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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2026/2027

Draft Edition - Due to be published Thursday 9th April 2026

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.
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Degree Programme Table: Cultural Heritage Futures (MSc) (Fusion Online) (Full-time) (PTMSCCHFOL1F)

Jump to: Year 1

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Critical Heritage: Politics of the Past (fusion online)

Must be taken during Semester 1

EFIE11315 10 credits
Heritage Practice and Global Challenges (fusion online)

Must be taken during Semester 2

EFIE11318 10 credits
Ethical Data Futures (fusion online)

Must be taken during Semester 2

EFIE11028 10 credits
Knowledge Integration and Project Planning: Cultural Heritage Futures (fusion online)

Must be passed and taken during Full Year

EFIE11354 20 credits
Futures Project: Cultural Heritage Futures (fusion online)

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

EFIE11356 40 credits
Futures Methods (fusion online)

Must be taken during Semester 1

EFIE11411 10 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

EFI Shared Core Course Collection (fusion online) - Semester 1

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Text Remix (fusion online)
EFIE11003 10 credits
Insights Through Data (fusion online)
EFIE11026 10 credits
AND

EFI Shared Core Course Collection (fusion online) - Semester 2

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Representing Data (fusion online)
EFIE11001 10 credits
Building Near Futures (fusion online)
EFIE11030 10 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Programme Optional Course Collection - Cultural Heritage Futures (fusion online)

Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
EFI Postgraduate Taught students must take a minimum of 20 credits (2 courses) from this collection.

Any course may only be taken once.

We would recommend that course credits should be equally split across semesters 1 and 2. This is to support students in managing an equal workload balance during their studies.
Heritage Data Activism (fusion online)
EFIE11218 10 credits
Heritage Places, Policies and Diplomacies (fusion online)
EFIE11220 10 credits
Video Games and XR for Inclusive Heritages (fusion online)
EFIE11309 10 credits
Heritage Practice and Global Challenges (fusion online)
EFIE11318 10 credits
Sensing the Past: Intimacy and Heritage as an Ethical Practice (fusion online)
EFIE11320 10 credits
Future Library and Archive Collections (fusion online)
EFIE11322 10 credits
Heritage Environments and Climate Change (fusion online)
EFIE11324 10 credits
Wikipedia and the Past (fusion online)
EFIE11326 10 credits
Biocultural Heritage for Just and Sustainable Futures (fusion online)
EFIE11415 10 credits
AND

Edinburgh Futures Institute Level 11 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Edinburgh Futures Institute Level 11 courses
Notes:
Please note that EFI Postgraduate Taught students may only select from courses worth 10-credits within this collection.

Students enrolled on the owning programme of any course will be given priority. Therefore, we cannot always guarantee that you will be successful in gaining a space if student demand is hig
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