Management Science BSc (Hons)

In the first two years of your degree (known as sub-honours) you will take the required modules in Management Science and Mathematics alongside modules in at least one other subject.

Typically, you will take one to two Management Science and Mathematics modules per semester during your first two years, and three to four modules per semester during your third and fourth year (known as Honours).

1st Year

Students will take the following compulsory first-year modules:

• Mathematics: introduces students to the ideas, methods and techniques which they will need for applying mathematics and for taking the study of mathematics further.
• Organisations and Analysis: examines some of the main analytical approaches and techniques required by managers and provides an introduction to financial accounting concepts and techniques.
• Organisations and Society: introduces students to three key aspects of management in the external and internal environment - understanding the business environment, people and organisations, and economic principles.

Students will take the following compulsory second-year modules:

• Management and Society: examines the conceptual frameworks and techniques of marketing and organisational behaviour.
• Management and Analysis: examines some of the alternative perspectives on management and the changing policy and business environment for organisations, and engages with accounting from a broader sociological perspective.
• Mathematics (second year): extends the knowledge and skills gained by students in first-year Mathematics, and in particular enhances skills in the theory and application of: differential and integral calculus of several real variables; limiting processes; linear mathematics.

If you decide to take Management Science in your third and fourth years, you will take three compulsory modules in Management alongside compulsory modules taught by the School of Mathematics and Statistics. The compulsory Management modules from previous years have been the following:

• Contemporary Issues in Management
• Corporate Finance and Control
• Organisation Studies.

In addition, you will take optional modules chosen from a wide range which reflects the expertise of staff in the School of Management and the School of Mathematics and Statistics. Here is a sample of Honours modules which have been offered in previous years:

• Financial Markets and Investments
• Leadership Development
• Mathematical Programming
• Scenario Thinking
• Time Series Analysis.

In fourth year, you also have the option of undertaking a research project and submitting a dissertation.

The sub-honours modules listed here are the compulsory modules that students must take in order to graduate in this subject. However, most students at St Andrews take additional modules, either in their primary subject or from other subjects they are interested in. For Honours-level, students choose from a range of Honours modules, some of which are listed above.