Master of Business Administration/Master of Business Law

Course code: 3183 ~ Course abbreviation: MBA/MBL ~ Total credit points required: 120 ~ 2.5 years full-time, 5 years part-time ~ Managing faculty: Business and Economics

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Caulfield)

Course description

This double-degree course aims to provide a broad-based foundation in business and management while providing existing and aspiring managers with the opportunity of developing specialist knowledge and expertise in business law.

Course objectives

The learning goals associated with this course are to: provide managers and aspiring managers with an educational experience that will enable them to become outstanding leaders within organisations; develop knowledge and skills across a broad range of business disciplines to enable students to effectively manage and lead an organisation; develop specific knowledge and skills in business law; further enhance communication, inter-personal, problem solving and critical thinking capabilities; describe theoretical and practical issues in a range of business law areas; analyse legal problems arising in business practice; develop skills in research, interpersonal communications, negotiation, ethical decision-making and analysis in a business law context; critically analyse legal issues of current importance to the business sector and formulate a considered view on the basis of sound research skills.

Course structure

Course requirements

(a) Students must complete 10 core MBA units (60 points) as follows:

• MBA5005 Strategic management
• MBA9002 The legal environment of business
• MBA9003 Economics for managers
• MBA9004 Accounting for business
• MBA9005 Corporate finance
• MBA9006 Marketing
• MBA9007 Business analysis
• MBA9008 Managing and leading people at work
• MBA9010 Supply chain and operations management
• MBA9050 International business

(b) students must complete 10 units (60 points) from the Master of Business Law degree as follows:

(i) six units (36 points) chosen from the following of which at least four must be at 5000-level:

• BTX5000 Corporate governance
• BTX5020 Intellectual property laws
• BTX5030 Comparative corporate law
• BTX5031 Insurance law
• BTX5040 Legal aspects of corporate social responsibility
• BTX5050 Asian business law
• BTX5060 The law of employment
• BTX5070 Labour relations law
• BTX5080 Workplace negotiations
• BTX5100 Corporate environmental responsibility
• BTX5121 Information technology law
• BTX5130 International law and policy
• BTX5131 Advanced banking law
• BTX5150 Competition and marketing law
• BTX5180 Financial services regulation
• BTX5190 International trade law
• BTX5841 Human resources management law
• BTX9190 International trade law
• BTX9541 Corporations law and trusts
• BTX9651 Taxation law
• BTX9760 Risk control and the law

(ii) four elective units (24 points) from 9000-level or 5000-level graduate units subject to the following conditions:

• a maximum of two elective units (12 points) may be taken from other faculties
• a research option is available with permission of the course coordinator. Students enrolling in the research option will be required to complete a Minor Thesis equivalent to between one and four elective units.

Professional Recognition

Details of educational requirements for professional recognition can be found under the Professional Recognition entry in the Faculty of Business and Economics section of the Postgraduate Handbook.

Contact details

MBA programs: telephone +61 3 9903 1166; email: mba@buseco.monash.edu.au

Course coordinator

Associate Professor Peter Reed