Course details

Summary

The Master of Sustainable Business (MSusBus) is an interdisciplinary programme providing students with an advanced qualification in sustainability and its relevance to the business community.

Drawing upon emerging research in the field, this programme will position graduates for a wider range of career options in the public and private sectors as practitioners and policy makers in fields such as sustainability management for industry, business analysis, sustainable business consulting and sustainable development management.

The programme requirements are:

Four compulsory papers (20 points each):

• MANT 414 Research Process
• MANT 437 Organisations and Sustainability
• MANT 450 Governance and Social Responsibility
• MANT 451 Strategic Change and Innovation

Three of the following elective papers:

• BSNS 401 The Environment of Business and Economics
• ECON 405 The Economics of Natural Resources and Public Choice
• EMAN 410 Energy Policy
• ENTR 420 Sustainable Entrepreneurship
• FINC 420 Energy and Carbon Finance
• GEOG 472 Developments in Environmental Management
• GEOG 475 Sustaining Rural Livelihoods in Developing Countries
• MANT 415 Advanced Research Practice
• MANT 455 Leadership Development
• TOUR 422 Tourism and Global Environmental Change

Plus one of the following (40 points each):

• MANT 501 Applied Project
• MANT 580 Research Project

Students enrolling in MANT 580 should take MANT 415 as one of their elective papers.

Entry criteria

Every applicant must either

• be a graduate and normally have achieved an average grade of B+ in the relevant 300-level papers, or
• normally have achieved an average grade of B+ in the papers satisfying the final year requirements for that major subject; or

In considering an applicant’s qualifications, regard will be had to the detail of the course of study followed to gain the qualification, as well as the applicant’s performance in the programme.

English Language Requirements: IELTS - Score of 6.5 in the academic module (with no individual band below 6.0); Internet-based TOEFL Score of 95 with a minimum writing score of 22.; Paper-based TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 587 (TWE 4.5); Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) – Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169); Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) – Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169); APIEL Advanced Placement International English Language Examination - Grade 4 or higher; Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic - Overall score of 64 with no communicative skills score below 57; University of Otago Foundation Studies Ltd: Completion of 'English for Postgraduate Academic Purposes' with a grade of C or higher.