THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2023/2024

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

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Year 1 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: September

Notes:
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

You must take these courses

Course options

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 2 Academic year: 2023/24, 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.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

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: 2023/24, 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 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.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 70 credits in this group.

Informatics Hons 3rd Year Group Project

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Informatics Hons 3rd Year 10-credit Courses

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are 10 credit Informatics courses open to third-year undergraduate students. All of these courses run in Semester 1.
AND

Informatics Hons 3rd Year Sem 2 SE Courses

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are Software Engineering courses in Semester 2 open to third-year undergraduate students.
AND

Informatics Hons 3rd Year Sem 2 non-SE Courses

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are other Informatics courses in Semester 2 open to third-year undergraduate students.
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.

Year 4 Academic year: 2023/24, 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.

These lists include courses at level 10 and level 11. In general, level 11 courses will contain more advanced material and be taught at a higher level than level 10 courses; you should take account of this when planning your course combination. Each entry links to a matching page in the University course catalogue, where you can find a description of the course content and information about any specific entry requirements.

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.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Informatics Hons 4th Year SE Courses

Select between 40 and 80 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are Software Engineering courses at level 10 or 11 open to fourth-year undergraduate students. The Level 10 SE courses are included for students who were unable to take these courses in third year due to year abroad.
AND

Informatics Hons 4th Year non-SE Courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are other level 10 or 11 courses open to fourth-year undergraduate students.
AND

Level 10 and 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 10 credits from Level 10 and 11 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.

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