Australia Awards at Flinders University

Our business, accounting and finance degrees do not require you to have an academic background in business or accounting, which makes them perfect for you if you need to acquire business or accounting knowledge for the current stage of your career but didn’t study this in your undergraduate course. You may also have the opportunity to undertake an industry placement or an industry project.

Our Master of Business Administration(MBA) specialisations offers you the opportunity to tailor your course, or to choose from one of our specialisations in Business Analytics, Marketing, Healthcare Management, Human Resource Management, Finance, International Business or Social Impact. The course is designed to provide you with a strong foundation of business knowledge, competencies and capabilities to support ethical, global business management and leadership of organisations. You will be exposed to the application of theory to a range of organisation types including private sector businesses, not-for-profit organisations and public organisations.

Our Master of Accounting is accredited by CPA Australia and other professional bodies. The degree offers the right balance of practice and theory to prepare you for a successful career as an accounting or business professional. Topics cover areas such as accounting fundamentals, information systems and accounting processes, quantitative methods, economics for business, management and cost accounting, principles of commercial law, financial accounting issues, financial management, corporate accounting, auditing and assurances, and business research methods.

The graduate certificate is designed to meet the needs of practitioners working in education, health and community services that support people with disabilities. The Master of Disability Policy and Practice provides advanced professional experience for graduates from a range of professional fields associated with disabilities and assists them to become effective and competent leaders and scholars in the field of disability studies.

Topics cover areas such as communication difficulties, autism spectrum disorder; intellectual disability; transition from school to adult life; design and evaluation of disability programs; leisure, disability and the arts; perspectives on ageing and disability; and disability and the individual, family and society.

Applications will be considered from students who have not previously studied in the disability field.

The postgraduate education program is intended for people currently employed in education, special education or education management, and for those who have an interest in developing their knowledge and practice in these areas. It introduces knowledge and skills in your area of interest, with a focus on understanding and changing practice.

Choose from specialisations such as Leadership and Management; Special Education; Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice; Languages Education; Educational Research, Evaluation and Assessment, and Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health – or study a combination of the above to suit the circumstances of your career and goals. We also have a masters course dedicated to the Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

Flinders offers some unique areas of study within Engineering, but all of them are taught at our world-class $120 million hub of innovation and entrepreneurship at our Tonsley campus.

Tonsley embodies world’s best practice in education, teaching and research. It’s a place where innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurial spirit combine to create the products and processes of the 21st century and beyond.

You may like to study Civil Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Information Technology is designed to enable you to contribute professionally to the management of an enterprise’s information technology infrastructure. From theory through programming to cutting-edge development of computing solutions, information technology provides you with a solid foundation and the ability to adapt to new and innovative technologies.

Environmental management combines the social sciences and humanities with the study of physical geography, the earth sciences and biology to provide the breadth of knowledge required of environmental managers.

Flinders University has a well-earned reputation as a leading light in the field of water resources, hydrology and groundwater with Australia’s largest academic, industry and government research team working on breaking exciting new ground in this field. Our water programs include Water Resources Management and Groundwater Hydrology.

Flinders University is also a key partner in the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT), the largest centre specialising in groundwater education and research in the southern hemisphere, which is located on the Flinders campus.

The Aquaculture program develops an understanding of aquaculture principles and practices in a wide variety of fields. These include nutrition, water quality, reproduction, genetics, hatchery management, ecology, physiology, husbandry, production, health management, disease control, product quality, aquaculture systems, aquaculture technology, experimental design, statistics for biology, fisheries biology, management, and bio-business.

The courses draw on expertise from key industry figures in South Australia who serve on an industry consultative committee. Linked with these courses are work placements in tuna, yellowtail kingfish, oyster, abalone, mussel and freshwater crayfish sites. Flinders University is involved in research shared with Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA) and the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI).

Gender issues shape political, cultural and social institutions, as well as personal identity and relationships. The interdisciplinary field of women’s studies reflects this wide scope by including social, cultural and political perspectives. It introduces you to the theoretical and empirical analysis of a wide range of issues and helps you to develop flexible skills suited to a variety of situations and contexts.

At Flinders, we acknowledge the importance of gender in development, and this is why our Master of Arts (Women’s Studies) starts off with a Graduate Diploma in Gender and Development for all students.

There are many health-related fields that can have a big impact on the quality of people’s lives, and their ability to lead healthy and productive lives. Flinders University has several health-related study areas that are aligned with Australia Awards priority areas. Many of our academics have practical experience in Asia, the Pacific or Africa and can relate to the context you will be going back to.

Australia Awards scholars have taken the following courses at Flinders:

• Nursing
• Midwifery
• Clinical rehabilitation
• Audiology
• Speech pathology
• Palliative care

If you are a current or aspiring public sector manager or policy maker, the postgraduate program in public administration provides opportunities for you to enhance your understanding, knowledge and skills in this area. Postgraduate courses in public administration have been taught at Flinders University since 1986. The program is designed with the needs of current and future public-sector employees in mind and is reviewed regularly.

Topics cover areas such as contemporary cases in public policy, theoretical perspectives on contemporary public policy, ethics in public administration, and governance and public policy.

Some electives can be incorporated from other graduate programs including international development, international relations, international business, environmental management, social work, Asian governance, applied population studies, public health and educational administration.

You can specialise in Public Policy or Public Sector Management. A work placement or a master’s thesis are further options. You will work with an international team of lecturers – and meet colleagues from all over the world.

The Master of Social Work teaches you to research, analyse and articulate a framework for inclusive and ethical professional social work practice. You will develop the skills to identify the cultural context of various approaches and their relevance to specific situations and populations, and to delineate the connections between interpersonal practice, social policy and research. Topics cover areas such as social work with diverse populations, complexities in work with children and families, mental health through the life course, and trauma and resilience.

You will undertake two field placements totaling 500 hours each. Placements are usually offered over four days per week. Placements are designed to provide you with learning opportunities in a range of practice settings, with varied practice methodologies and different client groups.

The Master of Social Work is accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers.