Master of Business Administration with 16 Subjects

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• COVID-19 English language requirements can be found here.

COVID-19 academic entry requirements

• We are doing everything we can to make sure that your education isn’t impacted due to COVID-19. That’s why we will allow you to apply for one of our postgraduate courses if you are in your final semester of study in your undergraduate degree and can demonstrate that completion of your degree is impacted by COVID-19.

To be eligible, you must meet one of the following criteria:

• 3-year undergraduate degrees: You must have completed five out of six semesters of study with an average of at least 53% and you must be able to demonstrate that you have completed all requirements to graduate in 2020.
• 4-year undergraduate degrees: You must have completed seven out of eight semesters of study with an average of at least 53% and you’re expected to complete all requirements before commencing with us.

Please note: not all bachelor degrees are affected by COVID-19, so only students who can demonstrate that their qualification has been affected by COVID-19 can apply with incomplete bachelor degrees. For all other students, the normal entry requirements apply.

Academic entry requirements

• You'll need an Australian bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent bachelor’s degree from another country, to enrol on one of our postgraduate courses.

English language entry requirements

• If you’re applying for a postgraduate degree, you will need to have an Academic minimum overall score of 6.0. More specifically, you will need to have achieved a score of no less than 6.0 in the writing band and no less than 5.5 in all other bands.
• Students wishing to study a Graduate Diploma of Information Technology or a Master of Information Technology at Charles Sturt University Study Centres will need to have an Academic IELTS, obtained within the last two years, with a minimum overall score of 6, and no individual score below 5.5. This means they will no longer be required to score a 6 in the writing band.

Specific entry requirements

• Graduate Diploma of Accounting - An associate degree or a three-year diploma from a section one institution in China
• Graduate Diploma of Commerce - You may receive up to 50% credit for previous studies completed at a postgraduate or equivalent level
• Master of Commerce - You may receive up to 50% credit for previous studies completed at a postgraduate or equivalent level
• MBA - You must complete Professional Development subjects as part of your degree, however you do not need work experience
   

You will study:

• 3 core subjects
• 1 restricted elective (Group A)
• 4 restricted electives (Group B)
• 4 professional development subjects
• 4 specialisation OR restricted electives Set C.

Core subjects

You will study the following core subjects:

• Accounting and Financial Management MBA504
• Business Research MGT598
• International Business MGT530
• Organisational Behaviour HRM552
• Contemporary Management MGT501
• Marketing Management MKT501

Restricted elective subjects (Group A)

Choose one elective subject from the list below:

• Entrepreneurship Project MGT537
• Strategic Management MGT510

Professional development subjects

You must complete the following subjects as well as one additional elective from the restricted elective subjects (Set A, B or C):

• Business Research MGT598
• International Business MGT530 
• Organisational Behaviour HRM552

Restricted elective subjects (Group B)

Choose one elective subject from the list below:

• Business Economics ECO501
• Corporate Finance FIN516
• Human Resource Management HRM502
• Leadership - A Critical Perspective MGT536
• Management of Change MGT540
• Managing for Sustainability MGT583 
• Project Management MGT553
• Project Management ITC505
• Business administration specialisations
• If you choose to complete a specialisation, you will study four subjects within the groups below.
   

Accounting and Finance

Choose four subjects from the list below:

• Corporate Finance FIN516
• Management Accounting for Costs and Control ACC512
• International Financial Management FIN518
• Investment Analysis FIN531
• Financial Markets and Instruments FIN530
• Financial Planning FIN560
   

Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Choose four subjects from the list below:

• Leadership: A Critical Perspective 5 MGT536
• Managing Product & Service Innovation 5 MKT520
• Managing for Sustainability 5 MGT583
• Digital and Social Media Marketing 5 MKT525
• Project Management 5 MGT553
• ITC Project Management 5 ITC505

Human Resource Management

Choose four subjects from the list below:

• Human Resource Management 5 HRM502
• International HRM 5 HRM514
• International Management Behaviour 5 HRM516
• Strategic Human Resource Management 5 HRM528
• HR Development Environment 5 HRM560
   

Information Technology

Choose four subjects from the list below:

• Information Security 5 TC595
• IT Risk Management 5 ITC596
• Cloud Computing 5 ITC561
• Cloud Security and Privacy 5 ITC568
• IT Management issues 5 ITC563
• Internet of Things 5 ITC560
• Telecommunications Management PG 5 ITC540
   

Marketing

Choose four subjects from the list below:

• Consumer Behaviour 5 MKT510
• Managing Product and Service Innovation 5 MKT520
• Digital & Social Media Marketing 5 MKT525
• Global Marketing 5 MKT550
• Integrated Marketing Comms 5 MKT570
   

• Course name: Master of Business Administration (16) 
• No. of subjects: 16
• Duration: 2 years 
• Per subject: $3632
• Per year cost 2021: $29,056