Program Requirements

Students must satisfactorily achieve a minimum pass grade in 48 units of credit to qualify for the degree of Master of Business.

Students who achieve a grade of 70% average over the first 48 units attempted of the Master of Business may transfer to the more advanced Master of Commerce program.

Candidates must complete 48 units, consisting of no more than 24 units comprising introductory courses and at least 24 units of elective courses.

The program may combine intensive mode and semester length courses. Most 6 unit courses are taught in semester length mode.

Introductory Courses (maximum of 24 units)

Introductory courses cover basic business skills. Students who have not previously studied in business-related areas will normally need to study introductory courses to satisfy pre-requisites for elective subjects. Students who satisfy the pre-requisites for the elective studies of their choice are not required to enrol in any introductory level courses.

BUSI7019 The Global Business Environment
BUSN7008 Financial Statements and Reporting
ECON8069 Business Economics
FINM7006 Foundations of Finance
INFS7040 Electronic Commerce for Managers
MGMT7022 Strategic Management
MGMT7030 Management and Organisations
MKTG7001 Marketing
MKTG7050 Consumer Behaviour and Analysis
STAT6006 Marketing Research Methods
STAT6046 Financial Mathematics
STAT7055 Financial Statistics

 

Elective Courses (minimum of 24 units)

Students must complete a minimum of 24 units comprised of non-introductory elective courses. A full list of available elective courses can be found here: http://studyat.anu.edu.au/acad_orgs/587/courses/grad_coursework.html . Other courses offered by the University may be taken with the approval of the program co-ordinator.

 

Students who wish to focus in a particular area of study may choose a sequence of elective courses from within the specialisations listed below.

Accounting and Auditing Specialisation:

Any four of:

• BUSN7005 Contemporary Issues in Accounting
• BUSN7006 Public Sector Accounting and Reporting
• BUSN7049 Corporate Financial Reporting
• BUSN7031 Management Accounting & Cost Analysis
• BUSN7050 Corporate Accounting
• BUSN7054 Auditing and Assurance Services
• INFS7004 Accounting Information Systems

 

Corporate Responsibility Specialisation:

• BUSN7017 Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility, Accountability & Reporting
• BUSN7045 Corporate Governance
• ECON8040 Resource and Environmental Economics
• MGMT7007 Managing for Sustainability
• MGMT7042 Managing Business Ethically OR PAAE8006 Business Ethics

 

Finance Specialisation:

• FINM7006 Foundations of Finance
• FINM7007 Applied Corporate Finance
• And any two of:
  • FINM7008 Applied Investments
  • FINM7041 Applied Derivatives
  • FINM8014 Applied Financial Intermediation and Debt Markets*

Note: Assumed Knowledge to the level of STAT7055 Financial Statistics.

*Students undertaking the Finance specialisation in the Master of Business in 2012 should replace FINM8014 Applied Financial Intermediation and Debt Markets with FINM7044 Appllied Valuation.

Information Systems Specialisation:

• INFS7003 Databases and Information Systems
• INFS7006 Information Systems & Communication Technologies
• INFS7007 Information Systems Analysis and Modelling
• And any one of:
  • INFS7002 E-Business Systems
  • INFS7040 Electronic Commerce for Managers
  • INFS7004 Accounting Information Systems

 

International Business Specialisation

• BUSI7019 The Global Business Environment
• BUSI7001 Managing the Global Supply Chain OR MKTG7035 Global Marketing OR MGMT7065 International Perspectives on Human Resource Management
• BUSI7020 The European Business System OR BUSI7055 Asian Business Systems
• BUSI7033 International Management

 

Management Specialisation:

Any four of:

• MGMT7022 Strategic Management
• MGMT7030 Management and Organisations
• MGMT7065 International Perspectives on Human Resource Management
• MGMT7171 Strategic Human Resource Management
• MGMT7029 Managing Change in Organisations
• MGMT7007 Managing for Sustainability

 

Marketing Specialisation:

Any four of:

• MKTG7001 Marketing
• MKTG7003 Financial Services Marketing
• MKTG7023 Services Marketing
• MKTG7024 Government Marketing
• MKTG7027 Marketing Strategy
• MKTG7028 Marketing Communications
• MKTG7035 Global Marketing
• MKTG7050 Consumer Behaviour and Analysis
• MKTG7058 Applied Marketing Research
• STAT6006 Marketing Research Methods

 

Project Management Specialisation:

• BUSN7024 Project Management Principles
• BUSN8062 Managing Major Projects
• And any two of:
  • BUSN7031 Management Accounting & Cost Analysis
  • ENGN8005 Operations Management 
  • MGMT7169 A Management Framework for Business Projects
  • MGMT7170 Tools and Techniques for Business Project Management
  • MGMT8001 Managing Process Innovation (not offered in 2012)

 

Working Rules

Working Rules for this program are available here

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.