Master of Business Administration
| From | To | UK Fee * | International Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Feb 2012 | 31 Aug 2013 | £9400 | £11150 |
* Exceptions may apply. Please see Fees and Finance for further information.
Introduction
This internationally recognised programme will accelerate your career development into highly paid management positions. Aimed at graduates with significant business/management experience, it will significantly enhance your capability to function as a senior manager within a wide range of commercial and service organisations.
You will develop your strategic management knowledge, competence and problem-solving ability. You will also become familiar with international management practice, and the development of effective business cultures and performance enhancement.
Candidates are likely to be mature entrants with a minimum of three months appropriate work experience whose first degree is not in a business and management discipline therefore the curriculum must reflect a general coverage of subject areas. The course is intended to appeal to potential managers throughout the world who want to obtain a postgraduate business programme.
The MBA is designed to draw upon the experience of the candidate and in recognition of the applied nature of the award the programme will emphasise an integrated and practical (professional) orientation over a theoretical approach.
Full-time students take part in a comprehensive programme of organisational visits and speakers programme to enhance their understanding of management practice.
Course Content
Core modules:
- Financial Management and Control
- Managing and Leading People
- Operations Management
- International Business Environment
- Marketing Management
- Global Corporate Strategy
- Modelling for Decision Making
- Applied Research Methods for Business and Management
- Dissertation
Plus one Option from:
- International Marketing
- Managing Diversity
- Project Management
- Service Operations Management
- Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
- Organisational Development and Change
Availability of options will vary from year to year
Research:
- You will also complete the following:
- Applied research methods for business and management dissertation which can be directly related to strategy issues faced in your current organisation
Entry Requirements
Students will normally have obtained an undergraduate degree and should be able to demonstrate in their application their ability to operate in a managerial role.
Students can demonstrate how they have obtained relevant organisational experience in a range of ways: internship, work placement, graduate project, voluntary work, work in family business or similar. This might be demonstrated across a range of short assignments and tasks cumulatively up to approximately three months. Details should be clearly provided and documented wherever possible by the students in the application statement.
Where students have not completed a first degree students will be considered if they can demonstrate an academic achievement up to an advanced level diploma in any subject area or equivalent and have five years verifiable and relevant work experience at a managerial or professional level.
Other non-standard applicants will be judged on the basis of their suitability and ability to study based on prior qualifications and depth and breadth of managerial experience.
Students will be required to demonstrate a relevant standard of English (IELTS 6.0) where their first language is not English.
Fees and Finance
The fees for this course are as specified in the table at the top of the page.
Please note that different fees apply to students studying for "Equivalent or Lower Qualifications" (ELQs). For more information about ELQs, please see the page Information for applicants who already have an HE Qualification.
For information about University scholarships and bursaries please see the page Fees and Finance.
Teaching and Assessment
You will be taught through seminars, simulations, project work, and work based activities.
Assessment is through presentations, reports, work-based action research, and peer and self-assessment.
Career Opportunities
Previous students hold positions such as chief executive of a regional authority, business development manager for an automotive supplier, regional manager for a major building society and directors of major public service practices: nursing, housing and personnel.
A number of ex-students have gone on to work in consultancy practice - for example, PricewaterhouseCoopers in Germany, and international roles in the electronics industry in the Netherlands.
Facilities
World Class Web/Design Tools
The University of Sunderland has made a significant investment in providing students with access to the latest releases of Adobe products.
Selected PCs within the St Peter's and Murray Libraries have been pre-loaded with the Creative Suite 4 CS4 Adobe Design Premium Suite for your exclusive use.
CS4 Creative includes key products such as Indesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver as well as Photoshop and a range of many others.
Further information is available from:
http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/creativesuite/design/
For information regarding locations of PC or Macs within your own faculty that have access to Adobe products please contact your Faculty IT Support.
If you are interested in purchasing Adobe products for your own PC/Mac Adobe offer significant savings for student purchases via any of its approved re-sellers.
Please visit:
http://www.student-software.co.uk/
As a student of the Faculty of Business and Law, you will have access to some of the best learning support facilities in the higher education sector.
Our libraries provide computers, printing, photocopying, and inter-library loans. Sunderland also has an extensive electronic library collection, which means you can access much of the information you need online.
You will also benefit from access to 500 computer workstations of the David Goldman Informatics Centre which offers the latest software packages - open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
For more information on the Faculty of Business and Law please click here.