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CM55 - Diploma of Business in the Digital Age

Overview

Course Overview

The Diploma of Business in the Digital Age will provide you with the skills in business and technology that are increasingly needed across a range of industries to support businesses to grow and evolve in a more uncertain environment. Business and technology skills have been identified as a priority. The Federal Government estimates that 87% of jobs across all sectors in Australia require digital literacy, with data and digital skills the fastest-growing emerging skills. To support this, the Diploma of Business in the Digital Age, Advanced Apprenticeship model, has been designed with the input of local businesses and industry stakeholders to address local skills shortages. You will gain a unique and differentiated opportunity from your peers in traditional higher education courses. As an advanced apprentice, you will spend most of your time learning in the workplace and working closely with a supervisor and university staff member who will support you in completing tasks aligned with your role and your business needs. You will undertake problem-based learning and apply the solutions to an authentic workplace problem. You will have the opportunity to gain crucial lifelong learning and transferable generic skills such as critical thinking and problem-solving and learn to apply these skills to a range of employment opportunities and life situations. 

Career Information

The Future of Work advanced apprenticeship program is a work-based program combining higher education with employment to support skills development and upskilling that is tailored to the needs of regional businesses. Skills in business and technology are increasingly needed across a range of industries to support businesses to grow and evolve in a more uncertain environment. Business and technology skills have been identified as a priority. The Federal Government estimates that 87% of jobs across all sectors in Australia require digital literacy, with data and digital skills the fastest-growing emerging skills.

Course Details
Duration 1 years full-time or 2 years part-time
Credit Points that Must be Earned 48
Number of Units Required CQUniversity uses the concept of credits to express the amount of study required for a particular course and individual units. The number of units varies between courses. Units in undergraduate courses normally consist of 6 points of credit or multiples thereof (e.g. 12, 18, 24).
Expected Hours of Study One point of credit is equivalent to an expectation of approximately two hours of student work per week in a term.
Course Type Undergraduate Award
Qualification (post nominal) DipDBusDigAge
AQF Level Level 5: Diploma
Course Fees
Indicative Year - 2024
  • Commonwealth Supported Place – Indicative First Year Fee - $9,665
  • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $21,156
Indicative Year - 2023
  • Commonwealth Supported Place – Indicative First Year Fee - $8,966
  • Domestic Full Fee Paying – Indicative First Year Fee - $19,635

Admission Codes

Domestic Students
Tertiary Admission Centre Codes (TAC) Codes
International Students
CRICOS Codes 		Not Applicable
Where and when can I start?
Units offered internally at the below campuses may be delivered using a combination of face-to-face and video conferencing style teaching.
Units offered via MIX mode are delivered online and require compulsory attendance of site-specific learning activities such as on-campus residential schools, placements and/or work integrated learning. See Course Features tab for further information. Online units are delivered using online resources only.
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The following tables list the courses availabilities by location and term. Directing your pointer over your preferred location will provide further information if this course is not available for the full duration. Please be sure to also check individual unit availability by location and term prior to enrolling.

Domestic Availability

Term 1 - 2026

Online

Term 1 - 2024

Online

Term 2 - 2023

Online
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International Availability

Term 1 - 2026

Sorry, no international availabilities found.

Term 1 - 2024

Sorry, no international availabilities found.

Term 2 - 2023

Sorry, no international availabilities found.
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For any problems regarding admissions availability for the selected course please contact 13 CQUni (13 27 86) or send us an email at http://contactus.cqu.edu.au/
Entry Requirements - What do I need to start?
Entry Scores
Rank Threshold SR 52 | ATAR 52
Academic Requirements

English Language Proficiency Requirements

If you were not born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa or United States of America, you are required to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements set by the University. 

Applicants are required to provide documentation confirming completion of:

  • A secondary qualification (Year 11 and 12, or equivalent), or
  • An Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Certificate IV qualification, or
  • An AQF Diploma level qualification, or
  • Bachelor level qualification study for a period of at least 2 years fulltime with a minimum overall GPA 4.0 

Completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or United States of America, which will meet the English proficiency

If you do not satisfy any of the above, you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores:

  • An International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic) overall band score of at least 6.0 with a minimum 5.5 in each subset; or
  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Requires 75 or better overall and no score less than 17; or
  • Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) - Requires an overall score of 54 with no sub-score less than 46; or
  • An Occupational English Test with Grades A or B only in each of the four components

English test results remain valid for no more than two years between final examination date and the date of commencement of study, and must appear on a single result certificate. 
If you are an international student, additional requirements may apply, please visit international student information for more details. 

Each student will be assessed individually.

Assumed Knowledge

N/A

Security Requirements
No information available at this time
Health Requirements
No information available at this time
Fees and Charges
Course Features

Awards and Accreditation

Interim Awards Not applicable
Exit Awards Not applicable
Accreditation
  • Not applicable

Residential School Requirements

No Residential School for this course.

Practicum/Work Placement

BUSN11018 - Advanced apprenticeship- For the purposes of the Future of Work Program, an advanced apprentice is a person that is enrolled in a higher education course with CQU and has an employment contract with a registered employer.
BUSN11019 - Advanced apprenticeship- For the purposes of the Future of Work Program, an advanced apprentice is a person that is enrolled in a higher education course with CQU and has an employment contract with a registered employer.
BUSN11020 - Advanced apprenticeship- For the purposes of the Future of Work Program, an advanced apprentice is a person that is enrolled in a higher education course with CQU and has an employment contract with a registered employer.
BUSN11021 - Advanced apprenticeship- For the purposes of the Future of Work Program, an advanced apprentice is a person that is enrolled in a higher education course with CQU and has an employment contract with a registered employer.

Previous and Current Enrolments

Year Number of Students
2024 18
2023 16
Inherent Requirements
There are currently no inherent requirements associated with this course.
Core Learning Outcomes
  • 1. Apply effective written and verbal communication skills in a workplace and technology-mediated context
  • 2. Select and apply customer-centric and business improvement principles to practical business problems
  • 3. Explain and appraise key business technology platforms, including cyber security awareness in a workplace and technology context
  • 4. Describe the effective management and implementation of business and ICT systems in a workplace context
  • 5. Interpret industry data collection and usage regulations to enact ethical data management processes
  • 6. Identify automation and automation core learning applications in a business process improvement context.
  Course Learning Outcomes
Australian Qualifications Framework Descriptors 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. KNOWLEDGE Have technical and theoretical knowledge and concepts, with depth in some areas within a field of work and learning
2. SKILLS Have cognitive and communication skills to identify, analyse, synthesise and act on information from a range of sources
3. SKILLS Have cognitive, technical and communication skills to analyse, plan, design and evaluate approaches to unpredictable problems and/or management requirements
4. SKILLS Have specialist technical and creative skills to express ideas and perspectives
5. SKILLS Have communication skills to transfer knowledge and specialised skills to others and demonstrate understanding of knowledge
6. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Demonstrate application with depth in some areas of specialisation, in known or changing contexts
7. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to transfer and apply theoretical concepts and/or technical and/or creative skills in a range of situations
8. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Demonstrate personal responsibility and autonomy in performing complex technical operations with responsibility for own outputs in relation to broad parameters for quantity and quality
9. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Demonstrate initiative and judgement to organise the work of self and others and plan, coordinate and evaluate the work of teams within broad but generally well- defined parameters
10. FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE sufficient to undertake qualifications
11. ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION of knowledge in new or existing disciplines or professional areas drawn from higher education units
12. FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS sufficient to undertake qualifications
13. ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION of skills in new or existing disciplines or professional areas drawn from higher education units
14. Course content drawn from higher education units
KNOWLEDGE Develop an understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and culture in contemporary and historical context using the respectful and appropriate protocols and terminology
Course Structure

In order to complete this course, you must:

  1. Complete the core structure

Core Structure

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Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 48

The program enables you to invest in your current and future workforces through a work-integrated learning model, meaning your employees will not have to leave the workplace for the majority of their learning. In this way, on-the-job work tasks and assessments will contribute to the course requirements and enable your employees to deliver value to your business from day one. Advanced apprenticeships are accessible to a range of cohorts providing flexibility for your business in who you take on or nominate to participate in the program. This includes recent school leavers, mature-aged workers, LGBTQI+ individuals, unemployed individuals looking to enter the industry, and existing employees seeking to upskill or move into new job roles. A number of wrap-around support services will be available to prepare advanced apprentices for the program and to support them throughout the duration of the program. Off-the-job training does not have to include a specific day per week spent on campus. It can be delivered in a way and place that suits your advanced apprentice, your business, and the university, enabling your advanced apprentice to learn the new knowledge, skills and behaviours required. The style and timing of the off-the-job training are varied - it can be a block of time at the beginning of a Term or in line with workplace shifts.

For the purposes of the Future of Work Program, an advanced apprentice is a person that is enrolled in a higher education course with CQUniversity and has an employment contract with a registered employer. This structure enables you to earn and learn at the same time. The advanced apprenticeship model enables new employees to pursue alternative pathways into employment and allows existing employees to upskill and retrain to meet changing job role needs.

 

Students will be required to study the units in a systematic order. It is important to note that full-time students will enrol in 2 units per term.

For Course Planners please refer to the following website http://www.cqu.edu.au/student-life/new-students/planners-and-profiles.

 

 

Year 1 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
BUSN11018 Business Improvement Principles
BUSN11019 Business Systems and Technology
Year 1 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
BUSN11020 Business Law, Ethics and Data
BUSN11021 Business Automation and Improvement Processes
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Computing Requirements

As a student, it is necessary to have access to a computer or equivalent device in order to complete your coursework. You should have a good understanding of technology and the ability to navigate the online environment, which may involve completing online assessments, participating in online forums, and responding to emails. There may be instances where you need to use a computer or equivalent device for in-class tasks or assessments. It is important that you have dependable access to the internet and a computer or equivalent device capable of video conferencing for online classes. Make sure to review your unit profiles to learn about any specific technology requirements for your coursework.