Masters (Coursework)
This postgraduate degree is designed for professionals aiming to specialise or upskill in commerce, offering majors such as Finance, Marketing, and Sustainable Business Leadership. It includes practical learning experiences and capstone units to enhance employability and industry readiness.
This is an ideal postgraduate degree for professionals who want to specialise or upskill in a particular area of commerce. Business professionals may also be eligible to gain credit for recognised learning (CRL) and gain their master degree in just one year.
This course incorporates Curtin Business School's future-focused 'GRIT' concepts - global, responsible, innovative, and technology-driven - which reflects the skills the World Economic Forum has identified as non-negotiable for the 21st century.
You will study commerce subjects that will broadly enhance your employability - including business project management, business analytics and data visualisation, and transformative technologies that impact society and its business practices. These core units will extend your knowledge in areas of business and STEM, and enable you to network with a wider range of peers.
You'll then focus on a major of your choice from the list below, developing an advanced understanding of that area's principles and practices:
Through practical learning experiences, you will sharpen your ability to solve complex business challenges and acquire valuable research skills to apply to your chosen industry.
Your studies also include several transformative experience and capstone units:
Applicants require a Bachelor Degree or an equivalent qualification in any discipline from a recognised tertiary institution. The Master of Commerce course length can vary between one to two years depending on your prior qualifications and experience, however, students can choose to study the two-year course length despite their prior qualifications or experience, if they desire. For those students that have completed a postgraduate degree in a relevant field and have 5 years of documented work experience in a related role, you can complete a Discipline Master degree in one year.
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If you have a relevant degree and career experience, you may gain CRL, or advance standing, for your Master of Commerce studies and complete the course in just 12 or 18 months (full-time study).
Read our article to learn how CRL can help you to shorten the duration of your studies and gain advice from our program lead, Dr Abhi Singh.
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