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This degree is designed for professionals with 3 or more years of relevant experience looking to take their career to the next level and break into senior management.
The Master of Business Administration is a postgraduate coursework degree that will develop your leadership, communication and critical thinking skills, and prepare you for applying these skills in the complex global business environment. You will complete core and elective units and a design-led strategy capstone unit.
Learn moreThis course will provide you with a sound platform for a career in project management. It will complement your on-the-job training and equip you with the fundamental methodologies, modelling and analytical skills for project management.
This course is designed for working professionals looking to manage successful projects.
The graduate certificate will provide you with a foundation for the more intensive theoretical and practical work in the graduate diploma.
Learn moreThis program will provide you with vocational training in music skills in a principal study area, as well as the opportunity to deepen your knowledge in either performance, contemporary studies, digital and music technology skills or composition options depending on your specialisation.
Learn moreDevelop specialised technical knowledge in mechanical engineering, gaining an advanced understanding of the design of mechanical components, whole machines, mechanical systems and mechanical processes. Areas of study will include experimental robotics and computational nanotechnology.
Who is it for?
This course is ideal for qualified engineers seeking to move into a management role or to specialise or update their skills.
Learn moreAccounting is often described as the `language of business'. It seeks to provide managers and external users with the vital information necessary to understand and evaluate the financial position and performance of an organisation.
By studying accounting at the Business School, you will develop capability and credibility across a broad spectrum of careers, opening the door to many other markets and professions where the ability to understand and interpret financial information is key.
Our long tradition of excellence in accounting teaching and research is maintained through strong engagement with the profession, leading firms and industry.
Learn moreA major in computer science covers the key concepts of computation. You will learn the principles and techniques needed to solve tasks efficiently with computation, and how to express those solutions in software. You will also discover how computation can be modelled and how to reason about the limits of what computation can achieve. A major in computer science will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to innovate in information technology, and create fundamentally new IT solutions to future challenges.
Learn moreGain expertise, skills and experience in a growing field which underpins our society. By combining technical knowledge, real-world experience and problem-solving skills, you'll graduate ready to operate as a computer scientist and develop innovative solutions that address technological challenges.
Providing foundational knowledge through to specialised skills and experience, the Master of Computer Science suits those looking to operate as a computer scientist or enter the IT industry.
Learn moreWith arts and social sciences at the University of Sydney consistently recognised as among the top 30 faculties globally in university rankings, our Bachelor of Arts degree is both highly regarded by academic leaders and highly sought after by industry employers. Whether you want to learn a new language or study a new culture, explore great books, ideas or minds, discover the past, analyse the present or consider the shape of the world's future, the Bachelor of Arts will expand your horizons and challenge you to think outside the box.
History Major
The History major equips you to understand change, to look at things from different perspectives, and to assess diverse kinds of information.
At the heart of your first year is The History Workshop. You will join a small-group class that takes a particular time and place as the starting point for the examination of social, cultural, political, or economic change. In your second and third years, you will explore a variety of subjects - from sexuality and war to politics and culture, from the history of ideas to the history of food - in a range of times and places - spanning from the Middle Ages to the present, from Australia and China to the United States and Europe.
The major culminates in a capstone unit that, depending on your interests, explores the theory of history, gives you the opportunity to do extensive research on a topic you choose yourself, or enables you to work with community groups and other organisations to apply your history skills beyond the classroom.
Learn moreExplore the science of human behaviour with the Bachelor of Psychology. In this course, you will build your specialisation in psychology to help you understand to mental processes and allow you to better understand how we think, act and feel.
The Bachelor of Psychology is an accredited undergraduate coursework degree that will build your specialisation in in psychology, studying topics like behavioural neuroscience, social psychology, personality theory, perception, intelligence, mental health and developmental psychology.
You will complete a program in psychology and additional advanced psychology units. You will also complete non-psychology units, including a junior mathematics unit, a minor from the shared pool and additional electives as needed to make up the requirements of the course from the Science disciplinary pool, the shared pool or the Open Learning Environment.
After successful completion of all coursework units and the meeting of minimum academic standards, you may apply to complete honours in psychology.
Learn moreAs one of Australia's most reputable graduate entry degrees, the Juris Doctor is accredited by the Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB) and meets the academic requirements to practise law in the State of New South Wales.
The Juris Doctor is a graduate entry professional law degree that provides a pathway into the law profession for graduates from non-law backgrounds or for people with law degrees from overseas.
While focusing on international, comparative and transnational aspects of law, this course will develop your critical analytical, research, writing, communication and advocacy skills to prepare you for legal practice.
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