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Find out more about our Management of Information Systems and Digital Innovation Masters course

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P-G5N4

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MSc

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1 year full-time

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26 September 2022

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University of Warwick

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Management of Information Systems and Digital Innovation MSc develops your management and consulting skills for a professional career in which you help businesses to thrive in the digital age. Warwick Business School aims to create managers with a creative mindset to integrate IT and digital innovations in business.

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You will develop your management and consulting skills for a professional career in which you help businesses to thrive in the digital age. This course is about how to better manage, strategise, and use digital technology for business purposes.

You will get the opportunity to tailor your options to your own interests, giving you the opportunity to specialise in IT consultancy or programming/analytics, or gain an understanding of both disciplines. There is a choice of Dissertation or Business in Practice route. If you are considering further academic study (PhD) and you would like the opportunity to research a topic relating to digital innovation, the dissertation enables you to test and apply the techniques and theories you have gained.

If you would like to develop further applied skills to suit your career aspirations, you can complete your studies with two elective modules and our applied Business in Practice module.

Please refer to the WBS website for more details.

Skills from this degree

  • Develop your management and consulting skills in the Information Systems and Digital Innovation sector
  • Specialise in IT consultancy or programming and analytics
  • Get hands-on experience with industry experts, using real-life case studies in your modules
  • Access to dedicated CareersPlus service with specialist careers coaches
  • Put your learnings into practice with the applied Business in Practice module

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Gain an excellent foundation in management theory and practical use of information systems, and learn to manage digital innovation to achieve business value. Our options make it possible to specialise in IT consultancy or programming analytics, or to choose elective modules to give insight into both areas.

We use real-life case studies and practitioner input at every opportunity and across all our compulsory and optional modules.

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The typical class size for this course is around 87 students.

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Delivery of modules varies – some are taught over the course of a term, whilst others are delivered in an intensive 5-day block.

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Assessment is a mix of individual assignments, group work, exams and tests.

Choice of Dissertation or Business in Practice route:

Dissertation route

If you are considering further academic study (PhD) and you would like the opportunity to research a topic relating to information systems and digital innovation, the 8,000-word dissertation will enable you to test and apply the techniques and theories you have gained.

Business in Practice route

If you would like to develop further applied skills and specialist knowledge to suit your career aspirations, you can complete your studies with our applied Business in Practice module. You will develop deep functional and industry expertise with practical insights from our faculty and our CareersPlus and Corporate Relations team.

In total, you will study six compulsory modules, two optional pathway modules, two open optional modules, and also complete the Business in Practice capstone module.

Reading lists

Most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library. If you would like to view reading lists for the current cohort of students you can visit our Warwick Library web page.

Your timetable

Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules, compulsory and optional, and you have been allocated to your lectures, seminars and other small group classes. Your compulsory modules will be registered for you and you will be able to choose your optional modules when you join us.

There may be events taking place in the evenings. Classes may run up to 7pm and other events, such as careers presentations may take place later or on weekends. Occasionally, classes and exams may be held on weekends. We will notify you in advance if this is the case.

This is a full-time course, so there are no holidays as such. However, the two weeks covering Christmas and New Year are guaranteed to be free from lectures. There may also be weeks free over the Easter period (check with your programme team). Resit exams may take place outside of standard teaching periods.

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2:i undergraduate degree (or equivalent).

We welcome applicants from a broad range of disciplines, and do not require you to have a prior knowledge of information technology.

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  • Band B
  • IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.

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There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

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  • Programming Solutions for Enterprise
  • Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
  • Cybersecurity in Business
  • Digital Business Strategy
  • Global Sourcing and Cloud Technology
  • Managing Digital Innovation
  • Research Methodology and Dissertation or Business in Practice

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