Programme structure: Management (International Business) (MSc) - what's running in 2024/25

    What do the Levels represent?

    What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?

    If you are selecting optional units, ensure that you have a balanced workload through the year.

  • Year 1 (2024/25)
Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Management and Organisation EFIMM0145 20 Mandatory TB-1
Strategy and Finance and Accounting for Management EFIMM0146 30 Mandatory TB-1
Research Methods and Professional Development MGRCM0044 20 Mandatory TB-4
Operations and Marketing Management EFIMM0148 20 Mandatory TB-2C
International Business EFIMM0151 30 Mandatory TB-2D
Plus one of the following 60 credit-point Management Research Projects:
The Management Research Project: Dissertation EFIMM0158 60 Optional AYEAR
The Management Research Project: Applied Extended Project EFIMM0159 60 Optional AYEAR
The Management Research Project: Global Challenges Team Project EFIMM0160 60 Optional AYEAR
The Management Research Project: Team Dissertation Project MGRCM0045 60 Optional AYEAR
MSc Management   180    

Award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7 unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on the award of credit, reassessment and award of a qualification please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Degree classifications:

A classification will be awarded in the following qualifications:

  • Taught postgraduate Masters degree, including a Master of Research (MRes)
  • Postgraduate Diplomas and Certificates where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications
  • Exit awards of Postgraduate Diplomas and Certificates in designated programmes (as described in the programme specification) where students choose to withdraw from the intended programme but otherwise achieve the necessary credit points for the exit award.

A classification is not awarded for exit awards where students are required to withdraw from the programme on academic grounds.

The overall final programme mark is calculated as the average of all unit marks in the programme, weighted by credit point value.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

  • Distinction = final programme mark of 70+
  • Merit = final programme mark of 60-69
  • Pass = final programme mark of 50-59
  • Fail = final programme mark of 49 or less

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

Diploma/certificate stages:

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 100 must be at level 7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level 7.