Outline
Outline
This double degree is becoming a popular choice for students with experience in the resources industry who want to consolidate their business and management skills. It combines the Master of Science with the internationally accredited business acumen of Curtin's highly regarded MBA.
There are streams for students with a technical background, and those with a non technical background.
Please refer to the handbook for additional course overview information.
How this course will make you industry ready
The teaching programs are offered in a highly flexible way to cater for busy professionals endeavouring to balance work and study commitments, and for students working on a fly-in-fly-out basis.
While the courses have a strong theoretical base, they are characterised by their practical relevance. All teaching faculty have considerable experience in industry. Participants also benefit from the global popularity of the courses providing great opportunities for international perspectives to be shared and for long-term international contacts and networks to be established.
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
- effectively communicate in a manner appropriate to their audience and their desired outcome
- select and use appropriate software packages to manipulate, transfer, access and manage data
- possess and be able to utilise lifelong learning strategies
- analyse the impact made by the mineral and energy sector on local. regional, national and international areas and how policies can alter that impact
- explore socioeconomic issues, such as native title, and the impact on indigenous Australians and their relationship between the land and resources
- recognise and respond appropriately to the needs of different groups and nationalities in terms of professional behaviour; work successfully in collaborative teams to achieve stated outcomes
