Changes due to semesterization

The change to semesterization in 2004/5, and the accompanying complete revision of the University's curriculum, resulted in many confusing changes in terminology. You may still find old documents using the previous terminology. The following are the main changes for third year:

• The former modules (e.g. `Operating Systems') are now courses. These are the units of study in our degrees.
• The former courses (CS3, AI3, etc.) no longer exist. However, each of our new courses has an associated subject area. See
  http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/admin/ITO/subjectcodes.html for a full list of subject areas and their codes. These codes are used in the list of courses and determine which combinations of courses are allowed for each degree. The terms CS3, AI3, SE3, AICS3 etc. are sometimes used to refer to the third year of the CS, AI, SE, AI&CS etc. degree programmes.
• Joint honours degrees have (confusingly) been replaced by combined honours degrees. Note that AICS and AISE are single honours degrees in the new system, as they are entirely within the School of Informatics.
• The term course organiser still exists; however, formally every new course (old module) now has its own course organiser. In practice, however, all third year Informatics courses have the same course organiser, who is referred to as the UG3 course organiser.