Master of Science by Coursework in Major Programme Management
Differences from 2014/15 to 2022/23
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1. Candidates will follow for
sixtwenty-fourtermsmonths (part time), a programme of instruction in Major Programme Managementand will, when entering for the examination, be required to produce a certificate to this effect from a supervisor of the M.Sc. in Major Programme Management appointed for the purpose. -
2. The
(assignment/practical work)associated with each component. Modes of assessment and submission dates will be published by the M.Sc. Director and distributed to all candidates in the first week of the Michaelmas Term of the year in which the assessment takes place. All pieces of assessment will be submitted online, as set out in the assessment section of the programme learning platform. -
3. Dissertation
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(a) The title of the dissertation must be approved by the MMPM Programme Committee no later than eight weeks after the end of Module 8.
(b) The dissertation supervision schedule is laid out in the dissertation guide, available on the programme learning platform. In exceptional circumstances additional supervision may be permitted; requests should be made to the M.Sc. Director.
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(c) The dissertation should demonstrate an ability to identify, formulate, implement and present a project in the area of Major Programme Management.
Two typewritten copies of theThe dissertation, not exceeding 10,000 words in length(including endnotes, appendices, tables, but excluding references), must be submittedto the Examination Schools and addressed to the Chair of Examiners for the M.Sc. in Major Programme Managementonline,c/oasthesetExamination Schools, High Street, Oxford, by noon on the first Monday of Septemberout in thecalendarassessmentyearsection of the programme learning platform. -
(d) The Research Methods assignment may be submitted as part of the dissertation providing:
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(i) it has not been submitted in
whichwhole or in part for another degree of theexaminationUniversityisoftaken.Oxford, or a degree of any other university, and the candidate submits a statement to that effect; -
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(iii) the candidate also submits a statement specifying the extent of what is new.
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4. Candidates who fail to satisfy the Examiners in the assessment of any one of the components may retake/resubmit the failed assessment only once, no more than
sixtwelve months after thereleasefinal meeting ofresults fortheoriginal pieceBoard ofassessmentExaminers, excluding any period of suspension. Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners in the dissertation may resubmit it on one, but no more than one, occasion which shall normally be by Week 10 of the Hilary Term in the following year. -
45. The Examiners may choose to examine any candidate or group viva voce. 56. If,TheforExaminersgood cause, a student is temporarily unable to carry out their studies, the MSc Director(s) concerned mayawardgrant him or her adistinctionrequest foroverallaexcellencetemporary suspension of status, for not less than one month and not more than twelve months at any one time. Applications for suspension of status should be made to the MSc Director(s) concerned, c/o the relevant Graduate Studies Assistant; and will require additional approval from the Director of Graduate Studies. No student may be granted more than twenty-four months’ suspension of status in this way by theexaminationMSc Director.
Schedule of Core Courses
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(i) Designing and Managing Successful Programmes
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SystemsMajorEngineeringProgramme Risk -
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FinancialSystemsManagementThinking -
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ContractGovernance & Stakeholder Management -
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MajorCommercialProgramme RiskLeadership -
(vi) Research Methods
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(vii) Managing Performance
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(viii) Globalisation and Major Programmes