MSc in Management Science (Decision Sciences)

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Programme Code: TMMSDS

Department: Management

For students starting this programme of study in 2019/20

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 2019/20)

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.

Year 1
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) ^# (not available 2022/23)
Paper 5	Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following:
	MA430 Efficient Algorithms For Hard Optimisation Problems (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2020/21)
	MA431 Advanced Topics in Operations Research and Applicable Mathematics (0.5) ^# (not available 2022/23)
	MG409 Auctions and Game Theory (0.5) ^#
	MG4A2 Operational Research and Decision Science in Practice (0.5) (withdrawn 2020/21)
Papers 6 & 7	Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:
	MA402 Mathematical Game Theory (0.5) ^#
	MG401 Operations Management for Management Consultancy (0.5) ^#
	MG425 Global Business Management (0.5) (withdrawn 2020/21)
	PB427 Organisational and Social Decision Making (0.5) (not available 2022/23)
	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MA430 Efficient Algorithms For Hard Optimisation Problems (0.5) ^# (withdrawn 2020/21) or
MA431 Advanced Topics in Operations Research and Applicable Mathematics (0.5) ^# (not available 2022/23) or
MG409 Auctions and Game Theory (0.5) ^# or
MG4A2 Operational Research and Decision Science in Practice (0.5) (withdrawn 2020/21)

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.

# 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.

This programme has been discontinued.