Master of Supply Chain Innovation | Course handbook

General Information

Overview

The Master of Supply Chain Innovation uniquely combines key elements of supply chain management, innovation and business information systems.

Successful supply chain managers can think innovatively to gain a competitive advantage. Our course content is designed to empower you to improve today’s supply chains and equip them for the industry’s changing needs. We’ll also help you transition into strategic management roles once you graduate.

Study structure

Successful completion of the Master of Chain Innovation requires students to complete units of study to the value of 150 credit points. All units of study are valued at 12.5 credit points unless otherwise stated.

Full-time study: 100 credit points/eight standard units of study per year
Part-time study: 50 credit points/four standard units of study per year
One credit point is equivalent to one hour of study per week per semester (including contact hours and private study)
See the course planner for an example degree structure.

Full-time study: 100 credit points/eight standard units of study per year
One credit point is equivalent to one hour of study per week per semester (including contact hours and private study)
See the course planner for an example degree structure.

Core units

100 credit points

Graduate certificate

Units of study	Unit code
Core units
Opportunity Discovery, Creativity and Design Core unit, 12.5 credit points	ENT60009
Six Sigma Lean Green Belt Core unit, 12.5 credit points	SCM60002
Supply Chain Management Core unit, 12.5 credit points	SCM60003
Logistics Management Core unit, 12.5 credit points	SCM60004

Graduate diploma

Units of study	Unit code
Core units
Business Analytics and Visualisation Core unit, 12.5 credit points	INF70008
Project Management for Innovative Outcomes Core unit, 12.5 credit points	PRM60002
Specialisation Units View specialisation units

Master degree

Units of study	Unit code
Core units
Artificial Intelligence and Insights Core unit, 12.5 credit points	INF80051
Innovative Supply Chain Technologies Core unit, 12.5 credit points	SCM80002
Foundation units
Business Information Systems Foundation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF60007
Business Sustainability and Social Impact Foundation unit, 12.5 credit points	MGT60042
Future Management Skills Foundation unit, 12.5 credit points	MGT60043
Operations Management Foundation unit, 12.5 credit points	SCM60001
Specialisation Units View specialisation units

Specialisation

50 credit points

Note: Where specialisation units are completed as part of the foundation or core, students must select alternatives from the list of units provided.

Accounting

Students must complete ACC60008 as a core unit and select any three from the remaining list of units.

Units of study	Unit code
Accounting Systems and Reporting Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	ACC60008
Company Auditing Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	ACC80003
Managerial Accounting Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	ACC80008
Taxation Principles and Planning Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	ACC80012
Financial Accounting and Theory Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	ACC80019
Economics Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	ECO80001
Business Modelling and Analysis Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	FIN60003

Business Analytics

Students must complete any four units from the list below.

Units of study	Unit code
Cloud Enterprise Systems and Analytics Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF60012
Mobile Business and Social Media Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF60013
Business Information Systems Internship Project Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF80005
Applied Business Analytics and Data Visualisation Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF80031
Predictive Analytics Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF80040
Artificial Intelligence and Insights Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF80051

Business Information Systems

Students must complete INF60007 as a core unit and select any three from the remaining units.

Units of study	Unit code
Business Information Systems Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF60007
Strategic Project Management Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF70005
Business Analytics and Visualisation Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF70008
Contemporary Issues in Business Analysis Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF80014
Governing Technology for Business Environments Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF80042

Digital Marketing

Students must complete any four units from the list below.

Units of study	Unit code
Data Empowered Marketing Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	MKT60011
Consumer Behaviour Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	MKT60012
Global Digital Marketing Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	MKT70017
Branding and Creative Innovation Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	MKT70019
Marketing Communications Agency Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	MKT80015

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Students to complete ENT60009 as a core unit and select any three from the remaining list of units.

Units of study	Unit code
Opportunity Discovery, Creativity and Design Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	ENT60009
Growth Management Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	ENT70012
Entrepreneurial Mindset, New Venture and Innovation Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	ENT70018
Venture Planning Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	ENT70019
Project Management for Entrepreneurial Ventures Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	PRM60001

Finance

Students to complete four from the following list of units

Units of study	Unit code
Business Modelling and Analysis Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	FIN60003
Elements of Financial Planning and Regulation Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	FIN60010
Modern Finance Issues Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	FIN80001
Business and Entity Valuations Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	FIN80002
Capital Markets Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	FIN80004
Corporate Financial Management Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	FIN80005
Derivatives and Risk Management Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	FIN80018

Financial Technologies

Students must complete FIN60006 as a core unit and select any three from the remaining list of units.

Units of study	Unit code
Frontiers in FinTech Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	FIN60006
Cybersecurity Law, Policy and Ethics Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	CYB60003
Business Analytics and Visualisation Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF70008
Blockchain: Business Models and Applications Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF80050
Artificial Intelligence and Insights Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF80051

Human Resource Management

Students to complete HRM60018 as a core unit and select any three from the remaining list of units.

Units of study	Unit code
Employee Relations Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	HRM60013
Human Resource Fundamentals Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	HRM60018
Strategic HRM in the Business Context Specialisation unit	HRM70006
Managing Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	HRM70012
Strategic Human Resource Management Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	HRM70013
Human Capital Analytics Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	HRM80015

International Business

Students must select up to four units from the list below.

Units of study	Unit code
Business Innovation in Europe Study Tour Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	BUS70013
Business Innovation in America Study Tour Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	BUS70014
Business Innovation in Asia Study Tour Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	BUS70015
Managing Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	HRM70012
International Trade and Investment Specialisation unit	INB60003
Global Business Cultures: Advanced Theories and Practices Specialisation unit	INB60004
International Internship Specialisation unit	MFP80002
International Internship - Extended Specialisation unit, 25.0 credit points	MFP80004
Supply Chain Management Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	SCM60003

Project Management

Students to complete INF70005 as a core unit and select any three from the remaining list of units.

Units of study	Unit code
Strategic Project Management Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF70005
Project Management for Innovative Outcomes Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	PRM60002
The Risk Management Spectrum Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	PRM60003
Leading Complex Projects Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	PRM70002
Project Governance and Resource Management Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	PRM80002
Operations Management Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	SCM60001

Research

Students must complete BUS80003 and BUS80021 as core units and select one of the two remaining units.

Units of study	Unit code
Research Methodology Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	BUS80003
Business Research Thesis Specialisation unit, 25.0 credit points	BUS80021
Quantitative Research Methods Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	BUS80017
Qualitative Research Methods Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	BUS80018
Advanced Microeconometrics Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	ECO80002
Economics of Innovation Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	ECO80003
Data Science Fundamentals Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF80054
Social Network Analysis Specialisation unit, 12.5 credit points	INF80055

Choose from a combination of the following course components to complete 50 credit points of other study. Students may also select elective units (12.5 credit points each).

Recommended elective units

*If a specialisation is selected then students do not complete any electives.

ACC60008 Accounting Systems and Reporting
BUS70013 Business Innovation in Europe Study Tour #
BUS70014 Business Innovation in America Study Tour #
BUS70015 Business Innovation in Asia Study Tour #
BUS70016 Indigenous Study Tour: Supporting Economic Development #
ECO80001 Economics
ENT60009 Opportunity Discovery, Creativity and Design
ENT70019 Venture Planning
FIN60003 Business Modelling and Analysis
FST80008 Designing for Change
HRM60013 Employee Relations
HRM60016 Behaviour in Organisations
HRM70006 Strategic HRM in the Business Context
INF70005 Strategic Project Management
INF80042 Governing Technology for Business Environments
MGT60031 Managing in a Complex World
MGT80002 Business Strategy
MKT70019 Branding and Creative Innovation
PRM60002 Project Management for Innovative Outcomes
PRM60003 The Risk Management Spectrum
ACC80003 Company Auditing
ACC80008 Managerial Accounting
ACC80012 Taxation Principles and Planning
ACC80019 Financial Accounting and Theory
ACC80020 Contemporary Issues in Accounting and Research
ENT60006 Opportunity Discovery
ENT70012 Growth Management
ENT70018 Entrepreneurial Mindset, New Ventures and Innovation
FIN60004 Entrepreneurial Finance
FIN60006 Frontiers in FinTech
FIN70006 Banking and Insurance Risk Management
FIN80001 Modern Finance Issues
FIN80002 Business and Entity Valuations
FIN80004 Capital Markets
FIN80005 Corporate Financial Management
FIN80018 Derivatives and Risk Management
FIN80019 Portfolio Management
FIN80026 Alternative Investments
FIN80027 Ethics and Behavioural Finance Research
FIN80028 Fixed Income Securities
HRM60018 Human Resource Fundamentals
HRM70012 Managing Workplace Diversity and Inclusion
HRM70013 Strategic Human Resource Management
HRM80015 Human Capital Analytics
ICT80008 Professional Issues in IT
INB60003 International Trade and Investment
INB60004 Global Business Cultures: Advanced Theories and Practices
INF60007 Business Information Systems
INF60009 Database Analysis and Design
INF60010 Requirements, Analysis and Modelling
INF60012 Cloud Enterprise Systems and Analytics
INF60013 Mobile Business and Social Media
INF70008 Business Analytics and Visualisation
INF80001 Advanced Business Analysis
INF80003 IS/IT Research Project
INF80006 Business Analysis Practice
INF80014 Contemporary Issues in Business Analysis
INF80028 Business Process Management
INF80031 Applied Business Analytics and Data Visualisation
INF80040 Predictive Analytics
INF80050 Blockchain: Business Models and Applications
INF80051 Artificial Intelligence and Insights
LAW60003 Corporations and Contract Law
MGT60040 Management Analysis and Problem-solving
MGT80005 Leadership for Innovation
MKT60010 Marketing Management
MKT60011 Data Empowered Marketing
MKT60012 Consumer Behaviour
MKT70017 Global Digital Marketing
MKT70020 Services Marketing and Customer Management
PRM80001 Enterprise Project
PRM80002 Project Governance and Resource Management
SCM60001 Operations Management
SCM60002 Six Sigma Lean Green Belt
SCM60003 Supply Chain Management
SCM60004 Logistics Management
MFP80002 International Internship #
MFP80004 International Internship - Extended #
BUS80027 Business Internship Project #
BUS80028 Business Internship Project Extended #

Note: # students need to discuss these options with their Course Director prior to enrolling

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Aims and objectives

apply coherent and advanced knowledge of supply concepts in diverse contexts and applications using critical thinking
apply problem solving, design and decision-making methodologies to identify and provide innovative solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence
communicate proficiently in professional practice to a variety of audiences, function as an effective member or leader of a diverse team, and use the basic tools and practices of business within project work
demonstrate professionalism, integrity, ethical conduct, professional accountability and an awareness of professional practices in a global and sustainable context
apply fundamentals to the analysis, design and operation of a business model using innovative supply chain methods and tools
reflect on and take responsibility for their own learning and self-management processes, and manage their own time and processes effectively by regularly reviewing performance as a means of managing continuing professional development and lifelong learning
apply knowledge of research principles and methods to plan and execute a piece of research with some independence.

Career opportunities

Graduates will be able to work in supply chain management, procurement and logistics management.

Maximum Academic Credit

The maximum level of credit that can be granted for the Master of Supply Chain Innovation is 100 credit points (normally 8 units). The exception to this rule is for students entering with a Graduate Diploma of Supply Chain Innovation who may be granted up to 125 credit points of advanced standing (normally ten units).

Admission criteria

Information about Swinburne's general admission criteria can be found at Admissions at Swinburne - Higher Education webpage.

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