MSc in Management Science

Programme codes: TMMSDS (Decision Sciences)
                                TMMSOR (Operational Research)

Department: Management

This information is for the 2016/17 session.

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 MG4C7 and MG4C9.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Paper

Course number and title

1

MG4C5

Computer Modelling: Applied Statistics and Simulation (H) ‡

2

MG4C7

Applied Management Science (project) ± or

MG4C9

Dissertation: MSc Management Science

Disciplinary streams

Operational Research

3

MG4C1

Techniques of Operational Research (H)

4

MG4C8

Model Building in Mathematical Programming (H) ‡

5

One of the following half-unit courses:

 

MG405

Behavioural Decision Science (H) ‡ (n/a 16/17)

MG408

Combinatorial Optimisation (H)

MG409

Auctions and Game Theory (H)

MG455

Behavioural Decision Science for Management and Policy (H)

MG456

Risk and Decision Analysis for Management and Policy (H)

MG4A2

Operational Research and Decision Sciences in Practice (H)

MG4A7

Solving Unsolvable Problems: NP-completeness and how to cope with it (H)

MG4B4

Advanced Topics in Operational Research (H) (n/a 16/17)

MG4C6

Mathematical Programming: Theory and Algorithms (H) †

MG4E1

Algorithmic Techniques for Data Mining (H)

6 & 7

Two of the following half-unit courses:

 

AC491

Financial Accounting, Reporting and Disclosure (H)

MA419

Search Games (H) (n/a 16/17)

MG401

Operations Management (H)

MG423

Leading Entrepreneurial Organisations in Global Markets (H)

MG425

Global Business Management (H)

MG481

Innovating Organisational Information Technology (H)

MG4B7

Organisational Change (H)

MG4C2

Organisational Behaviour (H)

ST422

Time Series (H)

 

Any course listed in Paper 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) ‡ (n/a 16/17)

 

MG409

Auctions and Game Theory (H)

 

MG4A2

Operational Research and Decision Sciences in Practice (H)

 

MG4A7

Solving Unsolvable Problems: NP-completeness and how to cope with it (H)

 

MG4B4

Advanced Topics in Operational Research (H) (n/a 16/17)

 

MG4C1

Techniques of Operational Research (H)

 

MG4E1

Algorithmic Techniques for Data Mining (H)

 

MG4G4

Topics in Management Research (H)

6 & 7

Two of the following

 

MA402

Game Theory 1 (H)

 

MG401

Operations Management (H)

 

MG423

Leading Entrepreneurial Organisations in Global Markets (H)

 

MG425

Global Business Management (H)

 

MG4B7

Organisational Change (H)

 

MG4C2

Organisational Behaviour (H)

 

PS445

Organizational and Social Decision Making (H)

 

Any other course listed in Paper 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.