Course summary
With a Southern Cross University online MBA, you’ll develop both the business know-how and the practical skills to advance your career or build your own business. You’ll examine contemporary management and develop solutions to complex commercial situations – all through the prism of the fast-paced, ever-evolving global digital economy.
The course is designed to enable you to get the most out of the program while fitting study seamlessly around work, family, and other priorities. It is 100% online. You can begin at one of six times throughout the year, and adjust your workload to suit your schedule. Our personalised, one-on-one support keeps you motivated and ensures you’re getting the education you need.
You study broadly across a comprehensive suite of business disciplines, and take one of our seven specialisations to gain the deep knowledge you need to enhance your professional expertise. You’ll undertake a practical research project in your workplace to reinforce your learning and to apply that learning in a real business environment. Along with specialist industry capabilities, you’ll develop the soft skills employers crave and businesses need – leadership, problem solving and communication.
Four foundation units give you a solid grounding in the basic principles of business and management. If you have a relevant undergraduate degree or work experience, you could receive these as advanced standing and complete the course in two-years while studying part-time. If you want to build the foundations of your business knowledge, take the full course (16 units). You can still graduate in under three years studying part-time.
With a Southern Cross University online MBA, you’ll develop both the business know-how and the practical skills to advance your career or build your own business. You’ll examine contemporary management and develop solutions to complex commercial situations – all through the prism of the fast-paced, ever-evolving global digital economy.
The course is designed to enable you to get the most out of the program while fitting study seamlessly around work, family, and other priorities. It is 100% online. You can begin at one of six times throughout the year, and adjust your workload to suit your schedule. Our personalised, one-on-one support keeps you motivated and ensures you’re getting the education you need.
You study broadly across a comprehensive suite of business disciplines, and take one of our seven specialisations to gain the deep knowledge you need to enhance your professional expertise. You’ll undertake a practical research project in your workplace to reinforce your learning and to apply that learning in a real business environment. Along with specialist industry capabilities, you’ll develop the soft skills employers crave and businesses need – leadership, problem solving and communication.
Four foundation units give you a solid grounding in the basic principles of business and management. If you have a relevant undergraduate degree or work experience, you could receive these as advanced standing and complete the course in two-years while studying part-time. If you want to build the foundations of your business knowledge, take the full course (16 units). You can still graduate in under three years studying part-time.
All students study our eight core units, and all produce an industry research project, situated in their choice of industry. This enables you to apply your new skills to your existing workplace, or test the waters in an industry to which you aspire. You will learn to manage the variables inherent in the workplace, and convert your knowledge into experience.
You will also select a specialisation, which helps you build substantial and specific expertise to complement the general management proficiencies you gain in the core units. Choose from:
- Accounting
- Business in the Asia Pacific Region
- Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
- Financial Management
- Health Services Management
- Information and Knowledge Management
- Managing and Leading People
If you choose, you can replace the specialisation with two elective units to acquire a less specialised but more expansive understanding of leadership and management.
Our four foundation units provide the management basics. Whether you take these units depends on your prior education and experience.
| Graduate Attribute | Course Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| Intellectual rigour | Develop and create effective solutions to complex problems from a discipline area. Critically evaluate, analyse and synthesise a complex issue or theory from a discipline area to arrive at a conclusion/decision with justification. |
| Creativity | Develop and create effective solutions to complex problems from a discipline area. Critically evaluate, analyse and synthesise a complex issue or theory from a discipline area to arrive at a conclusion/decision with justification. |
| Ethical practice | Critically evaluate challenging interpersonal, organisational and governance issues in terms of their ethical implications. Apply discipline based knowledge and skills in situations that require autonomy and a high level of responsible behaviour. |
| Knowledge of a discipline | Demonstrate and apply advanced discipline knowledge and skills in a specialised management area within a global perspective. Apply and integrate research principles and methods to complex management situations. |
| Lifelong learning | Develop and create effective solutions to complex problems from a discipline area. Critically evaluate, analyse and synthesise a complex issue or theory from a discipline area to arrive at a conclusion/decision with justification. |
| Communication and social skills | Prepare and deliver advanced discipline advice, knowledge and ideas orally in a business or public context on complex issues Prepare and deliver advanced written communications of justified advice for a business context and general public on complex issues. Critically analyse leadership research and practice in the management of people and self. Critically reflect on self and team regarding participation and performance. |
| Cultural competence | Demonstrate and apply advanced discipline knowledge and skills in a specialised management area within a global perspective. Apply and integrate research principles and methods to complex management situations. |
Course overview
Course code
1208100
Course abbreviation
MBA
Credit points
192
Equivalent units
16
Duration
2 years full-time; 4 years part-time
Duration
2 years full-time
Availability details
Domestic
| Location | Teaching period | UAC code | QTAC code |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCU Online | Study Period 1 | N/A | N/A |
Fee information
International
| Location | Teaching period | Annual Fees | CRICOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCU Online | Study Period 1 | N/A | N/A |
Course requirements
See the University’s Rules Relating to Awards, in conjunction with the Specific Award Rules listed below.
- To be eligible for the Master of Business Administration with a named specialisation a candidate must complete all units listed in Part A and Part C as well as one (1) specialisation from Part B equal to 48 credit points;
- To be eligible for the Master of Business Administration without a named specialisation a candidate must complete all units listed in Part A and Part C as well as any units from Part B equal to 48 credit points, including Industry Research Project (Online);
- As an alternative to Course Requirement Rule (a), a candidate who has been awarded advanced standing in four (4) units in Part C may complete all units listed in Part A and two (2) specialisations from Part B.
- A candidate, who, while enrolled in the Master of Business Administration, has completed eight (8) units with a minimum of six (6) units from Part A of the Schedule of Units attached to these Rules, may elect to be awarded the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration following withdrawal from candidature for the Master award.
- A candidate who, while enrolled in the Master of Business Administration, has completed four (4) units from Part A of the Schedule of Units attached to these Rules may elect to be awarded the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration following withdrawal from candidature for the Master award.
Schedule of units
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| MNG92210 - Global Business (Online) | Intermediate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MNG91210 - Entrepreneurship and Marketing (Online) | Introductory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ACC93210 - Corporate Governance for Managers (Online) | Advanced | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ACC91210 - Finance for Managers (Online) | Introductory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MNG91211 - The Positive Leader (Online) | Introductory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MNG93211 - Managing Information Systems (Online) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MNG93210 - Strategy and Case Analysis (Online) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MNG91212 - Project Management (Online) | Introductory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ACC81210 - Accounting for Managers (Online) | Introductory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MKT82210 - Marketing (Online) | Intermediate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MNG82210 - Organisational Behaviour (Online) | Introductory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECO82210 - Economics and Quantitative Analysis (Online) | Intermediate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
| Note 1: | Double-weighted unit |