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Off-Campus Learning Guide 2004
Business and Economics

Master of Diplomacy and Trade

Course code: 2643 + Caulfield campus + Normally 1.5 years full-time, three years part-time + Course director: Mr Paul Kalfadellis + Total credit points required: 72 + The overall Master of Diplomacy and Trade sequence is equivalent to 12 six-point units, of which the graduate diploma is a six-unit component + Attendance not required

General course information

The aim of the 12-unit Master of Diplomacy and Trade course is to meet the training and professional development needs of those who are engaged in the formulation of foreign trade and administrative policy advice, as well as the implementation and delivery of programs in these areas. The course provides the opportunity to undertake formal academic study at postgraduate level across a range of disciplines directly relevant to the needs of organisations operating in a global or regional environment. A further important objective is to ensure a solid understanding of key issues on the international political and economic agenda, and an appreciation of their implications for the making of foreign, commercial and trade policy in the government and non-government sectors.

Course structure

Master of Diplomacy and Trade students must complete the following units:
(a) Six core units:

MGX9110 Diplomacy and statecraft
MGX9130 International law and policy
MGF9660 International business theory and practice
MGX5710 The contemporary world
MGX5730 International trade policy
ECF9210 Introduction to international economics

(b) A choice of two of these electives:

MGF9640 Cross cultural communication and negotiation
MGF9500 International management process
MGX9150 Contemporary Asia
MGX9160 Asia-Pacific: regional evolution and great power conflict
MGX9230 Public policy
MGX9270 Public management
MGF5171 International management
MGF5181 International business strategy
MGF5460 Cross cultural communication and negotiations
MGX5461 Contemporary issues in globalisation
MGX5631 International human resource management
MGX5750 International environmental law and policy
MGX5760 International organisations
MGX5770 Business and government
MGX5780 World trade organisation

and
(c) Four electives may be selected from (b) or other graduate units taught by the Department of Management, providing the selection meets overall course objectives and receives course director approval
or
In place of two elective(s), student may study units outside the Department of Management providing the selection meets overall course objectives and receives course director approval
or

In place of four electives students may enrol in MGX5901 Research report (introduction) (12 points) and MGX5900 Research report (12 points): a 20,000-word research report.
Students should complete four 9000-level graduate units before commencing 5000-level units.

Further information

For more detailed information, contact the course administrator, Department of Management, telephone 1800 628 242, fax (03) 9903 2718, email enquiries.mgt@buseco.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/Courses/Mgt/.

Application procedures

Completed applications are to be forwarded to the Student Services Office, Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, PO Box 197, Caulfield East, Victoria 3145, Australia, by 22 November 2003 for semester one and 21 May 2003 for semester two.