MSc in Management Science (Decision Sciences)

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Programme Code: TMMSDS

Department: Management

For students starting this programme of study in 2017/18

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

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

(This programme is not available in 2017/18)

Full-year programme. Students are required to take compulsory and optional courses to the value of four full units as shown. All courses are half-units except MA425 and MA426.

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)
Paper 1	MA424 Modelling in Operations Research (0.5) ^#
Paper 2	MA425 Project in Operations Research & Analytics (1.0) ^A or
	MA426 Dissertation in Operations Research & Analytics (1.0)
Paper 3	MG455 Decisions, Biases and Nudges (0.5) ^#
Paper 4	MG456 Strategic Decision Making (0.5) ^#
Paper 5	Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:
	MA430 Efficient Algorithms For Hard Optimisation Problems (0.5) ^# (not available 2019/20)
	MA431 Advanced Topics in Operational Research and Applicable Mathematics (0.5) (not available 2019/20)
	MG405 Behavioural Decision Science (0.5) ^# ^B (withdrawn 2018/19)
	MG409 Auctions and Game Theory (0.5) ^#
	MG4A2 Operational Research and Decision Science in Practice (0.5)
	MG4C1 Techniques of Operational Research (0.5) (withdrawn 2017/18)
Papers 6 & 7	Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:
	MA402 Game Theory I (0.5) ^#
	MG401 Operations Management for Management Consultancy (0.5) ^#
	MG423 Leading Entrepreneurial Organisations in Global Markets (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19)
	MG425 Global Business Management (0.5) (not available 2019/20)
	PB427 Organisational and Social Decision Making (0.5) (not available 2019/20)
	A course from any other MSc programme, by special permission only.
	Paper 5 options list

Paper 5 options list

MA430 Efficient Algorithms For Hard Optimisation Problems (0.5) ^# (not available 2019/20) or
MA431 Advanced Topics in Operational Research and Applicable Mathematics (0.5) (not available 2019/20) or
MG405 Behavioural Decision Science (0.5) ^# ^C (withdrawn 2018/19) or
MG409 Auctions and Game Theory (0.5) ^# or
MG4A2 Operational Research and Decision Science in Practice (0.5) or
MG4C1 Techniques of Operational Research (0.5) (withdrawn 2017/18)

Footnotes

A : MA425 is an extended practical project or a dissertation which will be introduced in the summer term and worked on throughout the summer.

B : MG405 is examined entirely by means of essays and project reports.

C : MG405 is examined entirely by means of essays and project reports.

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

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.