Outline
Outline
Building upon foundation business and mining studies, this course will prepare you for more senior management roles within the mining and energy sectors. You will complete a range of coursework units focusing on economic, financial and management issues as they relate to the resources sector.
This course will provide you with a thorough foundation in resource sector management and general business theories. They will equip you with a range of analytical and managerial skills suitable for senior management and decision making roles in resources, mining and energy companies.
In the Eduniversal Best Masters Ranking (Energy and Natural Resources) 2019, Curtin University is ranked number one in Australia and second in Oceania for its Master of Science (Mineral and Energy Economics).
Please refer to the handbook for additional course overview information.
What you'll learn
- examine and evaluate economic and financial models and trends that affect the minerals and energy sector
- analyse problems and issues that pertain to the mineral and energy sector and incorporate evidenced based solutions
- access appropriate database sources and evaluate and synthesise information from these and other sources to make valid and supported judgments about issues
- develop skills in communication to allow decision making in a business setting; recognise the different approaches needed to communicate with different audiences
- select and use appropriate software packages to manipulate , transfer, access and manage data
- develop skills in gathering and organising information from several sources and recognise and rectify own gaps in knowledge
- analyse the impact made by the mineral and energy sector on local and regional areas and how policies can alter that impact
- explore issues of land ownership and Indigenous Australians and the relationship between the land and resources
- recognise and respond appropriately to the needs of different groups in terms of professional behaviour; work successfully in collaborative teams to achieve stated outcomes