The MSc in E-business Technology a full-time, intensive programme that can be completed within one year. It is suitable for students who are mainly interested in technology aspects of E-business, as well as interested in the managerial and policy implications. Thus the course mainly takes place within the School of Computer Science and Information Systems. However, as E-business is a diverse field of study, the programme will also draw upon other disciplinary modules from the School of Management and Organizational Psychology.

Course Fees (2008/9)

Full-time: £3330 (Home/EU); £12,336 (Overseas)

Provisional course structure

With respect to the taught elements of the programme, the student needs to pass 8 modules over the autumn and spring terms.

Students must take the following:

1.)  4 of the following Computer Science modules:

• Advanced Applications
• Advances in Data Management
• Component Technologies
• Data Warehousing and Data Mining
• Internet and Web Technologies 
• Knowledge Representation and Reasoning 
• Semantic Web
• Search Engines and Web Navigation  

2.)  2 of the following Management modules:

• Intellectual Capital and Competitiveness

• Globalization: Forces, Players and Management
• Innovation Systems, Networks and Social Capital
• Economics and Governance of Innovation and Institutions
• E-business Strategy and Policy
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Innovation: Management and Policy

3.)  plus two more modules from either list

Each option is taught one afternoon or evening a week and is examined through either a three-hour written exam or a combination of coursework and a two- or three-hour exam at the start of the Summer term.

Summer Term and Mid-summer period

Students work on independent research (starting no later than the Spring), and submit their report as a dissertation by September. The dissertation has a word limit of 16,000 words and is worth 4 course units.