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THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGHDEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2006/2007
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15. Doctor of Engineering (EngD) in System Level Integration
The Doctor of Engineering (EngD) in System Level
Integration is offered jointly by the University of Edinburgh, the
University of Glasgow, Heriot-Watt University and the University of
Strathclyde, and the awards are made jointly in the names of all four
universities.
The EngD is a four-year doctoral level research and
training programme worth 720 credits which leads to the award of an EngD
degree.
The EngD degree is equivalent in academic standing to
a conventional PhD but is achieved through research which is much more
industrially focused and which is designed to produce graduates who have a
sound understanding of the business implications of industrial research
activity.
Candidates for the degree of EngD in SLI shall be
referred to as Research Engineers.
One of the Universities will be named as the
Administering University. In the first instance, the University of Glasgow
will be the Administering University.
The overall management of the Programme is the
responsibility of the Management Committee of the Institute for System
Level Integration.
A Centre Director and a Programme Director will be
appointed by the Management Committee. Day-to-day management will be
devolved to a Course Team, convened by the Programme Director. A Steering
Committee comprising expert academic representatives of the Universities
and representatives of industry will meet from time to time to advise the
Management Committee on the development of the Programme.
15.1 Admission
Applicants must normally possess:
at least an upper second class honours degree in
Computing/Computer Science or Electronic and/or Electrical Engineering from
a university in the United Kingdom; or
a qualification deemed by the Management Committee to
be equivalent to the above;
a qualification together with professional or
industrial experience, deemed appropriate by the Management Committee.
For each candidate undertaking a course of study
leading to the degree there must be one or more Sponsoring Company(ies)
which will be selected by the Management Committee on the recommendation of
the Centre Director.
The Management Committee, advised by the Centre
Director, will recommend to the Administering University:
the names of applicants to be admitted to the EngD
programme;
what recognition, up to the limit of 120 Scotcat
credits or equivalent at postgraduate level, may be given to the period
which the applicant has completed for the degree of Master of Science in
System Level Integration or for any other relevant postgraduate award,
towards the fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of
Engineering in System Level Integration;
the amount of project work done at postgraduate level
which may be incorporated into the thesis submitted for the degree of
Doctor of Engineering.
Any Research Engineer awarded the MSc in System Level
Integration who wishes to transfer to the EngD programme will be expected
to gain a further 60 non-technical credits from the taught schedule. These
credits may be undertaken at any time during the remaining period of the
EngD programme.
15.2 Duration of Study
The programme is offered on a full-time basis. The
programme will normally last 48 months, and there will be a maximum period
of study of 5 years. This period may be extended only in exceptional
circumstances on the advice of the candidate’s supervisors and on
written application from the Management Committee to the Administering
University.
The Administering University, on the recommendation of
the Management Committee, may permit a candidate to suspend his or her
registration for a period if good cause is shown and on such conditions as
the Administering University may prescribe.
Research Engineers may be admitted to the programme at
anytime throughout the academic year.
15.3 Structure of Programme
Approximately 75% of the Research Engineer’s
time will be spent on one or more research project(s) with academic and
industrial supervision. Each Research Engineer will spend approximately 25%
of his or her time in a structured training programme.
The Research Engineer will take an active role in
defining his or her professional development programme in line with the
needs of the research project and his or her individual aims. The
Supervision Team will guide the Research Engineer in selecting core and
optional credits from technical courses, management and business credit
courses, and other credit bearing courses, deemed by the EngD Management
Committee to be appropriate and in accordance with these regulations.
The taught component of the programme may be delivered
at the Institute for System Level Integration’s premises at
Livingston, at university campuses, or at independent sites, but all
modules are taught by staff approved by one of the four universities.
Project work, a requirement of the EngD programme, may be undertaken at the
Institute for System Level Integration, in one of the four universities, or
in the workplace of a Sponsoring Company (see below) under the day-to-day
supervision of a person nominated by that Company and supported by an
Academic Supervisor appointed by the Institute for System Level
Integration.
15.4 Course of Study
For each Research Engineer, a Requirements Profile
will be drawn up by his or her Supervision Team. The research programme
will also be defined within the Requirements Profile. The Requirements
Profile will be based upon his or her needs and aspirations so that the
Research Engineer can achieve the objectives of the Engineering Doctorate.
The Research Engineer will be consulted on the content of the Requirements
Profile, which will embrace technical, business, personal, and taught
elements of the course.
Each research theme will normally exhibit the
following characteristics:
(i) it will be placed in a business
context, taking full account of financial and commercial considerations;
(ii) it will be expected to lead
to journal publications.
15.5 Taught Elements of the Programme
Research Engineers will undertake a selection of
modules, delivered as part of the Institute for System Level
Integration’s full-time MSc, (as set out in Schedule A of the MSc in
System Level Integration regulations) together with relevant modules from
the management and business modules available at the collaborating
universities needed to support different stages of his or her project/s,
(as set out in Schedule A of the EngD regulations).
Research Engineers will be required to achieve 180
credits of taught material from the portfolio of modules over the four-year
period, of which 60 credits should be chosen from Schedule A of the EngD
Regulations, selected according to the agreed components of the
Requirements Profile .
15.6 Supervision
A Supervision Team will support each Research
Engineer. The team members will normally include the primary Academic
Supervisor, a second Academic Supervisor, an Industrial Adviser and other
academic staff as required to offer expertise in guiding and supporting the
research project.
The Sponsoring Company will appoint an Industrial
Adviser for the duration of the programme and, to ensure continuity of the
research project, provide an alternative Industrial Adviser if the first
appointee is unable to continue in the role.
15.7 Progress
Research Engineers are normally expected to complete a
minimum of 40 credits of taught material in each of the first two years of
study.
If in the opinion of the Supervision Team, the
Research Engineer is not making satisfactory progress, the supervisors will
inform him or her of this in writing, with copies of the letter sent to the
Centre Director and the Management Committee.
If the Research Engineer continues to make
unsatisfactory progress, he or she may, after due warning and on the
recommendation of the Management Committee in consultation with the
Supervision Team, be instructed by the Senate of the Administering
University to withdraw from the EngD programme.
15.8 Thesis/Themed portfolio
Candidates for the EngD will submit either a thesis or
a themed portfolio of work, which must comply with the following conditions:
The thesis or themed portfolio must make a significant
contribution to the knowledge of the subject and must afford evidence of
originality, shown either by the discovery of new facts or by the exercise
of independent critical power.
For a candidate permitted by the Director of the
Centre to submit a themed portfolio of a number of projects, they must be
in the standard format and must include the following:
(i) a succinct bound summary which describes the
contribution to knowledge and innovation demonstrated by the candidate;
(ii) clear evidence, either directly or indirectly, of
the relationship between each project through demonstrable relevance to the
doctoral programme.
The thesis or themed portfolio must be written in
English. The literary presentation must be satisfactory and must be
suitable for publication either as submitted, or in an amended form.
The thesis or themed portfolio must be the
candidate’s own account of his or her research and must be
accompanied by a declaration to this effect signed by the candidate. It may
describe work done in conjunction with the supervisors or other persons,
provided that the candidate clearly states his or her own personal share in
the investigation, and that both academic and industrial supervisors
certify his or her statement.
The thesis or themed
portfolio must not normally exceed 80,000 words and must not normally
exceed 400 pages in length, including appendices. In exceptional
circumstances and, provided that permission is sought at a sufficiently
early stage, the Administering University, on advice from the Management
Committee, may permit a candidate to exceed the stated maximum length.
Four copies of the thesis must be presented for
consideration by the examiners. The initial presentation of the thesis may
be made in a temporary binding to enable appropriate changes to be made
prior to formal acceptance of the thesis by the Administering University.
After the thesis has been approved for the Degree of
EngD, a candidate will normally be required to submit two copies of the
thesis or themed portfolio, which shall become the property of the
Universities. An additional copy will be submitted in electronic format.
The thesis or themed portfolio must conform in layout,
binding, and presentation to the requirements prescribed by the
Administering University. The thesis or themed portfolio must contain an
abstract preferably not exceeding 200 words. Six additional copies of the
abstract on the appropriate form must be submitted for examination and
library purposes.
The degree of Doctor of Engineering (EngD) will not be
awarded in respect of a thesis, themed portfolio, or published work already
submitted elsewhere in support of an application for a degree.
15.9 Assessment
A candidate will be assessed on all taught components
of the Requirements Profile and on the thesis/themed portfolio.
A candidate is required to pass all taught components
of the Requirements Profile in System Level Integration before submission
of his or her thesis/themed portfolio for examination.
A candidate whose performance in any module is judged
unsatisfactory may be permitted by the examiners to attempt to pass that
module on one further occasion. In such cases, the examiners will prescribe
whether the candidate shall be required to re-attend for the whole module
or specific parts of the module or whether the candidate may be permitted
to submit for re-examination in the module without further attendance.
An oral examination of the candidate must be held in
the presence of all of the examiners of the thesis/themed portfolio. The
candidate may be questioned on any output of the thesis/ themed portfolio
and training programme in order to satisfy the examiners that the
objectives of the programme have been met.
15.10 Examiners
The Administering University, on the recommendation of
the Management Committee, will appoint for each candidate at least two
External Examiners and one Internal Examiner who will be the Examiners of
the thesis/themed portfolio. When making this recommendation to the
Administering University, the Management Committee will confirm that the
candidate has passed all taught components of the Requirements Profile to
the satisfaction of the Examiners.
One External Examiner will be responsible for
assessing the candidate’s technical ability and the other, the
candidate’s management skills and understanding of the industrial
context of the research project.
The Examiners will submit a report on the thesis/
themed portfolio to the Administering University.
15.11 Recommendation of the Examiners of the
Candidate’s Thesis/Themed portfolio
The examiners of the candidate’s thesis/themed
portfolio will recommend to the Senate of the Administering University,
either:
(i) that the thesis/themed portfolio is satisfactory,
or
(ii) that the thesis/themed portfolio be judged
satisfactory subject to minor corrections being made to the satisfaction of
the Internal Examiner. These corrections should be completed within the
prescribed period (normally not exceeding six months);
(iii) that the candidate be allowed to re-submit his
or her thesis in a revised form within a specified period not exceeding
twenty-four months from the decision of the Senate of the Administering
University thereon, in which case the examiners shall state specifically
the reasons for and the extent of the revision required;
(iv) that exceptionally the candidate be allowed to
re-submit his or her thesis for a higher degree of Master from one of the
collaborating institutions;
(v) that the candidate should not be allowed to
re-submit his or her thesis in a revised form.
15.12 Award
A candidate who has complied with all the conditions
for the award of the degree of Doctor of Engineering will be entitled to
receive the degree.
The degree will be awarded jointly by all four
universities, but the degree will be conferred at a Congregation of the
Administering University.
15.13 Academic Appeals
The appeals procedure of the Administering
University shall normally apply.
16. MSc/Dip/Certificate/Continuing Education in System Level Integration (Institute for System Level Integration)
16.1 MSc/Dip/Certificate/Continuing Education in
System Level Integration
Description The Taught Masters Programme in System
Level Integration is offered jointly by the University of Edinburgh, the
University of Glasgow, Heriot-Watt University and the University of
Strathclyde who together have formed the Institute for System Level
Integration. The aim of this course is to provide students with the
knowledge and skills required to design complex system-on-chip (SOC)
products for today’s electronic market. Emphasis will be given to the
design, authoring and integration of Intellectual Property (IP) cores for
SOC products for fast time-to-market.
The Programme is open to graduating and Continuing
Education students who may undertake one or more masters modules in a
mixture of study modes including full-time or part-time. It is also
possible to carry out a number of these activities in a distance learning
mode of study (see regulation 16.2). On successful completion of a
prescribed number of credits, graduating students will be awarded a
postgraduate qualification made in the name of all four universities.
Continuing Education students who successfully complete one or more masters
modules will be awarded credit and will be supplied with an appropriate
record of achievement which can be used for formal continuing professional
development purposes.
The approved curriculum is composed so that the main
theme of the programme is that of System Level Integration. However, a
number of optional streams exist that allow students to specialise in a
preferred area. In addition, the postgraduate qualifications available
share common coursework thus facilitating the transfer in full of completed
credit between these awards.
General Regulations Unless
otherwise specified in these course specific regulations, the general regulations
of the nominated administering university (presently the University of Edinburgh)
shall apply to all students on the Masters Programme in System Level Integration.
Admissions
Entrance Requirements: Candidates
must normally possess:
(i) at least a second class honours degree in
Computing/ Computer Science or Electronic and/or Electrical Engineering
from a university in the United Kingdom; or
(ii) a qualification deemed by the Institute
Management Committee to be equivalent to the above; and/or
(iii) professional or industrial experience deemed
appropriate by the Institute Management Committee
Entrance Date: Full-time
students shall normally join the programme at the beginning of each
academic year (early October). Part-time students may be allowed to join
the programme at any appropriate point within the academic year.
Concurrent Registration and Transfer: All graduating students shall normally be initially
registered concurrently for the postgraduate degree/diploma/certificate
until a final decision on award has been reached. Transfer between awards
will normally occur through agreement between the student and Programme
Director or as recommended by the Institute Board of Examiners. The
Examiners shall have the discretion to recommend that a candidate
registered for the Master of Science in System Level Integration transfer
to the Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate in System Level
Integration. The SCOTCAT credits given for work performed towards the
Master of Science shall count towards the alternative award of Postgraduate
Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate.
Duration of Study
Normal Duration -
The minimum and maximum duration of study is dependent on the individual
award and applies to graduating students only. The following minimum and
maximum duration of study applies:
(i) Normal Minimum Period of Study
Postgraduate Certificate:
4 months full-time 12 months part-time.
Postgraduate Diploma:
9 months full-time 18 months part-time.
Master of Science:
12 months full-time 21 months part-time.
(ii) Normal Maximum Period of Study
Postgraduate Certificate:
12 months full-time 3 years part-time.
Postgraduate Diploma:
2 years full-time 5 years part-time.
Master of Science:
2 years full-time 6 years part-time.
Nature of Study
The programme is organised in terms of a set of
modules whose successful completion earns a SCOTCAT credit rating (Scottish
Master’s level). Each SCOTCAT credit accounts for 10 notional hours
of student learning activity.
Activities may include lectures, self study,
laboratories, seminars, tutorials, case studies, group work, project work,
and work experience.
Curriculum
Approved List of Taught Modules: All candidates will
undertake activities as set out in the Degree Programme Table.
Master of Science: All
candidates for the award of Master of Science in System Level Integration will
be required to undertake activities totalling 180 or more SCOTCAT credits (Scottish
Masters Level) made up of 120 or more SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters Level)
taken from the approved list of taught modules and normally including ALL compulsory
modules. Additionally, there will be a distinctive dissertation reporting on
a supervised project whose rating is 60 SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters Level).
All candidates for the Master of Science will undertake this project activity
which must be on an approved topic in System Level Integration.
Postgraduate Diploma: All
candidates for the award of Postgraduate Diploma in System Level Integration
will be required to undertake 120 or more SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters
Level) taken from the approved list of taught modules normally including ALL
compulsory modules.
Postgraduate Certificate: All
candidates for the award of Postgraduate Certificate in System Level Integration
will be required to undertake 60 or more SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters Level)
taken from the approved list of taught modules normally including ALL compulsory
modules.
Diploma Practical Exercise: With the permission of the Programme Director, candidates for
the award of Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma in System Level
Integration may substitute modules from the approved list with a practical exercise
of value 20 SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters Level). This prescribed/optional
practical exercise must be on an approved topic in System Level Integration.
Under instruction from the Institute Board of
Examiners, candidates for the award of Postgraduate Certificate or
Postgraduate Diploma in System Level Integration may be directed to
undertake a practical exercise of value 20 SCOTCAT credits (Scottish
Masters Level) as an alternative to resitting failed or incomplete modules.
Recognition of Prior/External
Learning or Experience: With the approval of the Programme Director, recognition
up to a maximum of 45 SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters Level), or equivalent,
which have not contributed to the award of another degree, may be given for
prior/external learning or experience. This recognition will normally be based
on relevance to the System Level Integration theme and the award being sought.
Credits taken more than five years prior to admission will not be accepted.
Maximum credit recognition for the following qualifications applies:
Award Maximum Recognition of
Prior/External Learning
Continuing Education for Electronics
Systems Integration (CEESI): With the approval
of the Programme Director, recognition up to a maximum of 60 SCOTCAT credits
(Scottish Masters Level), or equivalent, which have not contributed to the award
of another degree, may be given for prior/external learning or experience gained
through the CEESI programme. This recognition will normally be based on relevance
to the System Level Integration theme and the award being sought. Credits from
CEESI may not be combined with credits from other sources for the purposes of
credit recognition. Credits taken more than five years prior to admission will
not be accepted. Maximum credit recognition for the following qualifications
applies:
Award Maximum Recognition of Prior/External Learning
Under CEESI
Award Maximum Recognition of
Prior/External Learning
Assessment
Method of Assessment: Each
module will be assessed by any approved combination of written examinations,
continuous assessment, a dissertation, or oral examinations.
The Institute Board of Examiners: The Board of Examiners shall consist of: the Programme Director;
the co-ordinators of the taught modules; the Heads of the contributing Departments;
the External Examiners; and such other members of academic staff of the partner
universities as may be required from year to year. The Board shall be chaired
by a professor of the nominated administering university. A quorum must include
the External Examiners, the Programme Director and a representative from each
of the Universities.
Reassessment: A
candidate whose performance in any activity within a module fails to satisfy the Institute Board
of Examiners may be permitted by the Examiners to attempt to pass in that activity
on one further occasion only and normally not later than 2 years from the date
of the first attempt. In such cases the examiners shall prescribe whether the
candidate shall be required to re-attend the whole course or specific parts
of the course, or whether the candidate may be permitted to present for re-examination
without further attendance on the course.
Award
Master of Science: In
order to qualify for the award of the Master of Science in System Level Integration,
a candidate must have:
(i) accumulated no fewer than
180 SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters Level) on the basis of successful completion
of the approved curriculum and/or recognised prior/external learning or experience;
(ii) a pass in the individual dissertation worth 60
SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters Level) included in the total of 180
credits.
Postgraduate Diploma: In
order to qualify for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in System Level Integration,
a candidate must have accumulated no fewer than 120 SCOTCAT credits (Scottish
Masters Level) on the basis of successful completion of the approved curriculum
and/or recognised prior/external learning or experience.
Postgraduate Certificate: In
order to qualify for the award of the Postgraduate Certificate in System Level
Integration, a candidate must have accumulated no fewer than 60 SCOTCAT credits
(Scottish Masters Level) on the basis of successful completion of the approved
curriculum and/or recognised prior/external learning or experience.
Distinction: Both
the MSc in System Level Integration and the Diploma in System Level Integration
may be awarded with distinction.
16.2 MSc/Dip/Certificate/Continuing Education in
System Level Integration (by Distance Learning)
Description
The Taught Masters Programme in System Level
Integration is offered jointly by the University of Edinburgh, the
University of Glasgow, Heriot-Watt University and the University of
Strathclyde who together have formed the Institute for System Level
Integration. The aim of this course is to provide students with the
knowledge and skills required to design complex system-on-chip (SOC)
products for today’s electronic market. Emphasis will be given to the
design, authoring and integration of Intellectual Property (IP) cores for
SOC products for fast time-to-market.
The Programme is open to graduating and Continuing
Education students who may undertake one or more masters modules in a
part-time, distance learning mode of study. On successful completion of a
prescribed number of credits, graduating students will be awarded a
postgraduate qualification made in the name of all four universities.
Continuing Education students who successfully complete one or more masters
modules will be awarded credit and will be supplied with an appropriate
record of achievement which can be used for formal continuing professional
development purposes.
The approved curriculum is composed so that the main
theme of the programme is that of System Level Integration. However, a
number of optional streams exist that allow students to specialise in a
preferred area. In addition, the postgraduate qualifications available
share common coursework thus facilitating the transfer in full of completed
credit between these awards.
General Regulations Unless
otherwise specified in these course specific regulations, the general regulations
of the nominated administering university (presently the University of Edinburgh)
shall apply to all students on the Masters Programme in System Level Integration.
Admissions
Entrance Requirements: Candidates
must normally possess:
(i) at least a second class honours
degree in Computing/ Computer Science or Electronic and/or Electrical Engineering
from a university in the United Kingdom; or
(ii) a qualification deemed by
the Institute Management Committee to be equivalent to the above; and/or
(iii) professional or industrial experience deemed
appropriate by the Institute Management Committee
Residence Requirements: Candidates
on this programme will be exempt from any normal University of Edinburgh residency
requirements.
Entrance Date: Students
may be allowed to join the programme at any appropriate point within the academic
year.
Concurrent Registration and Transfer: All graduating students shall normally be initially registered
concurrently for the postgraduate degree/diploma/certificate until a final decision
on award has been reached. Transfer between awards will normally occur through
agreement between the student and Programme Director or as recommended by the
Institute Board of Examiners. The Examiners shall have the discretion to recommend
that a candidate registered for the Master of Science in System Level Integration
transfer to the Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate in System Level
Integration. The SCOTCAT credits given for work performed towards the Master
of Science shall count towards the alternative award of Postgraduate Diploma
or Postgraduate Certificate.
Duration of Study
Normal Duration -
The minimum and maximum duration of study is dependent on the individual award
and applies to graduating students only. The following minimum and maximum duration
of study applies:
(i) Normal Minimum Period of Study
Postgraduate Certificate: 12 months
part-time.
Postgraduate Diploma: 18 months
part-time.
Master of Science: 21 months part-time.
(ii) Normal Maximum Period of Study
Postgraduate Certificate: 3 years
part-time.
Postgraduate Diploma: 5 years
part-time.
Master of Science: 6 years part-time.
Nature of Study
The programme is organised in terms of a set of
modules whose successful completion earns a SCOTCAT credit rating (Scottish
Master’s level). Each SCOTCAT credit accounts for 10 notional hours
of student learning activity.
Modules are available online via Blackboard, a secure
managed learning environment, hosted on the ISLI server. Students can
access course materials via the internet at any hour of the day from any
geographical location. Blackboard is used to give access to learning
materials, enhance communications, encourage peer support and monitor
student progress. Modules have been carefully planned and structured to
assist students pace their learning. Dedicated tutors support students in
their studies by a variety of methods, including web-based discussion
groups, email and telephone. Some modules have a 2-3 day residential
component where students may be required to attend ISLI or a partner
institution world-wide for face-to-face tutorials, access to industry
design tools/design exercises and to undertake examinations under
controlled conditions.
Curriculum
Approved List of Taught Modules: All candidates will
undertake activities as set out in the Degree Programme Table.
Candidates studying modules by distance learning will
only follow modules provided on this basis unless approval is given by the
College Postgraduate Studies Committee. Candidates studying modules
delivered through the traditional methods (see regulation 16.1) will only
be able to study modules by distance learning following approval by the
College Postgraduate Studies Committee.
Master of Science:
All candidates for the award of Master of Science in System Level Integration
will be required to undertake activities totalling 180 or more SCOTCAT credits
(Scottish Masters Level) made up of 120 or more SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters
Level) taken from the approved list of taught modules and normally including
ALL compulsory modules. Additionally, there will be a distinctive dissertation
reporting on a supervised project whose rating is 60 SCOTCAT credits (Scottish
Masters Level). All candidates for the Master of Science will undertake this
project activity which must be on an approved topic in System Level Integration.
Postgraduate Diploma: All
candidates for the award of Postgraduate Diploma in System Level Integration
will be required to undertake 120 or more SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters
Level) taken from the approved list of taught modules normally including ALL
compulsory modules.
Postgraduate Certificate: All
candidates for the award of Postgraduate Certificate in System Level Integration
will be required to undertake 60 or more SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters Level)
taken from the approved list of taught modules normally including ALL compulsory
modules.
Diploma Practical Exercise: With the permission of the Programme Director, candidates for
the award of Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma in System Level
Integration may substitute modules from the approved list with a practical exercise
of value 20 SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters Level). This prescribed/optional
practical exercise must be on an approved topic in System Level Integration.
Under instruction from the Institute Board of
Examiners, candidates for the award of Postgraduate Certificate or
Postgraduate Diploma in System Level Integration may be directed to
undertake a practical exercise of value 20 SCOTCAT credits (Scottish
Masters Level) as an alternative to resitting failed or incomplete modules.
Recognition of Prior/External
Learning or Experience: With the approval of the Programme Director, recognition
up to a maximum of 45 SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters Level), or equivalent,
which have not contributed to the award of another degree, may be given for
prior/external learning or experience. This recognition will normally be based
on relevance to the System Level Integration theme and the award being sought.
Credits taken more than five years prior to admission will not be accepted.
Maximum credit recognition for the following qualifications applies:
Award Maximum Recognition of Prior/External
Learning
Continuing Education for Electronics
Systems Integration (CEESI): With the approval
of the Programme Director, recognition up to a maximum of 60 SCOTCAT credits
(Scottish Masters Level), or equivalent, which have not contributed to the award
of another degree, may be given for prior/external learning or experience gained
through the CEESI programme. This recognition will normally be based on relevance
to the System Level Integration theme and the award being sought. Credits from
CEESI may not be combined with credits from other sources for the purposes of
credit recognition. Credits taken more than five years prior to admission will
not be accepted. Maximum credit recognition for the following qualifications
applies:
Award Maximum Recognition of Prior/External Learning
Under CEESI
Award Maximum Recognition of
Prior/External Learning
Assessment
Method of Assessment: As
with the on-campus delivery, students are assessed by a combination of examination
and coursework. Oral examinations will take place following submission of the
MSc or Diploma dissertation and, if required, following submission of coursework
assignments.
The Institute Board of Examiners: The Board of Examiners shall consist of: the Programme Director;
the co-ordinators of the taught modules; the Heads of the contributing Departments;
the External Examiners; and such other members of academic staff of the partner
universities as may be required from year to year. The Board shall be chaired
by a professor of the nominated administering university. A quorum must include
the External Examiners, the Programme Director and a representative from each
of the Universities.
Reassessment: A
candidate whose performance in any activity fails to satisfy the Institute Board
of Examiners may be permitted by the Examiners to attempt to pass in that activity
on one further occasion only and normally not later than 2 years from the date
of the first attempt. In such cases the examiners shall prescribe whether the
candidate shall be required to re-attend the whole course or specific parts
of the course, or whether the candidate may be permitted to present for re-examination
without further attendance on the course.
Award
Master of Science: In
order to qualify for the award of the Master of Science in System Level Integration,
a candidate must have:
(i) accumulated no fewer than
180 SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters Level) on the basis of successful completion
of the approved curriculum and/or recognised prior/external learning or experience;
(ii) a pass in the individual dissertation worth 60
SCOTCAT credits (Scottish Masters Level) included in the total of 180
credits.
Postgraduate Diploma:
In order to qualify for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in System Level
Integration, a candidate must have accumulated no fewer than 120 SCOTCAT credits
(Scottish Masters Level) on the basis of successful completion of the approved
curriculum and/or recognised prior/external learning or experience.
Postgraduate Certificate: In
order to qualify for the award of the Postgraduate Certificate in System Level
Integration, a candidate must have accumulated no fewer than 60 SCOTCAT credits
(Scottish Masters Level) on the basis of successful completion of the approved
curriculum and/or recognised prior/ external learning or experience.
Distinction: Both the MSc in System Level Integration
and the Diploma in System Level Integration may be awarded with
distinction.
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