MSc in Business Technologies
Module Outlines
The programme is delivered by means of formal lectures, tutorials, computer laboratory-based practical activities, group work and presentations. There is a significant element of practical coursework which the students carry out sometimes in supported lab sessions and also in the student's own time. Each student also undertakes an individual project of their own devising and is supervised by academic staff at the Department of Computer Science, or possibly by two academic staff from the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Management. The project provides an opportunity for students to investigate an aspect of the subject that particularly interests them.
All projects involve technology development and/or implementation, and discuss or evaluate technology with regards to how it affects organisational knowledge, social capital, and quality of communication in an organisation.
All students take the compulsory modules Research Methods in Management, Intellectual Capital and Competitiveness, and Data and Knowledge Management, and undertake a substantial project. Students should also select five modules from the following groups:
| Core Modules | Module Tutor |
| Intellectual Capital and Competitiveness | Department of Management |
| Research Methods in Management 1 | Department of Management |
| Group 1 Modules (choose up to 2) | Module Tutor |
| Creative Industries and Knowledge Economy | Department of Management |
| Economics and Governance of Innovation and Institutions | Department of Management |
| Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Department of Management |
| Innovation Systems: Networks and Social Capital | Department of Management |
| Innovation: Management and Policy | Department of Management |
| Group 2 Modules (choose up to 4) | Module Tutor |
| Component Based Software Development | Keith Mannock |
| Computational Intelligence | George Magoulas |
| Information Retrieval and Organisation | Sven Helmer, Dell Zhang |
| Intelligent Technologies | George Magoulas, Alex Poulovassilis |
| Internet and Web Technologies | Peter Wood |
| Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing | George Roussos |
| Object-Oriented Design and Programming | Oded Lachish |
| Search Engines and Web Navigation | Mark Levene |
If you have a question about the Masters in Research in Computer Science that is not covered here or on the Birkbeck FAQ
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Programme Administrator:
Thomas Epineau
Admissions Tutor:
Andrea Cali
Programme Director:
George Magoulas