Master of Business
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 Introductory Statistics for Business and Finance
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.
Please note not all courses listed under a specialisation is available in each semester or each year.
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 (Please note this course counts towards the maximum 24 units introductory courses)
- FINM7007 Applied Corporate Finance
- And any two of:
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 or COMP6240 Relational Databases
- INFS7006 Information Systems & Communication Technologies (see note below)
- INFS7007 Information Systems Analysis and Modelling
- And any one of:
Note: INFS7002, INFS7003 and INFS7006 will not be offered from 2013 onwards. The substitute course forINFS7002 is INFS7004 Accounting Information Systems. The substitute course for INFS7006 can be either of the following three:
- COMP6340 Networked Information Systems,
- COMP6390 HCI and Useability Engineering,
- or COMP6470 Special Topics in Computing
Continuing students who need to enrol in COMP coded courses must complete an Application for Enrolment Variation form and submit it to the College Office (Level 2, CBE Building 26C) or email it to info.cbe@anu.edu.au at least two weeks prior to the start date of the course.
International Business Specialisation
- BUSI7019 The Global Business Environment (Please note this course counts towards the maximum 24 units introductory courses)
- 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 (Please note this course counts towards the maximum 24 units introductory courses)
- MGMT7030 Management and Organisations (please note this course counts towards the maximum 24 units introductory courses)
- 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 (Please note this course counts towards the maximum 24 units introductory courses)
- MKTG7003 Financial Services Marketing
- MKTG7023 Services Marketing
- MKTG7024 Government Marketing
- MKTG7027 Marketing Strategy
- MKTG7028 Marketing Communications
- MKTG7035 Global Marketing
- MKTG7050 Consumer Behaviour and Analysis (Please note this course counts towards the maximum 24 units introductory courses)
- MKTG7058 Applied Marketing Research
- STAT6006 Marketing Research Methods
Project Management Specialisation:
Working Rules
Working Rules for this program are available here
The information published on the Study at ANU 2013 website applies to the 2013 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2012 website.
