Some courses are built on cumulative specialist discipline knowledge. Masters degrees in economics, commerce and business and the PhD degree are for students with an honours degree, or an equivalent postgraduate diploma. The programs involve a mixture of advanced coursework and the preparation of a research thesis. Specialist disciplines available for study include: accounting, banking, economics, econometrics, finance, management and marketing. A number of Commonwealth Government and Monash University scholarships are available to students undertaking research degrees.
The professionally oriented graduate certificates, graduate diplomas and master degrees are aimed at providing skills for improving graduates' capacity in a wide range of business and government positions. For the most part they are available to students with a bachelors degree in any area together with relevant employment experience; special entry is available for some candidates with extensive experience and no degree. Full-time, part-time and distance education study modes are available. The graduate certificates involve one semester of full-time study or equivalent, the graduate diplomas two semesters and the masters four semesters. Areas of study include accounting, agribusiness, banking, business administration, economics, econometrics, international business, industrial and employee relations, management, marketing and tourism management.
Cumulative specialist discipline knowledge courses
These courses build on a three-year bachelors degree with a major in a particular discipline or fourth year level course in the same discipline (honours or graduate diploma or masters preliminary), leading to a masters and a PhD. The emphasis is on knowledge of discipline methodology and its application. Graduates have a tendency to move into academic, government, international agency and large business specialist positions.
Graduate diplomas
Courses with a prerequisite of a three-year bachelors degree with a major in the discipline:
* Clayton - Graduate Diploma in Economics, Graduate Diploma in Commerce, Graduate Diploma in Health Economics and Evaluation, Master of Economics Preliminary
Masters degrees
Courses with a prerequisite of a four-year degree or the equivalent (honours, masters preliminary) with a major in the discipline:
* Caulfield, Peninsula and Gippsland - Master of Business by research
* Clayton - Masters of Economics by coursework and/or research, Master of Commerce by coursework and/or research
Doctor of Philosophy
A course with a prerequisite of a masters degree with a major in the discipline or equivalent:
* All campuses
Professionally oriented and cross-disciplinary knowledge
These courses provide a wide introduction to business and commercial analytical thinking and applications in the early part of study, with a more focused problem area emphasis in the second part of studies.
These courses have a prerequisite of three-year degree in any discipline and, usually, postgraduate commercial experience.
Graduate certificates
* Caulfield and Peninsula - Graduate Certificate in Accounting, Graduate Certificate in Business, Graduate Certificate in Internal Auditing, Graduate Certificate in Management.
* Graduate Certificate of Business (Banking), Graduate Certificate of Business (Tourism Operations)
Graduate diplomas
* Caulfield - Graduate Diploma of Accounting, Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance, Graduate Diploma in Business Management, Graduate Diploma in Financial Management, Graduate Diploma in International Business, Graduate Diploma in Manufacturing Management, Graduate Diploma in Marketing, Graduate Diploma in Taxation
* Clayton - Graduate Diploma in Accounting, Graduate Diploma in Business Administration*, Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (External)*, Graduate Diploma in Industrial and Employee Relations
* Gippsland (all by distance education) - Graduate Diploma of Business (Accounting), Graduate Diploma of Business (Banking), Graduate Diploma of Business (Labour-Management Relations), Graduate Diploma of Business (Management), Graduate Diploma of Business (Tourism Management)
* Peninsula - Graduate Diploma in Accounting, Graduate Diploma in Agribusiness, Graduate Diploma in Logistics Management
Masters degrees
Common first year subjects and then the discipline specialisation as described in brackets in second year:
* Caulfield - Master of Business (Accounting), Master of Business (Agribusiness), Master of Business (Banking and Finance), Master of Business (International Business), Master of Business (Logistics Management), Master of Business (Operations Management), Master of Business (Marketing).
Discipline emphasis
* Caulfield - Master of Banking, Master of Marketing, Master of Organisational Systems+, Master of Practising Accounting, Master of Taxation
* Clayton - Master of Business Administration*, Master of Business Administration (International Business)*, Master of Business Administration (Mt Eliza)*, Master of Business Administration (Technology Management)*, Master of Industrial and Employee Relations, Master of Management, Master of Professional Accounting, Master of Public Policy and Management[12]
Other
Prerequisite of any degree; the program is based on undergraduate subjects:
* Clayton - Graduate Diploma in Economic Studies