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MSc - Master of Science
Main Campus
Full Time
Sep 2027
1 Year
This course gives you the opportunity to specialise in the advanced aspects of business research topics. In particular, we offer research opportunities across the following disciplines: accounting, economics, finance, management and marketing.This course is specifically designed to prepare you for further study such as a PhD. We offer a wide choice of modules allowing you to specialise in your chosen area of focus.You’ll gain the skills you need for your doctorate by studying areas such as research methods and methodology, qualitative methods in social research, and quantitative/econometric methods. You will be able to study a Directed Reading module, specially designed for you by your supervisory team.You will:critically evaluate research in your specialist area of businesslearn about the different aspects of business researchapply a range of research methods to examine a specialist area of researchcommunicate complex and specialised issues clearly and conciselywork intensively on a research-based dissertation
This module aims to provide students with the skills required to produce a Masters-level dissertation.
This module is designed to provide students with the background necessary to proceed with postgraduate studies in a specialist area within accounting and finance. The course consists of individual sessions with their research supervisors where the students examine different aspects of the literature in a specialist area which are specified in greater detail in the module outline. It is a reading-based module where the students discuss relevant readings with the lecturers in order to analyse current issues in an area and evaluate emerging topics associated with their research topic.
The module aims to provide students with the necessary research skills to complete a dissertation. Specifically, the module aims to provide students with (i) an appreciation of generic research perspectives, concepts and methods; (ii) subject-specific knowledge of the principal research methods employed in business; and (iii) a range of practical research skills. This module examines key theories in business research. The module also covers the main research methods employed in the discipline, and examines key issues associated with the completion of a dissertation.
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