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Degree Programme Table: Sustainable Lands and Cities (Fusion On-site) (Part-time) (MSc) (PTMSCSLCOS1P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2

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

Notes:

In Year 1, students must study 80 credits.
In Year 2, students must study 100 credits.

Across the 2 years of study, students must take the following courses:

a) 20 credits of the programme compulsory core courses:

- Envisioning Sustainable Lands and Cities
- Evaluating Sustainable Lands and Cities

b) 40-50 credits worth of EFI shared core courses:

Year 1:
- Interdisciplinary Futures
- Insights Through Data [AND/OR] Understanding the Climate Crisis
- Ethical Data Futures
- Representing Data [OR] Building Near Futures

Year 2:
- Data / Futures 2 *

*Please note that this course is in the process of being developed.

c) 50-60 credits of optional courses. These must include:

- A minimum of 20 credits of programme specific optional courses.
- Up to 30-40 credits of EFI portfolio optional courses.

Please note that if you have chosen to study 2 'Shared Core' courses delivered in Semester 1 (Understanding the Climate Crisis AND Insights Through Data), then you must select 50 credits from this course collection.

If you have chosen to study 1 'Shared Core' course delivered in Semester 1 (Understanding the Climate Crisis OR Insights Through Data), then you must select 60 credits from this course collection.

d) 60 credits of the programme compulsory core final project courses:

- Knowledge Integration and Project Planning: Sustainable Lands and Cities
- Futures Project: Sustainable Lands and Cities

The programme compulsory core courses and the shared core courses introduce students to skills and concepts that will assist them when studying optional courses and the project. Therefore, we encourage students to take the three programme compulsory core courses during year one.

Please aim to ensure that your credits are equally balanced across both semesters in a year. This is to ensure student workload is balanced.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Interdisciplinary Futures (fusion on-site)

Must be taken during Semester 1

EFIE11023 10 credits
Envisioning Sustainable Lands and Cities (fusion on-site)

Must be taken during Semester 1

EFIE11171 10 credits

Course options

Group A

Select between 10 and 20 credits in this group.

EFI Shared Core Course Collection (fusion on-site) -- Semester 1

Select between 10 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
For students with no background in climate change/environmental studies, you MUST select the course 'Understanding the Climate Crisis' in order to gain critical knowledge underpinning their degree.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Insights Through Data (fusion on-site)
EFIE11025 10 credits
Understanding the Climate Crisis (fusion on-site)
EFIE11145 10 credits
AND

Group B

Select between 40 and 50 credits in this group.

Sustainable Lands and Cities (fusion on-site) - Programme Optional Course Collection

Select between 0 and 50 credits of the following courses
Notes:
EFI Postgraduate Taught students must take a minimum of 20 credits (2 courses) from this collection.

Any course may only be taken once.

We would recommend that course credits should be equally split across semesters 1 and 2. This is to support students in managing an equal workload balance during their studies. However, we appreciate that this may not always be possible (or preferrable) for part-time students.
A Systemic Approach to Sustainability (fusion on-site)
EFIE11175 10 credits
Regenerating Place (fusion on-site)
EFIE11177 10 credits
Data, Mobility and Infrastructure (fusion on-site)
EFIE11179 10 credits
Ecocities (fusion on-site)
EFIE11181 10 credits
Land, Community, Power (fusion on-site)
EFIE11183 10 credits
Future Food Systems (fusion on-site)
EFIE11296 10 credits
AND

Evaluating Sustainable Lands and Cities (fusion on-site)

Select between 0 and 10 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Evaluating Sustainable Lands and Cities (fusion on-site)
EFIE11173 10 credits
AND

Edinburgh Futures Institute Level 11 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Edinburgh Futures Institute Level 11 courses
Notes:
Please note that EFI Postgraduate Taught students may only select from courses worth 10-credits within this collection.

Students enrolled on the owning programme of any course will be given priority. Therefore, we cannot always guarantee that you will be successful in gaining a space if student demand is high.
AND

EFI Shared Core Course Collection (fusion on-site) - Semester 2, 2024/5 [Option 1]

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Ethical Data Futures (fusion on-site)
EFIE11027 10 credits
Building Near Futures (fusion on-site)
EFIE11029 10 credits
OR

EFI Shared Core Course Collection (fusion on-site) - Semester 2, 2024/5 [Option 2]

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Representing Data (fusion on-site)
EFIE11002 10 credits
Ethical Data Futures (fusion on-site)
EFIE11027 10 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:

In Year 1, students must study 80 credits.
In Year 2, students must study 100 credits.

Across the 2 years of study, students must take the following courses:

a) 20 credits of the programme compulsory core courses:

- Envisioning Sustainable Lands and Cities
- Evaluating Sustainable Lands and Cities

b) 40-50 credits worth of EFI shared core courses:

Year 1:
- Interdisciplinary Futures
- Insights Through Data [AND/OR] Understanding the Climate Crisis
- Ethical Data Futures
- Representing Data [OR] Building Near Futures

Year 2:
- Data / Futures 2 *

*Please note that this course is in the process of being developed.

c) 50-60 credits of optional courses. These must include:

- A minimum of 20 credits of programme specific optional courses.
- Up to 30-40 credits of EFI portfolio optional courses.

Please note that if you have chosen to study 2 'Shared Core' courses delivered in Semester 1 (Understanding the Climate Crisis AND Insights Through Data), then you must select 50 credits from this course collection.

If you have chosen to study 1 'Shared Core' course delivered in Semester 1 (Understanding the Climate Crisis OR Insights Through Data), then you must select 60 credits from this course collection.

d) 60 credits of the programme compulsory core final project courses:

- Knowledge Integration and Project Planning: Sustainable Lands and Cities
- Futures Project: Sustainable Lands and Cities

The programme compulsory core courses and the shared core courses introduce students to skills and concepts that will assist them when studying optional courses and the project. Therefore, we encourage students to take the three programme compulsory core courses during year one.

Please aim to ensure that your credits are equally balanced across both semesters in a year. This is to ensure student workload is balanced.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Knowledge Integration and Project Planning: Sustainable Lands and Cities (fusion on-site)

Must be passed and taken during Full Year

EFIE11203 20 credits
Futures Project: Sustainable Lands and Cities (fusion on-site)

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

EFIE11211 40 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Sustainable Lands and Cities (fusion on-site) - Programme Optional Course Collection

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
EFI Postgraduate Taught students must take a minimum of 20 credits (2 courses) from this collection.

Any course may only be taken once.

We would recommend that course credits should be equally split across semesters 1 and 2. This is to support students in managing an equal workload balance during their studies. However, we appreciate that this may not always be possible (or preferrable) for part-time students.
A Systemic Approach to Sustainability (fusion on-site)
EFIE11175 10 credits
Regenerating Place (fusion on-site)
EFIE11177 10 credits
Data, Mobility and Infrastructure (fusion on-site)
EFIE11179 10 credits
Ecocities (fusion on-site)
EFIE11181 10 credits
Land, Community, Power (fusion on-site)
EFIE11183 10 credits
Future Food Systems (fusion on-site)
EFIE11296 10 credits
AND

Edinburgh Futures Institute Level 11 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Edinburgh Futures Institute Level 11 courses
Notes:
Please note that EFI Postgraduate Taught students may only select from courses worth 10-credits within this collection.

Students enrolled on the owning programme of any course will be given priority. Therefore, we cannot always guarantee that you will be successful in gaining a space if student demand is high.
AND

Evaluating Sustainable Lands and Cities (fusion on-site)

Select between 0 and 10 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Evaluating Sustainable Lands and Cities (fusion on-site)
EFIE11173 10 credits
AND

Data / Futures 2 (fusion on-site)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
You should only select this course if you have NOT studied one of the following course combinations in Year 1:

- Ethical Data Futures [AND] Building Near Futures
- Ethical Data Futures [AND] Representing Data
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Data / Futures 2 (fusion on-site)
EFIE11371 20 credits
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