This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the 'Faculty information' section of this Handbook by the Faculty of Arts
Description
The Master of Journalism and Master of Business provides a comprehensive introduction to Australian and international business and an entry-level qualification for a professional journalism career, and a mid-career course for working journalists/business people seeking to extend their expertise and refresh the intellectual basis of their practice. It is has a national and international orientation designed to optimise the contribution graduates will make to their professions using a full range of media and business practices and technologies.
Objectives
Graduates of the program will:
- have a strong introductory understanding of Australian and international business
- have strong journalistic research and reporting skills in a range of media technologies and formats
- be equipped with the necessary skills and attributes either to enter professional practice in the news media and business, or for qualified journalists or business people, to extend their existing skills and intellectual understanding of their professional practices
- understand and be able to contribute to the important role of professional and ethical journalism and business in the service of the public
- have an effective understanding of the role of journalism, the media, business and the economy in local, national, regional and global contexts.
Fieldwork
The course involves extensive research and reporting in the field.
Structure
Students complete core and elective units and one of the options outlined at level five. Students who achieve a distinction average in their level four units have the option of undertaking a 24-point research dissertation at level five.
Requirements
Core and elective units
Students complete 72 points as outlined below.
Students complete the following four units (24 points):
plus two of the following units (12 points):
plus three of the following units (18 points):
- GSB9001 Personal development: Critical thinking and communication
- GSB9002 Personal development: Managing self and relationships
- MGX5020 Business ethics in a global environment
- MGX5030 Corporate social responsibility
plus three of the following units (18 points):
- AFF9020 Introduction to risk principles
- AFF9250 Financial management theory
- BTX5541 Corporations law
- BTX9020 Business law
- ECF9530 Economics
- ETX9000 Business and economic statistics
- ETF9121 Data analysis in business
- FIT5157 Services science
- FIT9006 Information technology management
- GSB9004 Accounting for business
- MGX5000 Introductory management research methods
- MGX5870 Organisational and business dynamics
- MGX9600 Managing people and organisations
- MGX9720 Managing organisational change
- MKX5123 Marketing innovation and planning
- MKX5461 Contemporary issues in marketing
- MKF5403 Advanced business research methods
- MKF5463 Advanced buyer behaviour
- MKX5641 Advanced marketing communication
- MKX9550 Marketing and the international consumer
- MKX9610 Supply chain logistics
Level five
Students choose one of the following options (24 points).
Option 1
Students complete the following units (12 points):
- APG5813 Journalism studies project
- APG5814 Journalism professional project
plus 12 points of the following units (12 points):
- APG5425 Perspectives on environmental sustainability
- APG5427 Frontiers in sustainability and environment
- APG5433 Corporate sustainability management
- APG5434 Sustainability measurement
- BTX5040 Legal aspects of corporate social responsibility
- BTX5100 Corporate environmental responsibility
- ETX9520 Quantitative methods for risk analysis
- FIT5092 Electronic Business
- FIT5094 IT for management decision making
- FIT5097 Business intelligence modelling
- FIT5101 Enterprise systems
- FIT5102 IT strategy and governance
- FIT5107 Managing business records
- FIT5157 Services science
- FIT5160 Business process modelling, design and simulation
- FIT9003 Database systems design
- FIT9006 Information technology management
- MBA9010 Supply chain and operations management
- MBA9052 Project management
- MGX5020 Business ethics in a global environment
- MGX9720 Managing organisational change
- MKX5611 Advanced supply chain management
- MKX9610 Supply chain logistics
- MKX9620 Fulfilment and order management
Option 2
- APG5824 Journalism and business research project (24 points), or APG5825 Journalism and business research project (12 points) and APG5826 Journalism and business research project (12 points)
Progression to further studies
Students who undertake the 24 point research project option and achieve at least a distinction are eligible to apply for a higher degree by research.
Alternative exit(s)
Students who have completed studies in either business or journalism to the value of:
- 24 points may apply to exit with a related graduate certificate
- 48 points may apply to exit with a related graduate diploma.
Award(s)
Master of Business
Master of Journalism
