AIPE

Course name	BSB50207 Diploma of Business
CRICOS course code	064742K
Duration	52 weeks, 20 hours per week
2013 Intakes	14 January, 18 February, 8 April, 13 May, 8 July, 12 August, 30 September, 4 November
Location	North Sydney campus
Course fee	AUD$8,040
Study options	Online or on-campus via AIPE's unique blended learning mode Study this course online!

Take your corporate career to the next level with AIPE's Diploma of Business. This qualification delivers the broad range of knowledge and skills required by anyone wanting to work in a managerial or supervisory role. These skills are transferrable across a variety of business fields such as marketing, accounting or human resources.

To enrol in this course you must already have a solid foundation in business. This year long course builds on your current work experience to ensure students are able to make a real difference at a senior level in the corporate world where you will be required to manage varied projects and deal with staff on a daily basis.

By the end of this course, you will have learnt the theory and skills required for managing people and performance, marketing, administering business systems, managing projects and communicating in business contexts. Career opportunities include office manager, section coordinator, senior officer, project officer and procurement officer.

Domestic students wanting to study this qualification are likely to be interested in our online delivery mode. Please click here for details. Alternatively, should you wish to study with us face-to-face at our North Sydney campus, our excellent blended learning mode detailed below is also available to you.

Blended Learning for all AIPE Students

If you are considering an AIPE course, you'll be excited to hear about a new learning mode we've recently introduced.

At AIPE, we believe that incorporation of technology is instrumental in your learning so we've developed a unique methodology where we offer a student centred, flexible, self-paced, multi-modal approach to learning which we refer to as blended learning. In short, it's the teaching practice that intersects traditional face-to-face classroom based teaching and online teaching. We've incorporated a blended learning approach into the bulk of our courses as it reinforces key concepts and requires students to draw on their prior learning, acquire new knowledge and tap into their creativity to fashion new solutions to real world problems utilising a range of tools. It's a lot of fun and an increasingly popular way to learn.

Studying via a blended learning solution means that the majority of the course is delivered through face-to-face classroom based training and the remainder is delivered online via AIPE's eLearning portal.

Note: All of our courses are delivered via this blended learning approach except our accounting qualifications which are currently under development and will become available via this mode in 2012. In the meantime, should you wish to study accounting with us, international students will study wholly face-to-face. Domestic students can also study accounting with us in a face-to-face full-time study mode.

The basis of our assessment strategy is to provide you with the means to demonstrate that you have the knowledge and skills to undertake real-world activities to a current industry standard. In each subject there is a similar pattern of assessment. There are specific assessment tasks such as projects, case studies and reports, there will be an interview with your tutor, and an online final exam. To pass each subject, you must successfully complete all the tasks set for you. Importantly, you will also be graded on your skills (where appropriate) such as communication, problem-solving, leadership, organizing and planning and teamwork. These skills are critical in distinguishing yourself in job interviews and in the workplace.

Australian students:

• Successful completion of Year 12 or equivalent OR previous work experience in a relevant industry.

We strongly recommend that students are currently employed or have access to a workplace for this course.

International students:

• Minimum of 1 year full-time study in English in Australia for entry into this intensive course or have completed Year 11 or equivalent.
• The Higher School Certificate (HSC) or Australian equivalent.

Upon successful completion of the Diploma of Business course at AIPE, you will be able to progress into Advanced Diploma courses. Should you wish to study a particular course at a university with which AIPE has an articulation agreement, you must meet the admission criteria set by the university of your choice. Articulation agreements with Australian universities guarantee a number of credit points (advanced standing) towards bachelor degrees. For details on AIPE's articulation agreements click here.