Diploma of Commerce

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Diploma of Commerce Course Outline Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus / Geelong Waterfront Campus / Jakarta, Indonesia Campus

Intake

March, June, October

CRICOS

022637C

Course Duration

The duration of the Diploma course is three trimesters (12 months). There is an option, however, to fast track the course and complete it in two trimesters (8 months).

Teaching Methods

Instruction for all units is classroom based. Generally, four hours of class contact per week are allocated to each unit.

Assessment

Assessment for all units is ongoing and continuous consisting of tests, assignments and case study analysis. Most units have a final two-hour examination.

Course Structure

Eight units must be completed and passed to be awarded the Diploma.

Units

One core unit: MME101 Business Academic Skills Seven additional units: MAA103 Accounting for Decision Making MAE101 Economic Principles MAE102 The Global Economy MAF101 Fundamentals of Finance MIS101 Business Information Systems MIS171 Business Analytics MLC101 Business Law MMK277 Marketing Management MMM132 Management

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Transfer to Deakin University

The following transfer criteria apply: • You must complete and pass eight Deakin College Diploma of Commerce units*. • You must achieve the required Weighted Average Mark (WAM) for your Deakin College diploma taking into account all units attempted at Deakin College (required WAMs are included under the Deakin University degrees below).

* Transfer to some degrees requires specific Deakin College units to be completed in order to receive the appropriate credits (see Deakin University degrees below).

Bachelor of Commerce B S W* T1 T2 T3 (T3 for B only) International Students WAM: B 50 S 50 W 50 Australian Students WAM: B 60 S 50 W 50 Credits for Transfer: 8 Majors: • Accounting B S W; • Accounting Information Systems B S W; • Business Analytics B S; • Business Information Systems B S; • Commercial Law B S W; • Economics B S W; • eBusiness B S; • Finance B S W; • Financial Planning B S W; • Human Resource Management B S W; • International Business B • International Management B S; • International Trade and Economic Policy B S W; • Management B S W • Marketing B S W; • Quantitative Business Analysis B S; • Supply Chain Management B S Students must undertake: Core Units: ● MME101, Plus 7 units from the following: ● MAA103 ● MAE101 ● MAE102 ● MIS101 ● MIS171 ● MMK277 ● MLC101 ● MAF101 ● MMM132 * Not all major sequences available at W

Bachelor of Business (Sport Management) B T1 T2 International Students WAM: B 50 Australian Students WAM: B 60 Credits for Transfer: 8 Students must undertake: Core Units: ● MME101, Plus 7 units from the following: ● MAA103 ● MAE101 ● MAF101 ● MIS101 ● MIS171 ● MLC101 ● MMK277 ● MMM132

Note: This degree requires students to take additional first year degree units, MMS100 and MMS101, when they transfer to Deakin University. The degree may therefore take longer to complete. Bachelor of Information Systems B S T1 T2 International Students WAM: B 50 S 50 Australian Students WAM: B 60 S 50 Credits for Transfer: 8 Students must undertake: Core Units: ● MME101 ● MIS101 ● MIS171 Plus 5 units from the following: ● MAA103 ● MAE101 ● MAE102 ● MAF101 ● MLC101 ● MMK277 ● MMM132

Bachelor of Laws B S T1 (T2 B only) International Students WAM: B 70 S 70 International Students IELTS: Overall IELTS score of 7 with minimum band scores of 6.5. Australian Students WAM: B 70 S 70 Credits for Transfer: 8 Students must undertake: Core Units: ● MME101, Plus 7 units from the following: ● MAA103 ● MAE101 ● MAF101 ● MIS101 ● MIS171 ● MLC101 ● MMK277 ● MMM132 Note: This degree requires students to take additional first year degree units, MLL110 and MLL111, when they transfer to Deakin University. The degree may therefore take longer to complete.

Bachelor of Property and Real Estate B T1 International Students WAM: B 50 Australian Students WAM: B 60 Credits for Transfer: 8 Majors: • Management B S; • Marketing B S; • Sustainability B Students must undertake: Core Units: ● MME101 ● MAA103 ● MAE101 ● MLC101 ● MMK277 Plus 2 units from the following: ● MAE102 ● MAF101 ● MIS101 ● MIS171 ● MMM132 (Students wishing to major in Management should include MMM132)

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Note: This degree requires students to take additional first year degree units, MMP112, MMP121 and MMP122, when they transfer to Deakin University. The degree may therefore take longer to complete.

Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Information Systems B S T1 T2 International Students WAM: B 50 S 50 Australian Students WAM: B 60 S 50 Credits for Transfer: 8 Bachelor of Commerce majors: • Accounting B S W; • Accounting Information Systems B S W; • Business Analytics B S; • Business Information Systems B S; • Commercial Law B S W; • Economics B S W; • eBusiness B S; • Finance B S W; • Financial Planning B S W; • Human Resource Management B S W; • International Business B • International Management B S; • International Trade and Economic Policy B S W; • Management B S W • Marketing B S W; • Quantitative Business Analysis B S; • Supply Chain Management B S Students must undertake: Core Units: ● MME101 ● MIS101 ● MIS171 Plus 5 units from the following: ● MAA103 ● MAE101 ● MAE102 ● MAF101 ● MLC101 ● MMK277 ● MMM132 Note: This degree requires students to take additional first year degree units when they transfer to Deakin University. The degree may therefore take longer to complete

Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws B S T1 T2 International Students WAM: B 70 S 65 International Students IELTS: Overall IELTS score of 7 with minimum band scores of 6.5. Australian Students WAM: B 70 S 70 Credits for Transfer: 8 Students must undertake: Core Units: ● MME101, Plus 7 units from the following: ● MAA103 ● MAE101 ● MIS101 ● MIS171 ● MMK277 ● MLC101 ● MAF101 ● MMM132

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Note: This degree requires students to take additional first year degree units, MLL110 and MLL111, when they transfer to Deakin University. The degree may therefore take longer to complete.

Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/Bachelor of Commerce B T1 T2 International Students WAM: B 50 Australian Students WAM: B 60 Credits for Transfer: 8 Bachelor of Commerce majors: • Accounting B S W; • Accounting Information Systems B S W; • Business Analytics B S; • Business Information Systems B S; • Commercial Law B S W; • Economics B S W; • eBusiness B S; • Finance B S W; • Financial Planning B S W; • Human Resource Management B S W; • International Business B • International Management B S; • International Trade and Economic Policy B S W; • Management B S W • Marketing B S W; • Quantitative Business Analysis B S; • Supply Chain Management B S Students must undertake: Core Units: ● MME101 ● MAA103 ● MAE101 ● MLC101 ● MMK277 Plus 2 units from the following: ● MAE102 ● MAF101 ● MIS101 ● MIS171 ● MMM132 Note: This degree requires students to take additional first year degree units when they transfer to Deakin University. The degree may therefore take longer to complete

Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/Bachelor of Laws B T1 T2 International Students WAM: B 70 International Students IELTS: Overall IELTS score of 7 with minimum band scores of 6.5. Australian Students WAM: B 70 Credits for Transfer: 5 Students must undertake: Core Units: ● MME101 ● MAA103 ● MAE101 ● MLC101 ● MMK277 Plus 2 units from the following: ● MAE102 ● MAF101 ● MIS101 ● MIS171 ● MMM132 Note: This degree requires students to take additional first year degree units when they transfer to Deakin University. The degree may therefore take longer to complete.

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Deakin University Campuses and Trimester codes B Melbourne Burwood Campus S Geelong Waterfront Campus W Warnambool Campus T1 Trimester 1 entry T2 Trimester 2 entry T3 Trimester 3 entry NOTE: for Australian students entry is for T1 only. T2 entry is subject to availability of places. CRICOS Codes: Bachelor of Business (Sport Management) 072593G, Bachelor of Commerce 001838A, Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Information Systems 078142G, Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws 002452M, Bachelor of Information Systems 078140K, Bachelor of Laws 026686F, Bachelor of Property and Real Estate 060343B, Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/Bachelor of Laws 080323G, Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/Bachelor of Commerce 072834F

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Unit Outlines PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU CHECK THE TRIMESTR 3 2015 UNIT OUTLINE FOR ANY CONTENT AND ASSESSMENT UPDATES. MAA103 Accounting for Decision Making

MAF101 Fundamentals of Finance

This unit takes a ‘user’ perspective rather than the more traditional ‘preparer’ focus on some first units in accounting. This unit covers the following topics: the accounting environment; business planning and cost concepts for management decisions; Accounting for short-term management planning; Classification and analysis of business transactions; Accounting reports: their nature and uses; Decision making by external users of financial statements and business sustainability.

This unit aims to introduce you to finance and provide you with an introductory knowledge of institutions, markets and instruments. The unit will discuss some of the fundamental financial concepts such as the time value of money and the concepts of risk and return. You will learn to apply these fundamental concepts in the areas of investments in equity and debt. These issues will be discussed in the local and international context.

Assessment: 30% assignment, 10% class presentation, 60% final examination

Assessment: 20% trimester test, 20% assignment, 60% final examination MIS101 Business Information Systems

MAE101 Economic Principles This unit addresses the theory of price, the role of price, how different markets set their prices and how and why governments change prices. Assessment: 20% test, 20% assignment, 60% final examination MAE102 The Global Economy The Global Economy is concerned with the way in which the whole economy and/or large sectors of it work. The major sectors analysed are the household, government, business and international. Issues such as economic growth, unemployment, inflation, balance of payments, exchange rate and fiscal and monetary policies are also addressed. Assessment: 20% assignments, 20% test, 60% final examination

This unit introduces students to a variety of Information System concepts and applications that allow businesses to achieve a competitive advantage, to manage information assets and to automate business processes. Also examined are the associated interactions between businesses, technology, people and the environment. This unit lays the foundation for using Information Systems for specific business purposes, the fundamentals of Digital Literacy and will introduce students to a Critical Thinking approach to improve their ability to reason, interpret and reflect. Overall, while the unit is not technical in nature, it does examine how Information Systems support the many interactive functions of businesses, individuals and groups and how the internal functions and Information Systems within an organisation provide support from an operations-level, through to a strategic decision-making level. Specifically, the unit discusses how Information Systems are used to support business activities. Assessment: 40% assignments and tasks, 60% final examination

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MIS171 Business Analytics

MMK277 Marketing Management

This unit provides the basic descriptive and inferential statistical techniques required by business graduates. Widespread use will be made of computer packages to cover topics such as probability, probability distribution, sampling theory, estimation, hypothesis testing and regression analysis.

This unit examines the nature of marketing management from a marketing planning perspective. The focus of discussion is the coordinated activities of the network of producers of goods, services and experiences which seek to satisfy their customers. Emphasis is placed on marketing strategy formulation and the use of strategic marketing mix elements in developing and maintaining a market orientation and assessing organizational performance. Aspects of marketing such as marketing research, customer behavior, product innovation and marketing communication are also examined.

Assessment: 40% trimester assignments, 60% final examination MLC101 Business Law The unit provides the underlying concepts and purpose of commercial law. It covers the Australian legal system and the law relating to contract, agency and negligence. Assessment: 20% progressive assessments including class tests, 5% MCQ test, 15% short essay, 60% final examination MME101 Business Academic Skills This unit aims to strengthen student’s language and research skills and to equip them with an understanding of the foundation concepts that underlie the undergraduate degree programs. Students will be trained in the language and communication skills needed for library research, academic reading, academic writing and note taking.

Assessment: 60% assessment; 40% final examination MMM132 Management This unit aims to provide students with a solid understanding of the intellectual foundations of the study of management. The unit also explores the impact of the external environment on management practices, with particular consideration given to globalisation, ethics, social responsibility, and the social and cultural context of management. Assessment: 40% assessment, 60% final examination

Assessment: 70% trimester assessment; 30% final examination

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