DPT: Business and Law MA (Hons) (UTMAHBUSLA1F)

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

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

Before selecting your option courses, please ensure you have spoken to your Student Adviser.

Students are recommended to balance the number of credits taken in each semester if possible.

Compulsory courses

Scottish Legal System

Must be taken during Semester 1

Contract and Unjustified Enrichment

Must be taken during Semester 1

Global Challenges for Business

Must be taken during Semester 1

The Business of Edinburgh

Must be taken during Semester 2

Critical Legal Thinking

Must be taken during Semester 2

Course options

Select Accountancy 1A (ACCN08007) if you are interested in taking accounting courses in Years 2, 3 and 4.

Accountancy 1A

Accounting for Business 1

AND

The following courses represent the option course selection for the 2026/27 programme. Not all option courses will run in a particular year and are subject to change and/or demand.

Fundamentals of Programming for Business Applications

Planning for a start-up

Thinking about Business

Psychological Well-being and Business

Planning for a start-up

Mathematical Methods for Business

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

Before selecting your option courses, please ensure you have spoken to your Student Adviser.

Progression to Year 3 honours normally requires a Pass in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years.

Students are recommended to balance the number of credits taken in each semester if possible.

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

Course options

Choose this stream if you are more interested in qualitative and mixed methods.

Business Research Methods 2: Quantitative Approaches

Business Research Methods 1: Qualitative Inquiry

Choose this stream if you are more interested in data skills, statistics and analysis.

Data Analysis for Business 1

Data Analysis for Business 2

AND

Select exactly 40 credits of Level 8 courses in the School of Law.

AND

The following courses represent the option course selection for the 2026/27 programme. Not all option courses will run in a particular year and are subject to change and/or demand.

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

Fundamentals of Programming for Business Applications

Planning for a start-up

Innovation and Enterprise

Business and Sustainability

Strategic Marketing Insights

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

Before selecting your option courses, please ensure you have spoken to your Student Adviser.

Students in Year 3 must take a minimum of 40 credits of taught courses per semester.

Students who spend their third year abroad at a partner university must complete and pass a full year's diet of courses (equivalent to 120 credits), the majority of which must be in Business and Law.

Compulsory courses

Preparing for your Dissertation

Must be taken during Semester 2

Course options

AND

The following courses represent the option course selection for the 2026/27 programme. Not all option courses will run in a particular year and are subject to change and/or demand.

Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency

Business Ethics

Corporate Finance

International Business in Emerging Markets

The Economics of Corporate Strategy

Futures and Options

Quality Management

Managing Employment Law

Operations Strategy

International Strategic Management in Practice

Marketing and Society

The Entrepreneurial Manager

Economic Aspects of Competition Policy

Applications of Human Resource Management

Decision Analytics

Mathematical Programming in Advanced Analytics

Management Science and Operations Analytics

Global Creative Industries: The art of business and the business of art

Service Management in an International Context

Digital Business

Global Business and the Sustainable Development Goals

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructuring

Interactive Retailing

Theories and Techniques of Persuasion

Eco-Innovation for a Circular Economy

Fixed Income Analysis

Global Macro Investing

The Strategy of Digital Transformation

Marketing & Climate Change

Crisis Management for Organisations

Entrepreneurship and Business Growth

Digital Economy and Policy

Managing in the third sector

Strategy, Power and Politics: The Art of Government

Sustainable Finance

Workplace Health & Well-being

Organising for Sustainability and Equity

People Analytics

Global Marketing

Marketing of Financial Services

Strategic Management

Year 4 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: August

Before selecting your option courses, please ensure you have spoken to your Student Adviser.

Students in Year 4 must take a minimum of 20 credits of taught courses per semester.

Compulsory courses

Business Honours Dissertation

Must be taken during Full Year

Course options

AND

The following courses represent the option course selection for the 2026/27 programme. Not all option courses will run in a particular year and are subject to change and/or demand.

Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency

Business Ethics

Consumer Behaviour

Corporate Finance

International Business in Emerging Markets

The Economics of Corporate Strategy

Futures and Options

Quality Management

Managing Employment Law

Negotiation

Operations Strategy

International Strategic Management in Practice