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MBA Business Management

Course Overview:

The Sunderland MBA offers a varied programme of lectures and applied learning through seminars, workshops and corporate engagement. A business simulation game is integrated into core teaching to cultivate and enhance leadership skills. Throughout the course there is a dedicated pathway of management and leadership competence development activities – all this makes the Sunderland MBA an exciting and rewarding programme.

MBA Business Management

Career:

An MBA is a challenging qualification which requires significant dedication. Employers recognise its worth, and the value that an MBA-qualified business leader can bring to their organisation. While you are studying for this course, you will be an Affiliate Member of the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM). This gives you access to the Institute of Leadership & Management support resources and networking opportunities. Business graduates from Sunderland have secured roles in organisations such as Facebook, Microsoft, Sage, HSBC, IBM,

Assessments:

Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, class discussions, case studies, group work, presentations and applied study. Your progress will be assessed with the dissertation and assignments. Compared to an undergraduate course, you will find that this Masters course requires a higher level of independent reading and research.

Entry requirements:

  • Bachelor Degree from a recognized higher education institution
  • Academic Transcripts to be presented
  • 3 “A” Levels in relative subjects
  • IELTS certificate or relative 6.5+ overall
  • Personal Statement
  • 2 Academic References
  • CV
  • ID / Passport

Course Content & Structure

Core knowledge modules

  • Financial Management and Control (15 credits)
  • Strategic Management in an International Context (15 credits)
  • Professional Management and Leadership Development (30 credits)
  • Value Creation in Organisations – Operations and Marketing Management (30 credits)
  • Specialist knowledge: route or optional module (30 credits)
    • If you study start the generic MBA in October, you can customise your course choosing from a range of optional modules such as:
  • Contemporary International Human Resource Management (30 credits)
  • Management Accounting and Finance for Decision Making (30 credits)
  • Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer (30 credits)
  • Digital Marketing (30 credits)
  • Managing Brands (30 credits)
  • Management Consulting (30 credits)
  • Management Information Systems: Business by Design (30 credits)
  • Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management (30 credits)
  • MBA Project (60 credits)

Choose the format of your final project

  • Business Dissertation
  • Applied Corporate Project
  • Route Specialism – MBA Project