Health Administration/Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration, Master of Health Administration requires the completion of 72 units of study.

It can be undertaken in 2 years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time).

The combined degrees course is offered by the College of Business, Government and Law and the College of Medicine and Public Health.

To qualify for the Master of Business Administration/Master of Health Administration, a student must complete 72 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

The award of a grade of Fail (F) in 9 or more units, or the award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion, may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.

Except with permission of the Faculty Board, the program must be completed full-time within four consecutive semesters or part-time within twelve consecutive semesters. A lesser period may be set where credit has been granted for previous studies.

Students who commence but subsequently do not wish to complete the combined degrees program may be eligible to transfer to either the Master of Business Administration or Master of Health Administration program and to receive credit for some, or all, of the topics already completed.

Core - Year 1 & 2 topics

67.5 units comprising: BUSN9226 Accounting for Managers (4.5 units)* BUSN9228 Strategic Marketing (4.5 units)* BUSN9233 Data Analysis for Decision Making (4.5 units)* BUSN9230 Economics for Business (4.5 units)* BUSN9231 Global Business Context: An Asia Pacific Focus (4.5 units)* BUSN9236 Leadership: Theory, Practice and Experience (4.5 units)* BUSN9254 Business Research Methods and Project (4.5 units) BUSN9261 Strategic Management (4.5 units)* HACM9101 Leading Organisations in Health and Aged Care (4.5 units) HACM9102 Financial Management and Economics in Health and Aged Care (4.5 units) HACM9200 Health and Aged Care Systems and Policy (4.5 units) HACM9201 Health Law and Ethics (4.5 units) HACM9202 Safety and Quality in Health Care (4.5 units) HACM9207 Health and Aged Care Operations Management (4.5 units) HACM9303 Management Project (4.5 units)

Option - Year 1 & 2 topics

Select 4.5 units from the following option topics (or, with the approval of the Health Administration Director of Studies, another appropriate graduate-level 4.5 units HACM topic).

HACM9206 Health Informatics (4.5 units) HACM9104 Corporate Communications in Health and Aged Care (4.5 units)

Not all option topics are necessarily available in a given year.

*Topic is also available online

Note - All HACM topics have some intensive full-day or full-week face-to-face on-campus attendance requirements for both internal and external students.

Applicants must:

• normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution and have not less than four years’ full-time professional experience in the health or aged care sector following completion of the degree or equivalent qualification; or
• hold either the Graduate Certificate in Health Administration or equivalent, or the Graduate Diploma in Health Administration or equivalent from Flinders University and have not less than four years’ full-time professional experience in the health or aged care sector; or
• hold the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration or equivalent from Flinders University and have not less than four years’ full-time professional experience in the health or aged care sector and
• take part in an interview

However, the respective Faculty Boards may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.

All applicants must provide their curriculum vitae providing details of their relevant work experience.