Master of Business in Operations Management

at Western Sydney University - Parramatta City Campus Australia

With our revamped Bachelor of Business, you’re the boss. Start your major in your first year of study. Combine business subjects with majors and electives from across the whole university for a more diverse and adaptive skill set. Mix theory with real world industry projects. Gain industry-specific accreditation from Australia’s leading institutions.

Business Analytics

Generating and communicating information and insight from increasingly diverse and growing sources of data for business decision-making is a crucial asset for any organisation. Starting with a framework for applying the tools of business analytics, this major develops a blend of skills from mathematics, statistics and computing. Students will acquire knowledge and understanding in the continually developing areas of artificial intelligence, data visualisation and applications of big data.

With an emphasis on digital marketing, this program prepares students for positions in marketing through an industry informed and applied education approach. You’ll learn how to optimize the customer experience, get the most out of digital marketing strategy, understand the impact of multichannel marketing and take on the new frontiers of branding.

This program is ideally suited for those wanting to cultivate their marketing knowledge to perform as managerial and marketing professionals in a digitally informed environment.

The only degree of its kind in Australia, the Master of Humanitarian and Development Studies responds to the need for qualified workers in disaster relief and development, in government and non-government agencies involved in humanitarian operations and development practice.

Humanitarian disasters will continue to occur around the world, and there is a continuous need for skilled humanitarian workers. Change makers like you are required to deliver specialist humanitarian aid relief to people dealing with disasters. That’s the focus of our Master of Humanitarian and Development Studies.

This degree encompasses both the aid and health sectors with a focus on rehabilitation and development. Through a mix of practical and theoretical learning you’ll gain an understanding of the complexity of development and see how humanitarian assistance works hand-in-hand with international development aid efforts.

With the Master degree you’ll also gain a truly global point of view with international placement with one of our education partners. Mixing online and on campus learning, the Humanitarian and Development programs are available at a Master, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate level.

Upgrade your skills in a fully accredited professional Engineering program. Gain the required knowledge and degree to stay on top in a dynamic environment, with majors in civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical, telecommunications or mechatronic engineering.

Western’s streamlined Master of Engineering can be completed in two years to get you fully qualified and progressing your career sooner. This degree is taught at our innovative Parramatta City Campus, and enables you to pursue a major from our broad set of engineering fields.

Completion of this program will prepare you for a dynamically developing and changing technological environment, allowing you to stay at the forefront of the engineering world.

Graduates of this program will emerge with provisional accreditation at the Professional Engineer level by Engineers Australia, and gain access to the Centre for Infrastructure Engineering located at Western Sydney University.

Mechanical

In addition to providing training in conventional mechanical engineering subjects, the program structure introduces students to subjects of study that address sustainability including sustainable design and sustainable energy engineering. Graduates will be well equipped with broad-based skills that meet the demand of Australian industries and are conscious of the need to promote sustainable design and practices. Examples include mechanical and machinery design; manufacturing; energy production; and marketing and management activities. Skills gained are required in industries such as manufacturing, materials handling, automobile, aerospace, mining, building services and infrastructure development.

This program aims to equip students with knowledge of the theoretical aspects that underpin interpreting and translation, including linguistics, and with the research techniques necessary to conduct a small research project in the area of interpreting and translation.

It also focuses on practical interpreting and translation skills. The program is suitable for practising interpreters and translators and for very proficient bilinguals wanting to develop or improve their skills, and who wish to contribute to the body of knowledge on interpreting and translation by conducting innovative, much needed research.

The Bachelor of Engineering Advanced (Honours) is designed for high academic achievers to undertake advanced engineering topics and gain substantial research experience. This unique engineering program also includes the WSU-UNSW Collaborative Program, offered exclusively to the Electrical, Mechanical and Robotics and Mechatronics majors within the Bachelor of Engineering Advanced (Honours) program.Challenge yourself to be the best. The Bachelor of Engineering Advanced (Honours) is designed to meet Engineers Australia professional accreditation requirements. Focus on a discipline area by selecting a major in Advanced Manufacturing, Civil, Construction, Materials, and Sustainability Engineering, or join the WSU-UNSW Collaborative Program by selecting a major in Electrical, Mechanical or Robotic & Mechatronics. In addition, you can further specialise by selecting a minor from a wide range of recommended subject sets that will complement your chosen discipline.

Materials

Since the dawning of mankind an understanding of how materials can be obtained and used has been critical to successful human endeavour. Materials engineers are concerned with the highly technological and dynamic process of understanding, developing, and applying materials (metals, polymers, ceramics, composites) to a range of engineering problems. Students will develop skills necessary to synthesise relevant information so that they can be effective decision makers in a materials context. These skills will serve them well in varied career opportunities associated with biomedical devices, nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing, opto-electronics, energy, aerospace, and sustainable construction.

Industrial design is a vital part of modern-day living. Every day of our lives, we encounter products designed and manufactured with the intention of making our lives easier. It is industrial designers, incorporating a lateral and cross-disciplinary approach to problem solving, who create the most useful products.

The primary focus of our Industrial Design program is ensuring that our graduates are completely industry-ready, able to think strategically and provide innovative design solutions in a commercial context. The program promotes an awareness of the place of design in society and its effect on people, the environment and the economy, and provides students with the ability to work independently or collaboratively.

Technology Entrepreneurship

The Technology Entrepreneurship major is focused on guiding students through all stages of turning their innovative idea into a start-up company. In an entrepreneurial ecosystem, you will learn the knowledge and techniques for opportunity discovery, impact analysis, customer analysis, strategic team-building and leadership, the psychology and ethics of the start-up, funding modelling and financial analysis, growth and exit strategies. We will be helping you with defining your idea, forming a team around it, building a prototype, developing a pitch for investors and running a start-up company.

Advance your business career with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Western’s acclaimed Sydney Graduate School of Management.

This degree offers a unique range of majors, including Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Human Resource Management, Property, Management, Sustainable Business, Finance and Investment, Marketing, Information and Communications Technology, and Business Analytics.

Wherever you are in your professional journey, the Sydney Graduate School of Management at Western can help take you to the next level. The Master of Business Administration (MBA), arms you with advanced management skills and a comprehensive understanding of the global business environment.

Gaining practical experience is also a cornerstone of the SGSM MBA program, and is supported by our strong links with Australian businesses, such as PWC, Linfox, Deloitte, CNHI, Morningstar and others. You will have the opportunity to complete either a business internship or a business project subject, applying the knowledge you have gained during the program of your degree.

The aim of our MBA is to ensure you emerge with a proven ability to solve real-world business problems and advance your career. You don’t need to have studied business before, or have relevant work experience. We help you develop your expertise as you work through the program. You’ll finish your Master program ready to take on the world.

Upgrade your skills in a fully accredited professional Engineering program. Gain the required knowledge and degree to stay on top in a dynamic environment, with majors in civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical, telecommunications or mechatronic engineering.

Western’s streamlined Master of Engineering can be completed in two years to get you fully qualified and progressing your career sooner. This degree is taught at our innovative Parramatta City Campus, and enables you to pursue a major from our broad set of engineering fields.

Completion of this program will prepare you for a dynamically developing and changing technological environment, allowing you to stay at the forefront of the engineering world.

Graduates of this program will emerge with provisional accreditation at the Professional Engineer level by Engineers Australia, and gain access to the Centre for Infrastructure Engineering located at Western Sydney University.

Civil

Civil engineering covers the fields of structural design, geotechnical engineering and water engineering, together with infrastructure design and environmental engineering. Graduates will work in the fields of design, construction and management of engineering structures. Projects may cover residential and commercial buildings, highways and airports, water supply and sewerage schemes, etc. You may be an engineer in private industry, government departments, or in city, municipal or shire councils.

The education you will gain in this program builds the necessary knowledge base for working in employment relations, but the emphasis is knowledge in action, as inspired by the Australia Human Resource Institute’s capabilities for HR professionals and Western Sydney Graduate Attributes designed to bring knowledge to life.

Students acquire the skills, knowledge and understanding of the challenges of managing people strategically in complex and turbulent environments. The program equips graduates with the ability to analyse and address a changing business environment, appropriate for careers in Australia and internationally.