MSc International Business and Supply Chain Management

What you will study

The modules studied on the MSc International Business and Supply Change Management programme actively encourage you to apply theory and modelling tools to acquire and expand your innovation, creativity, problem-solving and judgement skills to evaluate, assess and make justified business and financial decisions and reasoning within key business and supply chain areas, focusing on real world scenarios, discussions, debates and complex challenges.

You will develop a depth of knowledge through the analysis of theory to practice, enabling you to build specialised and in-demand skillsets, as you explore current and future areas within international business and supply chain management, equipping you with the knowledge and tools needed to enhance your prospects and make a professional impact on your future career.

Taught Modules

• Corporate Strategy and International Management (core): This module provides insights into the factors influencing the formulation and implementation of strategy within an international business environment, taking account of internal and external business and environmental factors and challenges that impact and influence strategy and leadership, and how this translates to management and operations.
• Finance and Accounting for Business (core): This module focuses on the imparting of knowledge regarding the preparation and analysis of financial statements as well as the fundamentals of finance and financial reporting at national and international level. It also considers the structure of the financial markets and the environments in which they operate.
• International Organisational Branding (core 20 credits): This module enables you to take a strategic approach to organisational branding and branding strategies that influence its reputation, workforce, products and management across various organisational functions to discover and recognize the value of branding and brand management within the business landscape.

Subject Specific Modules

• International Operations and Supply Chain Management (core subject pathway): This module aims to present the theoretical elements which contribute to the effective operation of a supply chain within a contemporary changing business environment where turbulence and rapid customer responses are the priority. It aims to enable the study of operations and supply chain systems and their management and the changing global external context in which they operate.
• Linear Programme and Time Series Predication (core subject pathway): The aim of this module is to equip you with the fundamental linear programme simulation and modelling techniques required to solve managerial problems and optimise any supply chain decisions.

Optional Modules

• International Entrepreneurship (option): Explore different entrepreneurial processes, concepts, theoretical models, and the role culture plays on how to start, develop, and manage a global venture, as well as the study of the environmental factors affecting international entrepreneurship, discovering how entrepreneurs make choices on a domestic & international level, including international expansion and the global monetary environment.
• Globalisation and Contemporary Issues in International Business (option): Investigate and examine the trends in international business and consider how they contribute towards a greater interdependence among economies, new and emerging international markets, technologies and political developments.
• International Business Principles and Practice (option - 20 credits): Examine the international business practice and principles that are undertaken within business and organisations within a global context, encouraging development and engagement in critical understanding of this subject area from a management perspective. You will critically examine contemporary business practices, and you will research and study the impact of these on the wider business environment via theory-based analyses, as well as looking at what business practices and principles will shape the future of global business economies and societies.

Dissertation Modules

• Research Methods and Dissertation: You will learn about the nature and makeup of academic research and methodologies that align with research frameworks whilst being introduced to analytical techniques, approaches to sampling and research ethic, before completing a research proposal in your subject area of programme study. You will complete a dissertation research project pursuing the research question you proposed in the module Research Methods. Over the course of the module, you will: design your research instrument; secure approval; collect data; analyse data; and write up your research.

If completing with Advanced Practice you will complete a 12-week internship in addition to the above.

Advanced Practice Placement

All business MSc programmes are offered with an additional advanced practice module which provides you with the opportunity for increased credits through undertaking a 3-month internship in a company. This helps provide you with fantastic future employability opportunities and the chance to use the knowledge gained during your taught programmes in real life projects.

(The university does not secure placements and it is your responsibility to organise this).

Entry requirements & applying

Applicants will normally be expected to hold a good first honours degree (2:2 or above in any subject), or international equivalent. A non-graduate qualification, which the University deems to be of satisfactory standard for the purpose of post-graduate admission. Applicants may be a recent graduate, who has achieved their honours degree, and wishes to continue to post graduate studies to elevate their career opportunities. Where necessary, or as part of the University’s policies and processes, applicants may be subject to additional selection criteria

These figures are intended as a general guide. Each application is considered individually.

International entry qualifications are outlined on the National Academic Recognition and Information Centre (NARIC) as equivalent to the relevant UK entry qualification.

In addition to the academic entry requirements, all applicants whose first language is not English or Welsh must demonstrate English language proficiency.

European students are able to provide this evidence in a number of ways (please see https://glyndwr.ac.uk/International-students/academic-entry-requirements/ for details), including IELTS.

International students require a UKVI Approved Secure English Language Test
(SELT) (please see https://glyndwr.ac.uk/International-students/English-language-requirements/ for details).

Teaching & Assessment

How you will learn

• Blended learning utilising the Active Learning Framework  
• University’s VLE (Active Learning Framework)
• Face to face taught sessions 
• Facilitated discussion  
• Contributing a point of view and sustaining an argument  
• Challenging  
• Preparing material and presenting a topic to peers  
• Independent study – reading and research  
• Interpretation  
• Completion of assessments Assignment feedback  

The learning and teaching strategy of the programmes is based on the acquisition of new or modified knowledge, behaviours, skills, and values which lead to the empowerment of learners with the confidence to participate, critically and creatively, in the study of their subject area. This is supported by drawing on emergent business issues to enable students to experience, at first hand, the subject material in a manner which is closely related to business and management practices.

Delivery of teaching will be a mixture of formal and informal approaches including lectures, tutorials, group debates, and experiential learning which will be integrated and supported with the use of technological developments to provide additional flexibility, variety and access to a wider range of resources and materials supporting the Active Learning Framework from the university.

Contact hours for the programme will be through formal lectures and tutorials of approximately 3 hours per module per week.

How you will be assessed

You will be assessed through a range of contemporary methods such as essays, reports, strategy plans, portfolios, reflections, Vlogs, posters, and presentations which aim to create confident learners when they move into the workplace.

Advice, guidance, and feedback from formative and summative assessment will be provided as a mechanism to acquire and develop learning skills and understand sound academic practice, using, wherever possible, the cross programme virtual learning environment.

Career prospects

Our Careers & Employability service is there to help you make decisions and plan the next steps towards a bright future. From finding work or further study to working out your interests, skills and aspirations, they can provide you with the expert information, advice and guidance you need.

Master of Science (MSc) or Master of Science (MSc) with advanced practice.

For all the International MSc routes, the following applies in relation to exit awards:

1. The PG Certificate in Management is an exit award available for a student who has completed 60 credits at level 7 and who chooses not to continue the programme.
2. The PG Diploma is an exit award available for students who have completed 60 credits at level 7 but choose not to continue the programme: PG Diploma International Business and Supply Chain Management

Students who have 120 credits and 60 credits from their advanced practice module but choose not to continue the programme will exit with the following award:

• PG Diploma International Business and Supply Chain Management with Advanced Practice

Fees & funding

You do not have to pay your tuition fees upfront.

The fees you pay and the support available will depend on a number of different factors. Full information can be found on our fees & finance pages. You will also find information about what your fees include in the fee FAQs.

All fees are subject to any changes in government policy, view our postgraduate fees.

Programme specification

You can see the full programme specification here.

International

If you are applying as an European / International Student, and live outside of the UK, you should make your application through our online application system, Centurus.

For information about the university’s entry requirements for EU/international students, please visit our international section.