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College of Humanities and Social Science
Management School and Economics (Schedule H)
Common Courses (Management School and Economics) (23 courses)
SCQF Level 8
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U02812
Career Development Planning
-
S2
0
U02105
Computing in Management and Economics
yes
Y
0
BS0208
Quantitative Research Methods in Business
yes
S1
20
SCQF Level 9
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
MG0003
Research in Management
yes
S2
0
SCQF Level 10
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
EC0079
Economics Honours Dissertation
yes
Y
40
U00299
Management Honours Dissertation
yes
Y
40
U02706
Strategic Management
yes
S2
20
SCQF Level 11
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
P00229
Advanced International Financial Analysis
yes
S2
10
P00197
Advanced Research Topics in Management
yes
S1
20
P00230
Cases in Finance and Investment
yes
S2
10
P00243
Corporate Finance
yes
S1
20
P00231
Derivatives
yes
S2
20
P01025
Dissertation (GIMBA)
yes
TBA
50
P00209
Dissertation (MSc by Research (Management) Mode C)
yes
B5+
60
P00242
Financial Econometrics and Quantitative Techniques
yes
S2
10
P00244
Financial Markets
yes
S1
20
P00233
Investment Mathematics
yes
S1
10
P00234
Mergers, Acquisitions, Restructurings and Corporate Governance
yes
S2
10
P00235
Portfolio Management and Investment Analysis
yes
S2
10
P00236
Research Methods in Finance and Investment
yes
S2
10
P00237
Selected Emerging Issues in Finance and Investment
yes
*
10
P00208
Supervised Reading Course
yes
S2
20
P00238
The Analysis of Corporate Financial Information
yes
S1
20
Accounting (25 courses)
SCQF Level 8
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U02542
Accountancy 1A
-
S1
20
U02543
Accountancy 1B
-
S2
20
U02544
Accountancy 2A
yes
S1
20
U02545
Accountancy 2B
yes
S2
20
SCQF Level 10
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U00463
Accounting and Everyday Life
yes
S1
20
U02312
Accounting and Everyday Life (VS1)
yes
S1
20
AC0012
Accounting History
yes
*
20
AC0017
Advanced Financial Accounting
yes
S1
20
U02313
Advanced Financial Accounting (VS1)
yes
S1
20
AC0010
Advanced Management Accounting
yes
S2
20
AC0013
Audit Practice
yes
S2
20
AC0014
Audit Theory
yes
*
20
AC0018
Auditing
yes
S1
20
U02314
Auditing (VS1)
yes
S1
20
AC9995
Comparative International Accounting
yes
S1
20
U02315
Comparative International Accounting (VS1)
yes
S1
20
AC9996
Corporate Social Accounting
yes
*
20
AC0028
Critical Perspectives on Accounting
yes
*
20
AC0016
Financial Accounting Theory
yes
*
20
AC0007
Issues in Accounting and Auditing Regulation
yes
S1
20
U02316
Issues in Accounting and Auditing Regulation (VS1)
yes
S1
20
AC0019
Management Accounting Applications
yes
S2
20
AC0011
Public Sector Accounting
yes
S2
20
SCQF Level 11
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
P01000
Accounting and Finance
yes
N/A
10
AC0024
Planning, Budgeting and Control
yes
S2
10
Business Studies (194 courses)
SCQF Level 8
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
BS0029
Business Economics
yes
S1
20
BS0001
Business Studies 1
-
Y
40
U02105
Computing in Management and Economics
yes
Y
0
BS0002
Industrial Management 1
yes
S1
20
BS0038
International Business and the Multinational Enterprise 2B
yes
S2
20
BS0037
International Business: Globalisation and Trade 2A
yes
S1
20
BS0035
Management Science and Information Systems
yes
S2
20
BS0188
Managing Employment Relations
yes
S2
20
BS0028
Marketing
yes
S2
20
BS0033
Operations Management in Strategic Context
yes
S2
20
BS0189
Organisation Studies
yes
S1
20
BS0003
Principles of Finance
yes
S1
20
SCQF Level 9
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
MG0003
Research in Management
yes
S2
0
SCQF Level 10
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
AC0026
Accountability and Control in Organisations
yes
*
20
AC0027
Advanced Strategic Management
yes
S1
20
U02434
Advanced Strategic Management (VS1)
yes
S1
20
U00260
Advanced Topics in International Business
yes
*
20
U02637
Advanced Topics in Marketing
yes
*
20
BS0024
Advertising: Theories and Practice
yes
S2
20
ES0017
British Business History Since 1930
yes
S1
20
BS0006
Business Ethics
yes
*
20
U02737
Business Studies Long Essay
yes
Y
40
BS0011
Consumer Behaviour
yes
*
20
U00262
Contemporary Issues in International Business
yes
*
20
U02320
Contemporary Issues in International Business (VS1)
yes
*
20
BS0009
Contemporary Issues in Management
yes
S1
20
U02428
Contemporary Issues in Management (VS1)
yes
S1
20
U02963
Contemporary Marketing Literature
yes
S1
20
U02964
Contemporary Marketing Literature (VS1)
yes
S1
20
BS0019
Corporate Finance
yes
S1
20
U02960
Corporate Finance (VS1)
yes
S1
20
BS0021
Decision-Making under Uncertainty
yes
S1
20
U02321
Decision-Making under Uncertainty (VS1)
yes
S1
20
BS0210
Design, Creativity and Problem Solving
yes
S2
20
U00263
Empirical Finance
yes
S2
20
BS0192
Employment Relations: Current Issues and Controversies
yes
S2
20
U01650
Entrepreneurship and Small Firms
yes
S2
20
BS0202
European Business Strategy
yes
S2
20
BS0044
Financial Ethics
yes
*
20
BS0196
Financial Modelling with Excel
yes
S2
20
BS0204
Financial Services Marketing
yes
S2
20
BS0194
Futures and Options
yes
S2
20
U02055
Global Strategy and Management
yes
S2
20
U00494
Innovation & The Evolution of New Markets
yes
S1
20
U02323
Innovation & The Evolution of New Markets (VS1)
yes
S1
20
BS0197
International and Comparative Employment Relations
yes
S2
20
BS0176
International Business in Emerging Markets
yes
S1
20
U02324
International Business in Emerging Markets ((VS1)
yes
S1
20
U02618
International Marketing
yes
S2
20
BS0203
Investment and Securities Markets
yes
S1
20
U02432
Investment and Securities Markets (VS1)
yes
S1
20
BS0201
Management Consultancy
yes
*
20
U00299
Management Honours Dissertation
yes
Y
40
BS0190
Management Science and Operations Planning
yes
S2
20
U00264
Managing Across National Boundaries
yes
S2
20
U03016
Managing Change in Public Administrations
yes
S1
20
U03017
Managing Change in Public Administrations (VS1)
yes
S1
20
BS0199
Managing Employment Law
yes
S1
20
U02325
Managing Employment Law (VS1)
yes
S1
20
BS0177
Managing Public Services
yes
*
20
BS0012
Market Structure, Conduct and Performance
yes
S1
20
U02961
Market Structure, Conduct and Performance (VS1)
yes
S1
20
BS0206
Marketing Research
yes
S2
20
BS0018
Mathematical Programming
yes
S2
20
BS0200
Negotiating Business in Emerging Markets
yes
*
20
EC0037
Negotiation
yes
S1
20
U02977
New Product Development: Bringing Innovations to Market
yes
S2
20
BS0195
Quality Management
yes
S1
20
U02429
Quality Management (VS1)
yes
S1
20
BS0015
Retailing
yes
*
20
MG0001
Retailing Management and Strategy
yes
*
20
BS0207
Risk Management
yes
S1
20
U02430
Risk Management (VS1)
yes
S1
20
BS0191
The Economics of Corporate Strategy
yes
S2
20
BS0175
The Foundations of Management
yes
*
20
BS0198
The Management of Diversity
yes
*
20
BS0013
The Management of Innovation
yes
*
20
BS0205
The Management of Technology
yes
S1
20
U02433
The Management of Technology (VS1)
yes
S1
20
U00261
The Social Shaping of Electronic Commerce
yes
S2
20
U00265
Theoretical Foundations of International Business: Course A
yes
*
20
U00266
Theoretical Foundations of International Business: Course B
yes
S2
20
SCQF Level 11
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
BS0119
Advertising Management and Evaluation
yes
S2
10
BS0168
Asia Pacific Business
yes
S2
10
P01199
Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency
-
S2
10
BS0051
Business Economics, Finance and Capital Budgeting
yes
Y
20
BS0052
Business Finance
yes
S2
10
BS0053
Business Forecasting
yes
S2
10
P00202
Business in Contemporary China
yes
S2
10
P01024
Business in the Global Economy
yes
N/A
10
P00318
Business Simulation and Lothians Consultancy Project
yes
B5+
10
BS0120
Business to Business Marketing
yes
B5
10
BS0057
Buying and Account Management
yes
Y
20
P01140
Case Studies - Business Management in China and India
-
S2
20
BS0059
Cases in Financial Management and Policy
yes
B5
10
BS0181
China in the International Economy
-
S2
10
BS0061
Company Finance
yes
S2
10
BS0121
Consumer Behaviour
yes
S2
10
PO0082
Contemporary Chinese Politics
-
S2
10
BS0156
Contemporary Issues in Management
yes
TBA
10
P00319
Corporate and Social Responsibility
-
S1
10
P01136
Corporate Finance in Emerging Markets
-
S2
20
P01005
Corporate Network Strategies
yes
N/A
10
P00441
Corporate Strategy
yes
B5
10
BS0068
Decision Support Models and Systems
yes
S2
10
P00102
Design and Operational Management of Supply Chains
yes
S2
10
P01001
Design Creativity and Problem Solving
yes
N/A
10
P00456
Dissertation (Food & Grocery Industry Management - MSc)
yes
TBA
60
P00427
Dissertation (MBA-FT)
yes
B5+
60
P01399
Dissertation (MBA-Modular)
yes
Y
60
P00431
Dissertation (MBA-PT)
yes
Y
60
P00429
Dissertation (MBAIB)
yes
B5+
60
P00245
Dissertation (MSc Finance and Investment)
yes
B5+
60
P01179
Dissertation (MSc International Business and Emerging Markets)
-
B5+
60
P01139
Economic and Financial Issues in Emerging Markets
-
S1
20
EC0082
Economics of Strategy
yes
S2
10
BS0179
Electronic Commerce
yes
B5
10
P01163
Emerging Markets in the Global Knowledge-Based Economy
-
S1
20
BS0171
Employment Relations: The UK and Beyond
yes
B2
10
P01398
Entrepreneurship and Family Business
-
B5
10
BS0070
Entrepreneurship and the Management of New Ventures
yes
B3
10
BS0071
European Food and Grocery Industry
yes
Y
20
AC0023
Financial Analysis
yes
S2
10
BS0075
Financial Institutions
yes
B5
10
BS0079
Financial Risk Management
yes
S2
10
BS0081
Food Consumers and Food Consumption
yes
Y
20
BS0082
Food Technology
yes
Y
20
P00322
Foundations of Management 1
yes
S1
20
P00323
Foundations of Management 2
yes
Y
20
BS0084
Game Theory in Business
yes
S2
10
P01138
Global Strategy and Management
-
S2
20
P01002
Implementation
yes
N/A
10
BS0090
Information Technology
yes
Y
20
P00324
Integrative Elements
yes
Y
10
BS0091
International Business
yes
S2
10
P01375
International Business
-
B5+
60
P01137
International Business and Emerging Markets
-
S1
20
P01295
International Business and Trade (MSc)
-
S1
10
BS0155
International Business Negotiations
yes
B5
10
BS0093
International Marketing
yes
S2
10
BS0098
Investment and Securities Markets
yes
S2
10
P01148
Japan as a Model for Emerging Markets
-
S2
20
LW0001
Law of Business Organisations
yes
B5
10
LW0002
Law of Business Transactions
yes
S2
10
BS0102
Logistics Management
yes
Y
20
P01297
Management across Cultures
yes
S2
20
BS0106
Management Consultancy
yes
B5
10
BS0180
Management Control
yes
B5
10
P00997
Management Development 1: Personal Effectiveness and Learning Technology
-
TBA
10
P00999
Management Development 2: Leadership and Practical Skills
yes
N/A
10
P00998
Management Development 3: Methods for Business Research
-
N/A
10
P00315
Management Knowledge 1
yes
S1
20
P00316
Management Knowledge 2
yes
S1
20
P00205
Management of Chinese Enterprises
yes
S2
20
P01003
Management of Innovation
yes
N/A
10
P01498
Management of R & D and Product Innovation
-
S2
10
SU0012
Management of R&D and Product Innovation
-
S2
20
BS0110
Management Theory and Practice in the Food and Grocery Industry
yes
Y
20
BS0162
Managerial Economics
yes
S2
10
P00103
Managing Across Cultures
yes
S2
10
BS0048
Managing Changing Organisations
yes
S2
10
P01006
Managing Innovation in Complex Products and Systems
yes
N/A
10
P01007
Managing Innovation in Services
yes
N/A
10
BS0169
Managing Organisations
yes
TBA
10
BS0172
Managing Reward and Performance
yes
S2
10
BS0116
Market Research
yes
S2
10
P01019
Marketing
yes
N/A
10
BS0118
Marketing Management
-
S2
10
P01160
Methods of Research
-
S1
10
BS0126
Negotiations
yes
S2
10
P01020
Operations Management
yes
N/A
10
BS0166
Options and Futures
yes
S2
10
P01021
Organisations and Behaviour
yes
N/A
10
P01004
Organising for Innovation
yes
N/A
10
P01161
Outward Investment from Emerging Markets
-
S2
20
P01162
Performance, Measurement and Financial Management
-
S2
20
P00007
Project Management
yes
S2
10
BS0089
Public Policy in a Small Open Economy
yes
S2
10
SW0015
Public Sector Management
yes
S2
10
BS0167
Quality Management
yes
S2
10
BS0138
Retail Merchandising
yes
Y
20
BS0139
Risk Management
yes
TBA
10
BS0141
Statistics and Management Science
yes
Y
20
MG0002
Strategic Human Resources and the New Economics of Personnel
yes
S2
10
BS0142
Strategic Management
yes
S2
10
P01022
Strategic Management
yes
N/A
10
P00321
Strategic Management (Pt MBA)
-
S1
10
BS0143
Takeovers and Mergers
yes
S2
10
P00203
The Changing Business Environment in China
yes
S2
20
BS0147
The Management of Human Resources
yes
B5
10
BS0109
The Management of Technology
yes
B5
10
BS0186
The Political Economy of Greater China (MChS)
-
S2
20
P01397
Wealth and Competitiveness of Nations
-
S2
20
BS0150
Work Psychology
yes
S1
10
Economics (86 courses)
SCQF Level 8
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U01139
Economic Applications
yes
S2
20
U01140
Economic Principles
yes
S1
20
U02348
Economic Principles (VS1)
yes
S1
20
U01141
Economics 1A
-
Y
40
U02478
Economics 1A (VS1)
-
S1
20
U01149
Economics 2
yes
Y
40
U01135
Economics Principles and Applications
yes
Y
40
SCQF Level 10
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
EC0045
Analysis of Economic Data
yes
S1
20
U02317
Analysis of Economic Data (VS1)
yes
S1
20
EC0032
Aspects of the European Economy
yes
*
20
ES0017
British Business History Since 1930
yes
S1
20
EC0021
Capital and Growth Theory
yes
S2
20
U01146
Development Microeconomics
yes
S1
20
U02318
Development Microeconomics (VS1)
yes
S1
20
EC0014
Econometrics
yes
*
40
U00268
Econometrics 1
yes
*
20
U01145
Economic Transformation in East Asia
yes
S1
20
U02327
Economic Transformation in East Asia (VS1)
yes
S1
20
EC0079
Economics Honours Dissertation
yes
Y
40
U00308
Economics of Developing Countries
yes
S1
20
U02463
Economics of Developing Countries (Visiting Students)
yes
S1
20
EC0047
Economics of Financial Markets
yes
*
20
EC0023
Economics of Self-Management
yes
*
20
EC0031
Economics of Strategic Behaviour
yes
Y
40
U00269
Economics of Strategic Behaviour 1
yes
S1
20
U02328
Economics of Strategic Behaviour 1 (VS1)
yes
S1
20
EC0024
Economics of Technical Change
yes
S1
20
U02329
Economics of Technical Change (VS1)
yes
S1
20
U01147
Economics of Transition
yes
S2
20
EC0071
Exchange Rate Economics
yes
*
20
EC0078
Foundations of International Macroeconomics
yes
*
20
EC0044
History of Economic Thought
yes
Y
40
EC0074
History of Economic Thought 1
yes
S1
20
U02330
History of Economic Thought 1 (VS1)
yes
S1
20
EC0075
History of Economic Thought 2
yes
S2
20
EC0017
Industrial Organisation
yes
S2
20
EC0025
Industrial Policy
yes
*
20
EC0020
International Trade
yes
*
20
EC0077
Introductory Econometrics
yes
S2
20
EC0069
Labour Economics
yes
*
20
ES0040
Latin America and the World Economy 1492-1914
yes
Y
20
U02279
Latin America and the World Economy 1492-1914 (VS1)
yes
S1
20
ES0050
Latin America and the World Economy since 1914
yes
S2
20
EC0076
Mathematical Modelling for Economics
yes
S1
20
U02331
Mathematical Modelling for Economics (VS1)
yes
S1
20
EC0072
Monetary Theory and Policy
yes
S1
20
U02332
Monetary Theory and Policy (VS1)
yes
S1
20
EC0033
Money and Banking
yes
*
20
EC0070
Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
yes
S1
20
U02333
Natural Resource and Environmental Economics (VS1)
yes
S1
20
EC0036
Public Choice
yes
*
20
EC0018
Public Economics
yes
S2
20
ES0093
Russia since 1985: A 'Transition' Economy?
yes
S2
20
EC0028
The Scottish Economy
yes
S1
20
U02979
The Scottish Economy (VS1)
yes
S1
20
ES0042
The U.S. Economy since 1918
yes
S1
20
U03015
The U.S. Economy since 1918 (VS1)
yes
S1
20
EC0030
Topics in Macroeconomics
yes
S2
20
EC0029
Topics in Microeconomics
yes
S1
20
U02351
Topics in Microeconomics (VS1)
yes
S1
20
EC0042
UK Economic Policy Since 1945
yes
*
20
U02334
UK Economic Policy Since 1945 (VS1)
yes
*
20
SCQF Level 11
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
EC0057
Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics
yes
B4
10
EC0058
Advanced Topics in Microeconomics
yes
B4
10
EC0059
Advanced Topics in Quantitative Methods
yes
B4
10
EC0060
Development and Methodology of Economic Thought
yes
B4
10
P01504
Development Economics
yes
B4
10
P00320
Dissertation (MSc Economics/Economics(Finance))
yes
TBA
60
P00317
Economic Policy
yes
B4
10
EC0061
Economics of Labour Markets
yes
B4
10
P01301
Economics of Transition
yes
B4
10
P01300
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
yes
B4
10
EC0064
Financial Economics
yes
B4
10
EC0065
Health Economics
yes
B4
10
EC0066
Industrial Organisation
yes
B4
10
EC0067
International Money and Finance
yes
B4
10
EC0068
International Trade
yes
B4
10
P01216
Macroeconomics 1
-
S1
20
P01212
Macroeconomics 2
yes
B3
10
EC0054
Mathematics, Statistics and Econometrics
yes
B1
0
P01214
Microeconomics 1
-
S1
20
P01217
Microeconomics 2
-
B3
10
P01211
Personnel Economics
yes
B4
10
P01218
Quantitative Methods 1
-
S1
20
P01219
Quantitative Methods 2
-
B3
10
P01023
Technology Assessment and Economic Appraisal
yes
N/A
10
College of Science and Engineering
School of GeoSciences (Schedule N)
Geography (61 courses)
SCQF Level 8
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
GG0063
Economic and Political Geography
yes
S1
20
GG0002
Environmental Sensitivity and Change
yes
S1
20
GG0106
Geography A: Human Geography
-
S1
20
GG0107
Geography B: Physical Geography
-
S2
20
GG0004
Geomorphology
yes
S2
20
GG0065
Social and Cultural Geography
yes
S2
20
SCQF Level 9
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U02866
Debates in Geography
-
S2
20
U02537
Geography Fieldwork: Foundations (Human)
yes
S1
10
U02538
Geography Fieldwork: Foundations (Physical)
yes
S1
10
U01580
Geography Small Research Project
yes
B4
10
U01578
Qualitative Methods in Geography
-
B1
10
U01577
Quantitative Methods in Geography
-
B2
10
U01579
Research Techniques in Geography
yes
S2
10
U00409
The Nature of Geography
-
S1
20
SCQF Level 10
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U01264
Atmospheric Pollution
-
*
20
U00370
Caribbean Societies
-
S1
20
U00371
Catchment Water Resources
yes
S2
20
U00788
Commodities and Change in South Asia
-
*
20
U00833
Dating Methods in Geomorphology
-
*
20
U00372
Ecosystem Processes, Biodiversity and Climate Change
-
S1
20
U00373
Environmental Geomorphology
yes
*
20
U00892
European Urban and Regional Governance
-
*
20
U02527
Frontiers in Human Geography 1
-
*
20
U02528
Frontiers in Human Geography 2
-
S2
20
U02529
Frontiers in Physical Geography 1
-
S2
20
U02530
Frontiers in Physical Geography 2
-
*
20
U00376
Gender, Sexuality and the City
-
S1
20
U00377
Geographical Understandings of Nature-Society Interactions
-
S2
20
U02485
Geographies of Education
-
S1
20
U00393
Geography and Public Policy
-
*
20
U01269
Geography Dissertation
-
Y
40
U02522
Geography in the Archive
-
S1
20
U00392
Geography of Leisure and Recreation
-
S1
20
U02521
GIS and Hazard Management
yes
*
20
U02874
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
-
S2
20
U01265
Historical Geographies of Geographical Knowledge
-
S1
20
U02535
Human Geography Fieldwork: Iceland
-
S2
20
U00395
Inside the City: Patterns, Processes, Problems
-
S1
20
U00396
Locational Modelling in Economic and Social Geography
-
S2
20
U00397
Macrogeomorphology
-
S1
20
U00398
Minorities in Multicultural Society
-
*
20
U02539
Palaeoenvironmental Research (Scotland)
-
S1
20
U02531
Physical Geography Fieldwork: Iceland
-
S1
20
U00401
Political Geography
-
S2
20
U00403
Principles of Geographical Information Science
-
S1
20
U00404
Principles of Remote Sensing
-
S1
20
U01557
Quaternary-Scale Vegetation Dynamics
-
*
20
U02525
Reflexivity in Qualitative Human Geography Research
-
S1
20
U01540
Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change
-
S2
20
U00797
Risk, Environment and Governance
-
S1
20
U01721
Sensuous Geographies
-
S2
20
U02524
South Africa: A Social and Political Salad Bowl?
-
S2
20
U00405
Tephra, Environment and People
-
S1
20
U02234
The Geography of Health and Health Care
-
S2
20
U00399
The Mobile World: Geographies of Migration and Movement
-
S2
20
U00406
Tourism, Development and Marketing
-
S2
20
U00804
Unequal Geographies - Health and Welfare in the Western World
-
*
20
U01271
Uneven Development
-
*
20
U02526
Visions for Geography
-
S2
20
SCQF Level 11
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
P01240
GIS in the Field
-
S1
10
P01241
Introduction To Spatial Analysis
-
B1
10
Earth Science (65 courses)
SCQF Level 8
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U01208
Earth Dynamics
yes
S1
20
U01919
Global Environmental Processes
-
S1
20
U02516
History of Life
yes
S2
20
U02089
Introduction to Geophysics
-
Y
20
U01918
Mineralogy and Petrology
yes
S2
20
U02515
Natural Hazards
yes
*
20
U01847
Oceanography
-
S2
20
U01850
Sedimentology A
yes
S1
20
U02514
Sediments, Time and People
yes
S2
20
SCQF Level 9
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U01748
Aquatic Systems
yes
S1
10
U01744
Chemical Geology
yes
S1
10
U01790
Computational Methods in Geophysics
yes
S1
10
U01736
Dynamic Stratigraphy
yes
S2
10
U01797
Earth and Planetary Structure
yes
S2
10
U01747
Environmental Techniques and Applications
yes
S2
20
U01798
Exploration Geophysics
yes
S2
20
U01763
Geology 3rd Year Field Courses
yes
TBA
10
U01722
Global Tectonics and NW Scotland Field Course
yes
S2
10
U01724
Hydrocarbons
yes
S2
10
U01743
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
yes
S1
10
U01746
Igneous Petrogenesis
yes
S2
10
U01801
Introduction to Geophysical Fields and Waves
yes
S1
20
U01800
Mathematical Methods for Geophysicists
yes
S1
10
U02090
Measurement Techniques in Geophysics
yes
S2
10
U01762
Metamorphic Petrology and Structure
yes
S2
10
U02142
Mineral Behaviour
yes
S2
10
U01745
Ore Mineralogy and Petrology
yes
S2
10
U01739
Palaeontology
yes
S1
10
U01742
Quaternary Environmental Change
yes
S1
10
U01734
Sedimentology B
yes
S1
10
U01723
Structural Geology
yes
S1
10
SCQF Level 10
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U02229
Active Tectonics
yes
TBA
10
U01766
Antarctica: Development of a Continent
yes
S2
10
U02486
Applied Environmental Geochemistry
yes
S1
10
U03059
Deformation Processes and Active Tectonics
yes
S2
10
U02091
Dinosaur Palaeobiology
yes
TBA
10
U02466
Dissertation in Geology and Physical Geography
yes
Y
40
U01769
Earth Evolution A
yes
Y
20
U01770
Earth Evolution B
yes
Y
20
U01771
Earth Surface Processes
yes
S2
20
U01774
Environmental Geoscience Field Courses
yes
S1
10
U02489
Environmental Geoscience Synoptic Practical Examination
yes
TBA
10
U01773
Environmental Geosciences Projects
yes
S1
40
U02487
Environmental Problems and Issues
yes
S1
10
U02458
Exploration Seismology
yes
S1
10
U02469
Exploration Seismology Special Topics
yes
*
10
U02465
Geology and Physical Geography Synoptic Practical Examination
yes
TBA
10
U01775
Geology Dissertation
yes
S2
40
U02968
Geology Field, Laboratory and Practical Techniques
yes
Y
10
U02464
Geology Synoptic Practical Examination
-
TBA
10
U02456
Geomagnetism
yes
S1
10
U02575
Geophysics Project 1
yes
S1
20
U02577
Geophysics Project 2
yes
S2
20
U02488
Global Environmental Change
yes
S1
10
U02457
Global Geophysics
yes
S1
10
U01779
Hydrocarbon Reservoir Quality
yes
S2
10
U01780
Igneous Geochemistry
yes
S2
10
U03060
Marine Geophysics and Geodynamics
yes
S2
10
U02467
Rock, Mineral and Palaeomagnetism
yes
S2
10
U02455
Seismology
yes
Y
10
U01785
Tectonic Geomorphology
yes
S2
10
U01786
Topics in Global Environmental Change
yes
S2
10
U01788
Transferable Skills for Earth Scientists
-
Y
10
U02461
Transferable Skills for Geophysicists
yes
S1
10
U01789
Volcaniclastic Processes and Marginal Basin Sedimentology
yes
S2
10
Ecological Science (24 courses)
SCQF Level 8
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U01837
Ecology
yes
S1
20
U01833
Field Biology
-
S1
20
U01806
Soil, Water and Atmospheric Processes
-
S2
20
SCQF Level 9
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U01792
Applied Ecology and Environmental Management
yes
S2
20
U01808
Ecological Measurement
yes
S1
20
U01809
Environmental Pollution
yes
S2
20
U01802
Natural Resource Management
yes
S1
20
SCQF Level 10
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U01811
Conservation in Practice
yes
S1
10
U01812
Dissertation in Conservation and Ecological Management
yes
S2
40
U01796
Dissertation in Ecology
yes
S2
40
U01814
Dissertation in Environmental Science
yes
S2
40
U01815
Dissertation in Forestry
yes
S2
40
U01816
Ecological and Environmental Modelling
-
S2
10
U01817
Ecological Management
yes
S2
10
U01818
Ecological Science Field Course
-
S1
10
U01819
Ecological Science Synoptic Paper
-
Y
10
U01821
Land Use and Water Resources
yes
S2
10
U01822
Land Use Policy
-
S1
10
U01823
Land-Atmosphere Interactions
yes
S1
10
U01824
Plant Ecophysiology
-
S1
10
U01825
Principles of Silviculture
-
S1
10
U01827
Professional Skills in Ecological Science
-
S1
10
U01828
Project Planning for Ecological Science
-
S2
10
U02633
Research Practice in Forest Ecology
yes
S2
10
Meteorology (8 courses)
SCQF Level 8
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U01598
Meteorology: Atmosphere and Environment
yes
S1
20
U01602
Meteorology: Weather and Climate
yes
S2
20
SCQF Level 9
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U02578
Global Climate and Weather
yes
*
20
SCQF Level 10
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U01863
Atmospheric Dynamics
yes
S1
10
U01864
Atmospheric Physics
yes
S2
10
U02574
Meteorology Project 1
yes
S1
20
U02576
Meteorology Project 2
yes
S2
20
U01865
Physics of Climate
yes
S2
10
Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) (74 courses)
SCQF Level 11
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
P00803
Advanced Image Processing
yes
B3
10
P01223
Advanced Spatial Database Methods
yes
B3
10
P01520
Advanced Study in Research Issues
yes
S2
10
P00683
Agroforestry
yes
S2
20
P00684
Applications in Ecological Economics
yes
S2
20
P00740
Applied Image Processing
yes
S1
10
P00688
Atmospheric Quality and Global Change
yes
S1
20
P00731
Conservation and Use of Forest Resources
yes
S1
20
P00741
Contemporary Issues in Earth Observation
yes
B3
10
P00805
Culture, Ethics & Environment
yes
S2
20
P00687
Dissertation - Ecological Economics
yes
Y
60
P00781
Dissertation - Environment & Development
yes
Y
60
P00689
Dissertation - Environmental Protection & Management
yes
Y
60
P00804
Dissertation - Environmental Sustainability
yes
Y
60
P00732
Dissertation - Forest Ecology & Management
yes
Y
60
P01516
Dissertation - GIS & Society
yes
Y
100
P01515
Dissertation - GIS Research
yes
Y
100
P01445
Dissertation - Global Environmental Change
yes
Y
100
P00782
Dissertation - Remote Sensing
yes
Y
60
P00733
Dissertation - Resource Management
yes
Y
60
P01447
Dissertation in GIS
yes
Y
60
P01554
Dissertation: Quantitative Earth Observation
yes
*
100
P01225
Distributed GIS
-
B2
10
P00734
Ecosystem Management
yes
S1
20
P00777
Environment & Development
yes
S1
20
P00690
Environmental Impact Assessment
yes
S2
20
P00744
Environmental Modelling
yes
B3
10
P00739
Environmental Planning
yes
*
20
P01523
Forest Ecosystems
yes
S1
20
P00736
Forest Policy & Management
yes
S1
20
P00737
Forests and Environment
yes
S2
20
P00685
Foundations in Ecological Economics
yes
S1
20
P00783
Fundamentals for Remote Sensing
yes
S1
10
P00708
Fundamentals of Management
yes
S1
20
P01226
Further Spatial Analysis
-
B2
10
P01227
Geoinformatics
yes
B3
10
P01228
GeoVisualisation
-
B3
10
P01238
GIS and Health
-
B3
10
P01239
GIS and Society
-
B2
10
P00710
Human Resources Management
yes
S2
20
P00752
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
yes
B4
10
P00779
International Development
yes
S1
20
P01060
International Environmental Law
yes
S2
20
P00813
Introduction to Radar Remote Sensing
yes
B4
10
P00784
Inverse Theory
yes
S1
10
P00691
Land Use/Environmental Interactions
yes
S2
20
P00753
Locational Modelling
yes
S2
20
P00714
Management of Biological Resources
yes
S2
20
P00806
Management of Sustainable Development
yes
S2
20
P01518
Methodological Debates in Geography
yes
S2
20
P01535
Object Orientated Software Engineering: Spatial Algorithms
yes
B2
10
P00754
Object Oriented Software Engineering Principles
yes
B1
10
P00716
Participation in Policy and Planning
yes
S2
20
P00807
Principles of Environmental Sustainability
yes
S1
20
P00759
Principles of Geographical Information Science
yes
S1
20
P01090
Principles of Geographical Information Science (Block1)
yes
B1
10
P00686
Project Appraisal
yes
S1
20
P00794
Radiative Transfer
yes
S1
10
P01149
Recent Global Environmental Change
yes
B1
10
P01521
Research & Project Management Skills
yes
S1
10
P00748
Research Design & Project Management
yes
S1
10
P01517
Research Design in Geography
yes
S1
20
P00808
Research Methodology
yes
S1
20
P00719
Rural Development
yes
S2
20
P01330
Seminars in Global Change
yes
B2-3
10
P00738
Silvicultural Systems
yes
S2
20
P01519
Skills for Advanced Researchers in Geography
yes
S1
10
P00780
Society & Development
yes
S2
20
P00692
Soil Protection and Management
yes
S1
20
P01243
Spatial Modelling
-
B1
10
P00809
Theory of Image Processing
yes
S1
10
P01530
Understanding GIS Technology
yes
B2
10
P00693
Waste Reduction and Recycling
yes
S2
20
P00729
Water Resource Management
yes
S1
20
Environmental Courses (66 courses)
SCQF Level 8
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
AR0059
Archaeology 1A
yes
S1
20
AR0060
Archaeology 1B
yes
S2
20
AR0058
Archaeology 2A
yes
S1
20
AR0061
Archaeology 2B
yes
S2
20
U00910
Architectural History 1
yes
Y
40
U00756
Architectural History 1A: From Antiquity to Enlightenment
-
S1
20
U00859
Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism
-
S2
20
U00837
Architectural History 2A
yes
S1
20
U00838
Architectural History 2B
yes
S2
20
BI0013
Biometrics 2
-
Y
20
U01208
Earth Dynamics
yes
S1
20
U01837
Ecology
yes
S1
20
GG0063
Economic and Political Geography
yes
S1
20
BI0015
Environmental and Community Biology 1
yes
S2
20
U00969
Environmental Chemistry 2
yes
S2
20
GG0002
Environmental Sensitivity and Change
yes
S1
20
BI0012
Evolution in Action 2
yes
S1
20
GG0106
Geography A: Human Geography
-
S1
20
GG0107
Geography B: Physical Geography
-
S2
20
GG0004
Geomorphology
yes
S2
20
U01919
Global Environmental Processes
-
S1
20
U02516
History of Life
yes
S2
20
SU0005
History of Medicine 1
-
*
20
U01598
Meteorology: Atmosphere and Environment
yes
S1
20
U01602
Meteorology: Weather and Climate
yes
S2
20
U01918
Mineralogy and Petrology
yes
S2
20
U02515
Natural Hazards
yes
*
20
SU0001
Science and Society 1A
-
S2
20
U01850
Sedimentology A
yes
S1
20
U02514
Sediments, Time and People
yes
S2
20
GG0065
Social and Cultural Geography
yes
S2
20
U01806
Soil, Water and Atmospheric Processes
-
S2
20
U02841
Sustainability, Society and Environment
yes
S2
20
U00736
Technology & Environment 1A
-
S1
20
U00732
Technology & Environment 1B
-
S2
20
SCQF Level 9
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U01792
Applied Ecology and Environmental Management
yes
S2
20
U01809
Environmental Pollution
yes
S2
20
U00759
Evolution and Ecology of Plants 3
yes
S2
20
U00655
Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics 3
yes
S1
20
U01802
Natural Resource Management
yes
S1
20
U00746
Population and Community Ecology 3
yes
S1
20
SCQF Level 10
?
Code
?
Course Name
?
Req.
?
Period
?
Crdts
U01666
Animal/Plant Interactions
yes
S1
10
U01665
Biodiversity
yes
S1
10
U00371
Catchment Water Resources
yes
S2
20
U01811
Conservation in Practice
yes
S1
10
U02835
Cultural Landscape
yes
TBA
20
U02091
Dinosaur Palaeobiology
yes
TBA
10
U01816
Ecological and Environmental Modelling
-
S2
10
U01817
Ecological Management
yes
S2
10
DV0158
Ecology, Ethics and Religion
yes
S2
20
U00377
Geographical Understandings of Nature-Society Interactions
-
S2
20
U00392
Geography of Leisure and Recreation
-
S1
20
U02874
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
-
S2
20
PO0019
Green Political Thought
-
*
20
U01265
Historical Geographies of Geographical Knowledge
-
S1
20
U01823
Land-Atmosphere Interactions
yes
S1
10
U02839
Late Glacial and Holocene Environmental Change
yes
S1
20
U00397
Macrogeomorphology
-
S1
20
U00404
Principles of Remote Sensing
-
S1
20
U02840
Quaternary Entomology and Archaeoentomology - Method and Theory
yes
S2
20
U00215
Quaternary Environmental History
yes
*
20
U00797
Risk, Environment and Governance
-
S1
20
SY0034
Sociology of the Environment and Risk
-
S2
20
U00405
Tephra, Environment and People
-
S1
20
U00406
Tourism, Development and Marketing
-
S2
20
U00804
Unequal Geographies - Health and Welfare in the Western World
-
*
20
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