These courses build from a three-year bachelors major in a particular discipline to fourth-year-level courses in the same discipline (honours or postgraduate diploma), then an honours masters degree 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.
These masters degrees are normally completed in two to three semesters of full-time study or part-time equivalent. Cumulative masters degrees build further on the specific discipline knowledge gained in the relevant postgraduate diploma or honours year. Candidates for admission to cumulative masters degrees require either an honours degree or a postgraduate diploma with an average grade of 70 per cent or above. Candidates for cumulative masters degrees may apply for PhD candidature. In some cases, the candidature may be upgraded without the need to complete the masters degree, provided certain requirements are met.
The Doctor of Business Administration degree is normally
completed in six semesters of full-time study or part-time equivalent.
Candidates for admission to the DBA must have completed a minimum of one unit
in a quantitative area at either graduate or undergraduate level and a degree
or its equivalent, in any field of business administration, with first class
honours or second class honours division A, plus at least two years, preferably
four years professional experience in any field of business administration.
This degree is normally completed in three years of full-time
equivalent study.
Candidates for admission to the PhD require a four-year first class honours
degree with a major in the discipline, or a masters degree with a significant
research component in an approved field, or an equivalent qualification.
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