Handbook - Business

Overview

The Master of Business is designed for postgraduate scholars and professional managers with appropriate undergraduate qualifications in management or a related discipline and/or extensive relevant professional experience wishing to gain a more advanced understanding of the concepts and principles that underpin effective management, business decision making and leadership in organisations. … For more content click the Read More button below.

Program Structure

Students must complete 48 UOC when taken as a standalone program.

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

Specialisations

Core Courses18 Units of Credit:

Prescribed Electives30 Units of Credit:

Students must complete five courses (30 UOC) from the list below.

Students may, with the approval of the Postgraduate Co-ordinator, complete up to two courses (12 UOC) from other coursework programs of equivalent academic standard.

Organisational Behaviour

ZBUS8103

6 UOC

Strategic Human Resources

ZBUS8105

6 UOC

Finance and Investment Appraisal

ZBUS8108

6 UOC

Accounting for Management Decisions

Public Service Implementation

ZBUS8114

6 UOC

Leadership of Safe and Healthy Work

ZBUS8115

6 UOC

Public Service Performance and Evaluation

ZBUS8116

6 UOC

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

ZBUS8147

6 UOC

The Business of Managing Projects

Finance for Decision-Making

Humanitarian Logistics

ZBUS8210

6 UOC

Critical Analysis in Business

Strategic Procurement and Outsourcing

ZBUS8313

6 UOC

Risk Management in Logistics

Developing Organisational Capability

Cross Cultural Management

ZBUS8320

6 UOC

Strategic Logistics Management

Development Geography

ZPEM8210

6 UOC

Institutional Subjectivity and Ethics

Research Project

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

Minimum Entry Requirements

To gain entry into a Master of Business (8388), an applicant must meet one of the following entry requirements:

1. Completion of a Bachelor degree with honours in the same or a related discipline* from a recognised institution; or

2. Completion of a Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate in the same or a related discipline* from a recognised institution; or

3. Completion of a Bachelor degree in the same or a related discipline* from a recognised institution; and completion of at least three years relevant full-time professional experience; or

4. Completion of a Bachelor degree in a non-related discipline; and completion of at least four years relevant full-time professional experience; or

5. Evidence of other qualifications and professional experience to be assessed as acceptable grounds for admission into the program by the relevant Program Authority. In certain circumstances, students may be required to undertake and successfully complete a relevant non-award course as a condition for admission into the program. This non-award course may also be credited towards the program upon admission.

*Related Discipline/s: Business, Management, Economics, Accounting, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, Human Resource Management, Project Management, Public Policy, Marketing Management, Law.

For more information about admission requirements for various UNSW programs, visit the following website(s):

Domestic Students

International Student

Program Requirements

Progression Requirements

Students who do not complete the full Master program requirements may exit the program with a Graduate Certificate in Business (Code 7366) qualification (24 UOC). Students must have completed four courses (24 UOC) comprising two core courses from ZBUS8101, ZBUS8102, ZBUS8108 or ZBUS8109 and any two other ZBUS8000-coded courses. For any advanced standing granted on entry into the Masters program, a maximum of 12 UOC advanced standing can be applied to the Graduate Certificate. It is still a requirement that the student complete at least one core course at UNSW.

For more information on university policy on progression requirements please visit Academic Progression

Additional Information

Program Fees

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Domestic Students

Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)

International Students

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