THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH
DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2021/2022
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Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences)
SCQF Level 08 (1 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
PGGE08001
SV1
Earth Observation for Sustainable Development Goals
Semester 1
10
SCQF Level 11 (128 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
PGGE11235
SV1
Active Remote Sensing: Radar and Lidar
Semester 2
20
PGGE11083
SV1
Advanced Spatial Database Methods
Block 3 (Sem 2)
10
PGGE11284
SS1
Advanced Topics in Ecological Economics
Semester 2
20
PGGE11003
SV1
Applications in Ecological Economics
Semester 2
20
PGGE11209
Applied Carbon Methods
Not delivered this year
10
PGGE11217
Applied Carbon Methods (online)
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11268
SS1
Applied Research Skills in Environment and Society
Semester 1
20
PGGE11134
Archives: History, Geography, Politics
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11007
SV1
Atmospheric Quality and Global Change
Semester 1
20
PGGE11210
SV1
Business Geographics
Semester 2
10
PGGE11141
SV1
Carbon Capture and Transport
Semester 1
20
PGGE11219
SS1
Carbon Economics (online)
Semester 1
20
PGGE11139
SV1
Carbon Storage and Monitoring
Semester 2
20
PGGE11192
SS1
Case Studies in Sustainable Development
Semester 2
20
PGGE11262
SS1
Circular Economy Principles and Practices
Semester 2
20
PGGE11213
SS1
Climate Change & Corporate Responsibility (online)
Semester 1
20
PGGE11266
SS1
Climate Change Economics
Semester 2
20
PGGE11126
SS1
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
Semester 1
20
PGGE11189
SS1
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation (Online)
Semester 1
20
PGGE11127
SS1
Climate Change Management
Semester 1
20
PGGE11220
SS1
Climate Change Measurement (online)
Semester 2
20
PGGE11207
SS1
Climate Change Mitigation (online)
Semester 2
20
PGGE11273
SS1
Climate Change and Business
Semester 1
20
PGGE11274
SS1
Climate Change and Business (online)
Block 5 (sem 2)
20
PGGE11160
SS1
Climate Change and Corporate Strategy
Semester 2
20
PGGE11283
SV1
Computational Simulation of Hydrogeological Systems
Semester 1
20
PGGE11231
SS1
Corals in a Changing Ocean
Semester 1
20
PGGE11285
SV1
Creativity and the Environment
Semester 2
20
PGGE11211
SS1
Development: Principles and Practices
Semester 1
20
PGGE11006
SS1
Dissertation - Ecological Economics
Full Year
60
PGGE11051
SV1
Dissertation - Environment & Development
Full Year
60
PGGE11119
SS1
Dissertation - Environment, Culture & Society
Full Year
60
PGGE11008
SS1
Dissertation - Environmental Protection & Management
Full Year
60
PGGE11057
SV1
Dissertation - Environmental Sustainability
Full Year
60
PGGE11282
SS1
Dissertation in Applied Environmental Hydrogeology
Full Year
60
PGGE11227
Dissertation in Applied Geology (Geoenergy)
Not delivered this year
60
PGGE11140
Dissertation in Carbon Capture and Storage
Not delivered this year
60
PGGE11128
SS1
Dissertation in Carbon Management
Full Year
60
PGGE11218
SS1
Dissertation in Carbon Management (online)
Full Year
40
PGGE11224
SS1
Dissertation in Earth Observation and Geoinformation Management
Full Year
60
PGGE11242
SS1
Dissertation in Energy, Society and Sustainability
Full Year
60
PGGE11178
SS1
Dissertation in Food Security
Full Year
60
PGGE11096
SS1
Dissertation in GIS
Full Year
60
PGGE11252
SS1
Dissertation in GeoEnergy
Full Year
60
PGGE11182
SS1
Dissertation in Soils and Sustainability
Full Year
60
PGGE11206
SS1
Dissertation in Sustainable Plant Health
Full Year
60
METE11001
Dissertation in Sustainable Resource Management
Not delivered this year
60
PGGE11237
SS1
Ecological Economics Field Methods in Research and Practice
Semester 2
20
PGGE11188
SS1
Ecosystem Values and Management
Semester 2
20
PGGE11247
SS1
Ecosystems and Global Change
Semester 1
20
PGGE11185
Encountering Cities (PGT)
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11216
SS1
Energy & Climate (online)
Block 5 (sem 2)
20
PGGE11277
SV1
Energy Systems and Technologies
Semester 2
20
PGGE11172
SS1
Environmental Geochemistry
Semester 1
10
PGGE11248
Environmental Governance
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11257
SS1
Environmental Governance and Policy
Semester 2
20
PGGE11009
SV1
Environmental Impact Assessment
Semester 2
20
PGGE11281
SV1
Environmental Site Assessment Project: A Field and Modelling Investigation
Semester 2
20
PGGE11263
SS1
Environmental Survey and Monitoring
Semester 1
20
PGGE11223
SS1
Environmental Valuation
Semester 1
20
PGGE11243
SS1
Food, Animals and Society
Semester 2
20
PGGE11204
Forensic Plant Health
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11025
Forests and Environment
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11004
SV1
Foundations in Ecological Economics
Semester 1
20
PGGE11164
SS1
Frameworks to assess Food Security
Semester 1
20
PGGE11203
Fundamentals of Plant Health
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11261
SS1
Future GeoEnergy Resources
Full Year
20
PGGE11225
Future Geoenergy Resources
Not delivered this year
10
PGGE11272
SV1
GIS and Spatial Analytics for Health
Semester 2
20
PGGE11173
Geology for Earth Resources
Not delivered this year
10
PGGE11287
SS1
Global Challenges: Integrating Sustainable Development SLICC (Environment)
Semester 2
20
PGGE11190
SS1
Global Environment Challenges
Semester 1
20
PGGE11249
SS1
Human Dimensions of Environmental Change
Semester 1
20
PGGE11130
Human dimensions of environmental change and sustainability
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11278
SV1
Hydrogeological Environments and Characterisation
Semester 1
20
PGGE11288
SV1
Innovations in Sustainable Waste Management
Semester 1
20
PGGE11286
SS1
Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Environment
Semester 2
20
PGGE11166
SS1
Interrelationships in Food Systems
Semester 2
20
PGGE11250
SS1
Introduction to Environmental Modelling
Semester 2
20
PGGE11193
Lake District Field Excursion MSc
Not delivered this year
10
PGGE11010
SV1
Land Use/Environmental Interactions
Semester 2
20
PGGE11264
Living Sustainably
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11256
Managing Environmental Change (including Fieldcourse)
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11258
Managing Environmental Change Professional Placement
Not delivered this year
60
PGGE11254
SS1
Marine Ecosystems and Policies
Semester 1
20
PGGE11202
SV1
Marine Field Methods in Research and Practice
Semester 2
20
PGGE11201
Marine Infrastructure and Environmental Change
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11186
Marine Systems and Policies
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11265
SS1
Nature-based Solutions
Semester 2
20
PGGE11106
SV1
Object Orientated Software Engineering: Spatial Algorithms
Block 3 (Sem 2)
10
PGGE11016
SV1
Participation in Policy and Planning
Semester 2
20
PGGE11241
SS1
Passive Earth Observation: New Platforms, Sensors, and Analytical Methods
Semester 2
20
PGGE11205
Plant Health in a Global Context
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11260
SS1
Polar Oceans: Science and Policy
Semester 2
20
GEGR11001
SV1
Political Ecology
Semester 2
20
PGGE11233
SV1
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
Semester 1
20
PGGE11060
Principles of Environmental Sustainability
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11269
SV1
Principles of Environmental Sustainability
Semester 1
20
PGGE11267
SV1
Professional Skills in Environment & Development
Semester 2
20
PGGE11238
SS1
Professional and Research Skills in Practice
Full Year
20
PGGE11005
Project Appraisal
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11271
SS1
Project Design and Field Skills (MSc)
Full Year
20
PGGE11259
Project Design and Literature Analysis MSc
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11275
SS1
Research Design and Implementation (online)
Semester 1
20
PGGE11138
SS1
Research Practice and Project Planning
Full Year
20
PGGE11171
Research Project in Ecosystem Services
Not delivered this year
60
PGGE11200
SS1
Research Project in Marine Systems and Policies
Full Year
60
PGGE11232
Research and Practice: Fieldwork
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11144
SV1
Seismic Reflection Interpretation
Semester 1
10
PGGE11276
SV1
Social Movements and the Environment
Semester 2
20
PGGE11221
SS1
Soil Ecology and Taxonomy
Semester 1
20
PGGE11183
SS1
Soil Protection and Management
Semester 1
20
PGGE11180
SS1
Soil Science Concepts and Application
Semester 2
20
PGGE11236
SV1
Spatial Modelling and Analysis
Semester 1
20
PGGE11270
SS1
Student-Led Individually Created Course (SLICC) - Level 11
Semester 2
20
PGGE11226
SV1
Subsurface Reservoir Quality
Semester 2
20
PGGE11165
SS1
Sustainability of Food Production
Semester 2
20
PGGE11253
SS1
Sustainable Marine Development
Semester 2
20
PGGE11234
SV1
Technological Infrastructures for GIS
Semester 1
20
PGGE11145
Thesis, Project and Dissertation
Not delivered this year
60
PGGE11279
SV1
Topical themes in GeoEngineering
Semester 2
20
PGGE11187
SS1
Understanding Environment and Development
Semester 1
20
PGGE11162
Understanding the City
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11114
SV1
Values and the Environment (P)
Semester 1
20
PGGE11239
SV1
Visual Analytics
Semester 2
20
PGGE11012
Waste Reduction and Recycling
Not delivered this year
20
PGGE11018
SV1
Water Resource Management
Semester 2
20
ENVI11002
SV1
Introduction to Three Dimensional Climate Modelling
Semester 1
10
Key
Available to all students - SV
Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
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