SoBaT

Graduate Diploma in Business Studies (SoBaT)

Offered by School of Business and Trade,
Graduate Diploma in Business Studies (SoBaT)

This level 6 Graduate Diploma in Business Studies is designed to prepare students who wish to pursue careers in business at management level.

This programme requires completion of the following eight compulsory courses of five credits each.

  1. International Finance
  2. Social Problems
  3. Advertising
  4. Public Relations
  5. Human Resource Management
  6. Project Management
  7. Sustainable Business
  8. Global Strategy
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