📖Program Curriculum
Modules
Supply Chain Management – 15 credits
Global Distribution Networks – 15 credits
Sustainability and Green Logistics – 15 credits
Logistics Economics – 15 credits
Simulation for Global Logistics – 15 credits
Logistics Project Management – 15 credits
Logistics Technologies – 15 credits
Research Methods and Project Introduction – 15 credits
Master's Dissertation – 50 credits
Leading Strategic Change through Creativity and Innovation – 10 credits
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
How you'll learn
This course has been designed to operate over one of full-time study with the taught modules delivered over two semesters. It may be studied on a part-time basis over two where you will be taught alongside full-time students. You can start in September or January.
The teaching and learning include online lectures seminars and workshops. Case studies incorporating real data from employers are used to demonstrate the significance of logistics to different industries and to explore different logistics management options, for example, in shipping, retailing, transportation, warehousing and distribution.
This course can be offered on a part-time basis. Whilst we would like to give you all the information about our part-time offering here, it is tailored for each course each depending on the number of part-time applicants. Therefore, the part-time teaching arrangements vary. Request further information about part-time study.
Teaching contact hours
Actual teaching contact hours will vary depending on the requirements of a particular semester. In a typical week, you will have up to 17 ‘contact’ hours of teaching via-online sessions and tutorials. In addition, you will be expected to undertake significant self-directed study each week, depending on the demands of individual modules. The number of contact hours may vary from semester to semester, however, on average, it is likely to be around 17 contact hours per week.
For each module, we will provide a mix of:
Engaging video lectures.A variety of interactive content and activities.You can benefit from the innovative and interactive content and activities provided on our online platform FutureLearn.
The online contact between lecturers and colleagues aims to help you stay motivated and committed to learning.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are prepared for courses due to start in or after the 2022/2024 academic to be delivered in a variety of forms. The form of delivery will be determined in accordance with Government and Public Health guidance. Whether on-campus or online, our key priority is staff and student safety.
Assessment
The learning outcomes of modules, assignments and projects will be clearly stated. Your work will be marked according to how well you achieve these learning outcomes, as well as providing an overall percentage grade. You need to achieve above 40% to pass; anything above 70% is classified as ‘outstanding’.
The assessment types are varied throughout the course with both individual and group work assessed using methods, such as online presentations, technical reports, online in-class test, posters and simulation models.
Each module will have at least one written assignment. Assessment methods include:
CourseworkEssaysFormal examinationsOnline group workPresentations and postersProject work
On the successful completion of 180 level master’s credits, awards may be made with a ‘Distinction’ or ‘Merit’, based on the achievement of an average mark of at least 70% or 60% respectively. Students may be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) if they achieve 120 credits and a Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) if they achieve 60 credits. Students may only progress to the final stage of master’s programmes after meeting the requirements for award of a Postgraduate Diploma.
The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.
International experience opportunities
By its nature, the course content adopts a global perspective and throughout, we will consider the impact of logistics across borders and for companies operating in multiple country destinations. Historically, we have attracted several international students from places including Africa, China, the Middle East and India, who have shared their own professional experiences.
Entry requirements
UK
International
To enter this course, you should have one of the following:
A minimum of a second-class honour’s degree in a relevant business-based subject. This is not a Conversion Course.A relevant professional qualification of an equivalent level.A lower qualification plus appropriate and relevant experience at a professional level.Satisfactory independent evidence of working for 5 in a position commensurate with that of an honour’s degree graduate in a relevant field.
Applications from those not possessing the equivalent of an honour’s degree will be considered on individual merit with decisions made based on careful evaluation of the capacity of the applicant to complete the course successfully.
Accreditation for prior learning (APL) is in accordance with university regulations. The Accreditation of Prior Experiential learning (APEL) will only be awarded for achievements equivalent to masters’ level.
Module exemptions can be given for prerequisites that have been achieved through previous study or experience. However appropriate alternative modules may be substituted, subject to the approval of the Course Director, who must ensure that the aims and learning outcomes of the named award are achieved by any variations in programmes of study.
We recognise a breadth of qualifications, speak to one of our advisers today to find out how we can help you.
Fees and funding
2024/24 tuition fees
Student Full-time Part-time
UK £16,600 per Request fee information
International £16,600 per Not available
Facilities
This is an online learning course, allowing you the flexibility to integrate your studies with work and personal commitments. Our platform provider is currently Aula, an online learning platform accessible from your phone, desktop or tablet. The design is based on existing social media platforms, so it feels familiar and easy to use.
Careers and opportunities
This course aims to provide postgraduate students with a degree that helps them to build the logistical, technical, analytical, strategic and operational skills essential to gaining employment with a global manufacturer, retailer or logistics service provider at a mid-management level and upwards. On successful completion you should be equipped with the required knowledge and skills necessary to secure a managerial or technical role in the shipping, freight haulage, passenger transport or retail distribution industries.
Upon successful completion, you will have knowledge of:
The development and importance of logistics and its operational orientation in an organisation.The key concepts, frameworks and techniques of logistics management.The key economic and financial concepts appropriate to a logistics business.A range of advanced business, analytical and management techniques to achieve competitive advantage.
You will be able to:
Apply the concepts and principles in the management of logistics operations to various manufacturing, retail and service environments.Analyse and evaluate a range of supply chain and logistics strategies and consider how they may be used to achieve competitive advantage.Evaluate the opportunities for improving logistics business processes using business simulation tools.Evaluate and select an appropriate transport mode strategy for an organisation, including both national and international distribution requirements.Evaluate appropriate tools, techniques and systems associated with project management.Analyse financial and operational information of both an external and internal nature for the purposes of business decision making.To be able to select an appropriate sustainability tool to improve green logistics at a variety of organisations.Apply advanced financial techniques to secure a company’s long-term financial stability.Apply advanced business and project management techniques across a wide range of business settings.Plan and implement new business and operational systems using project management, sustainability and simulation tools.Plan and implement activities that will improve business processes.
Career and remuneration prospects in this field are excellent, with high employer demand for logistics graduates outstripping the supply of suitably qualified applicants in most parts of the world. The global pandemic and rise in online shopping and working from home has placed even more pressure on logistics providers, integrated supply chains, manufacturers and retailers.
Where our graduates work
Building on their master’s degree studies, previous graduates have found positions across a wide variety of industries, such as logistics, shipping, freight haulage, passenger transport, retail and manufacturing distribution, working with leading organisations worldwide such as TNT, Lufthansa Air Cargo, CEVA, Agility Logistics, Peugeot, Emirates Airline, Asda and others.
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