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Master of Human Resource Management/Master of Business Administration

MHRM/MBA

160 cp

Minimum duration: 2 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at:
Brisbane, Queensland* (*not offered in 2011)
Melbourne, Victoria
Sydney (North Sydney), NSW

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Admission Requirements1

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites:

  1. Bachelor degree in any discipline;
  2. Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management; or
  3. Graduate Certificate in Business Administration.

2. Requirements for Completion of the Degree

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 160 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

  1. 150 cp from Core Units;
  2. 10 cp from Human Resource Management Electives.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Core Units

Unit CodeCredit PointsUnit Name
ACCT600 10 Accounting for Decision Making
BAFN600 10 Finance and Quantitative Methods
BUSN603 10 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
(Pre: 30 cp from units at Masters-level)
ECON600 10 Managerial Economics in a Global Environment
HRMG600 10 Contemporary Issues of HRM
(Pre: 30 cp from units at Masters-level)
HRMG601 10 Human Resource Management
HRMG602 10 International HRM and Diversity
HRMG603 10 Workplace Relations
HRMG604 10 Strategic Human Resource Management
ISYS600 10 Operations and Information Systems
MGMT605 10 Strategic Management for Sustainability
(Pre: 30 cp from units at Masters-level)
MGMT621 10 Management of Change
MGMT638 10 Ethical Leadership in Organisations
MGMT641 10 Organisational Dynamics and Behaviour
MKTG600 10 Marketing Management

Human Resource Management Electives

Unit CodeCredit PointsUnit Name
MGMT627 10 Project Management
MGMT632 10 Spirituality in the Workplace
MGMT637 10 Knowledge Management
MGMT644 10 Cultural Value Based Management


1 A student must also comply with the Admission Rules.

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