I have been accepted to the MSc in Business Analysis & Consulting by Distance Learning at the University of Strathclyde. I am over the moon. OMG now what?! at: Phillip
Not to denigrate your achievement but UK universities are in a massive financial crunch. Consequently, they are accepting high numbers of non-EU students who pay full freight.
Yes, they offered to consider me for an earlier intake that would have saved me about US$2000 but I wasn't able to accept. And yes I was afraid I would be turned down in favor of someone from a developing country who probably "needs" the degree even more than I. My argument would have been that as a worker in the US financial industry, I am uniquely positioned to benefit from a degree in decision support. Phillip
Thanks. The program is an extension of the Operational Research program they have been offering for about 40 years. This focuses on providing decision support at a strategic level, as well on on traditional OR technical solutions. I found a similar program offered F2F at U of Warwick but wanted DL. A forum member here pointed out Strathclyde to me. I'm attracted to the practical focus, as well as to having a much better answer to threads about "would you go to your DL commencement?" than I do now. Phillip
link Thanks for the link. Is "decision support" the same as "operations research", or a subdivision of it?
"In a nutshell, operations research (O.R.) is the discipline of applying advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions." However, I have read that a lot of OR people do other things too.
Congratulations to you! Although I don't know what the course is about! But cheers! Let's drink to that!!!
I'm just reading Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis - so this sounds like a really exciting research area. Wishing you good luck with the degree!
