Master of Applied Commerce (Operations Management)

Course 257OL (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Year and Campus: 2010
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Level: Graduate/Postgraduate

Coordinator

Professor Bill Harley

Contact

Graduate School of Business and Economics Student Centre
Level 4, 198 Berkeley Street
Telephone: +61 3 8344 1670
Online Enquiries: http://www.gsbe.unimelb.edu.au/future/unity_forms/contact.html
Web: www.melbournegsm.unimelb.edu.au

Course Overview: This course aims to provide students with a comprehensive grounding in core business areas, with specialist training in operations management.
Objectives: On successful completion of this course, students should have the knowledge, skills, competencies and experience:
  • Across the range of business disciplines with a focus on operations management;
  • Necessary to manage typical production and operations functions;
  • Necessary to manage in a commercial environment with an operations management focus; and
  • In management, production and operations systems and methodologies.
Course Structure & Available Subjects: The Master of Applied Commerce (Operations Management) 16 Subject Program consists of sixteen semester-length subjects comprising two fundamentals subjects, six core business foundation subjects and five management foundation subjects and three elective subjects.
Subject Options:
Two fundamentals subjects: Two Master of Management foundation subjects as approved by the Program Director.

Students who have completed appropriate undergraduate study may be exempted (not credited) from undertaking these fundamentals subjects.


Six business foundation subjects:
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Summer Term, Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50

and ONE of the following two subjects:
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Summer Term, Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50


Five management foundation subjects selected from :
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50

Three additional elective subjects:


Three additional elective subjects selected from the Graduate School of Business and Economics's postgraduate offerings with the permission of the Academic Director of the Program.
Entry Requirements:

An undergraduate degree in any discipline, or equivalent.

Completion of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT)

Personal Statement

Core Participation Requirements:

For the purpose of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this course are articulated in the Course Description, Course Objectives and Generic Skills of this entry.

The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

Graduate Attributes:

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to demonstrate the following attributes and skills:

  • Oral and written communication skills, developed through seminar presentations, and discussion and submission of reports;
  • Application of theories to practice and problem solving, developed through discussion and exercises in seminars and submission of reports;
  • Collaborative team work through preparation of contributions to seminars and assessed reports;
  • Interpretation, analysis and critical thinking skills, developed through exposure to a combination of case studies, examples, exercises and problem solving activities; and
  • Information discovery and retrieval skills from a variety of structured and unstructured sources including the Internet.
Notes:

Please note: The Master of Applied Commerce (Operations Management) is no longer available for entry.

Assessment
Students must pass all sixteen subjects to qualify for the Master of Applied Commerce (Operations Management) 16 Subject Program.

Graduate Diploma in Applied Commerce
Students enrolled in any of Master of Applied Commerce programs who are either unable, or who choose not to continue with their students, may be eligible to exit with a Graduate Diploma in Applied Commerce. Students must have successfully completed four core subjects and four elective subjects, and be in good standing to be eligible to be awarded the Graduate Diploma in Applied Commerce.

Graduate Certificate in Applied Commerce
Students enrolled in any of Master of Applied Commerce programs who are either unable, or who choose not to continue with their studies, may be eligible to exit with a Graduate Certificate in Applied Commerce. Students must have successfully completed three core subjects and one elective subject, and be in good standing to be awarded the Graduate Certificate in Applied Commerce.

Students who are enrolled in the 16 subject streams of any of the Master of Applied Commerce programs must have successfully completed the two fundamentals subjects, in addition to the above requirements to be eligible for the award of the Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate.

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