Master of Arts Translation and Interpreting Studies

at Western Sydney University - Parramatta City Campus Australia

The Master of Business Administration/Master of Applied Finance double degree offers a comprehensive range of subjects equipping you with the skills and knowledge necessary for careers in the finance, banking and investment sectors.

Upon completion of the double degree, you will have acquired a firm foundation in economic and financial theories as well as state-of-the-art quantitative financial skills. The Master of Applied Finance program is specifically intended to equip students with cutting-edge knowledge and skills in applied finance.

The curriculum is carefully designed to strike a good balance between theory and practice. An exciting feature of the program is that it has been designed in conjunction with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) situated in Mumbai, India. Students may elect to study the first 4 subjects in Mumbai with the BSE.The Bombay Stock Exchange is Asia's first and fastest stock exchange with the speed of 200 micro second and one of India's leading exchange groups. With more than 5000 companies listed on the exchange, the BSE is the world's No.1 in terms of listed members so students would have a unique experience studying in this environment.

Industrial design is a vital part of modern-day living. Every day of our lives, we encounter products designed and manufactured with the intention of making our lives easier. It is industrial designers, incorporating a lateral and cross-disciplinary approach to problem solving, who create the most useful products.

The primary focus of our Industrial Design program is ensuring that our graduates are completely industry-ready, able to think strategically and provide innovative design solutions in a commercial context. The program promotes an awareness of the place of design in society and its effect on people, the environment and the economy, and provides students with the ability to work independently or collaboratively.

Technology Entrepreneurship

The Technology Entrepreneurship major is focused on guiding students through all stages of turning their innovative idea into a start-up company. In an entrepreneurial ecosystem, you will learn the knowledge and techniques for opportunity discovery, impact analysis, customer analysis, strategic team-building and leadership, the psychology and ethics of the start-up, funding modelling and financial analysis, growth and exit strategies. We will be helping you with defining your idea, forming a team around it, building a prototype, developing a pitch for investors and running a start-up company.

Upgrade your skills in a fully accredited professional Engineering program. Gain the required knowledge and degree to stay on top in a dynamic environment, with majors in civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical, telecommunications or mechatronic engineering.

Western’s streamlined Master of Engineering can be completed in two years to get you fully qualified and progressing your career sooner. This degree is taught at our innovative Parramatta City Campus, and enables you to pursue a major from our broad set of engineering fields.

Completion of this program will prepare you for a dynamically developing and changing technological environment, allowing you to stay at the forefront of the engineering world.

Graduates of this program will emerge with provisional accreditation at the Professional Engineer level by Engineers Australia, and gain access to the Centre for Infrastructure Engineering located at Western Sydney University.

Telecommunication

Recent advances in computer and telecommunications networked systems have increased the importance of network technologies in the discipline of computer science. This major gives you a thorough technical understanding of modern networked computer systems, how they work and the principles that govern them.

The Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) program is designed for students with interests in learning to address humanity’s issues and challenges through the development and deployment of technical solutions.

This program spans all major engineering domains and prioritises industry relevance via an emphasis on work integrated learning to ensure students are career-ready on graduation. In addition to becoming technical experts in their chosen field of specialisation, students are also challenged to become collaborative and innovative problem solvers with an appreciation for the importance of sustainability and global citizenship.

Mechanical

Mechanical engineering is a dynamic area involving the design and build of moving machines including engines that power transportation, industrial machinery, and a range of tools. Students put the core concepts of mechanical engineering, energy, thermodynamics, mechanics, kinematics, and fluid mechanics, into practical application in workshops, industry projects, and work integrated learning. Students design and construct machines and tools, monitor and evaluate their performance. Employment opportunities include automotive or mechanical engineer, control and instrumentation engineer.

Graduate destinations include:
Mechanical engineer, Aerospace engineer, Automotive engineer, CAD engineering, Control and instrumentation engineer, Maintenance engineer.

Project management plays an important role in most, if not all, occupations. Be skilled and prepared to apply key project management concepts and practices across a variety of professions.

Our graduates are proficient in domain-specific customising of a project management life cycle and in developing comprehensive project plans involving cost and quality control, managing risks and stakeholders. You will also develop efficient schedules while being able to act as an effective communicator.

Since project management occurs in a team setting, our project managers are taught to master team leadership and to understand team dynamics and behaviour in different team settings.

The Master of Planning degree has been designed to equip students with the professional and scholarly education to take a leadership role in statutory town planning practice as well as policy development.

The Western Sydney University Parramatta campus location in the centre of Sydney’s population growth area represents a rich urban laboratory in which to explore the most important urban issues.

The Master of Planning is a two-year program in urban and regional planning and is accredited by the Planning Institute of Australia. The program equips you with professional and scholarly education enabling you to take a leadership role in statutory town planning practice as well as policy development.

It has a strong emphasis on research rooted in social sciences and in the fast growing Western Sydney region. The program work includes learning and training in history and theory, governance, professional practice, economic development, sustainability, transport planning, spatial analysis and legal frameworks for planning

Effective management is critical to the success of every organisation. Many organisations across many industries are now seeking graduates who are highly qualified, with a strategic understanding of how individuals, systems and procedures can most effectively operate.

The Master of Management is a study of contemporary management theory and practice in a global and Australian context. Within a program of integrated study, students examine and reflect upon the management techniques and strategies required for effective leadership, while also engaging with the wider community, business and government.

Capitalise on the change and growth taking place in Western Sydney by undertaking our innovative Bachelor of Architectural Design, Australia’s newest architecture degree program.This degree directly relates architectural design problems to urban transformation of contemporary cities, preparing architects for global employment by giving them the technological and intellectual skills to create sustainable, resilient, and well designed environments.

The Bachelor of Architectural Design focuses on a studio based education that fosters creative thinking, hands-on making, collaboration, and interdisciplinary integration.You will be provided with a combination of the skills and knowledge required by contemporary architects, including studies in spatial design, graphic communication, history and theory of architecture, digital design and fabrication, construction technology, and professional studies to meet all the accreditation pathway requirements of the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia and in conjunction with the proposed Master of Architecture (Urban Transformation) program.

Learn how to grapple with business analytics, not just data analytics. Focus on the nature of data, including Big and Unstructured Data. Discover how to embark on data-driven investigations and visual and computational analytics. Prepare to take on the world of tomorrow.

The education you will gain in this program builds the necessary knowledge base for working in employment relations, but the emphasis is knowledge in action, as inspired by the Australia Human Resource Institute’s capabilities for HR professionals and Western Sydney Graduate Attributes designed to bring knowledge to life.

Students acquire the skills, knowledge and understanding of the challenges of managing people strategically in complex and turbulent environments. The program equips graduates with the ability to analyse and address a changing business environment, appropriate for careers in Australia and internationally.