Outline
Outline
This internationally-focused two-year master degree is ideal if you are looking to move into a new career in business. You’ll choose a business discipline to suit your interests and gain knowledge of practices, principle and concepts in that area. During the course, you’ll undertake practical learning experiences that give you the ability to solve complex business problems. You’ll also gain knowledge and research skills that you can apply to your particular industry.
Towards the end of your course, you’ll complete a capstone experience. Your capstone may include an internship, consultancy experience, research project or global experience that will grow your network, business acumen and skill sets.
The advanced accounting major is suitable if you have previously completed an undergraduate accounting degree recognised by CPA Australia and want to extend your knowledge. All other disciplines can be studied without having a prior qualification in business or commerce.
Available disciplines:
- Advanced Accounting
- Finance
- Information Systems and Technology
- Marketing
- Professional Accounting
- Supply Chain Management
If you have a relevant bachelor degree, you may be exempt from studying the foundation units and be able to complete this course after 1.5 years full-time study. If you have a bachelor degree, plus five years relevant work experience, you may be able to complete this course after one year.
Please refer to the handbook for additional course overview information.
What you'll learn
- apply appropriate practices, principles and concepts to research and resolve, business issues and problems
- think critically and reflectively about business problems and draw defensible conclusions
- access, evaluate and synthesise information applicable to business issues and problems.
- communicate in ways appropriate to the discipline, audience and purpose
- engage with and appropriately apply a range of technologies useful to business
- engage with reflective practice to take responsibility for one’s own learning and development
- recognise and evaluate the impact of international issues as they relate to business
- apply an ethical approach in dealing with various stakeholders in a culturally diverse business environment
- work independently and collaboratively, using team processes, demonstrating professional behaviour and ethical practices
