MSc in Management Science

Full-year programme with two disciplinary streams. Students are required to take compulsory and optional courses to the value of four full units as shown.
All courses are half-units except OR440 and OR499.

Paper

Course number and title

1

OR426 

Computer Modelling: Applied Statistics and Simulation (H) ‡

2

OR440

Applied Management Science (project) ± or

OR499

Dissertation: MSc Management Science

Disciplinary streams

Operational Research

3

OR401

Techniques of Operational Research (H)

4

OR428

Model Building in Mathematical Programming (H) ‡

5

One of the following half-unit courses:

 

MG405

Behavioural Decision Science (H) ‡

OR406

Mathematical Programming: Theory and Algorithms (H) †

OR408

Combinatorial Optimisation (H)

OR409

Auctions and Game Theory (H)

OR414

Advanced Topics in Operational Research (H)

OR432

Operational Research and Decision Sciences in Practice (H)

MG455

Behavioural Decision Science for Management and Policy (H)

MG456

Risk and Decision Analysis for Management and Policy (H)

OR437

Solving Unsolvable Problems: NP-completeness and how to cope with it (H) (n/a 14/15)

6 & 7

Two of the following half-unit courses:

 

AC491

Financial Accounting, Reporting and Disclosure (H)

ID430

Organisational Behaviour (H)

ID431

Organisational Change (H)

IS471

Innovating Organisational Information Technology (H)

MA419

Search Games (H) (n/a 14/15)

MG401

Operations Management (H)

MG423

Leading Entrepreneurial Organisations in Global Markets (H)

MG425

Global Business Management (H)

ST422

Time Series (H)

 

Any course listed in 5 above

 

A course from any other MSc programme §

Decision Sciences

3

MG455

Behavioural Decision Science for Management and Policy (H)

4

MG456

Risk and Decision Analysis for Management and Policy (H)

5

One of the following half-unit courses:

 

MG405

Behavioural Decision Science (H) ‡

 

OR401

Techniques of Operational Research (H)

 

OR409

Auctions and Game Theory (H)

 

OR414

Advanced Topics in Operational Research (H)

 

OR432

Operational Research and Decision Sciences in Practice (H)

 

OR437

Solving Unsolvable Problems: NP-completeness and how to cope with it (H) (n/a 14/15)

6 & 7

Two of the following

 

ID430

Organisational Behaviour (H)

 

ID431

Organisational Change (H)

 

MA402

Game Theory 1 (H)

 

MG401

Operations Management (H)

 

MG423

Leading Entrepreneurial Organisations in Global Markets (H)

 

MG425

Global Business Management (H)

 

MN415

The Analysis of Strategy A (H)

 

PS445

Organizational and Social Decision Making (H)

 

Any other course listed in 5

 

A course from any other MSc programme §

Notes

‡ Examined entirely by means of essays and project reports.
± This is an extended practical project or a dissertation which will be introduced in the summer term and worked on throughout the summer.
§ means by special permission only.