Students studying full time take three courses in the September semester and three courses in the January semester, followed by the dissertation at the end of the final semester. 120 taught credits must be completed before embarking on the dissertation.
Students must take a minimum of 100 credits and a maximum of 120 credits from the courses in Groups A, B and C. Please note that no more than 60 credits should be taken from either Group A or B, and no more than 40 credits should be taken from Group C.
A maximum of 20 credits can be taken from Group D. Please note that a course from this collection can only be taken with the approval of your Programme Director.
For further information on the core courses for this programme see: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/teaching/online_distance_learning/llm_degrees/innovation_technology_and_the_law/modules
The dissertation is compulsory and must be taken on completion of the taught element of the programme (ie 120 credits/six courses).
More information is available at: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/teaching/online_distance_learning/llm_degrees/key_information/study_durations