MSc/PG Dip Operational Research: University of Southampton

Degree: MSc/PG Dip
Address: MSc/PG Dip Operational Research: University of Southampton, School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Course Language(s): English
Course Beginning: October
Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time
Scholarship and Grants: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/maths/gradu...
Telephone: +44 (0)23 8059 3651
Fax: +44 (0)23 8059 5147
E-mail: enqu...@maths.soton.ac.uk
Website: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/maths

Course Description

This well-established programme, linked to the School of Management’s MSc Management Sciences, is recognised by the many major organisations who recruit our students because of their high vocational standards. You should be numerate, a good communicator, with strong interpersonal skills, and should enjoy problem solving. A three-month industrial placement follows successful completion of the instructional component.

Programme Structure

Compulsory modules

Case studies
Deterministic OR methods
Presenting reports; Problem structuring
Spreadsheet and database modelling
Statistical methods
Stochastic methods
Visual basic for applications

Optional modules include

Constraint satisfaction
Consultancy skills
Economics
Financial portfolio theory
Forecasting
Game theory
Health care
Project management
Transportation
Trends in IT

Entry requirements

Upper second-class honours degree or equivalent in a discipline which provides some quantitative training (e.g. computer science, economics, engineering, mathematics, physics, statistics)
Mathematics is not essential

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