Master of Business Administration

UTS course code: C04014
Testamur title: Master of Business Administration
Abbreviation: MBA
Course fee: $2,000 per subject (local); $8,800 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 96

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

UTS course code: C06009
Testamur title: Graduate Diploma in Business Administration
Abbreviation: GradDipBusAdmin
Course fee: $2,000 per subject (local); $8,800 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 48

Graduate Certificate in Business Administration

UTS course code: C11008
Testamur title: Graduate Certificate in Business Administration
Abbreviation: GradCertBusAdmin
Course fee: $2,000 per subject (local); $8,800 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 24

Admission requirements
Course duration
Course structure
Course program
Majors
Sub-majors
Professional recognition
Other information

The Graduate Certificate in Business Administration provides foundation skills used in the general management of a business enterprise for non-graduates who have extensive business experience.

The Graduate Diploma in Business Administration is designed to provide a basis for the development of careers in management for graduates who have not previously undertaken an administrative studies degree course.

The Master of Business Administration provides the knowledge and skills that are essential for superior management performance.

General management skills develop expertise in strategic thinking; critical analysis; developing and implementing plans; decision making under uncertainty; understanding organisational dynamics; motivating others; effective communication; leadership; effectiveness in dynamic environments; and promoting change.

A wide range of specialist skills are introduced through a choice of majors and sub-majors.

Admission requirements

Graduate Certificate in Business Administration

• A degree from a recognised university or other higher education institution and a minimum of at least four years' relevant work experience
or
• Extensive relevant work experience and evidence of a general capacity to undertake tertiary education

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

• A degree from a recognised university or other higher education institution and a minimum of at least four years' relevant work experience
or
• Satisfactory completion of the relevant Graduate Certificate

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

• A degree from a recognised university or other higher education institution and a minimum of at least four years' relevant work experience
or
• Completion of a relevant Graduate Diploma from UTS or other recognised higher education institution
or
• Completion of a relevant Graduate Certificate from UTS or other recognised higher education institution, with at least a Credit average

Course duration

The Master of Business Administration is completed in two years of full-time or four years of part-time study.

The Graduate Diploma in Business Administration is completed in one year of full-time or two years of part-time study.

The Graduate Certificate in Business Administration is completed in a half-year of full-time or one year of part-time study.

Course structure

The Master of Business Administration comprises 96 credit points – eight compulsory core subjects (48 credit points), plus eight elective subjects (48 credit points). The Graduate Diploma in Business Administration comprises seven of the core MBA subjects, plus one elective. The Graduate Certificate in Business Administration comprises four of the core MBA subjects.

Course program

Footnotes:
1. International students may undertake 21775 Comparative International Employment Relations as an alternative to this subject.
2. In order to meet the educational requirements for membership of CPA Australia and the ICAA, students undertaking the Professional Accounting major in the MBA (C04014) or the MBA (LWE) (C04018) can only apply to substitute the subject 79708 Contemporary Business Law for 21720 Human Resource Management or 21866 Human Resource Management: Concepts and Applications. This substitution is only approved for students who have not previously completed an undergraduate law subject by examination.

Electives

Electives in the Master of Business Administration can be taken in one of three ways: as one major (48 credit points); as two sub-majors (24 credit points each); or as one sub-major (24 credit points) plus 24 credit points of mixed electives from the MBA program. With approval, some subjects can be chosen from other UTS faculties or other universities.

Professional recognition

The MBA with Professional Accounting major meets the formal academic requirements for associate membership of the ICAA and CPA Australia.

Other information

Further course information is available from the Faculty of Business website at:

www.business.uts.edu.au/courses