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Degree Programme Table: Planetary Health (Fusion Online) (Part-Time) - 2 Years (MSc) (PTMSCPLHOL1P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, 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) 40 credits of the programme compulsory core courses:

- Introduction to Planetary Health: Core Skills and Concepts (20 credits)
- Global Governance of the Human Health-Environment Nexus (20 credits)

b) 40 credits worth of EFI shared core courses:

- Futures Methods
- Insights Through Data [OR] Text Remix [OR] Understanding the Climate Crisis
- Ethical Data Futures
- Representing Data [OR] Building Near Futures

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

- Knowledge Integration and Project Planning: Planetary Health
- Futures Project: Planetary Health

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 1 if possible.

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
Introduction to Planetary Health: Core Skills and Concepts (fusion online)

Must be taken during Semester 1

EFIE11397 20 credits
Futures Methods (fusion online)

Must be taken during Semester 1

EFIE11411 10 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 50 credits in this group.

Global Governance of the Human Health-Environment Nexus (fusion online)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
This is a programme compulsory core course. It may be studied in either Year 1 or Year 2 of the programme.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Global Governance of the Human Health-Environment Nexus (fusion online)
EFIE11399 20 credits
AND

Planetary Health (fusion online) - 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 across both years of study.

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.
Mental Health in the Anthropocene (fusion online)
EFIE11194 10 credits
Trauma and Resilience (fusion online)
EFIE11198 10 credits
Changing Climate, Changing Health (fusion online)
EFIE11222 10 credits
Transforming Economies: A Wellbeing Economy Agenda (fusion online)
EFIE11224 10 credits
Future Food Systems (fusion online)
EFIE11297 10 credits
Heritage Environments and Climate Change (fusion online)
EFIE11324 10 credits
AND

EFI Shared Core Course Collection (fusion online) -- Semester 1 - Sustainability Themed Programmes

Select between 0 and 10 credits of the following courses
Notes:
For students with no background in climate change/environmental studies, you are strongly recommended to select the course 'Understanding the Climate Crisis' in order to gain critical knowledge underpinning your degree.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Text Remix (fusion online)
EFIE11003 10 credits
Insights Through Data (fusion online)
EFIE11026 10 credits
Understanding the Climate Crisis (fusion online)
EFIE11146 10 credits
AND

EFI Shared Core Course Collection (fusion online) - Semester 2

Select between 0 and 10 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Representing Data (fusion online)
EFIE11001 10 credits
Building Near Futures (fusion online)
EFIE11030 10 credits
AND

Edinburgh Futures Institute Level 11 courses

Select between 0 and 20 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

Ethical Data Futures (fusion online)

Select between 0 and 10 credits of the following courses
Notes:
This is an EFI shared core compulsory course. It may be studied in either Year 1 or Year 2 of the programme.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Ethical Data Futures (fusion online)
EFIE11028 10 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, 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) 40 credits of the programme compulsory core courses:

- Introduction to Planetary Health: Core Skills and Concepts (20 credits)
- Global Governance of the Human Health-Environment Nexus (20 credits)

b) 40 credits worth of EFI shared core courses:

- Futures Methods
- Insights Through Data [OR] Text Remix [OR] Understanding the Climate Crisis
- Ethical Data Futures
- Representing Data [OR] Building Near Futures

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

- Knowledge Integration and Project Planning: Planetary Health
- Futures Project: Planetary Health

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 1 if possible.

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: Planetary Health (fusion online)

Must be passed and taken during Full Year

EFIE11206 20 credits
Futures Project: Planetary Health (fusion online)

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

EFIE11214 40 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Global Governance of the Human Health-Environment Nexus (fusion online)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
This is a programme compulsory core course. If you did not study this course in Year 1 of the programme, then you MUST study it in Year 2.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Global Governance of the Human Health-Environment Nexus (fusion online)
EFIE11399 20 credits
AND

Planetary Health (fusion online) - 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 across both years of study.

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.
Mental Health in the Anthropocene (fusion online)
EFIE11194 10 credits
Trauma and Resilience (fusion online)
EFIE11198 10 credits
Changing Climate, Changing Health (fusion online)
EFIE11222 10 credits
Transforming Economies: A Wellbeing Economy Agenda (fusion online)
EFIE11224 10 credits
Future Food Systems (fusion online)
EFIE11297 10 credits
Heritage Environments and Climate Change (fusion online)
EFIE11324 10 credits
AND

Edinburgh Futures Institute Level 11 courses

Select between 0 and 20 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

Ethical Data Futures (fusion online)

Select between 0 and 10 credits of the following courses
Notes:
This is an EFI shared core compulsory course. If you did not study this course in Year 1 of the programme, then you MUST study it in Year 2.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Ethical Data Futures (fusion online)
EFIE11028 10 credits
AND

EFI Shared Core Course Collection (fusion online) -- Semester 1 - Sustainability Themed Programmes

Select between 0 and 10 credits of the following courses
Notes:
For students with no background in climate change/environmental studies, you are strongly recommended to select the course 'Understanding the Climate Crisis' in order to gain critical knowledge underpinning your degree.

Please note, if you did not study either of these courses in Year 1 of the programme, then you MUST study 1 course (10 credits) in Year 2.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Text Remix (fusion online)
EFIE11003 10 credits
Insights Through Data (fusion online)
EFIE11026 10 credits
Understanding the Climate Crisis (fusion online)
EFIE11146 10 credits
AND

EFI Shared Core Course Collection (fusion online) - Semester 2

Select between 0 and 10 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note, if you did not study either of these courses in Year 1 of the programme, then you MUST study 1 course (10 credits) in Year 2.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Representing Data (fusion online)
EFIE11001 10 credits
Building Near Futures (fusion online)
EFIE11030 10 credits
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