DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

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Science, Technology and Innovation Studies

SCQF Level 08 (9 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
STIS08006	SV1	Data, Design and the City	Semester 2	20
STIS08010	SV1	Environmentalism: past and present	Semester 1	20
STIS08012	SV1	History of Medicine	Semester 1	20
STIS08005	SV1	History of Science 1	Semester 2	20
STIS08009		History of Western Medicine	Not delivered this year	20
STIS08008	SV1	Investigating Science in Society	Semester 1	20
STIS08007	SV1	Science, Nature and Environment	Semester 2	20
STIS08002	SV1	Technology in Society	Semester 2	20
STIS08011	SV1	Themes and Perspectives in the History of Science	Semester 2	20

SCQF Level 10 (13 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	SV1	Citizens and Science: public participation in science and technology	Semester 2	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
STIS10012		Gender and Environment	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
STIS10013	SV1	Sociology of Medicine	Semester 1	20
STIS10001	SV1	The Internet and Society	Semester 1	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 (34 courses)

Code	Availability	Course Name	Period	Credits
PGSP11331	SV1	Biobusiness	Semester 2	20
STIS11007	SV1	Data and Society	Semester 2	20
STIS11002		Data, Sport & Society	Not delivered this year	20
PGSP11569	SV1	Delivering the Circular Economy and the Bioeconomy	Semester 1	20
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		Internet, Society and Economy	Not delivered this year	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		Regulation and Governance of New Therapies	Not delivered this year	20
STIS11006	SS1	Research Design for Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (PGT)	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
PGSP11484		Understanding Data Visualisation	Not delivered this year	20
PGSP11353	SV1	Understanding Technology	Semester 1	20
PGSP11467	SV1	Controversies in the Data Society	Semester 2	20
PGSP11401	SV1	Engaging with Digital Research	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	10
PGSP11390	SV1	Technologies of Civic Participation	Block 2 (Sem 1)	10
PGSP11388	SV1	The use and evolution of digital data analysis and collection tools	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	10