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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

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

Notes:
To achieve the MSc Data Science for Health and Social Care you need 180 credits.

When studying on a part-time intermittent basis, you are free to choose between 0 and 60 credits each year and this determines the length of your studies. The minimum time you can take to achieve the MSc is 3 years and the maximum is 6 years. There are compulsory courses which need to be completed.

Students wishing to exit with a Postgraduate Certificate must complete all Certificate courses within 2 years. Students wishing to exit with a Postgraduate Diploma must complete all Diploma courses within 4 years.

All taught courses must be taken before the final Master's year. Please refer to the programme handbook for more specific progression criteria.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Introduction to data science in health and social care

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND
AND

Group B

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.
AND

Group C

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Dissertation (Data science for health and social care)

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
OR

Work-based placement (Data-Driven Innovation)

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
OR

Data-Driven Innovation (Student-Led Individually-Created Course)

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

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