Graduate Diploma in Veterinary Professional Leadership and Management (GD-VPLMGT) // Course structure

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Course structure

Two cohorts of students are able to undertake this course:

  • Students concurrently enrolled in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Melbourne will take 62.5 points of enrolment in this Graduate Diploma, plus 37.5 points cross-credited based on concurrent enrolment in the DVM (Either both of VETS90060 Applications in Animal Health 1 Part A and VETS90061 Applications in Animal Health 1 Part B (37.5 points) or all three of VETS90082 Animal Management and Veterinary Health (12.5 points), VETS20014 Foundations of Animal Health 1 (12.5 points) and VETS20015 Foundations of Animal Health 2 (12.5 points), for a total 100 points.
  • Students not concurrently enrolled in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine will undertake 100 points in this Graduate Diploma.


Individual course structures are listed below for each cohort of students.

Subject options

Students concurrently enrolled in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Students should take the following core subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MGMT90140 Management Competencies
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MGMT90141 Business Analysis and Decision Making
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
AGRI90090 Leadership No longer available

Students should choose one of the following selective core subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MGMT90025 People and Change
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MGMT90015 Human Resource Fundamentals
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Students should choose one of the following elective subjects, or another subject within the Master of Management program as approved by their course coordinator.

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MKTG90037 Managing for Value Creation
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MKTG90007 Customer Experience Management
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Students not concurrently enrolled in the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Students should take the following core subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MGMT90140 Management Competencies
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MGMT90141 Business Analysis and Decision Making
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
AGRI90090 Leadership No longer available
VETS90032 Veterinary Industry Project
Year Long (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
VETS90031 Veterinary Industry Internship
Year Long (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
 25

Students should choose one of the following selective core subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MGMT90025 People and Change
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MGMT90015 Human Resource Fundamentals
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Students should choose one of the following elective subjects, or another subject within the Master of Management program as approved by their course coordinator.

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MKTG90037 Managing for Value Creation
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
 
Code Name Study period Credit Points
MKTG90007 Customer Experience Management
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Last updated: 27 February 2025