MA Management - Courses

The Department of Management coordinates the teaching of students on the four-year Scottish undergraduate MA Management programme. In the first two years, students study introductory and intermediate courses in Management, Accountancy, Statistics and Economics alongside courses chosen from other disciplines within the MA programme. In the final two years students are able to choose from a wide range of Management honours courses, and write a dissertation on a topic of their choice. Management graduates are able to take advantage of opportunities across a wide spectrum of employment possibilities, from large multinational blue-chips to small and medium-sized enterprises in any number of private and public sector industries.

The details below are intended to give students a guide to the courses they would be studying on the MA Management programme. To read what each course is about, click on the course code. The credits shown are Aberdeen credits (30 Aberdeen credits = 15 ECTS). Courses tagged C are compulsory. Courses tagged R are highly recommended. The Department's Teaching and Learning Convenor is Dr Jing Cai and the Examinations Officer is Dr Rosalind Rae. Dr Belgin Okay-Somerville chairs the Staff-Student Liaison Committee.

First Year Courses

• AC 1513 ACCOUNTING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (15) (CR, CAL, TIB, AMG) C
• EC 1006 THE ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS AND SOCIETY (15) (AZ KB) C
• MS 1007 MANAGING ORGANISATIONS (15) (RR CSC JR MH BO) C
• MS 1507 THE CONTEXT OF BUSINESS (15) (AJS JL ASM TS) C
• plus four 15 credit courses of your choice

Second Year Courses

• MS 2005 MANAGING CUSTOMERS AND MARKETS (30) (RW TS) C
• MS 2511 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (15) (JL AS) C
• PO 2504 UNDERSTANDING STATISTICS (15) (DR) C
• plus a further 60 credits of courses

Third and Fourth Year Courses

* To enter single or joint honours in Management in academic year 2012/13, students must have achieved at least 240 credits overall, including passes (marks of 9 or above) in the following courses (or earlier equivalents): EC1006 (15), MS1007 (15), MS1507 (15), AC1513 (15), MS2005 (30), MS2511 (15) and PO2504 (15).

* In addition to the normal requirements that honours students must achieve 480 credits overall, including at least 90 credits at level 4, single honours students need to ensure that they achieve 30 credits worth of non MS coded courses at levels 3 or 4 to satisfy Enhance Study requirements. Students must study at least 15 credits from a category A course and 15 credits from a category B course.

Winter Semester 2012/13

Third Year Courses

• MS 3039 ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE (30) (JR NN) A
• MS 3040 BUSINESS ETHICS (15) (AJS)
• MS 3041 GENDER, WORK AND ORGANISATION (30) (NM) A
• MS 3042 MANAGING NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (15) (BUN CAI) B
• MS 3046 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (30) (IH)
• MS 3044 BUSINESS MODELLING (15) (JL) B
• MS 3045 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (15) (HUG) A

Fourth Year Courses

• MS 4032 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS (30) (NM) (C Level 4 students only 2012/13)

Spring Semester 2012/13

Third Year Courses

• MS 3540 UNDERSTANDING THE CONSUMER (15) (TS CSC) A
• MS 3545 UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING BEHAVIOUR IN ORGANISATIONS (15) (NN) A
• MS 3547 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (15) (NN) A
• MS 3548 TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (15) (CAI BUN AS) B
• MS 3549 RESEARCH METHODS FOR BUSINESS (15) (NM) C (Level 3 students only 2012/13)
  

Fourth Year Courses

• MS 4532 BUSINESS DISSERTATIONS (30) (NM) (C Level 4 students only 2012/13)
• MS 4533 BUSINESS DISSERTATION (30) (NM) (C Level 4 students only 2012/13)
• MS 4534 BUSINESS STRATEGY (30) (CAI IH BUN HUG) C

Winter Semester 2013/14

Third Year Courses

• MS 3039 ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE (30) (-) A
• MS 3040 BUSINESS ETHICS (15) (-)
• MS 3041 GENDER, WORK AND ORGANISATION (30) (-) A
• MS 3042 MANAGING NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (15) (-) B
• MS 3043 NEW VENTURE CREATION (30) (-)
• MS 3044 BUSINESS MODELLING (15) (-) B
• MS 3045 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (15) (-) A

Fourth Year Courses

• MS 4033 DISSERTATION IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES (30: 15 in each semester) (-)
• MS 4034 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS (15) (-) 
• MS 4046 SELECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND INDIVIDUAL CHANGE (15) (-) A

Spring Semester 2013/14

Third Year Courses

• MS 3540 UNDERSTANDING THE CONSUMER (15) (-) A
• MS 3541 ECOMMERCE IN MARKETING (15) (-) A
• MS 3545 UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING BEHAVIOUR IN ORGANISATIONS (15) (-) A
• MS 3546 MANAGING EBUSINESS (15) (-) B
• MS 3547 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (15) (-) A
• MS 3548 TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (15) (-) B
• MS 3549 RESEARCH METHODS FOR BUSINESS (15) (-) C

Fourth Year Courses

• MS 4536 BUSINESS STRATEGY (30) (-) C
• MS 4535 CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN MANAGEMENT (15) (-) 
• MS 4537 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (15) (-) B
• MS 4538 INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS (15) (-) A