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Business programs
Master of Business
The Master of Business is an industry-focused, flexible option in postgraduate studies, and is specifically designed for early career professionals who wish to refine their business skills and advance to the next stage in their career. With a strong emphasis on personal development, corporate governance and social responsibility, and a flexible program structure, students are able to build a personalised business degree, specialising in one of ten areas.
Students may be graduates from other disciplines who wish to develop comprehensive business skills, either to enter the corporate environment or progress to management within their field, or business graduates who seek to develop and extend their skills in a specific discipline.
The program requires completion of six core units of which three are in the areas of personal development and corporate responsibility and three are from among the major business disciplines underpinning the program’s learning outcomes. The six elective units enable students to tailor the course to their needs, with an option of including a designated specialisation in selected areas of contemporary importance. The following specialisations, determined by market demand and reflecting emerging trends, are currently offered:
- Advanced marketing
- Business regulation
- Corporate governance
- Information technology
- Marketing
- Risk management
- Supply chain
- Sustainability
- Taxation law
- Workplace law
This program provides students with:
- An advanced level of attributes in written and oral communication, information literacy, self direction, teamwork, global outlook, moral and social responsibility, curiosity and creativity
- An understanding of contemporary issues within the various disciplines of local and global business
- Knowledge and skills associated with understanding and applying business theory, concepts and practice locally, regionally, internationally and globally
- The capacity to interpret and communicate research findings; and advanced analytical skills.
Research opportunity:
The Master of Business research specialisation is suitable for students wishing to develop and strengthen their research skills. Students considering a research degree are advised to speak to the course coordinator.
Graduate Diploma in Business
The Graduate Diploma in Business in designed for students who wish to extend their knowledge in general business principles and practice. The program is flexible in structure, allowing students to take a number of broad business units, or to take a sequence of units relating to a specific discipline.
Students who successfully complete the Graduate Diploma in Business with a minimum credit average (60 per cent) may be eligible for admission to a masters program in the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Graduate Certificate in Business
This four-unit course may be undertaken as a stand-alone award or as a pathway to a graduate diploma or masters degree. It is designed to enable students to experience an introduction to a variety of business disciplines, or to tailor their unit selection to a specific area of interest.
Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate in Business with a minimum of a credit average (60 per cent) may be eligible for admission to a masters program within the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Executive Certificate in Business
The four-unit executive certificate is designed as an entry point for students who do not have an undergraduate degree. The content of the executive certificate is equivalent to a graduate certificate and students who attain a credit average (60 per cent) may enrol in and graduate with a masters degree on completion of a further eight units (assuming the masters degree is a 12-unit program).
This flexible program may be undertaken on-campus or off-campus and can be completed in one semester of full-time study, or two semesters part-time.
The Executive Certificate in Business will:
- develop analytical skills in the chosen business discipline
- introduce relevant theories that can be applied to real world issues
- enhance your oral and written presentation skills
- provide the foundation for ongoing studies in business.
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