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Postgraduate handbook 2004
Pharmacy

Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Pharmacy Management leading to Master of Business Administration (MBA)

The Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Pharmacy Management are offered by flexible learning. They are designed to equip course participants with the management skills necessary to meet the challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry and profession in areas such as competition, privacy provisions, HR management and GST compliance.

Developed in partnership with the Faculty of Business and Economics, this course provides participants with greater flexibility to exit with a graduate certificate, graduate diploma or continue on a pathway to an MBA.

Admission requirements

A relevant undergraduate degree, or prior qualifications satisfying the entrance requirements for the Monash MBA, plus two years of relevant post-degree work experience.

Minimum English language requirements

Advanced standing

Applicants who have passed units at a postgraduate level at a recognised tertiary institution, deemed by the course director to be equivalent of Monash units, may be granted advanced standing for up to two units towards the graduate certificate/graduate diploma. Applicants intending to seek advanced standing in the MBA program are strongly advised to review the MBA credits policy.

Course structure

Participants may choose to receive an academic award at any of the following exit points. These awards are mutually exclusive, and only one award will be granted to each participant.

All professional track units are by off-campus learning mode. They can be taken as single non-award units with transferable credit points for future award studies.
A limited number of units can be taken as electives beyond the core and professional track units. This will be considered on an individual basis.
Core MBA units are currently face-to-face, with regular weekly day or evening lectures at Caulfield campus.

Professional track units
General management units

* off-campus learning units available to PMP participants as substitutes to core MBA units (MBA9004 and MBA9006).

On transfer to the MBA program, participants will have access to the following MBA core units:

For further information, contact the program coordinator, Centre for Continuing Education, Faculty of Pharmacy, telephone (03) 9903 9017, fax (03) 9903 9521.

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