Essential MSc Documentation
This page contains the essential documentation for the MSc.
Please make sure that you've read and understood all of the documents
listed below.
Informatics Specific MSc Documentation:
General University Guidelines and Regulations:
Most of this information can also be found on the
School and University Guidelines page. We also particularly recommend that you take a look at the
Registry Homepage for information including matriculation, examinations and graduations.
Postgraduate Induction Week:
From Monday 13th September 2010 there will be a series of events
designed to formally introduce you to Informatics at Edinburgh and help
you through the early administrative aspects of course registration:
Contact Information:
For other questions about the course (e.g. requests for
absence) or if your question is strictly confidential - for example,
medical or other personal difficulties, send mail to your MSc Directors
of Studies, students are split according to the initial letter of your
surname:
We actively encourage student feedback on all course and administrative issues. This can be done using a
Course Questionnaire, by mailing the
Year Organiser directly, or directly contacting your Class Representatives.
Courses:
This section takes you to the MSc Course Descriptor pages (and
from there to the Course Homepages). Each Course Descriptor
contains information about pre-requisites, organisational details,
aims, syllabus, methods of assessment, intended learning outcomes and a
reading list. The Course Homepages provide further information,
including lecture material distributed throughout the session.
Some Level 11 courses also have a Level 10 version (for the UG4
programme), these courses are likely to share the same lectures but may
vary in the assessment.
Please note that each course is allocated to a Programme Collection,
these are indicated in a separate column, see the list of Informatics
courses below . It is possible for a course to be allocated to
more than one Programme Collection, in which case you can count it in
which ever way you prefer in order to satisfy the regulations of your degree.
Courses listed as "5" under "Normal Year Taken" are automatically open to MSc candidates.
Informatics Sortable Course Descriptor List 2010/11
Projects:
In the spring, you will be given access to a list of projects
proposed by staff members and other people associated with the
School. This list is used to help with the project allocation
process (more detail on this nearer the time). Alternatively, if
you can find a member of staff who is able to supervise you, you are
encouraged to propose your own project. If you decide to choose
this option then we recommend you start to think about the subject area
of your project in plenty of time. Students who decided to
propose their own project are required to prepare a proposal for
acceptance by your supervisor and the MSc Projects Co-ordinator.
The project proposal must be consistent with your choice of MSc
Specialism. The Projects Co-Ordinator is
Alex Lascarides.
Past Exam Papers:
Past Exam Papers set by the School of Informatics are available
here.
