Business Studies (Hdip) (1DB1)

This Higher Diploma in Business Studies (DBS) programme is designed to provide you as a non-business graduate with a well-rounded understanding of business. It is a skills conversion graduate programme for individuals who hold a primary degree in another discipline (e.g., Arts, Engineering, Science) and would like to enter into business-related career or progress into a postgraduate business programme. 

Subjects in this course are:-

SEMESTER 1

• Required EC5133: Principles of Economics for Business - 5 Credits 
• Required AY5123: Accounting and Financial Analysis - 5 Credits 
• Required MG524: Management - 5 Credits 
• Required MK204: Marketing Principles - 5 Credits 
• Required AY872: Financial Management I - 5 Credits 
• Required MS873: Management Information Systems I - 5 Credits 

SEMESTER 2

• Optional MG325: Employment Relations - 5 Credits 
• Optional MK341: Brand Management - 5 Credits 
• Optional MK303: Global Marketing - 5 Credits
• Optional MK203: Buyer Behaviour Analysis - 5 Credits 
• Optional LW190: Business Law 1 - 5 Credits 
• Optional AY209: International Financial Reporting I - 5 Credits 
• Optional LW428: European Union Law II - 5 Credits 
• Optional AY874: Accounting For Management Decisions - 5 Credits 
• Optional AY875: Financial Management II - 5 Credits
• Optional MG2101: Entrepreneurial Venture Development - 5 Credits 
• Optional EC2101: Macroeconomics and the Business Environment - 5 Credits 
• Optional MS2100: Cybersecurity - 5 Credits
• Optional MS4101: Implementing Digital Innovation - 5 Credits 
• Optional MS319: Enterprise Systems - 5 Credits 
• Optional MG3102: Work in a Global Context - 5 Credits 
• Required SBE3001: Innovation: Creativity and Enterprise - 5 Credits 
• Optional MS203: Information Systems Management - 5 Credits 
• Optional MS412: Information Systems Innovation - 5 Credits 
• Optional AY206: Financial Accounting I - 5 Credits 
• Optional LW160.DB: Business Law - 5 Credits