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Master of Business Administration MBA

Fast track your ambitions to become a senior manager and leader.

An MBA is an opportunity to increase and deepen your range of management skills. The program covers the latest trends and influences in business and builds on your skills in critical thinking and analysis.

CRICOS code
066777E
Commence
Semester 1, Semester 2 or Trimester 3
Program length (full-time)
1.5 years (3 Semesters)
Semester tuition fee 2015
A$11,000
Estimated total tuition fee *
A$33,000
Footnotes
  • Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
  • * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2025 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
  • Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
UniSC program code
BU710
Commence
Semester 1, Semester 2 or Trimester 3
Duration
1.5 years full time or equivalent part time
Study mode
on campus, online
Fee type 2015
  • International fee-paying places
  • Postgraduate coursework places
Total courses
12

An MBA is an opportunity to increase and deepen your range of management skills. The program covers the latest trends and influences in business and builds on your skills in critical thinking and analysis.

Learn in a team environment where you and the other program participants share your real life management challenges and how you apply problem solving skills.

Complete eight courses in the fundamentals of accounting, economics, corporate finance, strategic management and marketing. Then choose four courses in topics that interest you including corporate finance, tax law, entrepreneurship, global business management, informatics, research and many others.

Best of all, apply your new skills in your current job and complete the MBA flexibly either on campus or online.

Admission requirements

To be considered for admission candidates would normally be required to:

  1. possess an undergraduate degree from a recognised higher education institution or equivalent *
  2. have at least two years relevant full-time equivalent work or other relevant experience; and
  3. candidates whose first language is other than English must demonstrate an appropriate level of English proficiency. Refer to the English language requirements

* Applicants who do not possess an undergraduate degree but have at least 3 years’ relevant full-time equivalent work or other relevant experience may be admitted to the qualifying Graduate Certificate in Business Administration.

Successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration will qualify the candidate for entry into the MBA for completion of the remaining courses.

Career opportunities

You qualify for high level management roles, such as, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Manager, Senior Project Manager or Account Executive.

Intakes - when to apply

There will be three intakes a year: Semester 1, Semester 2 and Trimester 3.

Program structure

Required courses (8) 

ACC701 Personal Investment Management
BUS702 Contemporary Accounting Issues
BUS703 Auditing and Professional Practice
BUS704 Management Accounting
MGT701 Taxation Law and Practice
MGT703 Communication and Thought
MGT723 Introduction to Economics
MKG701 Introduction to Management

Elective courses (4)

These elective courses can be used to complete a specialisation in one of the following areas:

Select from:

BUS705 Introduction to Marketing
BUS706 Business Analytics
BUS707 Accounting for Business
BUS708 Introduction to Informatics
BUS710 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years
HSM701 Pedagogy and Assessment for Learning
INF701 Investigating the World Around Us
MBA730 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
MGT702 Engaging Diverse Learners
MGT704 Technologies and ICTs: Curriculum and Pedagogy
MGT711 Professional Learning: Facilitating the Learning Environment
MGT712 Teaching Reading and Writing
MGT730 Teaching History and Geography in the Primary School
MGT731 Teaching Arts in the Early Years
MKG721 Teaching HPE in the Early Years
PRM701 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
PRM710 Professional Learning: Developing a Personal Pedagogy
PRM720 Teaching Science in Primary Schools
PRM721 Teaching Health and Physical Education in Primary School

* Please note that the program structure of the MBA and names of courses are subject to change.

Program requirements and notes

Program requirements and notes
  • Students are required to complete 8 required courses plus 4 electives, a total of 12 courses, from the lists below.
  • Some specialisation areas are available as a part-time study option only.
  • 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.

For students who commenced study in this program prior to Study Period 1, 2015:

  • 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.