Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management

This section outlines the Commerce and Logistics Management postgraduate combined coursework master€™s programs offered by the University of Sydney Business School. The available degree is as follows:

Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management

Overview of the degree

This program combines the Master of Commerce and the Master of Logistics Management. Both degrees are studied concurrently and will be awarded after a minimum of two years of full-time study.

Credit points required for completion and duration

Degree structure and progression

Degree requirements

To be awarded the Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management, students complete 16 units of study (96 credit points), comprising:

For the Master of Commerce component:

• a maximum of four commerce foundational units of study (24 credit points) (excluding TPTM5001). (Students who wish to complete an optional second commerce specialisation in this degree should only take up to two foundational units of study)
• a specialisation selected from the 'Commerce specialisations' (excluding €˜Supply Chain and Logistics Management€™)
• an optional second specialisation (different to that chosen as a first specialisation); AND/OR any additional elective units of study from the specialisations subject areas.

For the Master of Logistics Management component:

• four core logistics management units of study (24 credit points)
• two elective logistics management units of study (12 credit points).

Commerce foundational units of study

Students complete a maximum of four core (foundation) units of study (24 credit points) selected from those listed.

All students must enrol in the foundational unit of study ECOF5010 Academic and Professional Communication in their first semester of study. Once enrolled, students will be assessed as to their need to complete the unit and those deemed to already have the equivalent knowledge of ECOF5010 will be waived the requirement to complete this unit.

• ACCT5001 Accounting Principles
• CLAW5001 Legal Environment of Business
• ECOF5010 Academic and Professional Communication
• ECON5000 Economics for Commerce *
• ECMT5001 Principles of Econometrics
• FINC5001 Capital Markets and Corporate Finance
• IBUS5001 Strategy, Innovation and Global Business
• INFS5001 Project Management
• MKTG5001 Marketing Principles
• WORK5003 Management and Organisations

* For students who wish to undertake units offered within the Economics specialisation, including a specialisation in Economics, a High Distinction (HD) grade (a mark of 85% or higher) in ECON5000 can be used to satisfy the core unit ECON5001 requirement. Students who take ECON5000 instead of ECON5001 and receive a grade lower than HD will not be permitted to undertake the Economics specialisation.

Commerce specialisations

Students complete at least one specialisation for the Master of Commerce component of the combined degree. For a specialisation, students complete a prerequisite foundational unit of study (six credit points) and at least four additional units of study including the capstone unit for the specialisation (minimum of 24 credit points).

Students select their specialisations and electives from the following subject areas:

• Accounting
• Banking
• Business Law
• Economics
• Finance
• Integrated Business Solutions
• International Business
• Management and Organisations
• Marketing
• Project Management
• Quantitative Business Analysis
• Quantitative Finance
• Strategy and Innovation

For details of the units of study that may be studied under each subject area, please refer to the section 'Commerce Specialisations' under Postgraduate coursework programs: Commerce in this handbook.

Note: Students cannot complete a specialisation in 'Logistics and Supply Chain Management' for the Commerce component under this combined degree.

Logistics Management core units of study

Students complete the foundation unit, TPTM5001, in their first semester of enrolment and the capstone unit, TPTM6170, in their final semester of enrolment.

• TPTM5001 Logistics and Supply Chain Management (foundation unit)
• TPTM6115 Organisational Logistics
• TPTM6495 Analysis Tools for Transport and Logistics
• TPTM6170 Value Chain Management (capstone unit).

Logistics Management elective units of study

Students select a maximum of two units of study from the following elective unit options:

• TPTM6130 Transport and Logistics Management
• TPTM6160 Aviation Management and Logistics
• TPTM6180 Geographical Information Systems
• TPTM6190 Logistics Systems
• TPTM6200 Maritime Logistics
• TPTM6210 Reverse Logistics and Closed Loop SCM
• TPTM6222 Railway Planning and Operations
• TPTM6224 Intelligent Transport and Logistic Systems
• TPTM6240 Public Transport Policy and Planning
• TPTM6241 Transport Modes and Systems
• TPTM6260 International Logistics
• TPTM6270 Innovations in Logistics and Supply Chains
• TPTM6300 Research Project I
• TPTM6310 Project Management in Supply Chains
• TPTM6350 Strategic Transport Modelling
• TPTM6360 Traffic Systems Management and Control
• TPTM6370 Manufacturing Logistics
• TPTM6380 Retail Logistics Management
• TPTM6390 Logistics in Humanitarian Aid Projects
• TPTM6425 Collecting, Managing and Assessing Data
• TPTM6440 International Freight Transportation
• TPTM6450 Transport Policy
• TPTM6470 Sustainable Transport and Logistic Systems.

Note: €˜TPTM€™ units of study taken as part of the Master of Logistics Management component cannot be counted towards a specialisation in the Master of Commerce component.

Professional accreditation requirements

For details of possible professional accreditations, please refer to the 'Accreditation requirements' information listed under the 'Master of Commerce' entry in this handbook.

Degree progression

The following table illustrates a degree progression example for a student enrolled in the Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management on a full-time basis completing four units of study (24 credit points) per semester.

Note: In this example, 'MCom' refers to the 'Master of Commerce' and 'MLM' refers to the 'Master of Logistics Management' and 'Sem' is an abbreviation for 'Semester'.

* Students who are waived the requirement to complete ECOF5010 would complete an alternative foundational unit in this example.

Note: In the combined Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management, units studied for the logistics management component cannot be used to count towards a major in the commerce component of the combined degree.

Please Note. The information listed in this example is based on the unit of study offerings for 2011 and is intended as a guide only. Students are usually able to complete the units of study for their degree in different sequences to that which is listed (including enrolling in units in Summer or Winter School sessions when available). Students are advised to plan their course based upon their individual needs and to contact the faculty€™s Student Information Office if they need any assistance in planning their progression in their course.

Units of study for the Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management

The postgraduate units of study available in 2011 for the Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management set out under the following sections of this handbook:

• For the Master of Commerce component, refer to the unit of study table under Postgraduate coursework programs: Commerce
• For the Master of Logistics Management component, refer to the unit of study table under Postgraduate coursework programs: Logistics Management

Course rules and resolutions