Leading Digital Transformation - MSc

University of South Wales

United Kingdom, Cardiff

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University of South Wales

United Kingdom , Cardiff

Key Facts

Program Level

Master by Course Work

Study Type

Part Time

Delivery

Online

Campuses

Online

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines

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Duration 2 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 17,900 / year

Leading Digital Transformation - MSc

About

The course uses three distinct strands of study which underpin the essence of digital transformation.

Leading Digital Transformation
This module will develop your leadership skills and give you strategic tools to do just that.

Exploring Digital Technology 1
This module looks at the key elements of working digitally in all sectors. Using Global examples, we explore Understanding ‘digital’ culture, & thinking ‘digital first’.

User-Centred Design Thinking
This module will explore various topics including the design cycle, understanding the problem, design research methods, generating ideas, empathy mapping and ethnographic interviews.

Leading Digital Transformation Teams
The module covers leadership and management within a digital culture, agile practice and process, transforming self/teams/culture, project management within a digital context and user-centred design.

User Experience Design
Explore UX design concepts and practice, improving user experience through design in response to a key challenge from the stakeholder group and case studies of UX from within and outside the sector.

Exploring Digital Technologies 2
Take an in-depth look at digital in practice and the art of the possible through topics including automation, AI, low code applications, simulation and digital twins and virtual and augmented reality.

Applied Digital Transformation Project proposal and Final Major Digital Transformation Project
Discover the difference you can make to your organisation and your service users through initiating and developing an impactful Digital Transformation and leading on taking it through to prototype, pilot or delivery.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Academic Qualifications

Students who have completed a 4 year Bachelor degree (60% overall or a GPA of 2.5 or above on the scale of 4, 4 being the highest) can be considered for entry onto a relevant postgraduate programme of study.
Applicants with other relevant qualifications or work experience may be considered on a case by case basis.

English Program Requirements

English language requirements

International applicants will need to have achieved an overall of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component/TOEFL 72 overall and a minimum of 18 in reading, 17 in listening, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing or equivalent.

Equivalents can be located on our English Language pages.

If you have previously studied through the medium of English, IELTS might not be required, please visit our country specific page for further details. If your country is not featured, please contact us.

If you do not meet the English entry criteria, please visit our Pre-Sessional course pages.

Career

Careers and Employability

Possible career paths

The MSC focuses on the development of highly capable leaders from across health, social care, 3rd sector and industry, equipping them with the skills they need to lead digital transformation as a whole system approach. The course will equip you to drive forward the changes needed to meet challenges in the long-term, post-Covid-19.  This includes exploring new technologies and fostering a culture of curiosity and innovation in applications that will improve the lives of citizens in Wales. It will apply learning and testing new approaches in digital leadership that can address the challenges facing us now and in the future. Be part of that change!

Careers support

The University’s Career Services offers a range of advice and guidance to students, and references to the services available to all listed at southwales.ac.uk/careers will be added to the course website by default. However, if there are other important course or subject specific initiatives run at local a level, there is an opportunity to add further details here. Whether this includes connecting with professionals, industry experts or mentors, or strategies to enhance their competitiveness and aspirations in the job market, further details will provide prospects with the confidence, encouragement, and motivation to commit to applying.