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Overview

The Master of Capability Management is a postgraduate award offered by the School of Engineering and Information Technology. It is designed for postgraduate scholars and professional managers with appropriate undergraduate qualifications in management or a related discipline and/or extensive relevant professional experience who wish to gain a more detailed understanding … For more content click the Read More button below. The Capability Management program aims to allow students to develop a high level of understanding of the issues associated with the development and management of capability and capability systems; in particular, the technical and management factors that influence the design, performance, employability, logistic supportability and technical integrity of materiel systems to achieve capability requirements.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Demonstrate an interdisciplinary knowledge and skills and an ability to apply those in a range of contexts.
  • Scholars
  • Professionals
2.
Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and problem solving skills.
  • Scholars
3.
Communicate effectively to a range of audiences and be capable of independent and collaborative inquiry, working effectively with others.
  • Scholars
4.
Demonstrate an awareness of international issues within their field of study.
  • Global Citizens
5.
Demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills with creativity and initiative in new situations in professional practice or for further learning.
  • Leaders
6.
Demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills to plan and execute a substantial research-based project or piece of scholarship.
  • Professionals
7.
Demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills with high level personal autonomy and accountability.
  • Professionals

Graduate Capabilities

For more information on Graduate Capabilities please click on this link

Program Structure
48 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 48 UOC as a standalone program.

1. Core courses - 18 to 24 UOC
2. Prescribed elective courses - 24 to 30 UOC

Core Courses

Students must take at least 18 UOC, up to a maximum of 24 UOC of the following courses.

ZEIT8230
6 UOC
Requirements Practice

Prescribed Electives

Students must take at least 24 UOC, up to a maximum of 30 UOC of the following courses.

ZBUS8101
6 UOC
Strategic Management
ZBUS8105
6 UOC
Finance and Investment Appraisal
ZBUS8203
6 UOC
Change Management
ZBUS8303
6 UOC
Strategic Procurement and Outsourcing
ZEIT8015
6 UOC
Cyber Operations
ZEIT8031
6 UOC
Reliability Engineering Fundamentals
ZEIT8136
6 UOC
Software Project Management
ZEIT8152
6 UOC
Reliability Program Management
ZEIT8205
6 UOC
Fundamentals of Surveillance Technologies
ZEIT8213
6 UOC
Communications and Information Systems
ZEIT8231
6 UOC
Test and Evaluation
ZEIT8302
6 UOC
Project Administration
ZEIT8303
6 UOC
Project Management Body of Knowledge
ZEIT8402
6 UOC
Evidence-based Decision Making
ZEIT8403
6 UOC
Capability Option Analysis
ZEIT8404
6 UOC
Decision Making Analytics
ZEIT8412
6 UOC
Simulation
ZEIT8413
6 UOC
Simulation Applications
ZBUS8310
6 UOC
Commercial Skills in the Public Sector
ZBUS8911
6 UOC
Asset Management
ZBUS8913
6 UOC
Leadership, Change and Innovation
ZEIT8010
6 UOC
Marine Technology
ZEIT8503
6 UOC
Aerospace Vehicle Technologies
ZEIT8704
6 UOC
Vehicles and Mobility
ZINT8301
6 UOC
Lethality and Survivability

Capability and Technology Management College

Courses ZBUS8306, ZBUS8912, ZBUS8310, ZBUS8911, ZBUS8913, ZEIT8010, ZEIT8016, ZEIT8205, ZEIT8213, ZEIT8503, ZEIT8704 and ZINT8301 are only available to Capability and Technology Management College (CTMC) students or other Australian Defence Organisation personnel on approval from the Director, CTMC.

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please note that this Handbook is a comprehensive catalogue of our offerings and includes courses that can be taken to satisfy program requirements irrespective as to their availability for a particular year. Availability of courses is best checked using filters on this site or on the class timetable site.

You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

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Domestic Students
International Student

Program Requirements

Progression Requirements

Recognition of Achievement

Award with Excellence
Current Students Award with Excellence
For more information, please visit the link above.
The Award with Excellence is awarded in coursework masters programs, including Masters (Extension) but with the exception of Masters (Extended) such as JD and MD, when a Weighted Average Mean (WAM) of at least 80% has been achieved and at least 50% of the requirements of the award are completed at UNSW. All eligible programs will award 'with Excellence' except in special circumstances where approval of Academic Board has been given for a program to opt out.

Program Fees

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Domestic Students
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)
International Students

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