The second year of the MSc. Degree programme consists of approximately 6 weeks 
of advanced coursework common to all fields, including training in research 
design, followed by individually structured specializations (approximately 12 
weeks). The final 30 weeks is devoted full time to the research project and 
completion of a thesis (see figure 4). 
The programme reflects aspects of: 
- management (of system design and implementation) 
- integration (of geo-information production technologies) 
- users (sensitivity and interfaces) 
The common parts of the programme, in year 1 and 2, are well balanced in 
terms of: 
- integration of subject matter from different disciplines 
- question driven versus inventory data driven procedures 
- locational versus attribute resolution 
The structured study programme and thesis in the second year of the programme 
may focus on aspects of system design and implementation in a specialized 
field. 
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Figure 3: Structure of the 1st year of the MSc Degree programme in Integrated 
Map and Geo-Information Production