The pre-master consists of two modules of 15 ECTS and gives direct admission to the following master's programmes at University of Maastricht:

• Master Business Intelligence and Smart Services
• Master Global Supply Chain Management and Change
• Master International Business, Specialisatie: Accounting & Control
• Master International Business, Specialisatie: Information Management and Business Intelligence
• Master International Business, Specialisatie Marketing-Finance
• Master International Business, Specialisatie: Organisation Management, Change and Consultancy
• Master International Business, Specialisatie: Strategic Corporate Finance
• Master International Business, Specialisatie: Strategic Marketing
• Master International Business, Specialisatie: Strategy and Innovation
• Master International Business, Specialisatie: Supply Chain Management
• Master International Business, Specialisatie: Sustainable Finance
• Master International Business, Specialisatie: Accounting and Business Information Technology
• Master International Business, Specialisatie: Managerial Decision – Making and Control
• Master International Business, Specialisatie: Entrepreneurship and Business Development
• MSc Digital Business and Economics
• MSc Sustainability Science, Policy and Society
• Master Learning and Development in Organisations
• Master Public Policy and Human Development

Part I (15 ECTS) includes the following topics:

Statistics I (4 ECTS)

To gain clear understanding of the way of thinking of statistical inference.

To get acquainted with a large variety of statistical techniques

To be able to utilize the technique on statistical problems with the help of the computer package  SPSS

Research Methods (5 ECTS)

Develop knowledge and skills to be able to carry out scientific research. Develop knowledge and skills to read research reports with healthy skepticism.

Academic Skills (6 ECTS)

To make a contribution to the development of an academic attitude of students. Students will learn how they can find, can judge and can use articles from relevant academic journals.

To close the gap regarding knowledge about research and attitude towards performing and participating at a research project between the HBO, being practical research, and the university, being academic research

Specifieke voorkennis en wel: behaalde propedeuse, goede studieresultaten en de nodige voorkennis statistiek, beheersing van de Engelse taal

Er wordt geselecteerd (met name door zelfselectie) aan de hand van set van zes centrale entreetoetsen op basis van statistiek, theorie over onderzoekstechnieken, Engels en motivatie.

Doelgroepen: Commerciële Economie, Financieel Management, Facility Management, Hotel Management, International Business, European Studies, Oriëntaalse Talen en Communicatie, Vertaalacademie, Business Studies, Technische Bedrijfskunde, Information Management

To be announced. 

Werkvormen:

Statistiek; hoorcolleges en werkcolleges

Academic Skills; werkcolleges en studentpresentaties

Business Research Methods; studenten leiden de sessies

Aanwezigheid inclusief participatie wordt meegenomen in de beoordeling

Onderwijscontacttijden: verspreid over de hele week overdag

Statistics, 4 ECTS: theorietoets, praktijktoets en participatie

Academic Skills, 6 ECTS: participatie, oral skills en essay

Business Research Methods, 5 ECTS: theorietoets, onderzoeksvoorstel en participatie

Location: Ligne 1, Sittard