C04304v1 Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship
Award(s): Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship (MBAEntr)CRICOS code: 087948F
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 72
Course EFTSL: 1.5
Location: City campus
Overview
Course aims
Course intended learning outcomes
Career options
Admission requirements
Credit recognition
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information
Overview
The Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship is designed to provide students with skills, knowledge and networks needed to become entrepreneurs and innovators. The program assists students take business ideas, develop these ideas into product and service offerings, and then design a commercial venture to take the business ideas to market. Students develop knowledge in important areas of entrepreneurship including learning how to commercialise their business ideas, how to seek venture capital financing for their ventures and how to develop commercial business organisations. Students are exposed to the global and local entrepreneurial ecosystem (incubators, accelerators, venture capitalists) and develop networks useful for their entrepreneurship ventures.
Students with business ideas who want to develop their entrepreneurial skills and knowledge benefit from studying this program. The flexible modular structure of the program allows students to take up program in stages while developing and working on their business ideas. Students also have access to non-award based seminars and events with entrepreneurs and other relevant industry practitioners which provide 'reality and rigour' to supplement their classroom study.
Course aims
The course is designed to provide students with entrepreneurial skills and knowledge in a flexible and modular structure which is academically rigorous but also practical to enable the development of the future entrepreneurs of Australia.
Course intended learning outcomes
| 1.1 | Research and synthesise data in order to identify and assess business opportunities |
| 1.2 | Use relevant data and analytical tools to evaluate businesses |
| 2.1 | Demonstrate proficient application of creative thinking and strategic planning |
| 2.2 | Create business ideas using multifacted analytical and creative skills |
| 3.1 | Develop, present and discuss a valid business case in a specific context |
| 3.2 | Demonstrate interpersonal awareness and personal reflexivity |
| 4.1 | Judge different dimensions of ethical and sustainable decision-making to predict outcomes |
| 4.2 | Apply negotiating skills for optimal results |
| 5.1 | Recognise relevant and leading practices of innovation and entrepreneurship |
| 5.2 | Appraise attributes and behaviours for fostering innovation and entrepreneurship |
Career options
The course suits students from business and non-business backgrounds who are interested in entrepreneurship and developing their own business ideas, corporate innovation executives wanting to upgrade their skills and knowledge, and current entrepreneurs who require specific skills and knowledge in entrepreneurship.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
Applicants also require:
- a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.75 out of 4 with less than 10 per cent fail grades, or
- a Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) overall minimum score of 550 with verbal 25, quantitative 35 and AWA 4.0.
Applicants with a Graduate Certificate in Commercialisation, or Entrepreneurship, or New Venture Funding must have completed it with at least a credit average.
An interview process may also be required.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 176-184.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Credit recognition
Recognised prior learning in the course's core online subjects is assessed for credit recognition. No other credits for prior learning are provided.
Course duration and attendance
The course is normally completed in one year of full-time study. However, the flexible modular structure of the program allows students to enter into any of the three graduate certificates at the time of their choosing, provided the core online subjects are completed.
Course structure
The program comprises 72 credit points. The program is structured as three graduate certificates, each comprising 24 credit points. The program has four online core subjects (12 credit points) which have to be completed by students at the first point of entry into the program.
Students also attend and learn from industry practitioners, including entrepreneurs, on the practical aspects of entrepreneurship.
Course completion requirements
| 22910 Accounting for New Ventures | 3cp | |
| 25920 Entrepreneurial Finance | 3cp | |
| 25930 Entrepreneurial Statistics | 3cp | |
| 24910 Entrepreneurial Marketing and Sales | 3cp | |
| 21940 Opportunity Commercialisation | 12cp | |
| 21941 Leadership, Teams and Scalability | 6cp | |
| 21942 Corporate Structures and Intellectual Property | 6cp | |
| 21943 Venture Planning and Pitching | 12cp | |
| 21944 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Practice | 12cp | |
| 21945 Global Entrepreneurship | 12cp | |
| Total | 72cp |
Course program
A typical full-time program is shown below for students commencing in Autumn session.
| Typical program, Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 22910 Accounting for New Ventures | 3cp | |
| 25920 Entrepreneurial Finance | 3cp | |
| 25930 Entrepreneurial Statistics | 3cp | |
| 24910 Entrepreneurial Marketing and Sales | 3cp | |
| 21940 Opportunity Commercialisation | 12cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 21941 Leadership, Teams and Scalability | 6cp | |
| 21942 Corporate Structures and Intellectual Property | 6cp | |
| 21944 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Practice | 12cp | |
| Summer session | ||
| 21943 Venture Planning and Pitching | 12cp | |
| 21945 Global Entrepreneurship | 12cp | |
Articulation with UTS courses
While the Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship is offered as a standalone qualification, it is also part of an articulated program of study comprising the Graduate Certificate in Commercialisation (C11251), the Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship (C11252), the Graduate Certificate in Venture Acceleration (C11253) and the Master of Business Administration Entrepreneurship.
Where a student articulates from one level of study to another, only one testamur is issued.
Other information
Further information is available from the UTS Business School on:
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887)
email business@uts.edu.au
UTS: Business (Postgraduate)
