business
ETHN108 10 Indigenous Lifestyles Past and Present
INFO118 10 Business Information Technology
MKTG101 10 Business Marketing
(Pre: BUSO102 Office Administration)
STAT103 10 Applied Statistics

Advanced Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BUSO207 10 Ethics and Social Responsibility
(Pre: BUSO102 Office Administration)
BUSO208 10 International Business
(Pre: MGMT203 Managing Organisations)
ETHN219 10 Post-Contact Indigenous History
(Pre: ETHN108 Indigenous Lifestyles Past and Present)
LEGL102 10 Business Legal Environment
(Pre: BUSO102 Office Administration)
MGMT203 10 Managing Organisations
(Pre: BUSO102 Office Administration)
MGMT206 10 Indigenous Leadership
(Pre: MGMT203 Managing Organisations)
MGMT207 10 Business Decisions
(Pre: MGMT203 Managing Organisations)
PERS204 10 Business Human Resource Management
(Pre: MGMT203 Managing Organisations)

Professional Experience Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BIPX100 0 Professional Experience 1
BIPX200 0 Professional Experience 2

1 This course is available only to Australian Indigenous students.
2 A student must also comply with the Admission Rules.