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Master of Science and Technology in Risk Management

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Objectives At the end of the Masters program students should have achieved the objectives of the Graduate Diploma Course and in addition studied more in depth electives and a risk management project. Elective subjects may be from a financial or technical area or a mixture of the two. Candidates are required to complete 72 Units for the degree. Students may receive advanced standing in the preliminary courses on the basis of prior studies providing they can demonstrate the prerequisite knowledge for the core courses. Exemption, but not advanced standing, may be given for core and elective courses.


Fundamental Knowledge Courses
ECON5203	Data Model and Decisions (on campus)	6 UoC
	or
QBM117	Statistics for Business (off campus)	6 UoC
	and either
COMM5003	Managing for Value Creation 2 (on-campus)	6 UoC
	or
GBAT9120	Accounting: A User Perspective (off campus)	6 UoC
NOTE: QBM117 is a cross-institutional course being offered OFF CAMPUS at Charles Sturt University. PDF FORM

Core Courses
SESC9211	Risk Management	6 UoC
SESC9231	Risk Analysis	6 UoC
SESC9291	Risk Treatment	6 UoC
SESC9906	Special Report	6 UoC


Elective Courses
Students may select elective courses from any Faculty providing they can demonstrate to the program authority the relevance of the course to risk management. A list of possible electives is shown below. Note: Some courses may have prerequisites or assumed knowledge. This may be ascertained by reference to the online handbook at http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/2008. Course descriptions are also listed in the online handbook. Not all electives are offered every year. Students may undertake electives from other universities, with the approval of the program authority and the course coordinator.

Financial Risk Electives
ACCT5908	Auditing and Insurance Services	6 UoC
ACCT5996	Business Processes: Analysis and Improvement	6 UoC
FINS5512	Financial Markets and Institutions	6 UoC
FINS5513	Investments and Portfolio Selection	6 UoC
FINS5517	Applied Portfolio and Management Modeling	6 UoC
FINS5535	Derivatives and Risk Management Techniques	6 UoC
FINS5551	International Insurance Management	6 UoC
FINS5574	Foundations of Financial Decision Making	6 UoC
ECON5106	Financial Economics	6 UoC


OHS Risk Electives
SESC9060	Principles of Safety, Health and Environmental Auditing	3 UoC
	and
SESC9340	OHS Management Systems	3 UoC
SESC9121	Fire and Explosion	6 UoC
SESC9201	Safety Risk Management	6 UoC
SESC9221	Major Hazards Management	6 UoC
SESC9281	Issues and Trends in Emergency Management	6 UoC
SESC9411	Principles of Ergonomics	6 UoC
SESC9810	Toxicology	3 UoC
SESC4820	Chemical Safety and Toxicology	3 UoC
SESC4850	Management of Dangerous Materials	3 UoC


Environmental Risk Management Electives
CVEN9888	Environmental Management	6 UoC
CVEN8888	Environmental Management (off-campus)	6UOC UoC
GEOG9015	Population Health and Environment	6 UoC
MATH5285	Ocean Modeling	6 UoC
MATH5295	Atmospheric Modeling	6 UoC
SESC9261	Introduction to Environmental Risk Assessment	6 UoC
SESC9721	Environment and Medicine	6 UoC
SESC9741	Environmental Management Systems	6 UoC
SESC9751	Introduction to Environmental Science	6 UoC
SESC9761	Environmental Auditing	6 UoC


Technical Risk Electives
CVEN9701	Engineering Economics and Financial Management	6 UoC
CVEN9702	Project Planning and Control	6 UoC
CVEN8702	Project Planning and Control (off-campus)	6 UoC
CVEN9703	Quality and Quality Systems	6 UoC
CVEN9707	Contracts Management	6 UoC
CVEN9718	Strategic Management in Engineering	6 UoC
CVEN9881	Hazardous Waste Management	6 UoC
INFS5984	Information Systems Security	6 UoC
SESC9320	Effective Management	3 UoC


MBT Risk Electives
GBAT9120	Accounting: A User Perspective	6 UoC
GBAT9130	Enterprise Risk Management	6 UoC
GBAT9101	Project Management	6 UoC
Study of MBT Electives requires the approval of the program authority and completion of the MBT cross-program enrolment form. PDF FORM