International Business MLitt

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

• Contemporary Conceptual Issues in Management: develops students’ prior understanding of management and develops a deep understanding of core conceptual challenges in organisations, such as the meaning of responsible enterprise.
• Contemporary Global Issues in Management: develops an appreciation of how various global trends will impact upon economies, organisations and the practice of management within international organisations.
• Global Business Strategy: develops a wide-ranging, critical understanding of the strategic issues involved within global organisations and the increasingly complex operating environment in which they are situated. This module draws on elements of the international political economy, financial aspects and strategic planning in the context of the international business environment.
• Masterclasses in International Business: introduces students to contemporary dialogue and debate in international business and explores a range of topics such as business collaboration and open innovation; the impact of international terrorism on business; doing business in emerging markets; and slavery in the modern-day business environment.

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

• 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
• Managing Non-Governmental Organisations
• Risk Management
• Scenario Thinking and Strategy.

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 International Business, 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.

Supervisors are assigned based on a research proposal submitted in the second semester. Students 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.