The Diploma of Business Studies is a two-stage program. The program consists of Stage 1 (2 or 3 trimesters) and Stage 2 (a further 2 or 3 trimesters), making a total study period of 4 – 6 trimesters.
Students who have completed Year 11, or equivalent, enter Stage 1. Students who have completed Year 12, or equivalent, enter Stage 2 and receive credit for Stage 1. Stage 1 of the Diploma can be completed in as little as 8 months and will gain you direct entry into Stage 2, which is equivalent to the first-year of a bachelor’s degree.
Completing your Diploma of Business Studies at Eynesbury College will give you direct entrance into the first and second year of a range of bachelor’s degrees at the University of South Australia.
Find out more about Business degree streams on the University of South Australia's website.
Students study 8 core modules from the below list:
Students choose 8 modules from a range of core modules and elective modules. Students will be counselled by Eynesbury academic staff to ensure the electives they choose will meet university requirements.
Business and Society provides an introduction to the relationship between society, business, government, and the not-for-profit sector. It considers the historical and cultural influences on that relationship and the responsibilities of professionals as managers, practitioners, employees and customers. It provides the foundation for future study in the Business School courses.
Introduction to the Australian Legal System and Legal Ethics; Forms of Business Ownership; Business Obligations, Ethics & Privacy; Causing Harm; Contracts - Formation; Contracts - Enforceability and Remedies for Breach; Employing Staff and the Principles of Agency; Consumer Protection Law; Competition Law; An Introduction to the Law of Property.
This module will assist students to refine career direction, recognise opportunities to enhance employability, make informed career decisions, develop pre-professional identity and utilise contemporary career planning, development and management strategies.
Introduction to contemporary management and the four management functions, planning, organising, leading and controlling; the nature of the internal and external environments including culture, diversity and the international dimensions. The nature of decision making, motivation and managing change.
This module introduces students to the role and contribution of Marketing to organisations and enterprises today. Marketing and marketing people are used in, and by, most types of organisations both big and small. The module will cover the main concepts and principles that underlie marketing thinking and practice.
The economic decisions faced by individuals, households, firms and governments; analysis of prices and output determination in the context of markets and incentives; market structures, the strengths and weaknesses of the market mechanism and the role of public policy; business cycles, inflation and unemployment; role of monetary and fiscal policy; trade and the open macroeconomy.
Business Mathematics and Statistics for decision making: time value of money and net present value calculations with applications, working with equations and graphs of straight lines, linear programming, quantitative research principles in collecting, summarising and displaying business data, index numbers, relations in categorical data, measures of association, fitting straight lines, elementary probability concepts, the normal distribution and its business applications, elementary estimation and hypothesis testing, elementary decision making with Excel spreadsheets.
Classes run between 9am and 5.30pm on weekdays (Adelaide time zone, ACST). You can also expect between 4-6 hours of private study per module, per week.
Enter the below degrees at the University of South Australia with a full year of credit from your Eynesbury Diploma of Business.
SC = Successfully Completion
Progression requirement | Degree | Courses credited | Duration (years) |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 2 | |
SC | 8 | 3 |
Get a head start with a Diploma of Business and gain direct entry into degrees at the University of South Australia. View progression and credit requirements below, as well as the duration of your bachelor’s degree at university, once successfully completing a Diploma of Business at Eynesbury.
SC = Successful Completion
Progression requirement | Degree | Courses credited | Duration (years) |
SC | 7 | 2.5 | |
SC | 3 | 3 | |
SC | 4 | 3 | |
SC | 2 | 3 | |
SC | 0 | 3 | |
4.5 (on a 7.0 scale) | 0 | 4 |