MSc - Project Management

Course details

Mandatory Courses
MA6071 (MACE60071) Foundation
The Foundation Course provides an overview of the project management discipline, its origins and how it how it has evolved.
MA6072 (MACE 60072) Strategy
The Strategy Course places projects in the context of corporate and business strategies, to illustrate their interdependencies, and to show the importance of developing an effective Project Management Plan or project execution strategy.
MA6073 (MACE 60073) Planning and Resource Management
The Planning & Resource Management Course provides an overview of planning and resource management and aims to develop understanding of how principles, methods, and tools in planning and resource management apply to real-world projects.
MA6074 (MACE 60074) Project Cost Management
The Project Cost Management Course places project and product controls, particularly in respect of cost, at the centre of the Project Management process and ensure that students understand and can specify and apply appropriate techniques to control the overall project.
MA6075 (MACE 60075) Commercial and Procurement
The Commercial & Procurement Course aims to give an understanding of the commercial interests and relationships between companies involved at different levels in projects
MA6076 (MACE 60076) Systems Engineering and Project Management
The Systems Engineering Course introduces students to the concepts of Systems Engineering, and demonstrates how it facilitates the management of projects. It covers a broad spectrum of Systems Engineering topics, across both a hard systems and soft systems perspective.
MA6077 (MACE 60077) People, Organization and Culture
The People, Organisation & Culture Course is dealt with in an integrated way, with a number of key threads such as communication and culture running throughout. At the end of the course students should have a sound knowledge of key issues and theoretical models relating to people in project management.
MA6078 (MACE 60078) Managing Research Projects
The Managing Research Projects Course develops students ability to conduct a research or reflective assignment within the domain of project management and to prepare students to successfully carry out the dissertation component of the programme.