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Degree Programme Table: Applied Data Science (MSc) - 3 Years (Part-time) (PTMSCAPDSE1P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3

Year 1 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Notes:
This is the Degree Programme Table (DPT) for the part-time version of the Applied Data Science programme.

If you need any academic advice about your course choices, please email your Programme Director, Dr Morgan Currie: Bayes.PGTDirector@ed.ac.uk

If you have any questions about the requirements for your programme, please email your Student Adviser, Cat Andrade-Robertsen: Bayes.StudentServices@ed.ac.uk

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Introduction to Python Programming for Data Science

Must be taken during Semester 1

PGBI11123 10 credits
Introductory Mathematics with Applications

Must be taken during Semester 1

MATH07004 20 credits

Course options

ADS (PT) options - Year 1

Select exactly 30 credits of the following courses
Innovation-driven Entrepreneurship-Data Science, Technology and Innovation
CMSE11515 10 credits
Data Ethics in Health and Social Care
HEIN11059 10 credits
Data Types and Structures in Python and R
HEIN11068 10 credits
Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Health and Social Care
HEIN11085 10 credits
Applied Machine Learning
INFD11032 20 credits
Data Science for Manufacturing (Bayes)
PGEE11234 10 credits
Understanding Data Visualisation
PGSP11484 20 credits
Data, Sport & Society
STIS11002 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Notes:
If you need any academic advice about your course choices, please email your Programme Director, Dr Morgan Currie: Bayes.PGTDirector@ed.ac.uk

If you have any questions about the requirements for your programme, please email your Student Adviser, Cat Andrade-Robertsen: Bayes.StudentServices@ed.ac.uk

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Practical Introduction to Data Science

Must be taken during Full Year

EPCD11005 20 credits
Introductory Probability and Statistics

Must be taken during Semester 1

MATH11203 10 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 10 credits in this group.

Social Shaping of Digital Research

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Social Shaping of Digital Research
PGSP11389 10 credits
OR

Project Preparation (DSTI)

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Project Preparation (DSTI)
EPCD11014 10 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

ADS (PT) options - Year 2

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Leading Technology and Innovation in Organisations
CMSE11495 10 credits
Innovation-driven Entrepreneurship-Data Science, Technology and Innovation
CMSE11515 10 credits
Software Development
EPCD11017 10 credits
Programming Skills
EPCD11018 10 credits
Data Ethics in Health and Social Care
HEIN11059 10 credits
Data Types and Structures in Python and R
HEIN11068 10 credits
AI for Care in the Digital Age
HEIN11083 10 credits
Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Health and Social Care
HEIN11085 10 credits
Applied Machine Learning
INFD11032 20 credits
Introduction to Bioinformatics
PGBI11137 10 credits
Data Science for Manufacturing (Bayes)
PGEE11234 10 credits
The use and evolution of digital data analysis and collection tools
PGSP11388 10 credits
Technologies of Civic Participation
PGSP11390 10 credits
Engaging with Digital Research
PGSP11401 10 credits
Understanding Data Visualisation
PGSP11484 20 credits
Data, Sport & Society
STIS11002 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Notes:
If you took Social Shaping of Digital Research in Year 2, you must enrol on PGSP11499 Dissertation (DSTI - SSPS); if you took EPCD11014 Project Preparation (DSTI) in Year 2, you must enrol on EPCD11019 Dissertation (DSTI - EPCC).

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

Course options

Dissertation (DSTI - SSPS)

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Full Year
Dissertation (DSTI - SSPS)
PGSP11499 60 credits
OR

Dissertation (DSTI - EPCC)

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Full Year
Dissertation (DSTI - EPCC)
EPCD11019 60 credits
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