Course code: 0506 + Course abbreviation: MBus + Caulfield, Clayton, Peninsula and Gippsland campuses + Normally completed in two years (four semesters) of full-time study or four years (eight semesters) of part-time study
The Master of Business is a research degree which has as its principal component a thesis of between 30,000 and 60,000 words in length. The thesis embodies the results of the research project and is examined by external experts in the field. Candidates are expected to develop theses which are of significant interest to the business community, which make a significant contribution to understanding business problems and which are academically rigorous and practically relevant.
Applicants need to have completed a four-year honours degree or an
undergraduate business degree followed by a graduate qualification requiring at
least one further year of study or other qualifications deemed equivalent by
the faculty.
Application forms and further information are available from the faculty
research office, telephone (03) 9905 2483.
The central element of this degree is the writing of a major thesis. Most candidates will also be required to complete a course in research methods and to present a research seminar during the course of candidature. Areas for masters research within the four Caulfield-based departments include the following.
Studies in all areas of financial and management accounting, auditing, corporate finance, investments and accounting information systems, international banking and finance, treasury management and technology, prudential and legal banking regulations, corporate finance and strategic planning for financial institutions.
Studies in areas of banking law, company law, computer law and the law of privacy, contract law, corporate crime, intellectual property and information law, marketing law, money laundering legislation, securities law, stock exchange law, taxation law and trade practices law.
Studies in areas of business statistics, multivariate analysis, pattern recognition, statistical education, statistics of sample surveys and time series analysis.
Students have the opportunity to undertake research in applied microeconomics, economic theory, industrial organisation and the theory of the firm, international economics and the economics of Asia Pacific economies, competition policy and regulation.
Studies in areas of strategic management, general management, international business, international management, organisational behaviour, human resource management, employee and industrial relations, organisational systems and learning, quality management and operations management.
Studies in areas of strategic marketing planning, marketing communication and advertising, marketing research, logistics management, agribusiness, services marketing (including customer services), industrial marketing, retail management and international marketing.
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