Gain the skills to manage business success
Make an impact with the expert management skills you need to coordinate successful teams and drive business growth. This specialist degree focuses on managing people and projects, with core courses in strategic planning, supply chain management, decision making and change management.
- Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
- * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2025 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
- Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
- ^First year courses offered at Moreton Bay campus from Semester 1, 2020.
- ^First year courses offered at Moreton Bay campus from Semester 1, 2020.
Make an impact with the expert management skills you need to coordinate successful teams and drive business growth. This specialist degree focuses on managing people and projects, with core courses in strategic planning, supply chain management, decision making and change management.
In this program you will:
- Gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to manage teams in a changing business environment
- Study strategy, business operations, ethics, leadership and entrepreneurship
- Build core business skills in communication, problem solving, marketing and analytics
- Get hands-on experience through a professional internship
Career opportunities:
- Business professional
- Team leader
- Executive manager
- Entrepreneur
- Management consultant
- Change manager
Graduates are eligible to become members of:
- Institute of Management and Leaders
Program structure
Introductory courses (7) 84 units
BUS101 Discovering Management
BUS102 Financial Accounting
BUS104 Business Finance
BUS105 Company Accounting
BUS106 Business Law
BUS108 Law of Business Associations
COR109 Contemporary Accounting Issues
Developing courses (3) 36 units
BUS203 Auditing and Professional Practice
BUS211 Business, Governance and Society
IBS220 Management Accounting
Graduate courses (7) 84 units
BUS306 Taxation Law and Practice
BUS320 Communication and Thought
MGT310 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
MGT325 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
MGT326 Social Work and Human Services Practice
ICT352 Introductory Counselling Skills
HRM311 Foundations of Human Behaviour
Elective courses (7) 84 units
Select 7 elective courses (84 units) from the undergraduate elective course options. Of these electives, 4 (48 units) must be developing or graduate level (200/300 coded).
The School of Business recommends students use these electives to study courses in the following Business discipline areas:
- Accounting
- Business Administration
- Entrepreneurship
- Human Resource Management
- Information Systems
- International Business
- Marketing
- Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 288
Recommended study sequences
- (Sippy Downs) Semester 1 commencement (February)
- (Sippy Downs) Semester 2 commencement (July)
- (SouthBank) Semester 1 commencement (February)
- (SouthBank) Semester 2 commencement (July)
- (Caboolture) Semester 1 commencement (February)
- (Caboolture) Semester 2 commencement (July)
- (Moreton Bay) Semester 1 commencement (February)
- (Moreton Bay) Semester 2 commencement (July)
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 288 units as outlined in the Program Structure
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses
Program notes
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Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 units per semester (normally 4 courses) and following the recommended study sequence
- The unit value of all courses is 12 units unless otherwise specified
- It is each students responsibility to enrol correctly according to your course requisites, program rules, and requirements and be aware of the academic calendar dates
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations. Not all courses will necessarily include all methods
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa
- Refer to the Managing your progression page for help in understanding your program structure, reviewing your progress and planning remaining courses.