Postgraduate UND-LDR-MAS-2024
Master of Leadership
Contemporary management skills to build and lead a winning team
Get set to deliver effective leadership at work and in your community. This postgraduate business course teaches transferrable and long-lasting management skills. Become an ethical leader with strong planning, negotiation, and transformation abilities.
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Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Study method
100% online
Price
From
$49,950
Total subjects
12
Assessments
100% online
Credit available
Yes
Applications Close
- 07 Apr 24
- 12 May 24
- 07 Jul 24
- 07 Jul 24
The University of Notre Dame Australia is committed to delivering an excellent student experience, alongside a high standard of teaching, research, and training. As a leader in ethical education, Notre Dame aims to develop students’ critical reasoning and their ability to make ethical decisions—crucial skills to progressing their careers and leading purposeful lives. At Notre Dame, students navigate their future with an ethical education online.
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Degree structure
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Degree details
What you'll learn
On completion of this program students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Apply the management skills necessary to lead a team in the business community;
- Apply the management skills necessary to plan and manage a financially sustainable business;
- Create strategies to identify and seize business opportunities through the use of contemporary management theory;
- Apply the skill gained in their area of specialisation in complex national and international scenarios;
- Develop processes and practices needed to meet the regulatory environment under which a business operates;
- Create community and customer engagement strategies;
- Effectively analyse and manage ethical matters;
- Employ critical reflection to encourage on-going learning to maintain and improve professional knowledge and skills;
- Be able to think critically, reason and use judgment in preparation for of their professional practice;
- Use evidence-based research in preparation of professional analysis and advice.
Career opportunities
Student completing a Master of Leadership will be best positioned to take on leadership roles in both their professional careers and their personal lives as members of community organisations. Leadership skills developed in the course are both everlasting and highly transferable between roles, functions and industries.
Entry requirements
Higher education
To be eligible for admission to the Master of Leadership applicants must also meet the following specific requirements.
• A recognised undergraduate degree (or equivalent qualification) plus a minimum of five years’ experience in managerial and/or supervisory and/or leadership roles; OR
• A Graduate Diploma in a business discipline.
Where the applicant does not meet the criteria above, Notre Dame may approve admission to this course if satisfied that
• the applicant has sufficient background and/or experience in management/supervision; and
• the applicant has the skills necessary to complete postgraduate studies.
English Proficiency Requirements
Defined as the successful completion of secondary education or a Bachelor’s degree in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada or the Republic of Ireland.
Students who have English as an Additional language and are admitted on the basis of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) assessment, or an equivalent English language proficiency assessment, are only admitted if they have attained n overall IELTS (or equivalent) score of 6.5, with no individual band score below 6.0.
All English language tests are valid for two years from the date of completion
Credit for previous study or work
Applications for Advanced Standing and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) will be considered and reviewed on a case by case basis by UNDA's Student Administration.
Description
The Master of Leadership is aimed at emerging or current executive level professionals who wish to either further progress their career, or concrete their current position. The program focuses on key knowledge/skills and attributes (both strategic and hands-on) required to successfully lead a dynamic and continually changing commercial environment. Applicants are expected to have a minimum of two years relevant industry experience plus an undergraduate degree (or similar.)
Degree structure details
Recommended Study Pattern
To be eligible for the award of Master of Leadership students must complete a minimum of 300 Units of Credit chosen from the subjects comprising:
225 Units of Credit from nine (9) Compulsory Courses
- PHIL6020 Ethical Issues in Professional Life
- RSCH7002 Scholarly Reading and Writing OR ARTS6000 Literature Review
- BUSN5750 Organisations: Power, Leadership and Transformation
- BUSN5290 Negotiation Skills
- BUSN5600 Strategic Management and Planning
- BUSN5620 Leadership: Theory and Practice
- BUSN5680 Leading Change BUSN5740 Strategic Workforce Issues
- ARTS6001 Professional Project
Plus 75 Units of Credit from three (3) elective Courses
- BUSN5000 Economics for Managers
- BUSN5100 Accounting for Managers
- BUSN5500 Marketing
Award Requirements
To be eligible for the award of Master of Leadership students must complete a minimum of 300 Units of Credit chosen (total 12 subjects).
Exit Points
If a student has completed sufficient courses to meet the requirements of the Graduate Certificate in Business or the Graduate Diploma in Business, they may transfer to that award and immediately apply for graduation with that award.
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