入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求： •the equivalent of a UK first or upper second class honours degree
英语要求：•evidence of competence in written and spoken English if your first language is not English
•The minimum TOEFL requirement is 100 IBT (no element under 25)
•We ask for an IELTS score of 7.0 overall with no element under 6.0
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £14,500
课程特征 Course Features：
By the end of a Durham MA programme you will have further developed the following skills and abilities:
• an understanding of organisations, their external context and their management
• a critical awareness of current issues in business and management which is informed by leading edge research and practice in the field
• an understanding of appropriate techniques sufficient to allow investigation into relevant business and management issues
• the ability to conduct research into business and management issues which require familiarity with a range of data, research sources and appropriate methodologies
• the ability to acquire and analyse data and information
• the ability to apply relevant knowledge to practical situations
• an improvement in both oral and written communication skills
课程内容 Course Content ：
Core and elective modules
You study core and elective modules. There are 6 core modules:
1. Strategy (Sept-Dec)
2. Organisation Behaviour (Sept-Dec)
3. Dissertation with Research Methods (Jan-May)
4. Business Economics and Accounting (Sept-Dec)
5. Operations and Supply Chain Management (Sept-Dec)
6. Strategic Marketing Management (Sept-Dec)
You then choose 3 elective modules to study between January and May. Those currently available include:
• Business Transformation through Information Systems
• Buyer Behaviour and Marketing Communications
• Corporate Governance
• Decision Making for Operations
• East Asian Business and Management
• Employee Relations and Reward
• Financial Management
• Global Business
• Innovation and Technology Management
• Management Decision Making
• New Venture Creation
• Organisations: an Ecological Perspective
• Small Business
• Strategy and Organisation
• Work and Society
Elective modules reflect current managerial thinking, academic debate and the research interests of the School; as such they are subject to change.
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment：
Formative - Tutor assessed assignment. These provide feedback on a piece of work but do not count towards the module mark.
Summative - Either by Examined Coursework Assignments (ECA) only, or by both ECA and examination.