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Master of Business Administration (MC-BA) // Course structure
About this course
Coordinator
Jim Frederickson
Contact
Melbourne Business School
Currently enrolled students:
Degree Program Services
Email: programservices@mbs.edu
Future students:
Admissions Office
200 Leicester Street
Carlton Victoria 3053 Australia
Tel: + 61 3 9349 8200
Email: study@mbs.edu
Course structure
Students can complete the program within twelve months.
Students must complete the core subjects which account for a total of 150 credit points in the full-time MBA program.
MBA students must complete six elective subjects. These electives will be drawn from those listed in the Subject Summary in this Guide. Not all elective subjects are offered each academic year, and the schedule of electives for the following year is usually published in September.
Course structure:
Core subjects: (150 credit points)
BUSA90482 General Management 1 (62.5 credit points)
BUSA90483 General Management 2 (43.75 credit points)
BUSA90227 Operations (12.5 credit points)
BUSA90026 Business Strategy (12.5 credit points)
BUSA90534 Immersive Business Experience (12.5 credit points)
BUSA90533 MBA Capstone (6.25 credit points)
Elective subjects: (75 credit points)
Students select 6 elective subjects from a list of subjects
Subject options
Core Subjects
150 credit points of core subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BUSA90482 | General Management 1 | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
62.5 |
BUSA90483 | General Management 2 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
43.75 |
BUSA90227 | Operations |
April (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90026 | Business Strategy |
April (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90534 | Immersive Business Experience | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90533 | MBA Capstone |
June (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
Electives
75 credit points of elective subjects to be chosen from
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BUSA90042 | Consumer Behaviour | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90053 | Corporate Strategy |
July (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90492 | Financial Analysis and Valuation | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90090 | Financial Institutions | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90491 | Game Theory for Business Strategy | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90248 | Marketing Communications | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90258 | Marketing Research | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90261 | Marketing Strategy | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90270 | Mergers and Acquisitions |
April (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90273 | Negotiations |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
May (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90494 | Performance Metrics | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
BUSA90341 | Supply Chain Management | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90124 | Implementation of Strategy | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90493 | Business Analytics | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90013 | Brand Management |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
June (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90479 | MBA Internship |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
BUSA90523 | Managing Diversity in the Workplace | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90524 | Fintech: Blockchain in the New Economy | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90527 | No longer available | ||
BUSA90074 | Global Business Economics | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90531 | Analytics for Strategic Management | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90519 | Internet Marketing & Electronic Commerce | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
BUSA90458 | Managerial Judgement | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BISY90016 | Predictive Analytics | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90046 | Corporate Finance | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MKTG90039 | Marketing Analytics | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90360 | Business Law | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90167 | Investments | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90172 | Leadership and Change | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90279 | Organisational Change | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90548 | Individual Research Project | Not available in 2023 | 25 |
BUSA90530 | Managing Sustainability for Strat. Adv. |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90549 | Strategic Pricing & Business Insights | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 11 November 2023