Program Overview

Diploma of Commerce

The Diploma of Commerce is your stepping stone to a wide range of career options across private and public-sector organisations. Enter directly into the second year of  Bachelor of Commerce (many majors available), Sport Management, Business Analytics, Law, or Property and Real Estate.

You’ll gain all the foundational knowledge to pursue further study in areas like accounting, business law, economics, finance, international business, marketing and management at Deakin University. Completing a degree in one of these fields is a huge advantage to your future career.

Leading to: Bachelor of Commerce
Study Deakin’s Bachelor of Commerce and earn a well-recognised qualification that’s a pathway into the professions. You’ll receive an education that’s relevant to industry via commerce majors accredited to each discipline’s top industry bodies. Plus, you’ll get a taste of professional life and understand what it takes to be job ready in work-integrated learning and experiential learning programs.

A traditional yet contemporary degree, the ‘B Com’ is designed to help you find a professional fit and a passion for a discipline, whether it’s accounting, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, information systems, management or marketing. You’ll have opportunities to develop personally, to hone adaptability, curiosity, imagination, innovation, entrepreneurial thinking and professional confidence, increasing your chance of success and helping you develop your professional capability.

Major: Human Resource Management
Human Resource management, the management of people, is one of the fastest growing fields of professional employment. Human Resource Management (HRM) includes recruitment, selection, training and development, workplace diversity, employee relations, performance and change management, and remuneration. You will also gain invaluable counselling, mediation and negotiation skills that will stand you in good stead in any field you enter in the future.