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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: Planetary Health (Fusion Online) (Full time) (MSc) (PTMSCPLHOL1F)

Jump to: Year 1

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Ethical Data Futures (fusion online)

Must be taken during Semester 2

EFIE11028 10 credits
Knowledge Integration and Project Planning: Planetary Health (fusion online)

Must be passed and taken during Full Year

EFIE11206 20 credits
Futures Project: Planetary Health (fusion online)

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

EFIE11214 40 credits
Introduction to Planetary Health: Core Skills and Concepts (fusion online)

Must be taken during Semester 1

EFIE11397 20 credits
Futures Methods (fusion online)

Must be taken during Semester 1

EFIE11411 10 credits
Global Governance of the Human Health-Environment Nexus (fusion online)

Must be taken during Semester 2

EFIE11399 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

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

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Notes:
For students with no background in climate change/environmental studies, you are strongly recommended to select the course 'Understanding the Climate Crisis' in order to gain critical knowledge underpinning your degree.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Text Remix (fusion online)
EFIE11003 10 credits
Insights Through Data (fusion online)
EFIE11026 10 credits
Understanding the Climate Crisis (fusion online)
EFIE11146 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 40 credits in this group.

Planetary Health (fusion online) - Programme Optional Course Collection

Select between 20 and 40 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.
Mental Health in the Anthropocene (fusion online)
EFIE11194 10 credits
Trauma and Resilience (fusion online)
EFIE11198 10 credits
Changing Climate, Changing Health (fusion online)
EFIE11222 10 credits
Transforming Economies: A Wellbeing Economy Agenda (fusion online)
EFIE11224 10 credits
Future Food Systems (fusion online)
EFIE11297 10 credits
Heritage Environments and Climate Change (fusion online)
EFIE11324 10 credits
AND

Edinburgh Futures Institute Level 11 courses

Select between 0 and 20 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 high.
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