Teaching and assessment for International Mineral Resources Management MSc

School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

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Teaching

You will learn through various teaching and learning methods, including lectures, student-led presentations, individual and group study, role-play exercises, simulations, and internships.

As is appropriate at postgraduate level, your independent study will significantly influence your engagement with the course.

There is also a wide range of extracurricular activities, such as:

our visiting speaker series
intensive master classes
workshops
seminars

This helps you engage with industry, government, consultancy, law firms, or academia experts on timely and topical issues affecting the energy and minerals sectors.

Assessment

For each module, there is an assessment mix typically consisting of

quizzes
projects
research papers
mid-term or final exams

There is also a choice between an internship report and a project report.

Core Modules

These modules are an essential part of your course.

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Module code: CP50001 Credits: 10 Semester: Semester 2

Module code: CP51048 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 1

Explore financial accounting to develop a basis to enter management decision making processes which involve the final accounts of an organisation.

Acquire a critical understanding of the complexities of business finance and the issues business managers in the energy and extractive industries are required to consider in the decision-making process.

Financial Accounting for Energy and Mining Industries full module details

Module code: CP52022 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 2

You will learn about the main economic forces that influence the different mineral industries. You will learn about their value chains and the major economic and policy issues for the mining industry. These include the supply of critical raw materials required for the energy transition.

Mineral Resources Policy and Economics full module details

Optional Modules

You need to choose one or more of these modules as part of your course.

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Module code: BU51001 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 1

You will study important themes in corporate governance, such as the nature and importance of corporate governance in both a national and international context.

As well as recent changes in governance applying to major UK and international companies, and the need for ethical business behaviour.

Corporate Governance full module details

Module code: BU51008 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 1

Operations Management and Change covers the strategic planning, design, execution, and improvement of an organisation's processes and activities. Learn how to optimise resources, processes, and systems to achieve business goals and adapt to change.

Operations Management and Change full module details

Module code: BU51024 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 2

Managing People and Organisations explores effective leadership, teamwork, communication, and decision-making within diverse workplaces. You will learn about motivation, conflict resolution, ethics, and organisational culture. This will help you better understand your colleagues in the workplace regardless of your career path.

Managing People and Organisations full module details

Module code: BU52034 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 1

The module will critically explain the relationship between a business, its stakeholders, and society.

You will work with some of the issues business's face, such as responsibility, accountability, transparency, sustainability and diversity.

You will also examine the challenges involved in addressing and resolving these issues.

Stakeholder Management and Business Ethics full module details

Module code: CP50006 Credits: 20 Semester: Runs across both semesters

This module explores the economic theories and instruments of taxation in the extractive industries. It also analyses the policy issues from both a government and corporate perspective.

Mineral and Petroleum Taxation (by Distance Learning) full module details

Module code: CP51003 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 1

This module will introduce the economic principles relevant to the energy sector. It will provide an overview of the tools typically used in performing economic analysis in the energy sector.

Analytical Tools for Energy Economics full module details

Module code: CP52008 Credits: 20 Semester: Semester 2

In this module, you will first cover key international relations theories. Secondly, you will look at case studies relating to international relations and energy disputes.

This will cover:

Sino-Japanese political and energy disputes
the Iran Nuclear Crisis
the EU energy security policy
the US energy policy
Geopolitics and Central Asia

International Relations and Energy and Natural Resources full module details

Module code: CP52073 Credits: 20 Semester: Runs during the summer

This module covers the theories and tools used in commodity trading and risk management for energy and resource industries. It explores the financial theories and modelling techniques both in physical and financial markets, options pricing, real options valuation of physical assets, and risk management in the energy and mining industries.

Commodity Trading and Risk Management in Energy and Mining Industries full module details

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