MBA

Credit points

160

Minimum duration

2 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

  • Brisbane
  • Melbourne
  • North Sydney

Note:

*Not offered Brisbane 2026


EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites:

  1. Equivalent of an Australian bachelor’s degree in any discipline (the equivalent of an Australian bachelor's degree in a related discipline will be eligible for up to four units credit); OR
  2. A Graduate Certificate in a related discipline.

International applicants need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admissions Rules.

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2026 Admission.



Completion requirements

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 160 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

  1. 40 cp Business Foundation Units (Part A)
  2. 80 cp Business Specified Units (Part B)
  3. 40 cp Elective units from Business / ACU Postgraduate Units (Part C) or Stream Units, consisting of either:


i. Occupational Health, Safety, and Environment (OHSE) Stream:

  1. 40 cp Specified OHSE units (Part D)


ii. Accounting/ Finance Stream

  1. 40 cp Accounting/ Finance units (Part E)


iii. Information Technology (IT) Stream

  1. 40 cp IT units (Part F)


iv. Research stream

  1. 30 cp Research units (Part G.1)
  2. 10 cp from the relevant discipline listed in Part C, D, E or F related to the research project undertaken for BUSN618.


An applicant who has completed the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration or Graduate Diploma in Business Administration or equivalent may be granted advanced standing.

Exit points

A student who has completed the requirements prescribed for the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration or the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration may exit from the course with the relevant award.


Progression requirements

Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progression through this course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator.

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Schedule of unit offerings

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • ACCT600Accounting for Decision Making10 CP

    Students studying the Accounting Stream are to study ACCT600 instead of BUSN602.

  • BUSN602Money Management10 CP
  • BUSN609Business Communication for the 21st Century10 CP
  • BUSN612Managing Market Environments10 CP
  • MGMT641Organisational Dynamics and Behaviour10 CP


Complete exactly 80 credit points from the following:

  • BAFN602Corporate Finance10 CP
  • BUSN603Corporate Governance and Risk Management10 CP
  • BUSN617Research Methods10 CP
  • ENTR601Entrepreneurship10 CP
  • MGMT605Strategic Management for Sustainability10 CP
  • MGMT638Ethical Leadership10 CP
  • MKTG600Managerial Marketing10 CP
  • STAT600Data Analysis and Interpretation10 CP

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • MGMT621Management of Change10 CP

    General Management

  • MGMT656Global Experience10 CP

    General Management

  • MGMT657Business Consulting Project10 CP

    General Management

  • MGMT658Changing World of Work10 CP

    General Management

  • ACCT601Auditing and Assurance Services10 CP

    Accounting: any four of the following units

  • ACCT602Financial Accounting and Reporting10 CP

    Accounting: any four of the following units

  • ACCT603Accounting for Corporate Structures10 CP

    Accounting: any four of the following units

  • ACCT604Managerial Accounting10 CP

    Accounting: any four of the following units

  • ACCT605Mastering Accounting Information Systems10 CP

    Accounting: any four of the following units

  • BAFN608Financial Planning10 CP

    Finance (North Sydney only)

  • ITEC612Modern Information Technology Infrastructure10 CP

    Information Technology (North Sydney only)

  • ITEC616Systems Analysis and Design10 CP

    Information Technology (North Sydney only)

  • ITEC617Modern Database Management10 CP

    Information Technology (North Sydney only)

  • ITEC619Programming Fundamentals10 CP

    Information Technology (North Sydney only)

  • OHSE601Principles of OHSE Management10 CP

    Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Management (ACU online Terms only)

  • OHSE602Occupational Health, Safety, and Environmental Management Systems10 CP

    Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Management (ACU online Terms only)

  • OHSE603Physical Hazards in Occupational Environments10 CP

    Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Management (ACU online Terms only)

  • OHSE612Occupational Health and Wellbeing10 CP

    Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Management (ACU online Terms only)

Other postgraduate Business/ACU units could be undertaken as electives with prior approval of the MBA Course Coordinator.

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • OHSE601Principles of OHSE Management10 CP
  • OHSE602Occupational Health, Safety, and Environmental Management Systems10 CP
  • OHSE603Physical Hazards in Occupational Environments10 CP
  • OHSE604Occupational Health, Safety, and Environmental Law in Practice10 CP

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • ITEC610Introduction to Data Science with Python10 CP
  • ITEC612Modern Information Technology Infrastructure10 CP
  • ITEC614Cyber Security Concepts10 CP
  • ITEC617Modern Database Management10 CP

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

  • BAFN602Corporate Finance10 CP
  • ACCT602Financial Accounting and Reporting10 CP
  • ACCT604Managerial Accounting10 CP
  • LEGL601Commercial and Corporations Law10 CP

Part G.1 AND ( Part G.2 OR Part G.3 OR Part G.4 )

    Part G.1 : Specified Research Units

    Complete exactly 30 credit points from the following:

  • BUSN618Research Project20 CP
  • MGMT627Project Management10 CP

    • Part G.2 : OHSE Discipline Unit list

    Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • OHSE601Principles of OHSE Management10 CP
  • OHSE602Occupational Health, Safety, and Environmental Management Systems10 CP
  • OHSE603Physical Hazards in Occupational Environments10 CP
  • OHSE604Occupational Health, Safety, and Environmental Law in Practice10 CP

    • Part G.3 : IT Discipline Unit list

    Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • ITEC610Introduction to Data Science with Python10 CP
  • ITEC612Modern Information Technology Infrastructure10 CP
  • ITEC614Cyber Security Concepts10 CP
  • ITEC617Modern Database Management10 CP

    • Part G.4 : Accounting/ Finance Stream

    Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • BAFN602Corporate Finance10 CP
  • ACCT602Financial Accounting and Reporting10 CP
  • ACCT604Managerial Accounting10 CP
  • LEGL601Commercial and Corporations Law10 CP

Course map

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Always check your Course Enrolment Guide before you finalise your enrolment.

Course maps are subject to change.


Commencing Semester 1

  • Business Foundation unitsBUSN609Business Communication for the 21st Century10 cp
  • Business Foundation unitsBUSN612Managing Market Environments10 cp
  • Business Foundation unitsMGMT641Organisational Dynamics and Behaviour10 cp
  • Business Specified UnitsBUSN617Research Methods

    (Inc: MGMT617)

    10 cp
  • Business Foundation unitsACCT600 Accounting for Decision Making ORBusiness Foundation unitsBUSN602 Money Management 10 cp
  • Business Specified UnitsMGMT605Strategic Management for Sustainability10 cp
  • Elective or Stream10 cp
  • Business Specified UnitsSTAT600Data Analysis and Interpretation10 cp

Incompatibles (Inc:) are units similar to this unit. If you have previously passed an Incompatible unit, you are not able to enrol in this unit.

Commencing Semester 2

Incompatibles (Inc:) are units similar to this unit. If you have previously passed an Incompatible unit, you are not able to enrol in this unit.

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