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Degree Programme Table: Circular Economy (Fusion Online) (ICL) (Part-time) - 2 Years (PGD) (PTPGDCEYOL1U)

Jump to: Year 2

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

Notes:
In order to be eligible for the generic Award of Interdisciplinary Futures (PG Diploma) students need to obtain 120 SCQF level 11 credits.

In order to be eligible for the Circular Economy (PG Diploma) (fusion online), students need to obtain 120 SCQF level 11 credits AND must take the following courses:

a) At least 20 credits of EFI shared core courses.
b) At least 40 credits of core or elective courses specific to their EFI programme.

Please Note: As a continuing part-time student, you may be offered alternative arrangements for any programme compulsory core and/ Shared Core courses you did not study in Year 1 of your programme. Please contact your Programme Director if you have any queries.

The PG Diploma must be completed within 2 years.

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 120 credits in this group.

EFI Shared Core Course Collection (PG Diploma) (fusion online) -Sustainability Themed Programmes

Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
EFI Postgraduate Diploma students must take a minimum of 20 credits (2 courses) from this collection.

Any course may only be taken once.

Please Note: As a continuing part-time student, you may be offered alternative arrangements for any Shared Core courses you did not study in Year 1 of your programme. Please contact your Programme Director if you have any queries.
Representing Data (fusion online)
EFIE11001 10 credits
Text Remix (fusion online)
EFIE11003 10 credits
Interdisciplinary Futures (fusion online)
EFIE11024 10 credits
Insights Through Data (fusion online)
EFIE11026 10 credits
Ethical Data Futures (fusion online)
EFIE11028 10 credits
Building Near Futures (fusion online)
EFIE11030 10 credits
Understanding the Climate Crisis (fusion online)
EFIE11146 10 credits
Futures Methods (fusion online)
EFIE11411 10 credits
AND

Circular Economy (PG Diploma) (fusion online) - Programme Course Collection

Select between 40 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
EFI Postgraduate Diploma students must take a minimum of 40 credits (4 courses) from this collection.

Any course may only be taken once.

Please Note:
As a continuing part-time student, you may be offered alternative arrangements for any programme compulsory core courses you did not study in Year 1 of your programme. Please contact your Programme Director if you have any queries.
Fundamentals of a Circular Economy (fusion online)
EFIE11148 10 credits
Designing for a Circular Economy (fusion online)
EFIE11150 10 credits
Circular Economy in Business (fusion online)
EFIE11152 10 credits
Circular Economy in the Built Environment (fusion online)
EFIE11154 10 credits
Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment (fusion online)
EFIE11156 10 credits
Waste Law and the Circular Economy (fusion online)
EFIE11158 10 credits
Transforming Economies: A Wellbeing Economy Agenda (fusion online)
EFIE11224 10 credits
AND

Edinburgh Futures Institute Level 11 courses

Select between 0 and 60 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.
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