DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

A total of 180 credits (the compulsory course EPCD11005 Practical Introduction to Data Science 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 20 credits (EPCD11005 Practical Introduction to Data Science). This course may be taken in either year 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the programme.
- 100 credits of optional courses from 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.

Over the course of your programme, you may take up to 20 credits of courses not listed, in place of the course options. Courses must be delivered online and agreed with the Programme Director, as well as the Course Organiser, prior to course enrolment. The number of additional online courses is limited. Please email the Programme Team at datascience@ed.ac.uk if you have found an outside course you are interested in taking.

A total of 180 credits (the compulsory course EPCD11005 Practical Introduction to Data Science 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 20 credits (EPCD11005 Practical Introduction to Data Science). This course may be taken in either year 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the programme.
- 100 credits of optional courses from below.

If you wish to take your dissertation with the following schools, you must complete the corresponding dissertation preparation course(s) as your final taught credits (the relevant project proposal courses are listed below):
The School of Informatics - one 10-credit dissertation preparation course
EPCC - one 10-credit dissertation preparation course
The School of Social and Political Science - one 10-credit dissertation preparation course
The Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Sciences - two 10-credit dissertation preparation courses

You do not have to complete a dissertation preparation course to complete your dissertation with the Deanery of Clinical Sciences.

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

Over the course of your programme, you may take up to 20 credits of courses not listed, in place of the course options. Courses must be delivered online and agreed with the Programme Director, as well as the Course Organiser, prior to course enrolment. The number of additional online courses is limited. Please email the Programme Team at datascience@ed.ac.uk if you have found an outside course you are interested in taking.

A total of 180 credits (the compulsory course EPCD11005 Practical Introduction to Data Science 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 20 credits (EPCD11005 Practical Introduction to Data Science). This course may be taken in either year 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the programme.
- 100 credits of optional courses from below.

If you wish to take your dissertation with the following schools, you must complete the corresponding dissertation preparation course(s) as your final taught credits (the relevant project proposal courses are listed below):
The School of Informatics - one 10-credit dissertation preparation course
EPCC - one 10-credit dissertation preparation course
The School of Social and Political Science - one 10-credit dissertation preparation course
The Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Sciences - two 10-credit dissertation preparation courses

You do not have to complete a dissertation preparation course to complete your dissertation with the Deanery of Clinical Sciences.

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

Over the course of your programme, you may take up to 20 credits of courses not listed, in place of the course options. Courses must be delivered online and agreed with the Programme Director, as well as the Course Organiser, prior to course enrolment. The number of additional online courses is limited. Please email the Programme Team at datascience@ed.ac.uk if you have found an outside course you are interested in taking.

A total of 180 credits (the compulsory course 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 20 credits (Practical Introduction to Data Science, INFD11010). This course may be taken in either year 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the programme.
- 100 credits of optional courses from below.

If you wish to take your dissertation with the following schools, you must complete the corresponding dissertation preparation course(s) as your final taught credits (the relevant project proposal courses are listed below):
The School of Informatics - one 10-credit dissertation preparation course
EPCC - one 10-credit dissertation preparation course
The School of Social and Political Science - one 10-credit dissertation preparation course
The Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Sciences - two 10-credit dissertation preparation courses

You do not have to complete a dissertation preparation course to complete your dissertation with the Deanery of Clinical Sciences.

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

Over the course of your programme, you may take up to 20 credits of courses not listed, in place of the course options. Courses must be delivered online and agreed with the Programme Director, as well as the Course Organiser, prior to course enrolment. The number of additional online courses is limited. Please email the Programme Team at datascience@ed.ac.uk if you have found an outside course you are interested in taking.

A total of 180 credits (the compulsory course 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 20 credits (Practical Introduction to Data Science, INFD11010). This course may be taken in either year 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the programme.
- 100 credits of optional courses from below.

If you wish to take your dissertation with the following schools, you must complete the corresponding dissertation preparation course(s) as your final taught credits (the relevant project proposal courses are listed below):
The School of Informatics - one 10-credit dissertation preparation course
EPCC - one 10-credit dissertation preparation course
The School of Social and Political Science - one 10-credit dissertation preparation course
The Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Sciences - two 10-credit dissertation preparation courses

You do not have to complete a dissertation preparation course to complete your dissertation with the Deanery of Clinical Sciences.

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

Over the course of your programme, you may take up to 20 credits of courses not listed, in place of the course options. Courses must be delivered online and agreed with the Programme Director, as well as the Course Organiser, prior to course enrolment. The number of additional online courses is limited. Please email the Programme Team at datascience@ed.ac.uk if you have found an outside course you are interested in taking.

A total of 180 credits (the compulsory course worth 20 credits, the Dissertation worth 60 credits, plus 100 credits of taught courses) must be successfully taken to achieve the MSc.

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%.