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Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 2 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy or have successfully completed an AQF 8 qualification from ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û within the previous two (2) years.

Course learning outcomes

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

On completion of the Master of Business Administration component of this degree, JCU graduates will be able to:

1. Critically analyse complex knowledge, systems or practice issues from both historical and recent perspectives
2. Evaluate complex contexts within which theories, standards or  methods should be integrated and applied for sustainable professional practice
3. Evaluate sustainable economic, social and environmental practices and value systems from different disciplinary perspectives
4. Research and apply established concepts to solve business and professional practice problems
5. Critically analyse complex issues using appropriate models and provide specialised advice to assist individuals, groups or organisations based on multidisciplinary synthesis of theory and evidence
6. Apply creative and innovative thinking effectively to business, conflict and related theory and practice and standards for professional practice
7. Present complex information appropriately to differing audiences using:
   • Effective oral presentation skills; and
   • Clear and fluent written communication
8. Work effectively in achieving common goals, demonstrating both collaboration and leadership
9. Adapt sustainable business constructs and skills to novel theoretical or practical situations
10. Exercise independent ethical judgment and initiative in solving differing business problems creatively
11. Demonstrate a capacity for independent critical personal reflection and self-development, making use of feedback as appropriate, to support personal and professional development

On completion of the Master of Conflict Management and Resolution component of this degree, JCU graduates will be able to:

12. Evaluate complex conflict and related theories and standards for professional practice in conflict management and resolution
13. Critically analyse complex conflicts and conflict management systems
14. Provide specialised advice to assist individuals, groups and organisations to constructively manage conflict
15. Effectively communicate with, facilitate and support people in personal, group, organisational and cross-cultural conflict
16. Independently and critically reflect on and assess their own capabilities and performance, and make use of feedback as appropriate, to support personal and professional development.

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Maximum time to complete

8 years

Maximum allowed

24 credit points in total, with not more than 12 credit points of subjects specified in the course structure, for either the MBA component or the MCMR component of the joint degree.

Expiry

Credit gained for any subject shall be cancelled 18 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit is based if, by then, the student has not completed the course.