London Institute of Business & Technology

MSc Security and Risk Top-up (Work-based)

Course Overview

MSc Security & Risk is a Top-Up Master’s Degree course to our Level 7 Diploma in Security and Strategic Leadership (worth 120 credits), which provides students with the additional 60 credits of the 180 credits required to achieve a complete Master’s Degree.

On this MSc Security & Risk course, you can specialise and enhance your current management or leadership capabilities and develop a more strategic view of organisational security and risk management. Because the course is work-based, you need to already be in a full-time, part-time or voluntary role. If you don’t have an undergraduate degree, you could still do this postgraduate course if you have several years of experience in a responsible position or you have high-level skills through experience that isn’t reflected in your qualifications.

You can tailor the course to match your professional and personal aspirations and your employer’s objectives. The way you learn is flexible, so you can study wherever is most convenient for you and schedule your studies around your existing commitments.

You’ll get to put the skills you learn to work instantly in your job, contributing to the success of your company. When you complete the course, you’ll improve your career prospects and have the skills and knowledge to perform more effectively in your job.

Programme Modules

This programme consists of 2 modules.

Most of your learning will come from work-based learning (WBL) projects. These are projects that are valuable to your employer, which you complete at work.These WBL projects won’t involve activities you do in your day-to-day job as they need to involve new learning for you. You’ll do most of the work for these projects in your normal working hours.

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You can study distance learning modules to expand your knowledge and understanding or to develop new skills in a more structured way.We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies.Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry.

Mandatory0 Credits

Entry Requirements

Entry to MSc Security and Risk Final Year (top-up)

• Level 7 Diploma in Security and Strategic Leadership with 120 credits.

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Key Information

LevelMasters
DurationFlexible
Awarding BodyUniversity of Portsmouth
Delivered ByLondon Institute of Business and Technology
Subject AreaSecurity and Intelligence
Study Modes
Work-based Learning

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