MSc in Management of Information Systems and Digital Innovation

Page contents > Papers 4 & 5 options list | Footnotes

Programme Code: TMMISDI

Department: Management

For students starting this programme of study in 2025/26

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Full-year programme which is available on a part-time basis. Students must take four half unit compulsory courses, three half unit optional courses and a dissertation. Students are also required to attend an unassessed skills course: MG496 Study Skills and Research Methods.

Part-time students are required to take taught courses in the Autumn and Winter Terms of their two years and the work load will be split across both years (two units per year). The dissertation will be completed in the Summer Term of the second year.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Paper	Course number, title (unit value)

Skills Course	MG496 Study Skills and Contemporary Topics in Information Systems and Digital Innovations (0.0)

Paper 1	MG487 Innovation and Information Systems: Concepts and Perspectives (0.5)

Paper 2	MG481 Innovating Organisational Information Technology (0.5) #

Paper 3	MG472 Management and Socioeconomics of Digital Innovation (0.5) #

Papers 4 & 5	Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:
	MG483 eHealth: Policy, Strategy and Systems (0.5) #
	MG486 Digital-first Strategy in the Generative Economy (0.5)
	MG492 Data Governance: Privacy, Openness and Transparency (0.5)
	MG4C3 Information Technology and Service Innovation (0.5)
	MG4J8 Managing Artificial Intelligence (0.5)

Paper 6	Either another 0.5 unit course from Papers 4 & 5 above or from the following: A

	AC490 Management Accounting, Decisions and Control (0.5)
	FM473W Financial Markets (0.5) #
	MG401 Operations Management for Management Consultancy (0.5) #
	MG402 Public Management: A Design-Oriented Approach (0.5)
	MG418 Open Innovation (0.5)
	MG4B7 Leading Organisational Change (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)
	MG4F3 Digital Marketing (0.5) #
	MG4J3 Principles of Pricing (0.5) #
	ST455 Reinforcement Learning (0.5) #
	ST456 Deep Learning (0.5) #

	Papers 4 & 5 options list
	Or a course from another programme with permission of the Programme Director by special permission only.
Paper 7	MG4D7 Dissertation: MSc MISDI (0.5) and MY401 Research Design for Studies in Digital Innovation (0.5)

Papers 4 & 5 options list



MG483 eHealth: Policy, Strategy and Systems (0.5) #
MG486 Digital-first Strategy in the Generative Economy (0.5)
MG492 Data Governance: Privacy, Openness and Transparency (0.5)
MG4C3 Information Technology and Service Innovation (0.5)
MG4J8 Managing Artificial Intelligence (0.5)

Footnotes

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

A: Paper 6: Statistics Courses (ST445, ST449 and ST456) may require some mathematics, in particular use of vectors and some calculus and a basic knowledge of computer programming is expected.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.