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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025
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Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
SCQF Level 08 (9 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
STIS08006
Data, Design and the City
Not delivered this year
20
STIS08010
SV1
Environmentalism: past and present
Semester 1
20
STIS08001
History of Medicine 1
Not delivered this year
20
STIS08005
History of Science 1
Not delivered this year
20
STIS08009
SV1
History of Western Medicine
Semester 1
20
STIS08008
SV1
Investigating Science in Society
Semester 1
20
STIS08007
SV1
Science, Nature and Environment
Semester 2
20
STIS08002
Technology in Society
Not delivered this year
20
STIS08011
Themes and Perspectives in the History of Science
Not delivered this year
20
SCQF Level 10 (18 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
STIS10019
SV1
Care and Sustainability
Semester 1
20
SSPS10014
SS1
Cases in Sustainable Development
Semester 1
20
STIS10018
Citizens and Science: public participation in science and technology
Not delivered this year
20
STIS10009
SV1
Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment
Semester 2
20
STIS10016
SV1
Dissertation in Sustainable Development (Science, Technology and Innovation Studies)
Full Year
40
STIS10008
SV1
Energy Policy and Sustainability
Semester 2
20
STIS10004
Gender Science and Technology
Not delivered this year
20
STIS10012
Gender and Environment
Not delivered this year
20
STIS10011
Investigating Energy Consumption & Policy
Not delivered this year
20
STIS10010
SV1
Knowledge, Expertise and Policy
Semester 2
20
STIS10014
SS1
Research Design for Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (STIS)
Semester 2
20
STIS10017
Sociology of Disability and Chronic Illness
Not delivered this year
20
STIS10013
SV1
Sociology of Medicine
Semester 1
20
STIS10001
SV1
The Internet and Society
Semester 1
20
STIS10006
The Responsible Researcher
Not delivered this year
10
STIS10015
Topics in the History of Modern Science and Medicine
Not delivered this year
20
SCAN10083
SS1
Anthropology and Sociology of Medicine Dissertation
Full Year
40
SCAN10082
SS1
Understanding Medicine: Social Science Perspectives
Semester 1
20
SCQF Level 11 (37 courses)
Code
Availability
Course Name
Period
Credits
PGSP11331
SV1
Biobusiness
Semester 2
20
STIS11002
SV1
Data, Sport & Society
Semester 2
20
PGSP11569
SV1
Delivering the Circular Economy and the Bioeconomy
Semester 1
20
PGSP11624
Delivering the Circular Economy and the Bioeconomy
Not delivered this year
10
PGSP11499
SS1
Dissertation (DSTI - SSPS)
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
60
PGSP11354
SS1
Dissertation (MSc Science and Technology in Society
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
60
PGSP11338
SV1
Dissertation (MSc in Management of Bioeconomy, Innovation and Governance)
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
60
PGSP11097
SV1
Dissertation MSc by Research Science & Technology Studies (60 credit)
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
60
PGSP11099
SV1
Dissertation MSc by Research Science and Technology Studies (100 credit)
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
100
PGSP11098
SV1
Dissertation MSc by Research Science and Technology Studies (80 credit)
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
80
PGSP11133
SV1
Energy Policy and Politics (10 credit version)
Semester 2
10
PGSP11132
SV1
Energy Policy and Politics (20 credits)
Semester 2
20
PGSP11625
Energy Systems and Technologies
Not delivered this year
20
PGSP11534
Foundations in Responsible Research and Innovation
Not delivered this year
10
STIS11005
SV1
Fundamentals of Energy Systems and Technologies
Semester 1
20
PGSP11558
SV1
Innovation Systems and Risk Management
Semester 1
20
PGSP11400
SV1
Innovation in Sustainable Food Systems
Semester 2
20
PGSP11116
SV1
Internet, Society and Economy
Semester 2
20
PGSP11547
SS1
Placement-Based Dissertation (MSc Science and Technology in Society)
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
60
PGSP11544
SV1
Placement-Based Dissertation (MSc in Management of Bioeconomy, Innovation and Governance)
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
60
PGSP11393
SV1
Regulation and Governance of New Therapies
Semester 2
20
PGSP11352
SV1
Science, Knowledge and Expertise
Semester 1
20
STIS11001
SV1
Social Dimensions of Astrobiology and Space Exploration
Semester 2
20
PGSP11476
SV1
Social Dimensions of Systems and Synthetic Biology
Semester 2
20
STIS11004
SV1
Social Dimensions of Systems and Synthetic Biology
Semester 2
10
PGSP11389
SV1
Social Shaping of Digital Research
Block 3 (Sem 2)
10
SCSU11006
Supervised Reading in Science and Technology Studies (20 credits)
Not delivered this year
20
STIS11003
Technologies of Civic Participation
Not delivered this year
10
PGSP11484
SV1
Understanding Data Visualisation
Semester 2
20
PGSP11353
SV1
Understanding Technology
Semester 1
20
PGSP11371
Advanced Theory in Science and Technology Studies
Not delivered this year
20
PGSP11467
SV1
Controversies in the Data Society
Semester 2
20
PGSP11401
Engaging with Digital Research
Not delivered this year
10
PGSP11391
Managing Digital Influence
Not delivered this year
10
PGSP11390
Technologies of Civic Participation
Not delivered this year
10
PGSP11388
The use and evolution of digital data analysis and collection tools
Not delivered this year
10
PGSP11483
Understanding Data Visualisation (on-campus)
Not delivered this year
20
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Not available to visiting students - SS
Part-year visiting students only - VV
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