School of Social and Political Science Graduate School Office

INFORMATICS GRADUATE SCHOOL Postgraduate Course CHANGE Form 2017-18 SCHOOL of INFORMATICS The University of Edinburgh Informatics ForumPlease complete the following details in BLOCK CAPITALS and email to: [email protected] by 10 Crichton Street th Edinburgh EH8 9ABFriday, 29 September 2017. Please put “course change for XXXX (your name) and sXXXXXX (student

Telephone +44 (0)131 650 3091 number)” in the subject line of the email. Fax +44 (0)131 651 5630 E-mail [email protected] URL http://gradschool.inf.ed.ac.uk You may be able to change courses up until the end of week 2 of each semester, if places on the course you wish to change into are available. You may only change your OPTIONAL course choices, not the core courses for your Programme.

Please note you may only change courses ONCE per semester. Please carefully consider your course choices before submitting this form.

Please see full notes below and on reverse.

Student Name:

UNN Number:

Name of Degree:

Date:

I wish to change FROM the following course/s:

Course Code Course Title Credits Semester

TO the following course/s:

Course Code Course Title Credits Semester

Notes: Course places will be allocated on a first come–first served basis. Please note that some courses are subject to quotas and your first choice may not be available. Additionally some courses may be cancelled at short notice due to low enrolment.

Ensure that you include the correct course code and course title, as many courses have similar titles. The Graduate School Office cannot accept forms without course codes.

The core and optional courses for your degree are outlined in your Programme Handbook. Taught: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/on_course/for_taught_masters/programme_handbooks Research: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/on_course/for_phd_students/programme_handbooks

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You may use the PATH tool to help you plan your course selection, https://path.is.ed.ac.uk/. (Please note PATH does not register you for courses).

If you wish to audit a course you must email the Course Organiser to obtain permission. If they approve, print off their email and staple it to this form and submit it to the Graduate School Office Reception by Friday, 29th September 2017.

Please note that we typically do not permit a student to audit more than one course in any semester. If you wish to audit more than one course per semester you will need to email your Programme Director (for MSc students) or PhD Supervisor (for PhD students) to obtain permission in addition to the Course Organiser. If they approve, print off their email and staple it to this form and submit it to the Graduate School Office Reception by Friday, 15th January 2016. Make sure that you write ‘AUDIT’ under the credits column on the form to indicate that you wish to audit the course.

You may be able to change courses up until the end of week 2 of each semester, if places on the course you wish to change into are available. If you wish to change courses after Friday, 29 th September 2017, you must email the Course Organiser to obtain permission. If they approve, print off their email and staple it to this form and submit to the Graduate School Office Reception.

Visit the following links for more information on changing, auditing and withdrawing from courses: for MSc Taught: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/on_course/for_taught_masters/choosing_courses for MSc Research: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/on_course/for_research_masters/choosing_courses for PhD :http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/on_course/for_phd_students/choosing_courses

*Please check your record on https://www.myed.ed.ac.uk/ to ensure that you have been registered on the correct courses.

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