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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

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Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Not all electives may run in a given year and places may be limited.

Students will have an opportunity to apply for a Placement-Based Dissertation in Semester 2. For more information please see here: http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/24-25/dpt/cxpgsp11544.htm

Compulsory courses

Biobusiness

Innovation Systems and Risk Management

Delivering the Circular Economy and the Bioeconomy

Innovation in Sustainable Food Systems

Dissertation (MSc in Management of Bioeconomy, Innovation and Governance)

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

Course options

Semester 1 electives

Economics & Innovation in the Biotechnology Industry

Science, Knowledge and Expertise

Understanding Technology

Fundamentals of Energy Systems and Technologies

AND

Semester 2 electives

Energy Policy and Politics (20 credits)

Social Dimensions of Systems and Synthetic Biology

Social Dimensions of Astrobiology and Space Exploration

AND

Courses in this collection can only be taken with permission from the Programme Director and the Course Organiser.

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