Course summary
This postgraduate course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to give you a competitive advantage in Project Management. You will develop your expertise in areas such as entrepreneurship, project management, risk management, leadership and human resource management, all of which are important tools for a successful project manager. You will have the opportunity to work as a member of a project management team and be involved in developing a project plan that is presented to real clients for feedback and, potentially, deliver the plan for them as a live project. You will be taught by senior academics who have wealth of professional experience and excellent links with industry. Their teaching is informed by insights from industry and the course content is both practical and relevant to real business life. You will also be offered an internship option to provide you with a flavour of the actual world of business. Key features
- Work-related curriculum that enhances the ability to adapt to complex situations
- Modules based on contemporary research, scholarship and cutting-edge thinking
- Opportunities to work with senior academics who have extensive experience in Project Management
- Cross-learning amongst students of diverse backgrounds and business practices from around the world
- The opportunity to gain access to local and national employers through the internship
- A flexible design allowing two entry points, in September and January
Modules
Mandatory
- Contract and Procurement
- Project Management Theory and Practice
- Risk and Quality Management
- Financial Management
- Research Methods
- Global Strategy
- Leadership and Change Management
- Managing Across Cultures
- Managing for Sustainable Futures
- Business Information Systems
Assessment method
The course provides opportunities to test your understanding and learning informally through the completion of practice or ‘formative’ assessments. Formative assessments carry no weighting but are important. They are designed to help you achieve your best in the final summative assessments. Formative assessment can take different forms such as student support teams, informal peer assessment, progress tests or mock examinations. It is also embedded in your ongoing engagement with tutors’ and is part of the personal academic tutorial system. Each module has one or more ‘summative’ assessments which are graded and count towards the overall module grade. Assessment methods include a range of coursework assessments such as essays, reports, group presentations and a final year dissertation. The finance module will have an exam in it. The precise assessment requirements for an individual student in an academic year will vary according to the mandatory and optional modules taken, but a typical formal summative assessment pattern for a full-time student is: Semester 1
- 1 Research proposal
- 1 Exam
- 1 Individual report
- 1 Individual consultancy report
- 1 Group presentation
- 1 Individual report
- 1 Individual presentation
- 1 Group presentation
- 1 Reflective essay
- 1 Exam
- Research Project
Entry requirements
An honours degree at 2:2 level or above in any subject (or International students holding a qualification recognised as equivalent by the University). Students with relevant previous study at postgraduate level or with extensive experience may be considered eligible for recognition of prior learning. Students whose first language is not English are required to demonstrate proficiency to a minimum level of 6.5 IELTS (and minimum of 5.5 in each element) or equivalent.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
University of Worcester
Henwick Grove
Worcester
WR2 6AJ