Course description
Fees and charges
Fee paying place - International (IFP)
A Fee paying place is one for which the university does not receive any government funding. As such, students enrolled in these places are required to contribute the full cost of their course.
Fees for international students apply to persons living in Australia with Temporary Resident status, provided that there is no limitation on study and persons living abroad who are not Australian citizens and do not have Permanent Resident status in Australia.
Equivalent Full Time Student Load (EFTSL)
EFTSL is the standard annual full time load. Eight credit points is the standard full time load for one year of study.
* The 'indicative annual course fee' cited has been provided as a guide only. It has been calculated on the basis of a typical enrolment of a student undertaking the course in 2009, and reflects the cost involved in undertaking a full-time quota of units within the specified discipline.
The actual fees charged by Deakin University will depend upon the discipline from which each individual unit is chosen, and may vary from the indicative course fee cited, particularly if units are chosen from a number of disciplines.
Please note that the fees per unit/credit point may increase annually due to rises in the cost of course delivery and service.
Deakin assumes no responsibility for persons relying on 'indicative course fees' to calculate the total future cost of their course.
Career opportunities
The Doctor of Business Administration will provide students with an advanced understanding of key business disciplines and research methodologies relevant to business and improve professional practice in a range of business disciplines.
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Course rules
The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is a 24 credit point professional doctoral degree taken over three years of full-time study (or part-time equivalent). Students are required to complete eight core coursework units, four core research training units and a core research thesis worth 12 credit points.
Research information
The Doctor of Business Administration is designed for experienced senior managers who wish to develop their analytical, managerial and research skills and hence their ability to operate in business. Through independent study and supervised research it will also enhance students' ability to pursue original research and present the results of that research in an appropriate form. As a professional doctorate, the DBA in its coursework and research components is oriented towards the needs of business professionals and designed to improve professional practice in a range of business disciplines.
Course structure
Stage 1
MPA951 Financial Reporting and Analysis
or
MPT951/MPR951 Financial Reporting and Analysis (Residential) *#
MPE981 Economics for Managers
MPT953/MPF953 Finance #
MPR932/MPK932 Marketing Management *
MPR906/MPM906 Strategic Management *
MPR921/MPM921 Organisational Behaviour *
MPT935/MPM935 International Business Management #
Plus one unit from:
MPC941 IT Strategy and Management
MPR922/MPT922 Human Resource Management *#
MPM922 Human Resource Management
*MPR denotes residential version of unit
#MPT code denotes study tour version of unit
Students precluded from any Stage 1 unit above will be required to choose alternative units from the following list:
MPA911 Corporate Governance and Ethics
MPE907 International Banking and Finance
MPK936 International Marketing
MPR905 Entrepreneurship (Residential)
MPR907 Change Management (Residential)
Stage 2
MPD911 Research Design
MPD912 Research Methods
MPD913 Corporate Strategy: Theory and Practice
MPD914 Current Issues in Business Research
Stage 3
Doctoral Research Thesis (12 credit points)
Admission requirements - general
The minimum qualification for admission as a candidate for a degree of doctor is a degree of bachelor with honours or a degree of master with a substantial research component, from a recognised tertiary institution, in a field relevant to the program which the applicant proposes to undertake and for which the University can provide the required supervisory expertise.
How to apply
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