The information listed below is for students who commenced study in this degree prior to 2012. Students commencing study from 2012 must be enrolled in FC070 Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management.

Please Note: Students who commenced their degree prior to 2011 should refer to the course structure, available major subject areas and resolutions in the faculty handbook for the year they commenced. Archived downloadable faculty handbooks can be accessed on the Handbooks website.

Degree requirements

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

For the Master of Commerce component:

• up to four commerce foundational units of study (24 credit points).(Students who wish to complete a second Master of Commerce specialisation in this degree should only take up to two foundational units of study).
• a specialisation chosen from one of the Commerce specialisation subject areas
• Either a second specialisation (if two or less Commerce foundational units of study are undertaken) and/or elective units of study from the Commerce specialisation subject areas
  

For the 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

Master of Commerce students complete a maximum of four foundational units.

All students must enrol in the foundational unit of study ECOF5010 Academic and Professional Communication in their first semester of study.

The available foundational units are as follows:

• ACCT5001 Accounting Principles
• CLAW5001 Legal Environment of Business
• ECOF5010 Academic and Professional Communication
• ECMT5001 Principles of Econometrics
• ECON5000 Economics for Commerce * OR ECON5001 Microeconomic Theory
  
• FINC5001 Capital Markets and Corporate Finance
• IBUS5001 Strategy, Innovation and Global Business
• INFS5001 Project Management 
• MKTG5001 Marketing Principles
• QBUS5001 Quantitative Methods for Business
• 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.

For details of all units of study, please refer to the University's Online unit of study handbook.  

Commerce specialisation subject areas

Students complete at least one specialisation as a requirement for the Master's degree. For a specialisation, students complete a prerequisite foundational unit of study (six credit points) and at least four units of study including the capstone unit for the specialisation (minimum of 24 credit points). The foundational unit for a specialisation is completed within a student's first semester of study and the capstone unit for the specialisation is completed in a student's final semester of study.

Students select their specialisation and/or electives from the following areas:

• Accounting
• Banking
• Business Law
• Econometrics (new specialisation from 2012)
  
• Economics
• Finance
• Integrated Business Solutions
• International Business
• Management and Organisations
• Marketing
• Project Management
• Quantitative Business Analysis
• Quantitative Finance
• Strategy and Innovation

Logistics Management core units of study

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

# Note. Students with extensive practical experience in the logistics industry may apply to substitute another unit for TPTM5001. Contact ITLS for details.

For details of all units of study, please refer to the University's Online unit of study handbook.  

Logistics Management Elective Units of Study

• TPTM6130 Transport and Logistics Strategy/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
• TPTM6290 Special Topic in Supply Chain Management
  
• TPTM6310 Project Management in Supply Chains
• TPTM6300 Research Project I
  
• TPTM6330 Research Project II
  
• TPTM6350 Strategic Transport Modelling
• TPTM6360 Traffic Systems Control and Management
• TPTM6370 Manufacturing Logistics
• TPTM6380 Retail Logistics Management
• TPTM6390 Logistics in Humanitarian Aid Projects 
• TPTM6425 Collecting, Managing and Assessing Data
  
• TPTM6450 Transport Policy
• TPTM6470 Sustainable Transport and Logistic Systems

For details of all units of study, please refer to the University's Online unit of study handbook. 

Please Note: The requirements set out here is for students who commenced their Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management degree in 2011. Continuing students should follow the degree structure outline in the Handbook for the year they commenced their degree.

Progression guide

The following table below shows an example degree progression for a student enrolled in the Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management on a full-time basis undertaking four units of study per semester.

In this example, 'MCom' refers to the Master of Commerce and 'MLM' refers to the Master of Logistics Management.

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

Please Note.The information listed in this program of study example is meant as a guide only. Students should always check the requirements for individual units of study. Students are usually able to complete the units of study for their degree in different sequences to that listed above. You are advised to plan their degree based upon your individual needs and to contact the Student Information Office if you need any assistance in planning your progression in your degree.

Entry requirements

This degree no longer accepts new enrolments.

For entry into this degree, students must have completed a bachelor's degree, graduate diploma, graduate certificate or equivalent from a recognised tertiary institution with a minimum credit (65 per cent) average.

For details of the English language requirements for entry into this course, please refer to the webpage titled English Language Requirements for International Students under the Admissions information on the University's website.

Minimum duration of degree

Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS)

For further information on this and other courses offered by the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies please visit the ITLS website.