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
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new programmes in 2017/18.

European Institute

MSc in Global Europe: Culture and Conflict
MSc in Global Europe: Culture and Conflict (LSE & Sciences Po)

Gender Institute

MSc in Women, Peace and Security

Department of Management

MSc in Management
MSc in Marketing
MSc in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
MRes/PhD in Management (Organisational Behaviour)
MRes/PhD in Management (Marketing)
MRes/PhD in Management (Employment Relations and Human Resources)
MRes/PhD in Management (Information Systems and Innovation)

Department of Mathematics

MSc in Operations Research and Analytics

Department of Media and Communications

Double MSc in Global Media and Communications with University of Cape Town
MSc in Strategic Communications

Department of Statistics

MSc in Data Science
MSc in Statistics (Social Statistics)
MSc in Statistics (Social Statistics) (Research)

 

Suspended programmes for 2017/18
The following programmes have been suspended for the 2017/18  session.

Department of Management

MSc in Management Science (Decision Sciences)

 

Withdrawn programmes for 2017/18
The following programmes have been withdrawn for the 2017/18  session.

European Institute

MSc in European Studies: Ideas, Ideologies and Identities
MSc in European Studies: Ideas, Ideologies and Identities (LSE & Sciences Po)

Department of Management

MSc in International Management
MSc in Management, Organisations and Governance
MSc in Public Management and Governance
MSc in Management Science (Operations Research)
MPhil/PhD in Management: General Management
MPhil/PhD in Management: Information Systems and Innovation
MPhil/PhD in Management: Management Science
MPhil/PhD in Management: Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour
MPhil/PhD in Management: Business Economics

 

Substantive changes to Programme regulations from 2017/18
The following programmes will change their structure, course options and/or other elements of the programme regulations from the 2017/18 session.

Gender Institute

MSc in Gender, Policy and Inequalities

Department of Geography and Environment

MSc in Local Economic Development

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)
MSc in International Health Policy
MSc in International Health Policy – Health Economics
MSc in Global Health
Executive MSc in Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in Cardiovascular Sciences

 

Programme title changes from 2017/18
The following programmes have changed title from the 2017/18 session.

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

MPhil/PhD in Data, Networks and Society

Department of Social Policy

MSc in Health Population and Society

MSc in Global Population Health

Graduate courses

Suspended courses for  2017-18
We regret we are unable to offer the following courses in the  2017-18 session.  For alternative option courses you should consult your academic adviser.

Gender Institute courses:

GI417 Gender, Population, and Policy (H)

 

Department of Geography and Environment courses:

GY408 Local Economic Development and Policy

GY415 Local Capacity and Economic Development Policy

 

New courses for 2017/18 
The School is pleased to be able to offer the following new courses in 2017/18.

Department of Accounting courses:

AC493 Financial and Management Accounting for Managerial Decision Making (H)

 

Department of European Institute courses:

EU478 The Culture of European Politics (H)

 

Department of Finance courses:

FM476 Entrepreneurial Finance (H)

 

Institute of Public Affairs courses:

GV4J5 Fiscal Governance and Budgeting (H)

 

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)

 

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)

 

Department of Sociology courses:

SO4A7 Urban Consultancy Programme

 

Department of Social Policy courses:

SA4P2 Global Population Health (H)

 

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
The following courses have changed title for the 2017/18 session. 

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
The following courses have changed department codes for the 2017/18 session.  Course codes are used to register you for courses in the School.

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)