Master of Corporate Governance
As the role of the company director becomes increasingly important, and increasingly varied, you’ll develop a broad range of skills, preparing you to rise to the challenge.
Included in the skills students will acquire are leadership and behaviour training, accounting fundamentals, risk and decision making theory, and the chance to undertake governance projects in the real world – working for boards in education, superannuation, religious organisations, and more.
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This is a new course that is due to launch in 2018. Applications are now open.
Duration
3 years part-time
Intakes
Hawthorn (Semester 1, Semester 2) - View application and start dates
Study mode
- Part-time
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Course information in detail
- Course detail, course structure and units of study.
Course description
The Master of Corporate Governance will equip graduates to become company directors, with an understanding of law, leadership, design thinking, risk and governance issues. The role of governance is becoming more important and evident due to highly visible corporate failures, executive remuneration, and corporate decision making. A mastery of governance is becoming more important for those in senior management roles, including board members, company directors, members of the C-suite, company secretaries, accountants and workers looking to move into senior management roles. Equipping graduates with this knowledge will help them to navigate legal and governance issues in decision making.
The Master of Corporate Governance forms the final stage in a three-stage nested suite of programs consisting of:
- Graduate Certificate of Corporate Governance (GC-CORGOV)
- Graduate Diploma of Corporate Governance (GD-CORGOV) ^
- Master of Corporate Governance (MA-CORGOV) or
Master of Corporate Governance (Advanced) (MA-CGADV)
^ Students are unable to enrol directly into the Graduate Diploma of Corporate Governance but it is available as an exit award.
Course structure
To qualify for the award of Master of Corporate Governance, students must complete 12 units (or equivalent) (150 credit points) comprising of:
- 9 core units (112.5 credit points)
- 3 option units including at least two Applied Project units or Swinburne Study Tour options (37.5 credit points)
Units of study
Careers and graduate outcomes
- Career opportunities, course aims and objectives and graduate skills.
Career opportunities
Aims and objectives
At completion of the Master of Corporate Governance, graduates will be able to:
Graduate skills
The Swinburne graduate attributes signify that Swinburne intends that its teaching programs assist all its graduates to be:
- capable in their chosen professional, vocational or study areas and an ability to engage in critical enquiry
- entrepreneurial in contributing to innovation and development within their business, workplace or community
- effective and ethical in work, community situations and reasoning skills
- adaptable and able to manage change
- aware of local and international environments in which they will be contributing (e.g. socio-cultural, economic, natural).
Pathways and scholarships
- Pathways, credit transfer, recognition of prior learning and scholarships.
Course fees and requirements
- Fees, entry requirements and non-year 12 entry.
Course fees
How do I pay my fees?
FEE-HELP is a loan given to eligible full-fee paying higher education students to help pay part or all of their tuition fees. The Commonwealth Government pays the amount of the loan directly to Swinburne.
Entry requirements
- A recognised bachelor degree in business or law, or
- Successful completion of the Graduate Certificate of Corporate Governance