Master of Business Administration

Degree Level Postgraduate

Years

Australian students

Start Date
January
March
June
September

Campus
City West

Duration
1.5 year(s) full-time

Program Code
DMMA

Study as
Full-time or part-time

Fees
$AU 28,800 per 1.0 EFTSL for students enrolled in 2016

Entry requirements
Applicants seeking admission to the program will normally have:

a) A minimum of three (3) years full time management experience (including experience in supervision and financial management) and a recognised university undergraduate degree or equivalent professional qualifications;

or

b) A minimum of seven (7) years full time management experience (including experience in supervision and financial management) and either:

A Graduate Certificate in Business Administration from the University of South Australia with an average of at least Pass Level 1 (55%), or an equivalent qualification from the University of South Australia or from another recognised university;
or
A Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the University of South Australia with an average of at least Pass Level 1 (55%) across at least four courses, or an equivalent qualification from the University of South Australia or from another recognised university.

All applicants are also required to submit two referee reports and a detailed curriculum vitae outlining management experience.

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MBA specialisation areas for 2016 are Finance, Human Resource Management and Marketing.

Aim

The Master of Business Administration provides individuals with the knowledge and skills to advance a career in senior organisational management and leadership.

Qualities developed include strategic thinking, ethical conduct, responsible leadership, evidenced based decision making, an international perspective, the ability to think critically, and the ability to work both collaboratively and with a high level of autonomy and accountability.

Content & Structure

This program comprises 54 units of study, normally completed as 12 courses of 4.5 unit value each, plus a structured Commencement Seminar.

What courses you'll study

Course name	Area and cat no.	Units
COURSES and SEQUENCING:			Rule(s): 1
FIRST:
Strategy and Management Research	BUSS 5424	4.5
THEN - in any order (subject to pre-requisite requirements):
Accounting for Decision Making	BUSS 5247	4.5
Managerial Finance	BUSS 5249	4.5
Structure, People and Change	BUSS 5425	4.5
The Law for Managers	LAWS 5016	4.5
International Business	BUSS 5251	4.5
Strategic Marketing	BUSS 5245	4.5
Ethics, Governance and Sustainability	BUSS 5385	4.5
Responsible Leadership	BUSS 5389	4.5
Elective 1		4.5	Rule(s): 2
Elective 2		4.5	Rule(s): 2
CAPSTONE: one of these 3 options (normally done when all non-elective courses are completed). Please refer to notes attached to these courses.
Strategic Research Project	BUSS 5423	4.5	Rule(s): 4
Business in China Study Tour	BUSS 5415	4.5	Rule(s): 3
International Study Tour	BUSS 5421	4.5	Rule(s): 3

Electives

Course name	Area and cat no.	Units
Specified electives
Topics in Management C	BUSS 5018	4.5
Topics in Management	BUSS 5077	4.5
Entrepreneurship and Innovation	BUSS 5080	4.5
Business Process Improvement	BUSS 5352	4.5
International Study Tour	BUSS 5421	4.5
Company Directors Course	BUSS 5417	4.5
Business in China Study Tour	BUSS 5415	4.5
Business Growth	BUSS 5414	4.5
International Study Tour Project	BUSS 5422	4.5
Contemporary Management Issues A	BUSS 5418	4.5
Contemporary Management Issues B	BUSS 5419	4.5
Contemporary Management Issues C	BUSS 5420	4.5
Business in China Tour Project	BUSS 5416	4.5

Rules & notes

Rules

1. All students are required to attend a structured Commencement Seminar. No grade is awarded for this.

2. Electives are to be chosen from a range of specified elective courses set out in the electives schedule or, subject to Program Director approval, from courses in other postgraduate programs at the University of South Australia or from other recognised higher education institutions.

3. If either of the Business in China or International Study Tour courses are done as a Capstone, they must be taken together with the Strategic Research Project course, in which case the Capstone course will comprise two 4.5 unit courses with the Business in China or International Study Tour course counting as one of the available electives.

4. The capstone course Strategic Research Project can be taken as a single course or in conjunction with either Business in China Study Tour or International Study Tour.

Notes

1. Specialisations are offered in the fields of Finance, Marketing, and Human Resource Management.

2. The Master of Business Administration is designed as a nested program, with credit transfers and articulation pathways from the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration and the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.