Program Code: 120202
Mode of Study: Full time
Years of Study: 3 years
Degree Awarded: Master of Management
Credits Required for Graduation: 28 (incl. 16 of compulsory courses and 12 of elective courses, minimum 4 credits of electives in 3rd semester)
Objectives
The program aims to cultivate high caliber professionals who
- have a solid theoretical foundation in management and economics;
- master business management theories and methods;
- grasp the research trends of the discipline;
- are able to conduct scientific research independently;
- are innovative;
- have insight into the business operation and development;
- are competent to solve practical problems in enterprise by comprehensively using the modern management theory and analytic tools.
Graduates can engage in managerial activities such as strategic management, marketing management, human resource management, investment and financial management, international business management etc. in enterprises of all kinds, or administrators in government departments and public institutions. The program lays also a solid foundation for student who aims to pursuit a doctoral degree.
Major Research Fields
1. Strategic Management
2. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
3. Marketing Management
4. Investment Management and Corporate Finance
Cultivation Mode
Each master student is assigned an academic supervisor from the faculty to provide supervision on the student's study and research. Under the direction of the supervisor, students conduct literature review, take part in supervisor’s research project, participate in case study, and engage in thesis writing. Students are required to draw up, within the first two weeks after registration, a study plan and according to which they complete all the required credits by the end of the third semester. Students are bound to participate in a mid-term assessment according to Master Degree Candidate Medium-Term Screening Method of South China University of Technology in the third semester, and complete social practice session in the fifth semester. Students must attend at least 10 academic lectures during the program.
Master’s Thesis
Students should draw up a thesis working plan at the beginning of the fourth semester, and prepare a thesis proposal in which at least 50 pieces of citation in Chinese or foreign languages have to be covered and no less than 20 pieces have to be in English. On the completion of the thesis, the thesis defense is arranged according to the Rules for the Implementation of Graduation Degrees of South China University of Technology and the Regulations of the Applications for Thesis Defense of South China University of Technology. Before applying for the thesis defense, students are required to have published at least one research paper in journal listed on the Core Journals Catalogue for master's students publishing Research Paper with South China University of Technology being his/her affiliation, the student being the first author, or the supervisor being the first author whereas the student being the second.
