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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2008/2009
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Modern European Languages and English or Scottish Literature (MA)
Degree Type: Combined Honours
NYT Course S L CT
1 MEL Language 1

G

8

40
English Literature 1 or Scottish Literature 1 G 8 40
Further Courses A-Q 7/8 40
2 MEL Language 2 G 8 40
English or Scottish Literature 2 G 8 40
or American Literature 2 G 8 40
AND EITHER TWO OF:      
Introduction to European Cinema/ G 8 20
Literature and Culture in Medieval Europe/ G 8 20
Culture and Society in the Portuguese-speaking World/ G 8 20
Portuguese Language for Beginners */ G 8 20
Politics and Institutions of Contemporary France/ G 8 20
Scandinavian Languages**/ G 8 20
A second literature course in Italian and/or German/ G 8 20
The Golden and Silver Ages of Russian Literature G 8 20
 Linguistics 1a/ I 7 20
Linguistics 2Lh: Structure and History of the Western European Languages I 8 20
Scandinavian Historical and Cultural Topics 2 G 8 20
OR      
Further Courses A-Q 7/8 40
3 # At least 30 weeks spent in the relevant country and prescribed work in English or Scottish Literature and the relevant language in an approved establishment †
Language acquisition through residence/study   10 60
MEL dissertation preparation OR SOCRATES marks   10 20
Long Essay for English or Scottish Literature   10 40
4 MEL Language Paper 1 G 10 10
MEL Language paper 2 G 10 10
MEL option G 10 20
MEL dissertation completion OR Long Essay G 10 20
MEL Oral G 10 0
English/Scottish Literature Core or Option courses G 10 40
Critical Practice 3: Poetry G 10 10
Critical Practice 4: Performance G 10 10
Final Assessment
One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)
1. MEL Language Paper 1
2. MEL Language Paper 1
3. MEL Language Paper 2
4. MEL Oral
5. Long Essay for English or Scottish Literature
6. Long Essay for English or Scottish Literature
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 8) or SOCRATES marks
8. MEL Dissertation Completion or Long Essay
9. MEL option
10. English / Scottish Literature core or option Course
11. English / Scottish Literature core or option Course
12. A Critical Practice: Poetry (10 credits)

B Critical Practice: Performance (10 credits)
* No previous knowledge of Portuguese is necessary: a pass in a modern foreign language or a classical language at SCE Higher grade or equivalent evidence of linguistic proficiency is normally required
†Entry into Honours normally requires (i) passes in all six subjects taken in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above in the second year of the relevant Modern European Language.
# Entry to year 3 normally requires a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in English Literature 2 or Scottish Literature 2,or American Literature 2.
**Pre-requisite - A Scandinavian language in Year 1
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