Updated graduate course and programme information 2017/18 - for prospective students
The following information provides a summary of new course and programme information for the 2017/18 session. It is intended to help you when you are selecting your courses.
Graduate programmes
New programmes for 2017/18 | |
European Institute |
MSc in Global Europe: Culture and Conflict |
Gender Institute |
MSc in Women, Peace and Security |
Department of Management |
MSc in Management |
Department of Mathematics |
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Department of Media and Communications |
Double MSc in Global Media and Communications with University of Cape Town |
Department of Statistics |
MSc in Data Science |
Suspended programmes for 2017/18 |
Department of Management |
Withdrawn programmes for 2017/18 | |
European Institute |
MSc in European Studies: Ideas, Ideologies and Identities |
Department of Management |
MSc in International Management |
Substantive changes to Programme regulations from 2017/18 | |
Gender Institute |
MSc in Gender, Policy and Inequalities |
Department of Geography and Environment |
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Institute of Public Affairs |
Master of Public Administration (MPA) (Public Policy and Management) |
Department of Social Policy |
MSc in Health Population and Society (new title: MSc in Global Population Health) |
Programme title changes from 2017/18 | |
Old title |
New title |
Department of Management | |
MSc in Management (2 year) |
Global MSc in Management (2 year) |
Department of Media and Communications | |
MPhil/PhD in New Media, Innovation and Literacy |
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Department of Social Policy | |
MSc in Health Population and Society |
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Graduate courses
Suspended courses for 2017-18 | |
Gender Institute courses: | |
GI417 Gender, Population, and Policy (H) |
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Department of Geography and Environment courses: | |
GY408 Local Economic Development and Policy |
GY415 Local Capacity and Economic Development Policy |
New courses for 2017/18 | |
Department of Accounting courses: | |
AC493 Financial and Management Accounting for Managerial Decision Making (H) |
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Department of European Institute courses: | |
EU478 The Culture of European Politics (H) |
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Department of Finance courses: | |
FM476 Entrepreneurial Finance (H) |
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Institute of Public Affairs courses: | |
GV4J5 Fiscal Governance and Budgeting (H) |
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Department of Management courses: | |
MG4E7 Business Fundamentals |
MG4E8 Principles of Marketing (H) |
MG4E9 Marketing Analytics I: Consumer analysis Fundamentals (H) |
MG4F1 Marketing Action Learning Project |
MG4F2 Marketing Analytics II: Analytics for Managing Innovations, Products and Brands (H) |
MG4F3 New Media Marketing: Managing Online and Social Media (H) |
MG4F4 Strategy and Innovation in a Global Context (H) |
MG4F5 Business in the Global Environment (H) |
MG4F6 Leadership in Practice |
MG4F7 Business Analysis (H) |
MG4F8 Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship I (H) |
MG4F9 Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship II (H) |
MG4G1 Understanding Social Problems for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (H) |
MG4G2 Social Innovation Design (H) |
MG4G5 Dissertation: Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (H) |
MG4G6 Organisational Behaviour for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (H) |
MG505 Contemporary Topics in Organizational Behaviour (H) |
MG506 Micro Organisational Behaviour in Organisations (M-OB) (H) |
MG576 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (H) |
MG577 Reward Systems: Key Models and Practices (H) |
MG578 Globalisation and Human Resource Management (H) |
MG510 Information Systems and Organisations (H) |
MG512 Marketing Seminar: Consumer Behaviour (H) |
MG513 Marketing Seminar: Quantitative Modelling (H) |
MG580 Management of Human Resources: Strategies and Policy (H) |
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Department of Mathematics courses: | |
MA423 Fundamentals of Operations Research |
MA424 Modelling in Operations Research (H) |
Department of Media and Communications courses: | |
MC431 Critical Approaches to Strategic Communications (H) |
MC432 Strategic Communication in Practice: Professional Perspectives (H) |
Department of Methodology courses: | |
MY461 Social Network Analysis (H) |
MY470 Computer Programming (H) |
MY472 Data Structures, Databases and Data Sharing (H) |
MY498 Capstone Project (H) |
MY570 Computer Programming (H) |
MY572 Data Structures, Databases and Data Sharing (H) |
MY573 Managing and Visualising Data (H) |
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Department of Sociology courses: | |
SO4A7 Urban Consultancy Programme |
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Department of Social Policy courses: | |
SA4P2 Global Population Health (H) |
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Department of Statistics courses: | |
ST445 Managing and Visualising Data (H) |
ST446 Distributed Computing for Big Data (H) |
ST447 Data Analysis and Statistical Methods (H) |
ST498 Capstone Project/ Dissertation |
Course title changes from 2017/18 | |
Old title |
New title |
European Institute courses: | |
EU457 Ethnic Diversity and International Society (H) |
EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (H) |
EU426 The West: Identities and Interests (H) |
EU426 The West (H) |
EU458 Identity, Community and the 'Problem of Minorities' (H) |
EU458 Public Policy and Cultural Narratives in a Global Europe (H) |
Gender Institute courses: | |
GI414 Gender and Social Policy: Theory and Practice (H) |
GI414 Theorising Gender and Social Policy (H) |
Department of Management courses: | |
MG404 Behavioural Fundamentals for Marketing and Management (H) |
MG404 Consumer Insights I: Behavioural Fundamentals (H) |
MG455 Consumer Insights II: Judgement and Decision Making (H) |
MG455 Behavioural Decision Science for Management and Policy (H) |
Department of Mathematics courses: | |
MG4B4 Advanced Topics in Operational Research (H) |
MA431 Advanced Topics in Operational Research and Applicable Mathematics (H) |
MG4C6 Mathematical Programming: Theory and Algorithms (H) |
MA427 Mathematical Optimisation (H) |
MG4C7 Applied Management Science |
MA425 Project in Operations Research & Analytics |
MG4C9 MSc Management Science |
MA426 Dissertation in Operations Research & Analytics |
Course code changes from 2017/18 | |
Old code |
New code |
Department of Management: |
Department of Mathematics: |
MG408 Combinatorial Optimisation (H) |
MA428 Combinatorial Optimisation (H) |
MG4A7 Efficient Algorithms for Hard Optimisation Problems (H) |
MA430 Efficient Algorithms for Hard Optimisation Problems (H) |
MG4B4 Advanced Topics in Operational Research (H) |
MA431 Advanced Topics in Operational Research and Applicable Mathematics (H) |
MG4C6 Mathematical Programming: Theory and Algorithms (H) |
MA427 Mathematical Optimisation (H) |
MG4C7 Applied Management Science |
MA425 Project in Operations Research & Analytics |
MG4C9 Dissertation: MSc Management Science |
MA426 Dissertation in Operations Research & Analytics |
MG4E1 Algorithmic Techniques for Data Mining (H) |
MA429 Algorithmic Techniques for Data Mining (H) |