1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Division of Business,
Humanities and Social
Science
bstgraduate Course Descriptions
Applications for all postgraduate courses in the Division of
Business, Humanities and Social Science should be made on
the Postgraduate Application form, available from the
Postgraduate Office, Ground Floor, 9 Frederick Street,
Telephone: 9214 5332/5335 or the Information Office,
Ground Floor, Administration Building, John Street,
Telephone: 9214 8444.
For Hotline Information, Telephone: 9214 8512.
Graduate Certificates
A070 Graduate Certificate in Business
Administration
This program is a two semester course intended to provide
entry to management studies for managers with excellent
business experience. Special provision is made for nongraduate
entrants who are excluded from similar graduate
diploma programs through lack of an acceptable
undergraduate qualification.
Course objectives
At the completion of the course, it is expected that
candidates:
will have completed a business course containing a
body of knowledge and technology which is relevant
to immediate and potential business opportunities;
will have a recognised qualification which will assist
them in developing their careers in business, and;
will be equipped with suitable skills necessary to
continue with further postgraduate study in business
administration.
As candidates will already be established in business
careers, it is expected that the key vocational outcomes will
arise from better current job performance as well as new
opportunities opening in the broader fields of management
and administration within their current organisations.
Entrance requirements
In order to be accepted into this course, applicants must
have:
a recognised undergraduate or postgraduate degree in a
discipline other than business and a minimum of four
years practical business experience; or
at least six years practical business experience at middle
management level and a good track record as judged by
the selection panel.
Course structure
BC401 Accounting for Management
BE401 Economics for Businesses
BH403 Managing People and Organisations
BM401 Marketing Management
BT401 Business Software for PCs
or
BT411 Computing for Management
The course is based on two sixteen-week semesters. Classes
will be conducted either on Friday afternoons from
1.00pm to 6.00pm or on Saturdays from 8.00am to
1.00pm.
The course may be run 'in-house' for organisations where a
significant number of candidates are available. In such
cases, organisations may choose an alternative course
comprising:
BC401 Accounting for Management
BE401 Economics
BH403 Managing People and Organisations
BM401 Marketing Management