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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

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Jump to: Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your Student Support Team.

The course Business Research Methods 2: Research Design and Application BUST08056 is compulsory for students who plan to choose the Business Honours Dissertation BUST10158 in 4th Year.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Business Research Methods 2: Research Design and Application

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
This course is compulsory for students who plan to choose the Business Honours Dissertation BUST10158 in 4th Year.
AND

ROU_H_UTMAH Business level 8

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Notes:
These are courses in all Schools other than Medicine, or the Centre for Open Learning.

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
Before making your course choices make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your Student Support Team.

Some third year courses are prerequisites for specific fourth year courses, you are advised to consider your plans for fourth year when making your course choices.

The Preparing For Your Dissertation BUST09007 course is compulsory for students who plan to choose Business Honours Dissertation BUST10158 in 4th Year.

Students who are members of Edinburgh University Formula Student may request a concession from the School Curriculum Approval Officer (SCAO) to replace System Design Project INFR09032 (SDP) with Informatics Experiential Learning (Level 10) INFR10084 (IEL-10). Please contact your Student Support Team to gain approval from the IEL-10 Course Organiser, confirming your eligibility for that course, and they will then pass to the SCAO.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Informatics Hons 3rd Year Group Project and Large Practical

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students may not take both Entrepreneurship and Innovation Project INFR09053 (EIP) and System Design Project INFR09032 (SDP).
AND

Informatics Hons 3rd Year Joint Degree CS Courses

Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are Computer Science courses in both semesters open to third-year undergraduate students on Computer Science joint degrees.
AND

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
These are courses in all Schools other than Medicine, Veterinary Studies, or the Centre for Open Learning, and include courses normally taken by fourth-year students. In the case that this DPT option is chosen, you are advised to obtain permission to take the course from the Course Organiser, and have the course choice approved by your student support team.
AND

Informatics - Professional Issues

Select between 0 and 10 credits of the following courses
AND

Business Studies Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Business Studies Level 10 courses
Notes:
Decision Analytics BUST10133 is a compulsory course in the fourth year of this degree and may not be taken in third year.

Courses are only permitted under this option if the 'normal year taken' is 'year 3 undergraduate'. For suggested Year 3 courses, see the third year of the DPT for the Business Management MA (Hons) or Business with Decision Analytics MA (Hons) degrees.

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your Student Support Team.

Select your project options from either Group A (School of Informatics) or Group B (Business School) below. The Preparing For Your Dissertation BUST09007 course was compulsory for students who plan to choose the Business Honours Dissertation BUST10158 in 4th Year.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

Honours Project (Informatics)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Informatics Hons 4th Year CS Courses

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are Computer Science courses at level 10 or 11 open to fourth-year undergraduate students.
AND

Business Studies Level 10 courses

Select between 20 and 40 credits from Business Studies Level 10 courses
OR

Group B

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

Business Honours Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Business Studies Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Business Studies Level 10 courses
AND

Informatics Hons 4th Year CS Courses

Select between 40 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are Computer Science courses at level 10 or 11 open to fourth-year undergraduate students.

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