MLitt in Management

The modules published below are examples of what has been taught in previous academic years and may be subject to change before you start your program.

The modules in this program have varying methods of delivery and assessment, depending on the subject of study. 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

• Strategic Management: develops students' knowledge and understanding of the strategy process and develops an appreciation of organizational responses to the rapidly changing global economy
• 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
• 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

Exciting new developments to this program are under consideration. This page will be updated as soon as the approvals are in place.

Optional

Here is a sample of optional modules that may be offered.

• Behavioural Finance
• Entrepreneurship and Business Development
• Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity
• Financial Systems
• International Financial Management
• International Marketing
• Leadership in Organisations
• Managing People in Global Markets
• Marketing and Society
• Managing Non-Governmental Organisations
• 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 master's degree (MLitt), there are exit awards available that allow suitably qualified candidates to receive a Postgraduate Diploma. By choosing an exit award, you will receive a PGDip instead of an MLitt.

Teaching

Teaching format

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 40 students, however, in some cases, there will be seminars of 15 to 18 students or larger lectures with up to 60 students, which would normally be augmented by small group tutorials.

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 provide support and help prepare you for the dissertation.

Assessment

Assessment comprises a combination of coursework and examinations.

Alumni from the Masters in Management and more generally from other Masters programs in the School of Management have secured employment in the fields of general management, marketing and brand management, accountancy, investment analysis, fund administration, and other aspects of the financial services industry.

Graduates from the Masters in Management have taken up roles in a wide variety of organizations in the public and private sectors including:

• Credit Suisse Group
• Google
• IBM
• KPMG
• Lufthansa Group
• Procter and Gamble
• Schlumberger
• Scottish Dance Theatre
• Shell.

Further study

Many Management graduates continue their education by enrolling in PhD programs at St Andrews or elsewhere.