Graduate Diploma of Business Research

2025 Deakin University Handbook

Year	2025 course information
Deakin course code	M620
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Law
Campus	This course is an exit option only
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8

Course sub-headings

Course overview

The Graduate Diploma of Business Research can only be completed as an exit option from the M820 Master of Research (Business). Students who have successfully completed the first year of M820 and elect not to continue with the second year or who do not qualify to proceed to the second year can exit with the M620 Graduate Diploma of Business (Research). This is comprised of research training coursework units, covering the research thought process, research methods and the current state of theory in your chosen field or discipline.

Course Learning Outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities	Apply advanced theoretical knowledge in a business discipline area and appropriate research principles and methods to undertake a significant piece of original research
Communication	Present original ideas, propositions, and findings and the ways they build on existing bodies of theoretical and applied business knowledge to a range of specialist and nonspecialist audiences
Digital literacy	Apply digital technologies in the process of conducting empirical analysis to address research problems
Critical thinking	Source, critically analyse, synthesise and evaluate complex information, concepts, and theories in ways that add to practical knowledge of business-related issues and possible solutions.
Problem solving	Analyse data, synthesise findings and draw evidence-based conclusions that work to solve significant problems
Self-management	Apply strategies to ensure personal accountability and autonomy in planning and executing a substantial piece of original research in the business field
Teamwork	Contribute to own and others’ learning through asking and answering questions and providing feedback that extends and challenges others’ thinking and skill development
Global citizenship	Address a research problem in an objective and ethical manner

Course rules

To complete the Graduate Diploma of Business Research students must pass 8 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:

DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first study period
4 credit points of core units
2 credit points of research methods elective units
2 credit points of course elective units

Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University’s vocabulary.

Course structure

Core units

MPP821

Fundamentals of Research

MPP822

Research in Practice

MPP823

Research Project ^{^}

^{^}This unit is worth 2 credit points

Course grouped research methods electives

Students must select two credit points of units (one in T1 and one in T2)

Trimester 1:

MMM907

Quantitative Research Methods

MAE900

Applied Econometrics

Trimester 2:

MAF900

Advanced Data Methods

MMM906

Qualitative Research Methods

MMM909

Meta-Analysis Research Methods

Course Grouped Discipline Electives

Students must complete two credit points of units (one in T1 and one in T2). The T2 unit must be in the same discipline stream as the T1 unit as listed below:

Accounting

Trimester 1:

MAA906

Contemporary Issues in Accounting

Trimester 2:

MAA907

Advanced Auditing

MAA908

Advanced Management Accounting

Economics

Trimester 1:

MAE905