Students may study in St Andrews during year 1 or year 2 of their double Erasmus Mundus Masters degree, specialising in systems software. To complete the degree requirements a student must achieve 60 ECTS at UStA. These ECTS will be achieved by completing five taught modules (37.5 ECTS), and either an industrially focused or research focused project (22.5 ECTS).

Table 2.2 Modules offered at the University of St Andrews (UStA)

All taught modules normally run in "semester mode", i.e. the taught material is covered throughout a semester. The assessment for each module is typically 40% coursework and 60% examination.  Some modules have 100% coursework-based assessment. The modules selected for offer to students studying the Erasmus Mundus MSc in Dependable Software Systems at St. Andrews are presented in Table 2.2. Further information is available at  http://www.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/current/modules&display=CS5//IS5.  St Andrews Academic Calendar for 2012-2013 is available at http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/semesterdates/2012-2013/

In addition to project work, Erasmus Mundus students who choose St Andrews will normally select one core module introducing them to advanced concepts in the stream they wish to specialise in (i.e. Knowledge-based Systems, Distributed Systems or Software Systems) and two/three specialisation modules from the same stream. A further two/one modules will be allocated to the student as part of the course integration mechanisms as outlined by the course integration requirements.