The Charles Sturt University MBA

Charles Sturt University first offered an MBA degree in 1989. The program was an instant success, attracting and enrolling students from all around the world. Building upon our strength as one of the leading providers of distance education in Australia, we have developed an MBA degree that allows students to both tailor the degree according to individual career aspirations, and remain in employment.

Opportunities

Students may be provided with the opportunity to attend overseas modules in China, Paris, Switzerland or Penang. Upon successful completion, students receive one elective subject as credit towards their MBA.
Learn more about the Opportunities to Study Overseas

The benefits, skills and experience you will gain from a CSU MBA

Upon completion of the MBA, graduates will have acquired a firm understanding of the major areas of knowledge that underpin general management, including:

• the concepts, processes and institutions in the production and marketing of goods and/or services and the financing of business enterprise or other forms of organisation
• the impact of environmental forces on organisations, including: ethical, social, economic, and technological change issues; and the effect of international developments
• to respond to and manage change
• the concepts and applications of accounting and finance
• management theory and HRM issues
• the processes and problems of general management at the operational and strategic level
• business strategy
• business research methods
• leadership and entrepreneurship.

Further details

• In 2009, the tuition fee is AUD$1,552 per 8 point subject for all applicants with Australian citizenship/residency. The tuition fee is AUD$1,810 per 8 point subject for all applicants with non-Australian citizenship/ residency wanting to study via distance education. The tuition fee covers the study guide, notes and readings, online supported materials and one prescribed textbook.
  FEE-HELP is a loan given to eligible fee-paying students to help pay part or all of their tuition fees, for more information, please see http://www.goingtouni.gov.au/Main/Quickfind/PayingForYourStudiesHELPLoans/FEEHELP.htm
• The MBA is offered on a trimester basis, allowing students three opportunities per year to apply for admission.
  Trimester 1, 2009 – starts in January with applications closing 1 December 2008
  Trimester 2, 2009 – starts in May with applications closing 30 March 2009
  Trimester 3, 2009 – starts in September, with applications closing 20 July 2009
  To apply for admission, please access the form at www.csu.edu.au/forms

Students benefit from:

• access to online resources including the ability to talk with other students in the same subject or course via online forums
• a number of resources via the library, including the ability to borrow from the campus libraries as a distance education student and obtain access to other university libraries
• the ability to submit assignments online
• portability of the degree and flexibility in study habits. With no on-campus classes you can study anywhere in the world
• if a subject contains an exam, CSU has a number of exam centres located around the world. In most instances students are not required to locate nor pay for their own invigilator.

 

Learn more about CSU Distance Education and the flexibility it provides