DPT: Computer Science and Management Science (BSc Hons) (UTCMPMS)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

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

Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your student support team.

Please note that all students must pass INF1A (Informatics 1 - Introduction to Computation INFR08025), and INF1B (Informatics 1 - Object-Orientated Programming INFR08029), before they are allowed to progress into Year 2 of this degree.

Compulsory courses

Introduction to Linear Algebra

Must be passed

Calculus and its Applications

Must be passed

Global Challenges for Business

Must be passed

The Business of Edinburgh

Must be passed

Informatics 1 - Introduction to Computation

Must be passed

Informatics 1 - Object Oriented Programming

Must be passed

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

Informatics 2 - Foundations of Data Science

Must be passed

Informatics 2 - Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures

Must be passed

Discrete Mathematics and Probability

Must be passed

Business Analytics and Information Systems

Must be passed at 50%

Course options

Principles of Finance

Marketing

Business Economics

International Business: Globalisation and Trade 2A

International Business and the Multinational Enterprise 2B

Human Resource Management 2

Organisational Behaviour 2

Business Simulation

Business Analytics and Information Systems

Understanding and Delivering Public Services

Planning for a start-up

Innovation and Enterprise

AND

These are courses in all schools other than Medicine, or the Centre for Open Learning.

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

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, and you are advised to consider your plans for fourth year when making your course choices.

The Research in Management course is compulsory for students who plan to choose the Management Honours Dissertation in 4th Year.

Students who are members of Edinburgh University Formula Student may request a concession from the School Curriculum Approval Officer to replace System Design Project with Informatics Experiential Learning (Level 10). Approval will require written permission from the IEL-10 tutor confirming your eligibility for that course.

Compulsory courses

Management Science and Operations Analytics

Mathematical Programming in Advanced Analytics

Course options

Students may not take both SDP and EIP.

System Design Project

Informatics Large Practical

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Project

AND

These are Computer Science courses in both semesters open to third-year undergraduate students on Computer Science joint degrees.

Algorithms and Data Structures

Software Testing

Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science

Elements of Programming Languages

Software Design and Modelling

Compiling Techniques

Computer Security

Computer Communications and Networks

Computer Architecture and Design

Operating Systems

Introduction to Databases

Introduction to Mobile Robotics

Machine Learning

Modelling Concurrent Systems (Level 10)

AND

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

Professional Issues (Level 10)

AND

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 and Management (MA Hons) or Business with Decision Analytics (MA Hons) degrees.

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

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 Research in Management BUST09001 course is compulsory for students who plan to choose the Management Honours Dissertation BUST10049 in fourth Year.

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

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 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.