Course structure
To qualify for the Diploma of Business Management, students must complete 225 credit points comprising:
- 14 core units of study (175 credit points)
- 4 specialization units (50 credit points)
- 1 non-credit unit
Units of study
Core units
- DBC111 Preparatory English
- DBB111 Acquiring Business Awareness
- DBA111 Recording Financial Transactions
- DBF111 Introductory Mathematics
- DBC121 Academic English
- DBI121 Information Technology
- DBM121 Marketing
- DBA121 Accounting
- DBC211 Introduction to Academic Research
- DBE211 Economics
- DBE221 Principles of Economics*
- DBC212 Innovation and Change
- DBB221 Introduction to Management
- DBI211 Fundamentals of Web Technology
- DBI311 Introduction to Business Information System
*Subject to availability
Management specialisation units
- DBA221 Management Accounting
- DBM221 Fundamentals of Marketing
- DBB311 Critical Thinking in Management
- DBC311 Communicating in the Workplace
Non-credit units
- MPU2133 Malay Language Communication 1 (for International Students)
OR
- MPU2163 Malaysian Studies 2 (for Malaysian students)
Option for degree progression
Pathway to degree courses
Students who have completed the Diploma of Business Management may pathway to undergraduate programs at Swinburne Sarawak.
The degree programs to which they can enroll into are:
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
- Bachelor of Business (Finance)
- Bachelor of Business (International Business)
- Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting and Finance)
- Bachelor of Business (Management and Digital Media)
- Bachelor of Design (Multimedia Design)
- Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology
- Bachelor of Computer Science
Transfer to Swinburne Melbourne
Students who have completed the Diploma of Business Management at Swinburne Sarawak will be eligible for credit exemption of 8 elective units (100 credit points) when they transfer to Swinburne Melbourne.
