The Business Administration and Business programs are designed to provide students with a range of analytic, strategic and leadership skills which will prepare them for increasingly competitive careers in business management in the corporate and public sectors. These programs offers a grounding in fundamental business areas such as accounting, finance, organisational behaviour, economics, marketing and management. Analytic and problem solving skills are emphasised through an applied understanding of the theoretical framework within which today's managers must operate, as well as the acquisition of practical skills in teamwork, writing, presentation and time-management. The ability to cope with rapid organisational and technological change is developed through and understanding of organisational behaviour, information systems and organisational change and development.

Program duration is four trimesters full-time or part-time equivalent.

The MBA program consists of twelve courses (120 units). Student are required to complete the eight core courses (80 units) and four directed courses (40 units) which can be chosen from the Directed Business Theory and Practice courses or from one specialisation.

Students can be awarded the degree with a specialisation if they complete 40 units of directed courses from one of the following areas:

• Applied Finance
• eBusiness
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Marketing

A Master degree shall be conferred as an Ordinary Degree, except that, in cases where a candidate has achieved a Grade Point Average of 6.0 or above, the degree will be conferred "With Distinction".

Students completing the business administration programs have career opportunities such as Managerial positions in an extensive range of commercial and public sector organisations. For more career information see: http://newcastle.edu.au//students/degrees-to-careers/