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Technology Management - 8007

Program Summary

   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Typical Duration: 1 Years
 
 
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
 
 
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
 
 
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
 
 
Min UOC For Award: 48
 
 
Award(s):
 
 
Master of Technology Management (Specialisation)
 
  

Program Description

The Master of Technology Management is designed for early and mid-career science, engineering, and technology graduates who want to broaden their career pathways that include people management and business.

The degree enables students to continue to specialise in their undergraduate majors while gaining business and management knowledge through business related courses. It connects the demands of our technological society with graduates who can meet those demands both as professionals in their own areas and as managers of the future.

The program is a tri-faculty coursework program involving the Australian School of Business, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science at UNSW.

As an indication of the variety of possible career paths, some graduates of the MTM program have the following roles:
  • Management consultant
  • Business analyst
  • International business adviser
  • Business unit manager
  • Technical support engineer
  • Development analyst
  • Database manager

Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes

The program is designed to enhance technical specialisations and to ensure the study of advanced business and management courses relevant to the demands of technological organisations. It enables students to complement their technology skills with management skills by taking additional coursework in their field of expertise and combining it with management studies. Involvement of postgraduate students from different faculties provides a greater perspective on learning and problem solving.

Three courses can be selected from within a business discipline, thereby enhancing career prospects in these fields
  • Management
  • Information Systems
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • International Business
  • Marketing

Program Structure

The Master of Technology Management is a 1-year coursework program consisting of 8 courses (48 UOC): 3 core courses (18 UOC) plus 5 postgraduate courses (30 UOC) chosen from the Australian School of Business, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science. Students may choose a maximum of 5 courses (30 UOC) - excluding the core courses - from the participating faculties of which no more that 3 courses (18 UOC) may be from any one faculty.

Core Courses

Elective Courses

Academic Rules

Entry to this program requires an undergraduate degree specialising in an engineering, science or technology field.

Fees

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html

Entry Requirements

Please refer to the Australian School of Business website for further detail.

Further Information

Please note that these requirements may be subject to change.

Students are advised to follow requirements according to the year they commenced. Current students are to refer to previous editions of the Online Handbook for program requirements.

Please contact the Business Student Centre for advice.

Business Student Centre
e-mail: pgbusiness@unsw.edu.au
tel: + 61 2 9385 3189
location: Ground Floor, West Wing, Australian School of Business Building

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