StudyQA — Master: Management — University of St. Andrews

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The Masters in Management is a one-year taught programme run by the School of Management.

Highlights

This programme is designed for students from a non-business discipline with little or no work experience.
Student who successfully complete the programme will receive accreditation from theChartered Management Institute.
Students gain important analytical and management skills required to obtain a professional position with managerial responsibilities or a leadership role within an organisation.
The course provides a solid foundation in contemporary management methods and core business principals.

Teaching is delivered through a mixture of core and optional modules using a range of delivery methods including lectures, small group tutorials, workshops and seminars. The average lecture size is 30 students, however, in some cases there will be seminars of 15 to 18 students or larger lectures with up to 100 students, which would normally be augmented by small group tutorials.

Assessment comprises a combination of coursework and examinations. Over the summer months, students undertake a research project culminating in a written dissertation of 15,000 words. You will attend a weekly series of lectures and workshops focusing on research methods and other topics to help prepare you for the dissertation.

Modules

The modules in this programme have varying methods of delivery and assessment. Typically, each module consists of three to five contact hours per week including lectures, seminars and tutorials. Assessment is either entirely by coursework or through a combination of coursework (50%) and a two-hour end-of-semester examination (50%).

Compulsory modules

Marketing: Principles and Practice: offers a critical review of current theory and practice and looks at how marketing is evolving in light of changes to the business context, particularly from a managerial perspective.
Strategic Management: develops students' knowledge and understanding of the strategy process and develops an appreciation of organisational responses to the rapidly changing global economy.
Managing Human Resources: reviews the key theoretical and practical aspects involved in managing human resources.
Corporate Finance and Accounting: introduces students to the basic principles and practices of accounting and corporate finance.

Optional modules

Students choose two optional modules, taking one in each semester. For the latest optional module information, see the module catalogue.

Alternative Investment
Creative Marketing Communications
Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity
Ethics, Organisations and Management
Financial Systems
International Financial Management
International Marketing
Leadership in Organisations
Managerial Decision-making
Managing Natural Resources
Managing People in Global Markets
Marketing and Society
Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs): Critical Perspective
Risk Management
Scenario Thinking and Strategy

Dissertation

Students attend lectures throughout semesters 1 and 2 to prepare them for conducting the research portion of the dissertation. The dissertation is normally on a specific area of Management, however at the School of Management, you will have the freedom to develop a topic of your own, which is of interest to you and will contribute towards career development or further study goals.

Students are assigned a supervisor based on a research proposal submitted in the second semester. They will then research and write a 15,000-word dissertation over the summer to be submitted on a date specified in August.

If students choose not to complete the dissertation requirement for their Masters degree (MLitt), there are exit awards available that allow suitably qualified candidates to receive a Postgraduate Diploma. By choosing an exit award, you will finish your degree at the end of the second semester of study and receive a PGDip instead of a MLitt.

Requirements

Postgraduate candidates will be expected to hold a Russian Bachelor’s degree - Diplom Bakalavra/ Bakalavr Diploma or a Specialist Degree issued by the Russian Federation - Specialist Diploma / Diplom Specialista. In either case, students should have completed their degree with an average mark (grade) of 4 or higher on the Russian 5-point marking scale. Students with higher level qualifications such as Magistr, the Kandidat Nauk, would also be considered for postgraduate study.
CV
Personal statement explaining why you have chosen the programme, why this subject is important to you and why you have applied to study at the University of St Andrews in particular (500 words)
Two original signed academic references
Academic transcripts and degree certificates
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