MASTER OF MANAGEMENT

MMgmt

120 credit points

Duration                                1.5 years full-time or equivalent part-time

GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT

GradDipMgmt

80 credit points

Duration                                1 year full-time or equivalent part-time

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN MANAGEMENT

GradCertMgmt

40 credit points

Duration                                6 months full-time or equivalent part-time

The revised Master of Management course applies to students commencing from 2004. Students studying under the previous course structure should obtain advice from the relevant School or Course Coordinator.

Available at                           Ballarat Campus VIC (Aquinas)

                                              Melbourne Campus VIC (St Patrick's)

                                              North Sydney Campus NSW (MacKillop)

                                              ACUweb (for continuing students only)

This articulated suite of courses aims to build upon students' undergraduate study and relevant work experience through examination of the key dimensions of management tasks in an environment of rapid change, with the aim of enabling students to:

• understand management processes in organisations in the private and public sectors;
  
• acquire a deeper knowledge of theoretical, conceptual and ethical issues applying to the processes of management;
  
• develop more effective ethical understanding of problems in organisations;
  
• analyse, evaluate, and justify management processes in an changing environment;
  
• develop management skills for use in an employer organisation;
  
• develop research skills for use in employer organisations;
  
• develop useful people skills;
  
• improve their leadership skills;
  
• acquire strategic skills;
  
• develop an international orientation.
  

The course seeks to develop in students a critical evaluation of organisational behaviour, including the ability to understand how the most valuable resources - people, finance and information - can be effectively and ethically managed, as well as developing the capacity to manage change.

Mode of Offering

Ballarat - part-time or full-time. Weekend and/or vacation schools.

Melbourne - part-time or full-time (if demand is sufficient). Units may sometimes be offered in 'block' sessions between semesters.

North Sydney - part-time or full-time (if demand is sufficient). Units may sometimes be offered in 'block' sessions between semesters.

Electronic (on-line) mode, refer to http://www.acuweb.com.au

Admission

New South Wales
Apply to UAC.

'Apply-by-Web' applications are available at UAC. Go to the postgraduate section then click on the Apply-by-Web under Login Access and follow the instructions provided. Application Forms (Form PG) and instructions are also available from the Student Centre or UAC. Applications through UAC do not require academic records as they are available electronically.

Victoria
Application should be made on the Direct Entry Application Form available on the ACU National website, or from the Student Centre. Direct Entry Application Forms, together with any supporting documentation, should be submitted to the ACU National Admissions Section.

ACUweb
Applicants for courses offered in the online study mode must apply and enrol online through ACUweb.

Students may choose to study in mixed mode, ie on-campus and online. A student who is currently enrolled in a course on-campus and who elects to study some online units should not reapply through ACUweb for admission to the same course. However, students must apply through ACUweb to enrol in, and to withdraw from, their online units of study.

Applicants must have the following:

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline and at least 1 year full-time (or equivalent) professional experience.
  

Special Admission

Applicants not meeting the above requirements may apply to the Head of School for special admission. Applicants must demonstrate that their knowledge and skills are such that they are equivalent to the above or demonstrate the likelihood of their success in the course. At the Head of School's discretion, entry to a higher level award (for example, GradDipMgmt, MMgmt) may be made conditional upon successful completion of a lower level award (for example, GradCertMgmt).

Alternatively, at the Head of School's discretion, or according to specific Sub-Faculty articulation agreements, entry into any one of the GradCertMgmt, GradDipMgmt or MMgmt may be made conditional upon an applicant's successful completion of a specified four-unit preliminary program normally comprising relevant advanced undergraduate units. Such units will not subsequently be credited towards a graduate award.

Non-award students need to meet any of the above requirements.

In addition to all of the above, International applicants must also meet the University's English language requirements determined at the time of course approval.

Credit

Students with qualifications in excess of that defined under Admission, may be granted credit up to the maximum allowable by ACU National Academic Regulations for successful completion of equivalent postgraduate level units:

• at Australian universities;
  
• at NOOSR recognised equivalent institutions; OR
  
• for those cases covered by a formal articulation/credit agreement between an external institution and the Sub-Faculty of Business and Informatics.
  

Units undertaken during a student's enrolment in the GradCertMgmt or the GradDipMgmt will be credited towards her/his subsequent enrolment in the MMgmt but will not be included in the calculation of maximum credit limits as described in the preceding paragraph.

No unspecified credit will be granted towards any of the awards covered in this document.

Course Structure

Requirements for Completion of Award

This is an articulated suite of courses with students having flexibility to select their entry and exit points.

For graduates entering the course with a Bachelor's degree and the required professional experience, the following completion requirements apply:

MMgmt: 120 credit points comprising 4 core units (including the foundation unit, the 2 compulsory core units and any 1 of the Resources core units) and 8 elective units, that is, 12 coursework units.
OR
120 credit points comprising 4 core units (including the foundation unit, the 2 compulsory core units and any 1 of the Resources core units) (40cp) and 6 elective units (including Research Methods) (60cp) plus a 20cp research project;
OR
120 credit points comprising 4 core units (including the foundation unit, the 2 compulsory core units and any 1 of the Resources core units) (40cp) and 4 elective units (including Research Methods) (40cp) plus a 40cp research thesis.

GradDipMgmt: 80 credit points comprising the foundation unit and 2 other core units, plus any 5 other coursework units.

GradCertMgmt: 40 credit points comprising the foundation unit plus any 3 other coursework units.

Unit Offerings

Unit offerings will vary subject to student demand and lecturer availability.
Elective units will vary between campuses and from year to year.

Not all electives units will be offered in any one year.

Each unit has a credit point value of 10, unless otherwise stated. Prerequisites are indicated in parentheses.