MBA (Health)

120 cp

Minimum Duration: 2 years part-time not available full-time.

Course available at:
Brisbane, Queensland
Canberra* (*not offered in 2013)
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 Requirements

An applicant must also comply with the Admission Rules.

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

1. Bachelor degree in a cognate discipline; or
2. A Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (Health), or a Graduate Certificate in Health Administration, or equivalent award
   and
3. A minimum of 3 years’ experience in management or leadership positions in healthcare organisations.

2.   Completion Requirement
2.1 To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 120 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, unless granted advanced standing for up to a maximum of six units;

2.2 Applicants for the MBA (Health) who have completed the ACU Graduate Certificate in Health Administration and wish to transition to the Master of Business Administration (Health) must fulfil the requirement of three years in a management position, and may receive advanced standing for up to four units of the MBA (Health).

2.3 Applicants for the MBA (Health) who have completed the ACU Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Health) and wish to transition to the Master of Business Administration (Health) must fulfil the requirement of three years in a management position, and may receive advanced standing for up to six units of the MBA (Health).

2.4 Applicants for the MBA (Health) who have completed a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in a designated strand (Clinical Education or Clinical Practice) at ACU or another Australian University must fulfil the requirement of three years in a relevant management position, and may receive advanced standing for units completed elsewhere, up to a maximum of four units.

3. Exit Points
A student who has completed the requirements prescribed for the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (Health) or the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Health) may exit from the course with the relevant award.

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 Code	Credit Points	Unit Name
ACCT600	10	Accounting for Decision Making
BAFN600	10	Finance and Quantitative Methods (Pre: ACCT600 Accounting for Decision Making)
HLSC604	10	Quality in Health Care
HLSC605	10	Governance in Health Care
HLSC606	10	Resource Management
HLSC607	10	Policy and Planning in Health Care
ISYS650	10	Health Informatics (eHealth)
MGMT605	10	Strategic Management for Sustainability
MGMT650	10	Managerial Health Economics (Pre: BAFN600 Finance and Quantitative Methods)
MGMT641	10	Organisational Dynamics and Behaviour
MKTG650	10	Social Marketing in Health
OHSE603	10	Risk Management

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