Master of Business Administration
Chart your path towards business leadership. Become an innovative leader. You’ll study core business subjects including marketing, accounting, and economics.
About the Course
Equip yourself with the skills needed to thrive in your industry and achieve your unique career goals. Our Master of Business Administration (MBA) is all about growth. Scale up your skillset and your earning potential as you are expertly guided through the key steps to exponential growth: strategy, innovation, marketing and management. Harness your entrepreneurial drive with cutting-edge business insight that will allow you to make crucial business decisions with confidence and lead teams to success.
There’s no need to put your career on hold while you study. Our MBA is 100 per cent online, making it the most convenient way to gain an industry-recognised, AACSB accredited master’s degree. Plan your learning around your existing work, family and personal commitments, and study on your terms.
Why Swinburne Online:
- Tailor your master’s: Gain a well-rounded overview of all aspects of business by selecting business electives, or gain expert knowledge in the Project Management or Cybersecurity Management specialist streams.
- Award winning, top-tier MBA: Receive exactly the same globally recognised master’s qualification as Swinburne’s on-campus students. Swinburne University’s MBA has a Tier-1 rating and is in the top Online MBAs in CEO Magazine’s 2022 Global Rankings.
- Multiple entry and exit points: Choose to complete your MBA in as little as 16 months, or tackle your course in bite-sized chunks of four units: graduate certificate (four units), graduate diploma (eight units), then master’s (12 units).
Course Entry Requirements
To gain entry into this course, applicants must have at least one of the following:
- a recognised bachelor’s degree in a related discipline
- a recognised bachelor’s degree in any discipline plus a minimum of two years equivalent full-time relevant experience
- a recognised graduate certificate in a related discipline.*
*Related graduate certificates include Swinburne Online’s Graduate Certificate of Business Administration, Graduate Certificate of Project Management, Graduate Certificate of Cybersecurity and Graduate Certificate of Management. You may be exempt from some units if you have already completed them in your graduate certificate.
If you are applying as an international student, please view the English Language Requirements.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) allows students to gain credit (advanced standing) towards their course in recognition of skills and knowledge gained through work experience, life experience and/or formal training. Applicants are assessed on a case-by-case basis. Speak to a Course Consultant about applying for RPL.
Course Structure
Recommended study pattern
Core Units
Business Strategy (MGT80002)
Economics (ECO80001)
Opportunity Discovery (ENT60006)
Corporate Financial Management (FIN80005)
Behaviour in Organisations (HRM60016)
Marketing Management (MKT60010)
Leadership for Innovation (ORG80008)
Accounting Systems and Reporting (ACC60008)
Business stream. Choose four (4) of the following:
Designing for Change (FST80008)
Strategic Project Management (INF70005)
Operations Management (SCM20001)
Corporations and Contract Law (LAW60003)
Leading Innovation in the Workforce (MGT60044)
Project Management for Innovative Outcomes (PRM60002)
The Risk Management Spectrum (PRM60003)
Leading Complex Projects (PRM70002)
Project Governance and Resource Management (PRM80002)
Governing Technology for Business Environments (INF80042)
All Project Management stream students must complete Strategic Project Management. Choose four (4) of the following:
Project Management for Innovative Outcomes (PRM60002)
The Risk Management Spectrum (PRM60003)
Leading Complex Projects (PRM70002)
Project Governance and Resource Management (PRM80002)
Operations Management (SCM60001)
Strategic Project Management (INF70005).
All Cybersecurity students must complete all four (4) of the following units:
How to Think Like a Hacker: An Anatomy of Cyber Attacks (CYB60001)
Cybersecurity Operations Management (CYB60002)
Cybersecurity Law, Policy and Ethics (CYB60003)
Networks and Cybersecurity Frameworks (CYB60004)
Award requirements
To qualify for the award of Master of Business Administration, students must complete 150 credit points comprising of:
- Nine (9) core units (112.5 credit points)
- Two (2) elective units (25 credit points).
Students admitted based on successful completion of the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma of Business Administration are not required to repeat units completed.
Leadership
Lead a high performance workplace towards success and innovation.
Innovation
Develop entrepreneurial strategies and identify trends to grow a business.
Marketing
Strategically position an organisation in a competitive environment through marketing channels.
Risk Management
Minimise business threats while maintaining an innovative and entrepreneurial culture.
Performance
Evaluate business performance in a range of diverse environments.
