C04018v4 Master of Business Administration

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Overview

The MBA (Limited Work Experience) offers students with little or no work experience a head start in their career as a generalist or specialist manager.

The MBA is the most recognised and most transportable postgraduate degree. Students in the MBA know that to realise their full career potential, additional managerial skills and credentials are essential.

A wide range of specialist skills is introduced through a choice of majors and sub-majors. Some subjects in the MBA (Limited Work Experience) program are designed especially to make extensive use of case studies to supplement theory.

Course aims

General management skills develop expertise in strategic thinking; critical analysis; developing and implementing business plans; decision making under uncertainty; understanding organisational dynamics; motivating others; and effective communication. Functional skills develop competency in a number of key disciplines including economics, accounting, finance, marketing and human resources management. Specialist skills are introduced in areas such as corporate finance; banking; corporate accounting; international marketing; operations management; human resource management; management in the public, private and international spheres; tourism, sport, arts and leisure management; engineering management; health management; and information technology.

Additional admission requirements

Applicants require either:

• a Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) overall minimum score of 550, or
• a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.75 out of 4 with less than 10 per cent fail grades.

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Additional recognition of prior learning

Students may be granted a maximum of 10 subject exemptions in the MBA (Limited Work Experience), of which four core subjects may be approved from prior undergraduate study.

Course duration and attendance

The MBA (Limited Work Experience) may be completed in two years of full-time or four years of part-time study. Classes for core subjects are held during the day as well as in the evening.

Course structure

The Master of Business Administration (Limited Work Experience) comprises 96 credit points of study, made up of eight compulsory core subjects (totalling 48 credit points), plus eight elective subjects (totalling 48 credit points).

Electives 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.

Course completion requirements

Course program

The list of core subjects is provided below.

Professional recognition

CPA Australia; Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia; Australian Human Resources Institute

The MBA (Limited Work Experience) with Professional Accounting major meets the formal academic requirements for associate membership of the ICAA and CPA Australia. In order to meet the educational requirements for membership of CPA Australia and the ICAA, students undertaking the Professional Accounting major must also complete an introductory law subject. Students who have not previously completed an undergraduate law subject by examination are permitted to study 79708 Contemporary Business Law in place of 21866 Human Resource Management: Concepts and Applications.

Students completing this degree with a major in Human Resource Management are eligible to apply to the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) for the Professional Member (MAHRI) status.

Other information

Further information is available from the Graduate School of Business on: