Information about the
University of London External Programme
International Management programme:
MBA - MSc - Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate
Programme Structure
Your progression through
the awards - note there are two routes
to this programme:
MBA and Postgraduate Certificate (MBA route) - listed below
AND MSc and Postgraduate Diploma
(MSc route)
MBA
and Postgraduate Certificate (MBA route)
MBA: you must complete the 9 core
courses, 4 electives, 120 hours plenary sessions (2 weeks), and
a compulsory research course and dissertation.
Postgraduate Certificate: you
must complete 5 core courses; if you wish to progress onto the
MBA, you must complete a further 4 core courses, 4 electives,
120 hours plenary sessions (2 weeks), and a compulsory research
course and dissertation.
MBA
Nine core
courses:
International accounting and finance
International business economics
Information systems
International human resource
management
Leadership and behaviour in
organisations
Philosophy of management
International operations management
International
marketing
International strategy
PLUS four electives chosen from the
following:
International sustainability management
China and the international economy
Advertising and promotional
communication
Cooperative strategy
International business analysis
Corporate social responsibility
Management of Japanese
multinationals
Multinational enterprise and the
global economy
Investment management
Corporate finance
Knowledge management
International business law
Global financial markets
International entrepreneurship
PLUS
Research course
(Business Research Methods)
PLUS
Plenary Sessions
(Group project plenary)
PLUS
Research Project
(Dissertation)
Postgraduate Certificate (MBA route)
Five core courses:
International accounting and finance
International human resource
management and organisational behaviour
Information systems and operations
management
International
marketing
International strategy
EITHER
· exit here after 5 core courses and receive the Postgraduate
Certificate
OR
· if you have 3+ years relevant work experience, prior to
registering for the Postgraduate Certificate), progress onto the
MBA. If you do proceed onto the MBA you will need to complete the
following:
Four further core courses:
International Business Economics
Advanced human resource
management and organisational behaviour
Advanced information
systems and operations management
Philosophy of management
PLUS four electives chosen
from the following:
International sustainability
management
China and
the international economy
Advertising and promotional communication
Cooperative
strategy
International business analysis
Corporate social responsibility
Management of Japanese multinationals
Multinational enterprise and the global economy
Investment
management
Corporate finance
Knowledge
management
International business law
Global
financial markets
International entrepreneurship
PLUS
Research course
(Business Research Methods)
PLUS
Plenary Sessions
(Group project plenary)
PLUS
Research Project
(Dissertation)
MSc and Postgraduate Diploma (MSc
route)
MSc:
you must complete 7 core courses, 4 electives, 120 hours
plenary sessions and a compulsory research course and
dissertation.
Postgraduate Diploma:
you must complete 7 core courses and 4 electives.
Seven core courses:
International accounting and finance
International human resource
management and organisational behaviour
Information systems and operations
management
International marketing
International strategy
[Exit here after
five core courses and receive the Postgraduate Certificate]
International business economics
Philosophy of management
PLUS four electives chosen from
the following:
International sustainability
management
China
and the international economy
Advertising
and promotional communication
Cooperative
strategy
International
business analysis
Corporate
social responsibility
Management
of Japanese multinationals
Multinational
enterprise and the global economy
Investment
management
Corporate
finance
Knowledge
management
International
business law
Global
financial markets
International
entrepreneurship
[Exit here after 7 core
courses and 4 electives and receive the Postgraduate
Diploma]
PLUS
Research course
(Business Research Methods)
PLUS
Plenary Sessions
(Group project plenary)
PLUS
Research Project
(Dissertation)
Notes:
Not all elective courses will necessarily be offered each year.
You may take up to three courses as a Short course
student (with the exception of the research course, dissertation and
the plenary sessions).
