Course Details

Graduate Certificate in Business (BS39)

CRICOS code:	031769E
Course duration (full-time):	1 semester
Course duration (part-time):	2 semesters
Domestic fees (per credit point):	2007: $160 per credit point (subject to annual review)
Domestic fees (indicative):	2007: $15360
International fees (per semester):	2007:$9,000 per semester (subject to annual review)
Total credit points:	48
Standard credit points/full-time semester:	48
Standard credit points/part-time semester:	24
Course coordinator:	Mr Andrew Paltridge
Discipline coordinator:	Associate Professor Peter Best (Accounting); Mr Peter Whelan (Applied Finance); Mr Paul Barnes (Human Resource Management and Public Management); Mr Bill Proud (Events Marketing & Management, Integrated Marketing Communication, International Business, Marketing, Public Relations) and Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes (Philanthropy & Nonprofit Studies)
Campus:	Gardens Point

Planning your enrolment

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Cohort Rule

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Course Design

Students are required to complete 4 units or 48 credit points.

Interdisciplinary

The interdisciplinary stream within the BS39 Graduate Certificate of Business is open to students who wish to construct their own program of study necessary to meet their own professional or personal needs. Hence there are no recommended units. Requests by students to undertake units from other Faculties will be assessed on a case by case basis, although to award a Graduate Certificate in "Business" it would be expected that at least 3 of the 4 units be taken from business studies.

Course Structure

 Course Structure

Accounting
	Students are required to complete 4 units (48 credit points) from the following:
AYN412	Company Law
AYN418	Financial Accounting 3
AYN438	Taxation Law and Practice
	Plus one of the following units:
AYN443	Electronic Commerce Cycles
	Unit approved by the Subject Area Coordinator
Applied Finance
	Students are required to complete 4 units (48 credit points) from the following:
EFN406	Managerial Finance
	Plus three units from:
EFN405	Managerial Economics
EFN412	Advanced Managerial Finance
EFN414	International Finance
EFN415	Security Analysis
EFN416	Treasury and Portfolio Management
EFN420	Introduction To Financial Management
EFN505	Financial Risk Management
EFN507	Advanced Capital Budgeting
	Finance Elective unit
	Finance Elective unit
Events Marketing and Management
	Students are required to complete the following 4 units (48 credit points):
AMN488	Events Marketing
AMN489	Events Management
AMN403	Marketing and Survey Research
AMN400	Consumer Behaviour
Human Resource Management - For students without prior study in HRM
	Students are required to complete the following 4 units (48 credit points):
MGN409	Introduction to Management
MGN410	Labour-Management Relations
MGN412	People in Organisations
MGN427	Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management - For students with prior study in HRM
	Students are required to complete 4 units (48 credit points) from the following:
MGN423	Contemporary Strategic Analysis
MGN433	Managing High-Performance Organisations
MGN505	Consulting and Change Management
MGN506	Contemporary Issues in HRM
MGN508	HRM Cases
MGN528	Special Topic in Human Resource Management 1
	Or other units approved by the Subject Area Coordinator
Integrated Marketing Communication
	Students are required to complete 4 units (48 credit points) from the following:
AMN400	Consumer Behaviour
AMN401	Integrated Marketing Communication
	Plus any two of the following units:
AMN420	Advertising Management
AMN442	Marketing Management
AMN465	Public Relations Management
Interdisciplinary
	Any 48 credit points across the Faculty of Business.
International Business
	Students are required to complete 4 units (48 credit points) from the following:
IBN408	Global Business Operations
	Plus one unit from:
IBN403	Business in Asia
IBN404	Business in Europe
IBN435	Business in Australia
	Plus two units from:
IBN409	Negotiating Across Borders
IBN410	International Logistics Management
IBN421	Marketing Internationally
Marketing
	Students are required to complete the following 4 units (48 credit points):
AMN400	Consumer Behaviour
AMN403	Marketing and Survey Research
AMN442	Marketing Management
	Elective unit
	This elective unit must be selected from postgraduate units offered by the School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies
	Due to unit availability, this major is only available in part-time mode. Therefore, it is not available to international students who must maintain a full-time study load.
	Students are required to complete 8 units (48 credit points) from the following:
GSN481	Philanthropic and Nonprofit Frameworks of Governance
GSN482	Philanthropic and Nonprofit Economics
GSN483	Ethics for Philanthropic and Nonprofit Organisations
GSN484	Management for Philanthropic and Nonprofit Organisations
GSN485	Legal Issues for Philanthropic and Nonprofit Organisations
GSN486	Accounting Issues for Philanthropic & Nonprofit Organisations
	Plus choose one of the following pairs of units:
GSN408	Fundamentals of Marketing Management
GSN487	Marketing for the Nonprofit Sector
	OR
GSN488	Fundraising Development Principles
GSN489	Fundraising Development Techniques
Public Management
MGN426	International Trends in Public Management
MGN402	Government-Business Relations
MGN516	Policy Analysis
MGN517	Program Evaluation
Public Relations
	Students are required to complete the following 4 units (48 credit points):
AMN461	Corporate Media Strategy and Tactics
AMN465	Public Relations Management
AMN46X	Public Relations Elective unit
	Elective unit
	This elective unit must be selected from postgraduate units offered by the School of Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations
Research
	Accountancy
AYN433	Research Topics in Accounting
BSN507	Research Methods
BSN412	Qualitative Research and Analytical Techniques
	Elective unit
	The elective unit must be selected from postgraduate units offered by the Faculty of Business, subject to the approval of the School Research Coordinator.
	Advertising, International Business, Marketing, Public Relations
BSN502	Research Methodology
	or
AMN403	Marketing and Survey Research
	Plus
BSN503	Research Seminar
BSN412	Qualitative Research and Analytical Techniques
	Elective unit
	The elective unit must be selected from postgraduate units offered by the Faculty of Business, subject to the approval of the School Research Coordinator.
	Banking and Finance
BSN506	Econometric Methods
EFN504	Finance Honours
EFN505	Financial Risk Management
	Elective unit
	The elective unit must be selected from postgraduate units offered by the Faculty of Business, subject to the approval of the School Research Coordinator.
	Economics
BSN506	Econometric Methods
EFN500	Contemporary Macroeconomic Theory
EFN502	Developments in Microeconomic Theories
	Elective unit
	The elective unit must be selected from postgraduate units offered by the Faculty of Business, subject to the approval of the School Research Coordinator.
	Human Resource Management
BSN502	Research Methodology
BSN503	Research Seminar
MGN506	Contemporary Issues in HRM
	Elective unit
	The elective unit must be selected from postgraduate units offered by the Faculty of Business, subject to the approval of the School Research Coordinator.
	Management
BSN502	Research Methodology
BSN503	Research Seminar
MGN507	Contemporary Issues in Management
	Elective unit
	The elective unit must be selected from postgraduate units offered by the Faculty of Business, subject to the approval of the School Research Coordinator.