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Notes

This course will be an exit only course from mid-2014. This course information is for the following students:

• Brisbane students commencing in 2014 in the first trimester intake

• Cairns and Townsville students commencing in 2014 in the first half year intake

• Singapore students commencing in 2014 in the first, second or third trimester intakes

Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements

Students of non-English speaking backgrounds must have an adequate English language capacity assessed under the Australian International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The IELTS score required for admission to this course can be found in Schedule I of the JCU Admissions policy.

Special admission requirements

Nil

Additional course rules

Nil

Course learning outcomes

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

Graduates awarded the Graduate Diploma of Business Administration will be able to:

• Critically analyse business-related knowledge and practice from both historical and recent perspectives

• Consolidate the application of differing sustainable business performance methods

• Synthesise sustainable economic, social and environmental practices and value systems

• Apply established concepts to provide solutions to complex business and professional practice problems

• Critically analyse contemporary business issues using appropriate models and make reasoned recommendations

• Apply creative and innovative thinking effectively to business practice

• Present complex information appropriately to differing audiences using:

(a) Effective oral presentation skills

(b) Clear and fluent written communication

• Work effectively in achieving common goals, demonstrating both:

(a) Collaboration

(b) Leadership

• Adapt sustainable business constructs and skills to theoretical or practical situations

• Exercise independent ethical judgment in solving differing business problems creatively

• Demonstrate a capacity for personal reflection and self-development in relation to professional business learning and practice

Brisbane

This course information is for Brisbane students commencing in 2014 in the first trimester intake only

Singapore

This course information is for Singapore students commencing in 2014

Maximum time to complete

4 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Accreditation requirements

Nil

Supplementary exam for final subject

A candidate who has failed the final subject towards the award and who gained 40% or more of the marks for that subject may be granted a supplementary examination in that subject. However if that subject is required for accreditation, then the criteria specified by that accreditation will apply.

Maximum allowed

12 credit points

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 8 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the candidate has not completed this course.

Exit with lesser award

Candidates who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed the relevant number of credit points and appropriate subjects, may be eligible for the award of Graduate Certificate of Business Administration.