2013POSTGRADUATE COURSEWORK INTERNATIONAL ...

BUSINESS
MASTER OF APPLIED FINANCE
Specialisations: Finance
Duration: 1.5 years
Campus: North Terrace
Indicative Annual Tuition Fee: A$30,500
Intakes: February and July
Prerequisites:
Undergraduate degree with a credit average
Faculty: Professions
Email: pghub@adelaide.edu.au
Websites:
www.business.adelaide.edu.au
www.adelaide.edu/professions/hub
Other information: The Business School offers
a Bridging Program at no extra cost for its new
international students in the two weeks prior to
the start of each semester.
The program is designed to help international
students make the transition into their studies
as smooth as possible and covers teaching
and learning expectations and ways to improve
specific academic skills.
Program overview: This program is designed
to provide analytical tools and new skills in
the field of finance to candidates possessing
undergraduate degrees in finance or
non-finance disciplines.
MASTER OF BUSINESS
MASTER OF BUSINESS (MANAGEMENT)
MASTER OF BUSINESS (STRATEGIC MARKETING)
MASTER OF BUSINESS (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS)
Duration: 6 terms (36 units)
Campus: Online only
Indicative Annual Tuition Fee:
A$30,500 (for 24 units of study)
Intakes: January, April, July, October
Prerequisites/entry criteria: The equivalent
of an Australian Bachelor degree with credit
average. Available to domestic and offshore
international students.
Faculty: Professions
School: Business
Website:
www.business.adelaide.edu.au
www.adelaide.edu.au/professions/hub
Email: onlinehub@adelaide.edu.au
Program overview: The Master of Business
is primarily designed for students from a
background of little or no business study
who wish to gain a solid foundation in
business education (including exposure to
economics, accounting, finance, marketing and
management) as well as specialise in an area
of business expertise (international business,
strategic marketing or management).
Students take six core courses and then have
the opportunity to choose a specialisation:
International Business, Strategic Marketing, or
Management. Students may also choose not to
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It will provide the foundation for a career as an
analyst, consultant or manager in the financial
services sector comprising banks, investment
institutions, capital market dealers, and financial
planning consultancy.
Assessments: Assignments, exam
Likely careers: Financial services analyst,
consultant or manager. Diverse career paths are
found in areas such as investing, treasury, risk
management and corporate restructuring.
Professional accreditation: Provides the
grounding to proceed to the professional
studies of the Chartered Financial Analysts
Institute (CFA).
CORE COURSES
Foundation courses
Accounting Concepts and Methods
Business Communications*
Economic Principles
Principles of Finance
Quantitative Methods
Choose six finance courses, four from the
following Finance core courses list:
Equity Valuation and Analysis
declare a specialisation but undertake six elective
courses instead.
This unique and flexible program has been
created with the future executive in mind. The
Master of Business is designed for students
from all academic backgrounds who wish to
gain a solid foundation in business education
(including exposure to economics, accounting,
finance, marketing and management).
It also allows students the ability to focus on
a specific area of business specialisation
(international business, strategic marketing or
management) that suits their career goals.
For students who have no background in tertiary
business studies, this program provides an
excellent foundation in business skills, necessary
for career progression in many public and
private organisations.
Assessments: Individual and group assignment
work, case studies, interactive activities
Likely careers:
Management: Middle and upper management
roles, team leader, coordinator, business
development manager,
Strategic Marketing: Marketing planner,
sales manager, brand marketer, product and
advertising manager, retail manager, public
relations officer, service manager, market
researcher, marketing manager.
International Business: Careers in any organisation
that appreciates the impact of the global
Fixed Income Securities
Options, Futures and Risk Management
Portfolio Theory and Management
Plus two from the following Finance
electives list:
Corporate Finance Theory
Corporate Investment and Strategy
Financial Statement Analysis
International Finance
Money, Banking and Financial Markets
Treasury and Financial Risk Management
ELECTIVE COURSES
One elective may be chosen from another
discipline within the Master of Commerce
program. The finance course not already
selected from the six core finance courses
may be included as the elective.
ALSO AVAILABLE
Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance
* Unless exempted, all international students are
required to undertake Business Communications.
economy, either in a multinational corporation, a
government department or an organisation that
imports or exports goods and services.
CORE COURSES
Marketing Principles (M)
Economic Principles (M)
Accounting Essentials for Decision Makers (M)
Business Statistics (M)
People and Organisations (M)
Principles of Finance (M)
ELECTIVE COURSES
Master of Business without specialisation can
select electives across any specialisation plus
three courses additional centre of innovation
courses of: Opportunity Assessment, Managing
Risk, Business & Contract Legal Studies.
Master of Business (Strategic Marketing), Master
of Business (Management), Master of Business
(International Business) are required to undertake
six courses as prescribed in the program rules.
ALSO AVAILABLE
Graduate Diploma in Business
Graduate Certificate in Business