DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - POLITICS (01NM1170)
Students must also comply with the University General Regulations and the Supplementary
Regulations for the Degree of Master of Arts.
All the courses listed below are prescribed for this degree
PROGRAMME YEAR 1 – 120 Credit Points
First Half Session
Second Half Session
Course
Credit
Course
Course Title
Course Title
Code
Points
Code
AW 1003
Academic Writing for Business
0
The Economics of Business and
EC 1006
15
AC 1515
Accounting and Entrepreneurship
Society
MS 1009
Managing Organisations
15
MS 1509
The Context of Business
Introduction to Politics & International
Introduction to Politics &
PI 1018
15
PI 1518
Relations 1
International Relations 2
Plus 30 credit points from courses of choice.
Credit
Points
15
15
15
PROGRAMME YEAR 2 – 120 Credit Points
First Half-Session
Course
Course Title
Code
MS 2005
Managing Customers and Markets
PI 2009
Ideas & Ideologies in Politics &
International Relations
Credit
Points
30
30
Second Half-Session
Course
Course Title
Code
MS 2511
Operations Management
PO 2508
Understanding Statistics
PI 2508
Global Politics: Equality & Inequality
Credit
Points
15
15
30
PROGRAMME YEAR 3 – 120 Credit Points
First Half-Session
Second Half-Session
Course
Course Title
Credit
Course
Course Title
Credit
Code
Points
Code
Points
PI 3066
Political Research in the 21st Century
30
Plus 60 credit points from level 3 course(s) in Business Management. (See Table of Honours Options below and Note 2).
Plus a further 30 credit points from level 3 course(s) in Politics & International Relations.
PROGRAMME YEAR 4 – 120 Credit Points
First Half-Session
Course
Code
Second Half-Session
Credit
Course
Course Title
Credit
Points
Code
Points
EITHER:
AND:
MS 4536
Business Strategy
30
PI 4071
Dissertation (Politics)
30
OR:
MS 4540
Dissertation in Management Studies
30
Plus further credit points from Honours course(s) in Business Management and level 4 course(s) in Politics & International
Relations to gain a total of 60 credits in each discipline.
NOTE: You are required to gain a minimum of 90 credit points from level 4 courses.
Course Title
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Honours Courses in Business Management
All courses are subject to availability.
First Half-Session
Course
Course Title
Code
MS 3055
MS 3056
MS 4047
MS 4053
Managing New Product Development
Business Ethics and Corporate Social
Responsibility
Managing Consultancy and Change
Understanding and Managing Behaviour
in Organisations
Second Half-Session
Credit
Course
Course Title
Points
Code
LEVEL 3 OPTIONS
30
MS 3551
Understanding the Consumer
30
MS 3552
MS 3553
MS 3554
LEVEL 4 OPTIONS
30
MS 4536
2.
30
Business Modelling
30
Research Methods for Business
Human Resource Management
30
30
Business Strategy
30
30
Notes
1.
Credit
Points
Candidates seeking entry to the Junior Honours programme must have accumulated, by award or
recognition, or been exempted from, at least 240 credit points at levels 1 and 2, including the
prescribed courses required to enter programme year 3.
MS3553 Research Methods for Business is normally a prescribed course for students who intend
to take their dissertation in Business Management. However, the Business Management
Teaching & Learning Convenor has approved PI3066 Political Research in the 21st Century as an
equivalent research methods course, which will be accepted as a pre-requisite for the Dissertation
in Business Management. Students on this degree programme are not required to take MS3553.
This information, whilst correct at the time of going to publication, is subject to alteration without notice.
Course choice may be restricted by degree regulations or timetabling.