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Degree Programme Table: Geographical Information Science and Archaeology (MSc) (PTMSCGISCA1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2014/15, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Alternative option courses from those listed below may be substituted with the permission of the Programme Director.

    Students on the MSc in GIS and Archaeology usually take 20 credits of option courses in semester one and 40 credits of option courses in semester two. It is possible to vary from this but you should do so in consultation with the Programme Director.

    Students are encouraged to complete the majority of taught courses in blocks 1, 2 and 3 to allow maximum time for the Dissertation.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    PGGE11091 Introduction To Spatial Analysis Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
    PGGE11092 Spatial Modelling Block 1 (Sem 1) 10
    PGGE11138 Research Practice and Project Planning Semester 1 20
    PGGE11181 Principles of GIS for Archaeologists Semester 1 20
    PGGE11096 Dissertation in GIS Full Year 60




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGGE11084    Distributed GIS   10  
    PGHC11001    Frontiers in Archaeology: Research Seminars   20  
    PGGE11053    Fundamentals for Remote Sensing   10  
    PGGE11042    Object Oriented Software Engineering Principles   10  
    PGGE11106    Object Orientated Software Engineering: Spatial Algorithms   10  

    Notes:These are RECOMMENDED SEMESTER ONE option courses for MSc in Geographical Information Science and Archaeology.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PGGE11083    Advanced Spatial Database Methods   10  
    PGHC11260    Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850.   20  
    PGGE11087    GeoVisualisation   10  
    PGGE11085    Further Spatial Analysis   10  
    PGGE11040    Hyperspectral Remote Sensing   10  
    PGGE11064    Introduction to Radar Remote Sensing   10  
    PGHC11075    The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans   20  
    PGHC11329    Theoretical Archaeology   20  
    PGHC11381    Archaeology and Environment   20  

    Notes:These are RECOMMENDED SEMESTER TWO option courses for MSc in Geographical Information Science and Archaeology.
     



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