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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2019/2020

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Year 2 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Notes:
A total of 180 credits (the compulsory courses worth 20 credits, the Dissertation worth 60 credits, plus 100 credits from the Course Options) must be successfully taken to achieve the MSc.

By the end of year 5 at the latest and prior to progression to the dissertation element of the programme, students must complete the taught element of the programme:
- compulsory course worth 10 credits (Medical Informatics, MCLM11037). This course may be taken in either year 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the programme.
- compulsory course worth 10 credits (Research and Evaluation in eHealth, GLHE11039). PLEASE NOTE: Research and Evaluation in eHealth will no longer be offered from 2019/20.
- 100 credits of optional courses from the list below.

These courses are limited to students registered on the programme.
We recommend that students take no more than 60 credits in any one year.

With Programme Director approval, students may take up to 20 online learning credits offered within the University of Edinburgh from a related subject area over the course of the programme.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Data Science, Technology and Innovation 2

Select between 0 and 100 credits of the following courses

Year 3 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Notes:
A total of 180 credits (the compulsory courses worth 20 credits, the Dissertation worth 60 credits, plus 100 credits from the Course Options) must be successfully taken to achieve the MSc.

By the end of year 5 at the latest and prior to progression to the dissertation element of the programme, students must complete the taught element of the programme:
- compulsory course worth 10 credits (Medical Informatics, MCLM11037). This course may be taken in either year 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the programme.
- compulsory course worth 10 credits (Research and Evaluation in eHealth, GLHE11039). PLEASE NOTE: Research and Evaluation in eHealth will no longer be offered from 2019/20.
- 100 credits of optional courses from the list below.

These courses are limited to students registered on the programme.
We recommend that students take no more than 60 credits in any one year.

With Programme Director approval, students may take up to 20 online learning credits offered within the University of Edinburgh from a related subject area over the course of the programme.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Data Science, Technology and Innovation 2

Select between 0 and 100 credits of the following courses
OR

DSTI Dissertations

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
To progress on to the Dissertation component students are required to have taken 120 credits with at least 80 credits passed with an overall average of or above 50%. If you have received official confirmation of progression then select one of the following courses which corresponds with the School your dissertation supervisor is affiliated to.

Year 4 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Notes:
A total of 180 credits (the compulsory courses worth 20 credits, the Dissertation worth 60 credits, plus 100 credits from the Course Options) must be successfully taken to achieve the MSc.

By the end of year 5 at the latest and prior to progression to the dissertation element of the programme, students must complete the taught element of the programme:
- compulsory course worth 10 credits (Medical Informatics, MCLM11037). This course may be taken in either year 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the programme.
- compulsory course worth 10 credits (Research and Evaluation in eHealth, GLHE11039). PLEASE NOTE: Research and Evaluation in eHealth will no longer be offered from 2019/20.
- 100 credits of optional courses from the list below.

These courses are limited to students registered on the programme.
We recommend that students take no more than 60 credits in any one year.

With Programme Director approval, students may take up to 20 online learning credits offered within the University of Edinburgh from a related subject area over the course of the programme.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Data Science, Technology and Innovation 2

Select between 0 and 100 credits of the following courses
OR

DSTI Dissertations

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
To progress on to the Dissertation component students are required to have taken 120 credits with at least 80 credits passed with an overall average of or above 50%. If you have received official confirmation of progression then select one of the following courses which corresponds with the School your dissertation supervisor is affiliated to.

Year 5 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Notes:
A total of 180 credits (the compulsory courses worth 20 credits, the Dissertation worth 60 credits, plus 100 credits from the Course Options) must be successfully taken to achieve the MSc.

By the end of year 5 at the latest and prior to progression to the dissertation element of the programme, students must complete the taught element of the programme:
- compulsory course worth 10 credits (Medical Informatics, MCLM11037). This course may be taken in either year 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the programme.
- compulsory course worth 10 credits (Research and Evaluation in eHealth, GLHE11039). PLEASE NOTE: Research and Evaluation in eHealth will no longer be offered from 2019/20.
- 100 credits of optional courses from the list below.

To progress on to the Dissertation component students are required to have taken 120 credits with at least 80 credits passed with an overall average of or above 50%.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Data Science, Technology and Innovation 2

Select between 0 and 100 credits of the following courses
OR

DSTI Dissertations

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
To progress on to the Dissertation component students are required to have taken 120 credits with at least 80 credits passed with an overall average of or above 50%. If you have received official confirmation of progression then select one of the following courses which corresponds with the School your dissertation supervisor is affiliated to.

Year 6 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Notes:
A total of 180 credits (the compulsory courses worth 20 credits, the Dissertation worth 60 credits, plus 100 credits from the Course Options) must be successfully taken to achieve the MSc.

By the end of year 4 at the latest and prior to progression to the dissertation element of the programme, students must complete the taught element of the programme:
- compulsory course worth 10 credits (Medical Informatics, MCLM11037). This course may be taken in either year 1, 2, 3 or 4 of the programme.
- compulsory course worth 10 credits (Research and Evaluation in eHealth, GLHE11039). This course may be taken in either year 1, 2, 3 or 4 of the programme. PLEASE NOTE, Research and Evaluation in eHealth will no longer be offered from 2019/20.
- 100 credits of optional courses.

To progress on to the Dissertation component students are required to have taken 120 credits with at least 80 credits passed with an overall average of or above 50%.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

DSTI Dissertations

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students must have completed 120 credits with at least 80 credits passed with an overall average of or above 50%. If by Year 6 you have not yet done so an extension to your studies may be required. Please contact the Programme team for further instruction.

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