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Specification
Entry
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The Faculty of Commerce (hereinafter called the Faculty) may accept as a candidate for the Graduate Diploma of Business Administration any of the following: |
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A person who: |
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has completed an undergraduate degree of an Australian higher education institution or the equivalent standard in any other institution, and |
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has had at least six months appropriate work experience; |
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A person, who is not a graduate, but who has satisfactorily completed the Graduate Certificate of Management of the University of Tasmania or another participating member of the Consortium of Australian Management Schools, or an equivalent award. |
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Candidates for the Graduate Diploma shall undertake and satisfactorily complete a course of study prescribed by the Faculty representing the equivalent of two years of part-time study. Such requirements shall be completed in not more than three years from the time of first enrolment. |
Course structure
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To qualify for the Graduate Diploma, the candidate shall pass eight units. |
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The units which may be included in a course for the Graduate Diploma shall, unless otherwise approved by the dean, be in accordance with Schedule A accompanying these specifications. |
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Units may be counted towards the award only if they have been taken in accordance with prerequisites determined by the Faculty and as summarised in Schedule A. |
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Only units identified in Schedule A or which may be approved by the dean as equivalent to an identified unit may be counted towards the award. |
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In every case the candidate's choice of units and the order in which they are taken shall be subject to approval by the dean, in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 3. |
Credit for previous studies
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Passes in subjects or units in other courses (completed or otherwise) in this University or another approved tertiary institution (or other approved professional examining body) may be credited towards the diploma, provided that the Faculty may specify what more a candidate so credited shall be required to do to qualify for the diploma. |
Miscellaneous
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The Faculty may from time to time make amendments to the schedules to these specifications. |
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These specifications shall take effect on 1 January 2000 and shall apply to all candidates for the diploma including those enrolling for the first time in that year and those enrolled subsequently and to any candidates who, having commenced their studies for the Graduate Diploma in Professional Management prior to that date, have not passed in any units towards that diploma by that date. |
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Candidates who have passed in units towards the Graduate Diploma of Business in Professional Management under the specifications in force prior to 1 January 2000 will be entitled either to transfer to the revised Graduate Diploma with full equivalent credit as outlined in the equivalency schedule or to graduate in accordance with those specifications operating at the time of their admission to candidature
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The approved abbreviation for the Graduate Diploma of Business Administration shall be GDBA. |
[a] Note: Should any difficulty arise for a candidate previously enrolled because of any difference between course requirements and units offered under these specifications and those previously in force, the Faculty shall ensure that the candidate is not materially disadvantaged by these specifications.
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