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Master of Social Entrepreneurship

SOCE12MV2

Faculty:
Macquarie Graduate School of Management
Award:
Master of Social Entrepreneurship (MSocEntre)
Admission Requirement:
• Australian level 7 bachelor's qualification or recognised equivalent
• Two years full-time equivalent work experience at a managerial/professional level
English Language Proficiency:
IELTS of 6.5 overall with minimum 6.0 in each band, or equivalent
Study Mode:
Full-time, Part-time
Attendance Mode:
Internal
Candidature Length:
Full-time: 1.5 years - 2 years depending on RPL granted
Commencement:
Term 1 at North Ryde (Domestic, International)
Term 2 at North Ryde (Domestic, International)
Term 3 at North Ryde (Domestic, International)
Term 4 at North Ryde (Domestic, International)
Volume of Learning:
Equivalent to 2 years
General requirements:
Minimum number of credit points at 800 level or above 64
Completion of other specific minimum requirements as set out below

In order to graduate students must ensure that they have satisfied all of the general requirements of the award.

Specific minimum requirements:

Credit points

800 level

Required
4
Marketing Management (4)
 
MGSM820
Required
4
Strategic Frameworks (4)
 
MGSM850
Required
4
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (4)
 
MGSM868
Required
4
Social Entrepreneurship (4)
 
MGSM869
Required
either
or
 
Information and Decision Analysis (4)
 
MGSM960
4
Organisational Behaviour (4)
 
MGSM870
Required
4
Activism and Policy Design (4)
 
SOC825
Required
4cp from
 
Strategic Management (4)
 
MGSM860
 
Management Consulting and Research (4)
 
MGSM953
4
Management Internship (4)
 
MGSM955
Required
4cp from
 
Research Methods in Anthropology (4)
 
ANTH801
 
Research Methods for Sustainable Development (4)
 
ENVS828
4
Qualitative Methods (4)
 
SOC831
Required
28cp from
 
Applied Anthropology: Why Does Culture Matter? (4)
 
ANTH800
 
Development Theory and Practice (4)
 
ANTH815
 
Culture, Health and Disease (4)
 
ANTH816
 
Anthropology of Human Rights and Intervention (4)
 
ANTH818
 
Indigenous Interests and Identities (4)
 
ANTH821
 
Culture, Commodities and Consumption: Anthropological Approaches to Economic Life (4)
 
ANTH831
 
Climate Change Impacts (4)
 
BIOL876
 
Creativity and the Arts: Contemporary Perspectives (4)
 
ECED828
 
Leadership for Learning (4)
 
EDCN842
 
Innovation and Change in Educational Organisations (4)
 
EDCN851
 
Environmental Planning (4)
 
ENVS818
 
Sustainable Development: Introductory Principles and Practices (4)
 
ENVS825
 
Education for Sustainable Development (4)
 
ENVS827
 
Environmental Management Practice (4)
 
ENVS844
 
Social Impact Assessment and Cross Cultural Negotiation (4)
 
GEOP802
 
Globalisation and Sustainable Development (4)
 
GEOP809
 
Urban Social Impact Assessment (4)
 
GEOP812
 
History of Indigenous Education (4)
 
INED801
 
Sustainable Corporate Governance and Financing (4)
 
LAW850
 
Trade and Environment Law (4)
 
LAW852
 
Environmental Law and Sustainable Development (4)
 
LAW855
 
International Environmental Law (4)
 
LAW860
 
Public Policy and International Law (4)
 
POL827
 
Developing Social Policy (4)
 
SOC810
28
Social Care and Human Services (4)
 
SOC863
Required
4cp from
 
Applied Anthropology: Why Does Culture Matter? (4)
 
ANTH800
 
Development Theory and Practice (4)
 
ANTH815
 
Culture, Health and Disease (4)
 
ANTH816
 
Anthropology of Human Rights and Intervention (4)
 
ANTH818
 
Indigenous Interests and Identities (4)
 
ANTH821
 
Culture, Commodities and Consumption: Anthropological Approaches to Economic Life (4)
 
ANTH831
 
Climate Change Impacts (4)
 
BIOL876
 
Creativity and the Arts: Contemporary Perspectives (4)
 
ECED828
 
Leadership for Learning (4)
 
EDCN842
 
Innovation and Change in Educational Organisations (4)
 
EDCN851
 
Environmental Planning (4)
 
ENVS818
 
Sustainable Development: Introductory Principles and Practices (4)
 
ENVS825
 
Education for Sustainable Development (4)
 
ENVS827
 
Environmental Management Practice (4)
 
ENVS844
 
Social Impact Assessment and Cross Cultural Negotiation (4)
 
GEOP802
 
Globalisation and Sustainable Development (4)
 
GEOP809
 
Urban Social Impact Assessment (4)
 
GEOP812
 
History of Indigenous Education (4)
 
INED801
 
Sustainable Corporate Governance and Financing (4)
 
LAW850
 
Trade and Environment Law (4)
 
LAW852
 
Environmental Law and Sustainable Development (4)
 
LAW855
 
International Environmental Law (4)
 
LAW860
 
Strategic Human Resource Management (4)
 
MGSM800
 
Accounting for Management (4)
 
MGSM840
 
Strategic Management (4)
 
MGSM860
 
Leadership and Motivation (4)
 
MGSM876
 
Foundations of Management Thought (4)
 
MGSM880
 
Management of Innovation (4)
 
MGSM897
 
Report 1 (4)
 
MGSM950
 
Management Internship (4)
 
MGSM955
 
Public Policy and International Law (4)
 
POL827
 
Developing Social Policy (4)
 
SOC810
4
Social Care and Human Services (4)
 
SOC863

TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM

64
Additional Information
AQF Level Level 9 Masters by Coursework Degree
CRICOS Code 083808F
Overview and Aims of the Program The Master of Social Entrepreneurship seeks to develop leaders with an entrepreneurial spirit who can apply business management principles to address important social and environmental needs.

Social Entrepreneurship (SE) addresses a social need by responding with entrepreneurial principles to achieve social change. Business entrepreneurs are driven to achieve profits and return, while social entrepreneurs also seek to create social change. The main aim of SE is to further social and environmental goals through innovative ventures or practices. This can be achieved by creating new business ventures or within existing for profit, not-for-profit or governmental institutions. This program encapsulates the disciplines of business management, sociology, anthropology, education, politics and human geography.
Graduate Capabilities

The Graduate Capabilities Framework articulates the fundamentals that underpin all of Macquarie’s academic programs. It expresses these as follows:

Cognitive capabilities
(K) discipline specific knowledge and skills
(T) critical, analytical and integrative thinking
(P) problem solving and research capability
(I) creative and innovative


Interpersonal or social capabilities
(C) effective communication
(E) engaged and ethical local and global citizens
(A) socially and environmentally active and responsible

Personal capabilities
(J) capable of professional and personal judgement and initiative
(L) commitment to continuous learning
Program Learning Outcomes By the end of this program graduates will be able to:

1. design, develop and implement innovative projects to address social and environmental needs and develop a strategic plan to advance the vision and mission of a social enterprise.
2. analyse and assess the ethical, environmental and social impacts of management decisions.
3. develop and integrate a corporate social responsibility framework within an organisation.
4. apply an advanced body of knowledge and cognitive skills to synthesise a wide array of information in order to make well informed decisions.
5. critically evaluate and apply established frameworks to align people, processes, structure and strategy in order to maintain and advance social enterprise.
6. identify strategic issues facing social enterprises and recommend actions for dealing with these issues.
7. identify cultural differences and critically analyse and evaluate their impact on business interactions, using insight from other cultures in decision-making.
8. apply an advanced body of knowledge and research skills to synthesise complex information and critically analyse business problems.
Learning and Teaching Methods The program incorporates a variety of learning and teaching methods including formal lectures, group discussions, group projects, online learning, practical experience and individual workplace-based projects.

Students are exposed to frameworks related to the fundamentals of management and strategy. These frameworks, combined with students' existing experience, form the basis for discussion and collaboration within the interactive environment of the classroom. Material will be applied directly to social enterprise business situations through case studies and assessment.
Assessment MGSM
• Assessment of student learning and feedback on progress are facilitated through unit assessments. Assessment tasks are aligned with learning outcomes for each unit and targeted graduate capabilities.
• All standard, 4 credit point units taught at MGSM are structured to have a standard student workload of 150 hours, including 40 hours of assessment allocated to a combination of group and individual assessment items, based on the learning outcomes of each unit.
• The MGSM applies an annual Assurance of Learning Programme (AOL) in which students are assessed on rubrics based on the mission-driven attributes of leadership, global mindset, sustainable value and citizenship. Results are collected, disseminated and analysed, and used to inform unit and curriculum development as part of a continuous improvement process.
• Students are assessed on both group and individual work in all core units. Syndicate group assessments are considered an important aspect of the collaborative learning approach taken and to reflect the typical environment encountered within a management career.

Assessment methods include:
• individual assignment
• group assignment and report
• individual essay or report
• group presentation
• individual presentation
• group case studies
• individual case studies
• class tests
• final examinations.

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
Assessment at Macquarie University is conducted within the parameters of the relevant policies and procedures of Macquarie University.
Recognition of Prior Learning

Macquarie University may recognise prior formal, informal and non-formal learning for the purpose of granting credit towards, or admission into, a program. The recognition of these forms of learning is enabled by the University’s Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy (see www.mq.edu.au/policy) and its associated Procedures and Guidelines. The RPL pages contain information on how to apply, links to registers, and the approval processes for recognising prior learning for entry or credit.

Domestic students
For undergraduate RPL information visit www.goto.mq.edu.au/nonschoolrpl
For domestic postgraduate RPL information visit www.goto.mq.edu.au/pgrpl

International students
For RPL information visit www.mq.edu.au/international/rpl
Support for Learning

Macquarie University aspires to be an inclusive and supportive community of learners where all students are given the opportunity to meet their academic and personal goals. The University offers a comprehensive range of free and accessible student support services which include academic advice, counselling and psychological services, advocacy services and welfare advice, careers and employment, disability services and academic skills workshops amongst others. There is also a bulk billing medical service located on campus.

Further information can be found at www.students.mq.edu.au/support/

Campus Wellbeing contact details:
Phone: +61 2 9850 7497
Email: campuswellbeing@mq.edu.au
www.students.mq.edu.au/support/health_and_wellbeing/contact_us
Program Standards and Quality

The program is subject to an ongoing comprehensive process of quality review in accordance with a pre-determined schedule that complies with the Higher Education Standards Framework. The review is overseen by Macquarie University's peak academic governance body, the Academic Senate and takes into account feedback received from students, staff and external stakeholders.
Graduate Destinations and Employability The Master of Social Entrepreneurship (MSE) provides students with knowledge and tools to allow them to start their own social enterprise or work in an existing one; lead or work in a not-for-profit; manage a company’s corporate social responsibility program; or work on social aspects in governmental agencies. In addition to skill development and knowledge enhancement, the MSE is exposing students to many guest lecturers from social enterprises or umbrella organisations' such as Social Ventures Australia. This also helps students to increase their network and employment opportunities. The students have an opportunity to complete an internship in a social enterprise, not-for-profit or umbrella organisations. The supervised internship provides students with an important career experience, networking opportunities and professional reflection and development.
Assessment Regulations

This program is subject to Macquarie University regulations, including but not limited to those specified in the Assessment Policy, Academic Honesty Policy, the Final Examination Policy and relevant University Rules. For all approved University policies, procedures, guidelines and schedules visit www.mq.edu.au/policy.
Accreditation This is an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) accredited qualification.