3839 - Master of Business Administration/Master of Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management

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

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 corporate environmental and sustainability management; further enhance communication, inter-personal, problem solving and critical thinking capabilities.

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

• 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 (60 points) from the Master of Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management as follows:

(i.) students must complete four units (24 points) as follows:

• BTX4100 Corporate environmental responsibility
• ENV4020 Perspectives on environment and sustainability
• ENV437E Corporate sustainability management
• ENV441E Sustainability measurement

(ii.) students must complete the remaining 36 points of elective units from the following themes:

• business development
• environmental management
• organisational behaviour
• project management
• environment and law
• international development
• international trade
• GYM5460 Minor internship project* (12 points), or GYM5470 Major internship project* (24 points).

*Students intending to undertake am internship project must gain a distinction average or above in MBA/M.CorpEnvSustain core and elective units, or permission of the course coordinator. For students who have not attained a distinction average, an additional 12 or 24 points of coursework electives may be substituted for the final project units.

Details of educational requirements for professional recognition can be found at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/postgrad/bus-06.html

Students wishing to exit the Master of Business Administration and Master of Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management early may apply to graduate with one of the following, provided they have satisfied the requirements for that award:

• Graduate Certificate in Business after successful completion of 24 points of study
• Graduate Diploma in Business Administration after successful completion of 48 points of study
• either of the single masters degrees subject to satisfying the requirements of the single degree.

Master of Business Administration

Master of Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management