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Master of Management

  • Gain a postgraduate qualification in as little as four months for the Graduate Certificate or eight months for the Masters
  • Develop your competencies in business decision-making
  • Examine ways to manage key issues for businesses, including marketing and organisational behaviour

Program summary

Program title: Master of Management
Award abbreviation: MMgt
Degree type: coursework
Commence: Trimester 1 or Trimester 2
Fee type 2013: New program for 2013
Study mode: on campus; online
Duration: 8 months full-time; 4 years maximum part-time
Total courses: 8
USC program code: BU733
CRICOS code: This program is not available to international students on a Student visa.

Make the decision to become an effective manager now.

Build your competencies in business decision-making; analysis of business problems and situations; written and oral communication; creativity, questioning and investigation; working individually and in teams; adoption of a global outlook; and moral and social responsibility.

Gain an in-depth understanding of general business management principles and their application both locally and globally. Develop specific skills required to succeed in today’s job market and develop the capacity to work as an effective manager within public and private sector organisations regionally, internationally and globally. On completing the Master of Management, you are equipped to apply management and business theory in a modern business situation.

The 4-course Graduate Certificate in Management is an introduction to graduate-level study that enables you to build your competency in four main areas of management. Learn to use accounting, economics and marketing data for informed decision-making and examine ways to manage organisational behaviour.

The Graduate Certificate is ideal if your undergraduate degree is not in business, commerce, management or similar, and you seek an introduction to business and management at the graduate level. It is also an entry pathway if you wish to complete a Master of International Business but do not hold a bachelor degree in business or equivalent.

The 8-course Master of Management is an internationally recognised coursework master degree in business. It provides an alternative to the MBA if you do not have the work experience required for MBA admission. With two entry pathways, the program offers a broad spectrum of business and management courses and encourages you to deepen your knowledge beyond that gained in your previous study.

Admission requirements
  • Either a bachelor's degree in Business, Commerce, Management or equivalent from a recognised higher education institution with a minimum of a GPA of 4 (on a 7 point scale) or equivalent; or
  • the USC Graduate Certificate in Management with a minimum of a GPA of 4 (on a 7 point scale) or equivalent.
Enquiries

Faculty of Arts and Business
Tel: + 61 7 5430 1259
Fax: + 61 7 5430 2859
Email: FABinfo@usc.edu.au

Study Plan

This Study Plan is valid from Study Period 1, 2013.

For students who commenced study in this program prior to Study Period 1, 2013:

  • Find the Student Handbook for the semester in which you commenced.
  • Select the program in which you are enrolled.
  • Scroll down to your relevant Program Structure.
Program requirements and notes
  • Students must complete a minimum of 8 courses including 4 required courses from those listed below.
  • Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa.
  • Online study mode not available to international students on a Student Visa.
Required courses: (4)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
BUS704 Accounting for Business
BUS705 Information Systems in Organisations
MGT702 Business Law
MGT703 Social Media: Content Curation and Creation

Elective courses: (4)

Select 4 courses (48 units) from the list below or select 2 courses (24 units) from the list below and 24 units from any other School of Business postgraduate courses with the express permission of the Program Leader:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ACC506 Creating and Leveraging Digital Products
ACC508 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
ACC511 Fintech Innovations
ACC512 Bringing Data to Life: Creating, curating and protecting data
ACC520 Start-up LaunchLab
ACC610 Organisations in the Digital Age
ACC611 Business, Governance and Society
ACC620 Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Organisations in the Digital Age
ACC621 Communication and Thought
BUS513 Research Foundations
BUS514 Caring for Child, Youth and Family
BUS515 Introductory Bioscience
BUS703 Practice Foundations
BUS703 Health, Culture and Society
BUS706 Anatomy and Physiology
BUS707 Holistic Health Assessment
BUS708 Nursing Practicum 1
BUS710 Cultural Diversity in Nursing and Midwifery
BUS711 Human Pathophysiology
INF701 Drug Therapy
MGT702 Health Alteration
MGT704 Nursing Practicum 2
MGT711 Nursing Practicum 3
MGT712 Health Law and Ethics
MGT721 Acute Health Alteration
MGT722A Challenges to Mental Health
MGT722B Palliative, Rehabilitation and Continuing Care
MGT725 Nursing Practicum 4

TOTAL UNITS 96


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