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Master of Business Administration

Unit of study table

Master of Business Administration

To qualify for the award of the Master of Business Administration, a candidate must complete 72 credit points of units of study, comprising:
(i) 42 credit points of core units of study
(ii) 24 credit points of elective units of study
(iii) a 6 credit point capstone unit of study

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

To qualify for the award of the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, a candidate must complete 48 credit points of units of study, comprising::
(i) 42 credit points of core units of study
(ii) 6 credit points of elective units of study

Graduate Certificate in Business Administration

Students must complete 24 credit points of core units of study.

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core units of study

SMBA6001
Leadership Practice and Development
6  
SMBA6002
Strategies for Growth
6 C SMBA6001
SMBA6004
Financial Management
6 C SMBA6001
SMBA6005
Critical Analysis and Thought Leadership
6 C SMBA6001
SMBA6007
Managing People and Organisations
6 C SMBA6001
N MMGT6004
SMBA6008
Managing in a Digital World
6 C SMBA6001
SMBA6009
Bus. Transformation through Analytics and AI
6 A The unit assumes some familiarity with basic statistical concepts and some experience in working with data
P SMBA6008
C SMBA6001

Elective units of study

SMBA6003
Data Analytics and Modelling
6 C SMBA6001
SMBA6006
Innovation in Strategic Marketing
6 C SMBA6001
SMBA6105
Business Negotiations and Decision Making
6 C SMBA6001
N IBUS6018
SMBA6108
Leading Project Management
6 C SMBA6001
SMBA6110
Operations Management
6 C SMBA6001
SMBA6111
Coaching and Performance Management
6 C SMBA6001
SMBA6113
Financing Innovation
6 P SMBA6004
C SMBA6001
SMBA6114
Leading Business Innovation
6 C SMBA6001
SMBA6118
International Social Enterprise Project
12 P SMBA6001 and SMBA6002

Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, this unit will be delivered domestically in 2023.
SMBA6121
Business Performance Frameworks
6 P SMBA6002
SMBA6122
Business of Health
6 P SMBA6001
N HPOL5006
SMBA6123
Shared Value and Inclusive Business Models
6 C SMBA6001
SMBA6124
The Physiology of Leadership
6  

Capstone unit of study (MBA only)

SMBA6201
Design-led Strategy: MBA Capstone
6

P SMBA6001