The Department of Management Science at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland offers graduate training in Foundations of Risk by Distance Learning developed in conjunction with academics at the University of Dalhousie in Canada.

Online professional development in Foundations of Risk at the University of Strathclyde.

A fully-tutored online graduate-level course running over two calendar months.

Next Course: 8 October to 4 December 2009

Aimed at: Analysts, policy specialists, managers from the public and private sectors and graduate students who seek professional theoretical grounding and practical training in the study of risk.

The Course: This course is interdisciplinary. It describes and analyzes the tools, techniques and concepts that are used in statistics, psychology and sociology/anthropology to examine and manage risk. The course was developed jointly by specialists from each of these disciplines. In a collaborative, on-line context, we aim to help students examine the subject of risk in the round, and in so doing, develop a more sophisticated understanding of the concept itself as well as the strengths and limitations of the tools and techniques we often deploy to deal with it.

The Department of Management Science is part of Strathclyde Business School and has been Rated ‘Excellent’ in the Teaching and Quality Assessments. Strathclyde University Business School itself has achieved EQUIS and AACSB International accreditation, making it one of only 27 business schools world-wide to have achieved recognition from the two leading accreditation bodies for business schools.