The Diploma of Business Management consists of 6 core, and 2 elective units where students have flexibility in elective choice to build on core areas or broaden studies in digital marketing and entrepreneurship specialisations. The Diploma of Business Management has been designed to provide a foundation in discipline areas relevant to business graduates.

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Learning Outcome 1: Identify relevant knowledge, techniques, and frameworks in business contexts.
Learning Outcome 2: Apply relevant business principles and concepts to a variety of situations.
Learning Outcome 3: Interpret the current business environment using a range of information sources.
Learning Outcome 4: Communicate with a variety of stakeholders to transfer knowledge and skills required to solve clearly defined business problems.
Learning Outcome 5: Demonstrate business knowledge and skills required to complete defined projects independently and in teams.
Learning Outcome 6: Apply technical and theoretical proficiencies to operate ethically and sustainably in business environments.
Learning Outcome 7: Outline reflective techniques to develop skills in individual and group tasks.

Applicants with Recent Secondary Education (within the last 2 years)
Applicants for admission into IGI undergraduate courses must meet the following requirements:
• Year 12 in Australia with a minimum ATAR score of 60; or
• Recognised overseas qualification equivalent to Year 12 or above International Academic entry requirements

Applicants with Vocational Education and Training (VET) study
• Australian Certificate IV (AQF 4) or higher

Applicants with Higher Education study (bridging or enabling course)
• Recognised Foundation Studies course
Applicants with Work and Life Experience (Mature Age Applicants)
Applicants who are aged 21 years of age or over, who have finished secondary education more than two years ago, and who have had little or no tertiary study experience must demonstrate through appropriate work and life experience that they can undertake study at the required level. Evidence must be provided to demonstrate a reasonable prospect of success through:
• Appropriate, relevant work experience and/or
• Formal, informal, or non-formal study, completed or partially completed and/or
• Special Tertiary Admission Test (STAT) percentile rank or equivalent

Approved Articulation Agreements
Applicants may be granted direct entry through an approved articulation agreement. These articulation agreements provide pathways between a completed qualification from an external institute into a qualification at IGI. The Articulation Agreement may identify specific credit into an IGI award or may establish admission only. The Academic Board approves Articulation Agreements, and IGI will regularly report to the Academic Board on the progression of such students. If students entering IGI via an Articulation Agreement are not progressing as expected even after the implementation of intervention strategies, the Articulation Agreement will be reviewed and, in some cases, may be cancelled.

English Requirements
Approved English Test Score
Diploma
• IELTS Academic: Overall 6.0, with no band less than 5.5; or
• PTE: Overall 50, with no band less than 42; or
• Cambridge English C1 Advanced: Overall 169, with no band less than 162.

IGI reserves the right to waive the English Language requirement if the prospective student meets the following criteria:
• One of the following qualifications completed within the last two years:
o Successful completion of AQF Level 4 or higher at an Australian RTO or Higher Education provider
o Successful completion of one-year Higher Education study in Australia
o Successful completion of a Foundation Studies program in Australia
• Senior secondary study undertaken in English from the following countries: American Samoa, Botswana, Canada (excluding Quebec), Fiji, Ghana, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• Malaysia Secondary School qualifications SPM1119 Grade C in English; STMP grade C in English Literature; UEC grade B5 in English
• Successful completion of an English for Academic Purpose course that satisfies the English requirements before commencing the degree at IGI. The English for Academic Purposes course must be undertaken at one of IGI’s approved ELICOS providers.

IGI reserves the right to ask a student to provide an English language test result

Level 100

List of Electives

Level 100

Assessment methods

Assessment is an information gathering process with the aim of improving, evaluating, and understanding students’ learning to determine how well performance matches the expectations and learning outcomes of the unit.

Assessment tasks that make up a component of the total score for a subject have clear marking criteria highlighting the learning objectives, outcomes, and expectations to achieve a particular grade. Specified subject learning outcomes are assessed through a combination of:
• individual and group tasks; and
• formative and summative tasks.

Formative assessment is the gathering of data on student learning during an instructional or classroom encounter. It helps to identify concepts or skills that students are not learning well, and to take steps to improve student learning while the course is still in progress. Examples include:
• presentations.
• participation in group assignments or in class learning activities.
• simulations.

Summative assessment is the gathering of data on student learning at the conclusion of a unit as a basis for judging student knowledge and skills.
Examples include:
• case studies.
• literature reviews.
• reports or essay writing.
• quizzes.
• reflective journals (when completed at the end of a unit)
• assignments (when completed at the end of a unit.

2024	Trimester 1	Trimester 2	Trimester 3	Trimester 4
Orientation	8-Feb	23-May	5-Sep	31-Oct
Start of Teaching	12-Feb	27-May	9-Sep	4-Nov
Last day of enrolment (International students)*	23-Feb	7-Jun	20-Sep	15-Nov
Census**	1-Mar	14-Jun	27-Sep	22-Nov
Finish	10-May	23-Aug	6-Dec	31-Jan
Break	13 May – 26 May	26 August – 8 September	9 December – 2 February	N/A
Results	17-May	30-Aug	13-Dec	31-Jan

* Last day to make enrolment changes without penalty.
** For Domestic Students, the Census date is the official deadline for finalising enrolments and fees for each teaching session, without penalty.