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Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

• Develop students’ knowledge and expertise in digital technologies through practical application analysing and evaluating problems and responding to challenges in real time
• Develop students’ knowledge and understanding of the digital innovation management, including the ability to spot trends and gaps in the market and to develop ideas that respond to identified needs
• Develop students’ critical thinking in order to evaluate the factors affecting the success of the digital innovation process
• Use action-based learning to provide individuals and teams with employment skills essential to the digital/tech industry

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• UK Quality Code for Higher Education, The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education,  April 2012,  especially  Part A: Setting  and maintaining  academic  standards:
  • The Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (FHEQ), the QAA, August 2008
  • Master's Degree Characteristics, the QAA, March 201O
  • The Higher Education Credit Framework for England, the QAA, August 2008
• The Quality Code, Part B: Assuring and enhancing academic quality
  • Chapter B1: Programme Design, Development and Approval
  • Chapter B3: Learning and Teaching
  • Chapter B4: Enabling student development and achievement
  • Chapter B6: Assessment of students
• Master's Degree Subject Benchmark for Engineering, the QAA, 2015
• Master's Degree Subject Benchmark for Business and Management, the QAA, 2007
• · UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence: The Accreditation of Higher Education  Programmes,  Engineering  Council  UK,  3rd   Edition 2014.
• UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence: Engineering Technician, Incorporated Engineer and Chartered Engineer Standard, Engineering Council UK, 2013.
• Proposals for National Arrangements for the Use of Academic Credit in Higher Education in England: Final Report of the Burgess Group, December 2006.
• The Northern Ireland Credit Accumulation and Transfer System (NICATS): Principles and Guidelines, 2002.

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate thorough knowledge and systematic understanding of: 

• K1 digital technologies and innovation
• K2 management and enterprise
• K3 combining technological knowledge with management skills
• K4 digital innovation management opportunities

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to…

• C1 understand how to use the digital technologies more effectively and also be able to examine the technical implications of various applications
• C2 exploit their technical knowledge to critically analyse and develop advanced digital applications and services
• C3 demonstrate the ability to use their knowledge and experience to combine digital innovation with management skills jointly in an advantageous way
• C4 utilise their knowledge to formulate a management case for novel digital innovation processes

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to…

• P1 use their deep analytical skills to evaluate digital technologies
• P2 demonstrate knowledge on how to analyse and use digital technologies in the context of service creation
• P3 evaluate and analyse digital innovation in management context and thereby influence digital technologies and service creation
• P4 exploit their knowledge to develop digital innovation management opportunities

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to…

• T1 communicate their work to a wide audience clearly
• T2 identify management opportunities in digital innovation and technology
• T3 demonstrate technical competency with understanding of related management and entrepreneurial aspects
• T4 generate own innovative ideas and concepts

4. Programme structure

Semester One

Compulsory Module (15 credits)

Optional Modules (students should select 45 credits)

*If students select LLP202 Entrepreneurship, they cannot select LLP205 Intellectual Property or LLP206 Understanding Organisational Failure in Semester 2.

 Semester Two

Compulsory Module (15 credits)

Optional Modules (students should select 45 credits)

*Students who have not selected LLP202 Entrepreneurship may select EITHER LLP205 Intellectual Property or LLP206 Understanding Organisational Failure.

**Students wishing to study LLP122 Advanced Big Data Analytics must have studied LLP121 Principles of Data Science

Semester Three

Compulsory Module (60 credits)

 *Students must choose and complete 1 module from those marked with one star (*) to complete the MSc programme.

3 of these optional modules must be completed in semester 1 and 3 optional modules in semester 2. If students select LLP202 Entrepreneurship, they can select two further Digital Technologies modules in Semester 1 and cannot select any further Management modules (LLP205 or LLP206) in Semester 2. If students don’t select LLP202 Entrepreneurship and instead select three Digital Technologies modules in Semester 1, then they need to select either LLP205 or LLP206 and can take a further two digital technologies modules in Semester 2. Students cannot take more than four 15-credit modules in a semester. 

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

In order to be eligible for the award, candidates must satisfy the requirements of Regulation XXI. 

All modules available in the Special Assessment Period (SAP) unless specified in the Module Specification.

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the Purposes of Final Degree Classification

Not Applicable