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MSc Management, Economics & International Relations

Advantage 'Aberdeen'

Many undergraduates focus on a single discipline, but the world of management, economics and international relations requires an inter-disciplinary approach In today's workplace, no middle/senior manager can ignore these disciplines. A decision-maker needs understanding of how economic decisions affect politics and vice versa, and all have to manage in a global context. Many graduates need to have an understanding of all three of these disciplines to understand what the current environment is, in which their companies are operating.

Our programme is taught by experienced specialist staff drawn from the relevant disciplines. All have published books and articles on their own specialist subjects. You will develop a strong inter-disciplinary foundation in the principles, concepts , theories and empirical reality of some aspect of management, economics and international relations and the connections between them. This is particularly true given the complex environment that business and governments operate in. Students will benefit from studying at a traditional University which has been disseminating knowledge and understanding of key concepts and practises for over 500 years. Aberdeen is also a 21st century University in the way it teaches, its infrastructure and its information strategy.

All of the disciplines involved are part of their relevant British, European and world bodies.

Programme Structure & Content

The programme is based on core and elective modules, plus a Dissertation.

Why an MSc in Management, Economics & International Relations?

The purpose of this course is to allow its participants to examine for themselves the links between International Relations and the contributing disciplines of management and economics. Students will be able to draw on well-established modules currently available in all three disciplines in each of the two semesters of taught courses. In each of these semesters the International Relations course will be the core module, allowing students to choose supporting options from Economics and Management modules.

This programme will enable our students to:

First Semester

Students will undertake a mixture of core and elective modules from the following:

Second Semester

Students will undertake a mixture of elective modules from the following (more may become available):

The final session at the end of the second semester would be a two-day plenary session involving the programme participants and the coordinators. A keynote speaker will set the theme on each day and there will follow individual contributions from the course coordinators, allowing students the opportunity to review the contribution made by each module to the overall themes addressed in each semester. It is considered possible that this event may also allow discussion of Dissertation topics to take place and clarification of relevant literatures that students may find useful in their research topics.

Final Stage

Dissertation.

Teaching & Assessment

The programme is delivered via a mixture of lectures, seminars and small group tutorials. Most modules are assessed by examination and coursework.

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