Diploma in Business Administration

 

1. Title and Origin:
• Diploma in Business Administration (DBA)
• Awarded by:American Center for Education

 

2. Program Summary:

The BA programs are designed for students who wish to pursue a career in business. It is a combined exposure to communication skills and social sciences with other science subjects. The course prepares students for a wide range of careers in business, government and non-profit organizations.

Candidature Period:

This diploma has a 12 month candidature from the course end date stated on student contract.

 

3. Entry Requirements:

Academic Requirements:

• Scored C6 or above in any three GCE O level subjects, or

• Completed Year 2 of High School or

• Equivalent

Age Requirement:

• Minimum age: 17

English Requirements:

• Pass GCE O Level English or

• TOEFL IBT 54 or IELTS 5.0 or

• Its Equivalent

 

4. Total Course Duration/Instruction Hours:
• Full Time: 6 Months/270 hours, 5 sessions per week x 3 hours; On-the-job training (OJT), 6 months
• Part Time: 9 Months/270 hours, 4 sessions per week x 2 hours

 

5. Mode of Delivery and Intake:
• Delivery: Lectures and Tutorials (Face to face)
• Intake: Mar, May, Jul, Sep and Nov of each year *Note: The course intake months might be adjusted.

 

6. Course Fees:

• Please click here to find out the relevant fee details.

• ACE has Regional Course Fees List for Vietnam and Philippines. Please contact our Course Consultant for the latest Course Fees List.

• Please follow your signed student contract to make the relevant payment.

• Students and parents shall transfer the course fees directly to ACE bank account or make the payment to ACE finance department.

• Students and parents shall pay attention to the risk of paying course fees through recruitment agents or other third parties.

 

7. Course Synopses and Module Description:

Design to help learners to gain multi-disciplinary business acumen and real-world working knowledge by learning how to apply their knowledge in key business issues such as accounting, economics, management, marketing and business statistics.

Modules

1. SENGL 121M: Writing Intensive I

2. SENGL 231M: Writing Intensive II

3. SCOMM 231M: Interpersonal Communication

4. SENGC 1103: Business English Writing

5. SCSTA 116: Business and Professional Communication

6. SECON 100: Modern Economics

7. SPSYC 312M: Research Methods

8. SMATH 115M: College Algebra 9. SMATH 120M: Pre-Calculus

10. SHIS 361M: History of Asian Americans

11. SCOMM 233M: Introduction to Intercultural Communications

12. SMIS 100M: Fundamentals of Information Technology in Organizations

13. SSTAT 201M: Statistics I

14. SECON 201M: Macroeconomics

15. SECON 202M: Microeconomics

16. SACCT 210M: Financial Accounting

17. SSOCI 101M: Introduction to Sociology

18. SREL 304M: Introduction to World Religions

19. SMNGT 480M: International Marketing

20. SPHIL 320M: Business Ethics

21. SPSYC 100M: General Psychology

22. SECON 311M: Economics of the Environment

23. SMNGT 250: Global Business and Society

24. Operations Management

25. Technology and Cyberspace: Ethics and Issues

26. Information Privacy, Security and Continuity

27. Essentials of E-Commerce

28. Personal and Professional Development

29. Strategic Change Management

Internship Module:

30. Internship for Business Administration

 

8. Graduation Requirement
• Pass any 6 modules, and
• Pass an Internship Module (or being replaced by a Final Project with an approval)

 

9. Assessment Methods:
• 45% Assignment (Homework, Quizzes, Group work & etc)
• 25% Mid-Term Examination
• 30% Final Examination

 

10. Lecturers:
Please refer to this page for the relevant lecturers being assigned to the relevant modules.