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

Maastricht University:

• 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

Tilburg University:

• Marketing Management: If you have chosen the Marketing elective in Part 2 of the PreMaster
• Marketing Analytics: If you have chosen the Marketing elective in Part 2 of the PreMaster
• Accountancy & Control: If you have chosen the Finance and Accounting elective in Part 2 of the PreMaster
• Information Management: If you have chosen the Strategy and Organization elective in Part 2 of the PreMaster
• International Management: If you have chosen the Strategy and Organization elective in Part 2 of the PreMaster

Part II (15 ECTS) includes the following topics:

Statistics II (3 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

Elective (12 ECTS, including AS)

This is a course in which you will gain thorough knowledge of one of the following concentrations:

Finance and Accounting

Marketing

Organization & Strategy

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

Part I must have been successfully completed

To be announced

Academic Skills: weekly sessions of approximately 90 minutes are student-led in English. Students are expected to prepare tutorial materials before class, and may need extra time for self-study and peer review outside of class.
Business Statistics: weekly sessions starting with a lecture of approximately 120 minutes and afterwards practical statistics meeting using SPSS and Excel.
Electives: the courses are based on stimulating sessions, a research conducted in groups, and an individual literature review.

Attendance, including participation, is taken into account in the assessment.

Contact hours: spread throughout the week during the day.

Statistics II, 3 EC: theory test, practical test and participation

Elective, 12 EC: participation, theory test, capstone assignment and case study

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