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Study Details: 12 months full-time
The MSc in Business Analysis & Consulting has been developed to equip you with the practical, evaluative and analytical skills to allow you, as a future manager or consultant, to influence and develop strategy and performance within organisations.
You'll learn the key quantitative business analysis methods necessary to evaluate performance.
Industry involvement is at the heart of the course. You'll have numerous external clients throughout the year in your experiential learning class, and have the opportunity to undertake your summer project in collaboration with an external organisation.
Minimum second-class Honours degree, or overseas equivalent (view the entry requirements for your country) in business, economics, engineering or the social sciences. Applications from those with other degrees are also encouraged.
Although some quantitative analytical tools are taught and used during the course, only basic mathematical knowledge is necessary before starting the course.
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The combination of the quantitative and qualitative skills learned, along with the real experience of working with various clients problems throughout the course, will make you attractive to employers. By the end of the programme you'll be well placed for a client focussed career by providing model-based decision support to management at a strategic and operational level. For the last decade our graduates have been able to find jobs across different sectors from oil and gas industry, hospitality to junior and senior consultancy roles.
Examples of graduate employers include:
NHS
PWC
SYSTRA
Scottish Enterprise
British Petroleum
Hilton Worldwide
Mabbett
Valentia Partners
RBS
North Highland
Core modules:
Becoming an Effective Business Analyst
Foundations of Operational Research & Business Analysis
Managing Business Operations
Quantitative Business Analysis
Spreadsheet Modelling & Demand Forecasting
Strategy Modelling & Management
Optional modules:
Business Simulation Methods
Risk Analysis & Management
Business Information Systems
Performance Measurement & Management
Business Analytics (20 credits)
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