Program Overview

This internationally focused, two-year master degree is ideal if you are looking to move into a new career in business.

During your first semester, you’ll study core commerce units that will enhance your employability, including business project management, business analytics and data visualisation, and transformative technologies that impact society and its business practices. These units will help to extend your core knowledge in varied areas of business and STEM, and allow you to network with a wider range of peers.

You’ll then choose a major of your choice to suit your interests and gain knowledge of practices, principle and concepts in that business discipline. You’ll undertake practical learning experiences that give you the ability to solve complex business problems. You’ll also gain knowledge and research skills that you can apply to your particular industry.

Towards the end of your course, you’ll complete a capstone experience, which may include an internship, consultancy experience, research project or study tour. Your capstone experience will grow your business acumen, skill sets, networks and knowledge of industry settings before your graduate.

Note: If you have a bachelor degree relevant to your chosen major, you may be exempt from studying our commerce core units and be able to complete this course after 1.5 years full-time study. If you have a relevant bachelor degree, plus five years relevant work experience, you may be able to complete this course after one year.

What you'll learn

• Apply discipline knowledge to solve complex business problems and achieve innovative business solutions that are valued by industry, government, and community.
• Analyse business problems in ways that demonstrate critical thinking to achieve responsible management decisions that consider international contexts, and diverse stakeholders including local First Peoples.
• Demonstrate digital and cultural competency expected in business management contexts, effectively communicating in ways that professional.
• Demonstrate the professional skills, knowledge and attributes including ethical perspectives needed for a professional career in business.

Major: Finance
This major is a challenging and flexible program that develops global managerial competencies for professionals with financial responsibility. Its curriculum is aligned to the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute’s Candidate Body of Knowledge and can help you successfully pass the CFA’s examinations.

You’ll learn through in-class learning, guided independent research and team projects. You’ll focus on corporate finance, investments, international business, banking and financial modelling.

You'll gain hands-on experience with Refinitiv Eikon trading and analysis software and get familiar with the stock market simulation tool StockTrack. This means you'll have industry standard software, international news services and live securities and commodity prices at your fingertips.

What you'll learn

• Apply finance principles, theory and practice to current issues and trends in relation to financial markets; and extend a knowledge base of finance principles through original research.
• Think creatively, critically and reflectively to generate innovative solutions to complex financial scenarios
• Communicate effectively to clients, staff, professionals, management and industry within the ethical and professional framework of financial institutions; prepare written academic reports and prepare and deliver oral presentations to a professional standard; and expertly use and evaluate appropriate new and established technologies as they apply in financial markets
• Describe and evaluate the impacts of financial markets and instruments in a global system with an understanding of multiple perspectives; apply international standards and practices within a global context
• Show broad understanding of relevant professional and cross cultural communication theoretical concepts; work effectively in multicultural team environments and make positive contributions to class discussions
• Work professionally and ethically both independently and collaboratively, complying with appropriate legislation and protocols