OpenDiplomaBusiness and Management, nec

Diploma of Commerce/Bachelor of Accounting

ProviderRMIT University
Course code: VTAC3200311671UniversityStudy area: Business and Management, necData JSON
AttendanceOn campus
Intakes & start datesPlease check the official website.

Course overview

The Diploma of Commerce is unlike any other one-year Diploma. It covers the fundamentals of business disciplines at an undergraduate level. Through your studies in this Diploma, you will explore key business subject areas, including accounting, management, information systems, business law, and marketing.  You will connect with high profile brands and get real-world work experience through industry placements, client projects, guest speakers, seminars and events in a friendly and social environment, led by industry-experienced teaching staff.

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Career Opportunities
With practical experience from the RMIT Trading Facility, you’re well placed to start your career. You can expand on your experience through workshops and volunteer roles sourced through the RMIT Career Centre and Job Shop. During your studies, you can connect with high profile brands and gain work experience through industry placements, client projects, guest speakers, and seminars.
Majors
Accounting Data Analytics and Visualisation, Accounting in Organisations and Society, Accounting, Behaviour and Organisations, Auditing, Business Decision Making, Business Law, Business in Society, Company and Finance Law, Cost Analysis and Organisational Decisions, Critical Accounting Perspectives, Economics and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Accountability and Reporting, Financial Accounting and Analysis, Integrated Perspectives on Business Problems, Managerial Advisory Finance, Strategic Accounting and Leadership, Taxation, Understanding the Business Environment.

Entry requirements

Review the captured standard entry requirements, English requirements and additional notes for this course.

Standard entry

  • Current Year 12 graduates VTAC Personal Statement If you have been excluded from a course or institution for any reason you are required to submit a personal statement outlining the reason for exclusion and strategies you will adopt to ensure success in the future. You can complete and submit the VTAC personal statement via your online VTAC account. Regional Adjustment RMIT automatically allocates adjustment factors to applicants from a low socio-economic status area for all certificate IV, diploma, advanced diploma, associate degree and degree level courses that select primarily on ATAR. Low socio-economic status areas are determined by applying the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Socio-Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Education and Occupation. Educational outcomes considered for selection Successful completion of the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) (or equivalent qualification). Alternate ways to meet Year 12 English prerequisite If you do not meet the stated Year 12 English prerequisite, please refer to RMIT's minimum English language requirement for alternate ways to meet this requirement. SEAS (Special Entry Access Scheme) Applicants who have experienced educational disadvantage are encouraged to apply for the Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS). Depending on eligibility and your circumstances, a SEAS application may provide support for your course application. For further information go to RMIT University SEAS information and the RMIT University website Recent Year 12 graduates VTAC Personal Statement If you have been excluded from a course or institution for any reason you are required to submit a personal statement outlining the reason for exclusion and strategies you will adopt to ensure success in the future. You can complete and submit the VTAC personal statement via your online VTAC account. Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) You may satisfy the academic requirements by completing the STAT multiple choice. Your overall score will be converted to an equivalent ATAR and competitively ranked for selection. You may sit the STAT multiple choice if you: are 19 years of age or over as of 1 January in the year in which you will start your studies and have not been enrolled in secondary studies for at least two years and have no prior secondary school (Year 12), VET studies, HE studies or relevant work experience that can be considered for entry, or these do not meet the minimum academic requirements for the course. Your STAT results are valid for two years prior to the commencement of your study and can also be used for meeting Year 12 English prerequisite. You are still required to meet all other course prerequisites or equivalents. Learn more about the STAT and STAT results . Regional Adjustment RMIT automatically allocates adjustment factors to applicants from a low socio-economic status area for all certificate IV, diploma, advanced diploma, associate degree and degree level courses that select primarily on ATAR. Low socio-economic status areas are determined by applying the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Socio-Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Education and Occupation. Educational outcomes considered for selection Successful completion of the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) (or equivalent qualification). Alternate ways to meet Year 12 English prerequisite If you do not meet the stated Year 12 English prerequisite, please refer to RMIT's minimum English language requirement for alternate ways to meet this requirement. SEAS (Special Entry Access Scheme) Applicants who have experienced educational disadvantage are encouraged to apply for the Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS). Depending on eligibility and your circumstances, a SEAS application may provide support for your course application. For further information go to RMIT University SEAS information and the RMIT University website Applicants with Higher Education study VTAC Personal Statement If you have been excluded from a course or institution for any reason you are required to submit a personal statement outlining the reason for exclusion and strategies you will adopt to ensure success in the future. You can complete and submit the VTAC personal statement via your online VTAC account. Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) You may satisfy the academic requirements by completing the STAT multiple choice. Your overall score will be converted to an equivalent ATAR and competitively ranked for selection. You may sit the STAT multiple choice if you: are 19 years of age or over as of 1 January in the year in which you will start your studies and have not been enrolled in secondary studies for at least two years and have no prior secondary school (Year 12), VET studies, HE studies or relevant work experience that can be considered for entry, or these do not meet the minimum academic requirements for the course. Your STAT results are valid for two years prior to the commencement of your study and can also be used for meeting Year 12 English prerequisite. You are still required to meet all other course prerequisites or equivalents. Learn more about the STAT and STAT results . Educational outcomes considered for selection Successful completion of the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) (or equivalent qualification). Alternate ways to meet Year 12 English prerequisite If you do not meet the stated Year 12 English prerequisite, please refer to RMIT's minimum English language requirement for alternate ways to meet this requirement. SEAS (Special Entry Access Scheme) Applicants who have experienced educational disadvantage are encouraged to apply for the Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS). Depending on eligibility and your circumstances, a SEAS application may provide support for your course application. For further information go to RMIT University SEAS information and the RMIT University website Applicants with VET study VTAC Personal Statement If you have been excluded from a course or institution for any reason you are required to submit a personal statement outlining the reason for exclusion and strategies you will adopt to ensure success in the future. You can complete and submit the VTAC personal statement via your online VTAC account. Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) You may satisfy the academic requirements by completing the STAT multiple choice. Your overall score will be converted to an equivalent ATAR and competitively ranked for selection. You may sit the STAT multiple choice if you: are 19 years of age or over as of 1 January in the year in which you will start your studies and have not been enrolled in secondary studies for at least two years and have no prior secondary school (Year 12), VET studies, HE studies or relevant work experience that can be considered for entry, or these do not meet the minimum academic requirements for the course. Your STAT results are valid for two years prior to the commencement of your study and can also be used for meeting Year 12 English prerequisite. You are still required to meet all other course prerequisites or equivalents. Learn more about the STAT and STAT results . Educational outcomes considered for selection Successful completion of the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) (or equivalent qualification). Alternate ways to meet Year 12 English prerequisite If you do not meet the stated Year 12 English prerequisite, please refer to RMIT's minimum English language requirement for alternate ways to meet this requirement. SEAS (Special Entry Access Scheme) Applicants who have experienced educational disadvantage are encouraged to apply for the Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS). Depending on eligibility and your circumstances, a SEAS application may provide support for your course application. For further information go to RMIT University SEAS information and the RMIT University website Applicants with work and life experience VTAC Personal Statement If you have been excluded from a course or institution for any reason you are required to submit a personal statement outlining the reason for exclusion and strategies you will adopt to ensure success in the future. You can complete and submit the VTAC personal statement via your online VTAC account. Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) You may satisfy the academic requirements by completing the STAT multiple choice. Your overall score will be converted to an equivalent ATAR and competitively ranked for selection. You may sit the STAT multiple choice if you: are 19 years of age or over as of 1 January in the year in which you will start your studies and have not been enrolled in secondary studies for at least two years and have no prior secondary school (Year 12), VET studies, HE studies or relevant work experience that can be considered for entry, or these do not meet the minimum academic requirements for the course. Your STAT results are valid for two years prior to the commencement of your study and can also be used for meeting Year 12 English prerequisite. You are still required to meet all other course prerequisites or equivalents. Learn more about the STAT and STAT results . Regional Adjustment RMIT automatically allocates adjustment factors to applicants whose highest qualification is Year 12 and are from a low socio-economic status area, for all certificate IV, diploma, advanced diploma, associate degree and degree level courses that select primarily on ATAR. Low socio-economic status areas are determined by applying the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Socio-Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Education and Occupation. Educational outcomes considered for selection Successful completion of the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) (or equivalent qualification). Alternate ways to meet Year 12 English prerequisite If you do not meet the stated Year 12 English prerequisite, please refer to RMIT's minimum English language requirement for alternate ways to meet this requirement. SEAS (Special Entry Access Scheme) Applicants who have experienced educational disadvantage are encouraged to apply for the Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS). Depending on eligibility and your circumstances, a SEAS application may provide support for your course application. For further information go to RMIT University SEAS information and the RMIT University website
English requirement
IELTS 6.5, no band below 6TOEFL iBT 79, no band below 20PTE Academic 58-64, no band below 50Cambridge C1 Advanced / C2 Proficiency 176-184, no band below 169

If the student's current English result is below the direct-entry requirement, consider the university's recognised English language pathway or ELICOS package. When the student successfully completes the approved pathway at the required level, the university may accept that pathway for English entry without requiring a new IELTS, TOEFL or PTE result. Always confirm exclusions for professional registration courses and the offer conditions.

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Past offer reference

Current-course cases first, supplemented by same-institution scored cases.

Scored cases
Source countriesMalaysia · Brunei Darussalam
Common pathwayBachelor background · Diploma background
Target levelBachelor degree
Offer fieldsDigital Business · Enterprise
1
IndonesiaDiploma background
Bachelor of FashionBachelor degree · Enterprise · Offshore
GPA / 4.0GPA 2.67/4.0lower band · approx. top 30-35%
2
Brunei DarussalamHigh school background
Bachelor of EducationBachelor degree · Primary and Early Childhood Education · Offshore
ib guessIB 35.0/45.0mid band · approx. top 20-25%
3
MalaysiaBachelor background
Bachelor of Professional CommuncationBachelor degree · Public Relations · Offshore
GPA / 4.0GPA 3.95/4.0top band · approx. top 5%
4
MalaysiaFoundation background
Bachelor of NursingBachelor degree · Nursing · Offshore
percentage guessPercentage 71.1%71.10 · mid band · approx. top 25-30%
5
MalaysiaBachelor background
Bachelor of BusinessBachelor degree · Digital Business · Offshore
GPA / 4.0GPA 4.0/4.0top band · approx. top 5%

Campuses & intake dates

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