BSc/MSci: Mathematics with Management Studies (G1N2/G1NF)

Mathematics graduates are particularly valued by employers as they are able to think logically, have analytical minds and are used to problem-solving. However, many students also wish to have some basic expertise which will help them directly in the first years in their jobs in management. UCL's Department of Management Science and Innovation gives highly practical courses in management which will be of direct use to students when they leave UCL. Many of our graduates then spend some time in management and subsequently choose to build their management knowledge and experience by following a further management qualification, such as the MBA (Master in Business Administration). All the courses given by the department are validated by external experts from the private, public and charitable sectors. No previous knowledge of management studies is required for these degrees.

For the first two years of these degree programmes students receive a thorough grounding in pure mathematics and mathematical methods following the same courses as the single-subject mathematics students, taking three units of pure mathematics/mathematical methods each year. In place of the applied mathematics courses students take two half-units in management studies each year (see below). Having laid the basic foundations there is a wide range of options in both mathematics and management studies in the third/fourth years.

Management Studies Courses (Management Studies Centre)

First Year
Foundations of Management; Communication and Behaviour in Organisation.

Second Year
Accounting for Business; Business in a Competitive Environment.

Third Year
Project Management and other courses chosen from: The Marketing Process; Corporate Finance; Organisational Change; E-Business Environment and Management; Law for Managers; Mastering Entrepreneurship; Business Plan; International Business; Innovation Management; Human Resource Management; Operations Management; Decision and Risk (Statistical Science).

The above is a brief description only. More details on the programme structure are available here.

This page was last modified on September 15, 2010 by Helen Higgins