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Master of Operations Research and Management Science (MC-SCIMAN) // Course structure

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Course structure

Students must complete 200 points including:

  • Discipline Core subjects (62.5 points);
  • Discipline Elective subjects (62.5 points);
  • Professional Skills Core subjects (50 points);
  • Professional Skills Elective subjects (25 points).

Subject options

Discipline Core

Students must take:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MAST90014 Optimisation for Industry
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MAST90009
BUSA90470 Cases in Business Modelling Not available in 2017 12.5
MAST90050 Scheduling and Optimisation Not available in 2017 12.5
MAST90051 Mathematics of Risk Not available in 2017 12.5

Discipline Electives

Students must select five of the following subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MGMT90026 Supply Chain Management
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ISYS90036 Enterprise Systems
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
COMP90038 Algorithms and Complexity
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MAST90013 Network Optimisation
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MAST90027 The Practice of Statistics Not available in 2017 12.5
MAST90061
ISYS90086 Data Warehousing
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Professional Skills Core

Students must take:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MAST90045 Systems Modelling and Simulation
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
SKIL90004 Project Management in Science
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

and either two of the following three subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MKTG90004 Marketing Management
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MGMT90140 Management Competencies
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MKTG90037 Managing for Value Creation
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

or both of

Code Name Study period Credit Points
BUSA90403 Business Tools: Money People & Processes
September (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BUSA90471 Business Tools: The Market Environment Not available in 2017 12.5

Professional Skills Electives

Students must select two of the following subjects:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
SCIE90006 Scientists,Communication & the Workplace
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MULT90012 Industry Project in Science Not available in 2017 12.5
ECON90015 Managerial Economics
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
SCIE90012 Science Communication
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MGMT90111 Management and Business Communication
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FNCE90060 Financial Management
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

*Up to two third-year level undergraduate subjects will be allowed as discipline electives to meet prerequisite/assumed knowledge requirements.

Last updated: 30 January 2024