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Degree Programme Table: Celtic and Scottish History (MA Hons) (UTCEASHMAH)

Year 1, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Personal Tutor.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCHI08010 Medieval Scottish History As available 20
    SCHI08014 Early Modern Scottish History As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CELT08004    Gaelic 1A   40  
    CELT08005    Gaelic 1B   40  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CELT08014    Celtic Civilisation 1A   20  
    CELT08015    Celtic Civilisation 1B   20  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CELT08017    Introduction to Gaelic Language and Culture   20  
    CELT08015    Celtic Civilisation 1B   20  

     




    Year 2, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCHI08011 Modern Scottish History As available 20
    SCHI08012 Scottish History since 1914 As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CELT08006    Gaelic 2A   40  
    CELT08007    Gaelic 2B   40  
    CELT08012    Celtic Literature 2A   20  
    CELT08013    Celtic Literature 2B   20  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to third year normally requires a pass at 50% or above in Modern Scottish History and Scottish History since 1914 and in either Gaelic 2A or Gaelic 2B (for Modern honours route) or in Celtic Literature 2A and Celtic Literature 2B (for Medieval honours route).


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CHCA10001 History in Practice As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECSH10016    Community and Society in Britain, 1560-1640   20  
    ECSH10084    Edinburgh since 1750   20  
    HIST10208    Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern Britain, 1850-1970   20  
    ECSH10004    Leisure and the Rise of Industrial Society in Britain C.1780-1880   20  
    ECSH10083    Madness and Society in Britain since c.1830   20  
    ECSH10005    Society in an Age of 'Mass' Leisure C.1880-1939   20  
    HIST10281    The Making of Modern Ireland, c.1798-1940: Politics and Society   20  
    ARCA10035    The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans   20  
    CHCA10001    History in Practice   20  
    CHCA10003    History in Theory   20  
    SCHI10011    The Scottish Revolution, 1596-1651   20  
    SCHI10012    Chivalry, Warfare and Society in Medieval Scotland   20  
    SCHI10065    Celt and Saxon: the British Isles 250-750   20  
    ECSH10069    Youth and Modernity, c.1780-1880   20  
    SCHI10072    Death and Taxes: Finance and Politics in Early Modern Scotland   20  
    HIST10200    'The Blessed Union' (James VI and I): The Uniting of the Kingdoms   20  
    SCHI10067    Scotland and the Idea of Britain, 1651-1763   20  
    SCHI10069    Saints and Sea-Kings: early medieval Gaelic Scotland, 563-761   20  

     

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 60 credits from Celtic Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Students who have not taken Gaelic language to Year 2 must select their Celtic Honours courses from the list of medieval options. Detailed information regarding course choices and availability is provided in course handbooks.
     
    OR   


    Select exactly 40 credits from Celtic Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Students who have not taken Gaelic language to Year 2 must select their Celtic Honours courses from the list of medieval options. Detailed information regarding course choices and availability is provided in course handbooks.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, as available
    CELT10036     Dissertation (Part 1)     (20 credits)

    Notes:If the dissertation is taken in Celtic, a 20-credit unit towards the dissertation will be taken in third year, and a 20-credit completion unit in fourth year. Students opting for a Celtic dissertation will therefore be required to take a 20-credit unit towards their dissertation in third year together with option courses in Celtic totalling 40 credits, followed by a 20-credit completion unit in fourth year together with honours options in Celtic totalling 60 credits.
     




    Year 4, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Notes: 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. (History in Practice Honours course). 2. (Honours option for Scottish History). 3. (Honours option for Scottish History). 4. (Honours option for Celtic). 5. (Honours option for Celtic). 6. (Honours option for Celtic or Dissertation Part 1). 7. (History Dissertation or Honours option for Celtic). 8. (History Dissertation or Honours option for Celtic). 9. (Honours option for Scottish History). 10. (Honours option for Scottish History). 11. (Honours option for Celtic). 12. (Honours option for Celtic or Dissertation Part 2).


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.



    Select exactly 40 credits course level 10, as available
    HIST10309     History Dissertation     (40 credits)

    Notes:If the dissertation in History is chosen, this topic must be in Scottish History.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    HIST10083    Britain and the Second World War   40  
    HIST10305    Britain in an Age of Revolutions, 1783-1815   40  
    HIST10339    Enlightenment Scotland c.1690 - c.1800   40  
    SCHI10035    The Picts   40  
    SCHI10071    Scotland and America 1603-1914   40  
    SCHI10021    The European Witch-Hunt   40  
    SCHI10017    Clan Campbell and the Lordship of the Isles in the Later Middle Ages   40  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from Celtic Level 10 courses, as available

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 20 credits course level 10, as available
    CELT10037     Dissertation (Part 2)     (20 credits)

    Notes:If the dissertation is taken in Celtic, a 20-credit unit towards the dissertation will be taken in third year, and a 20-credit completion unit in fourth year. Students opting for a Celtic dissertation will therefore be required to take a 20-credit unit towards their dissertation in third year together with option courses in Celtic totalling 40 credits, followed by a 20-credit completion unit in fourth year together with honours options in Celtic totalling 60 credits.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 60 credits from Celtic Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Students who have not taken Gaelic language to Year 2 must select their Celtic Honours courses from the list of medieval options. Detailed information regarding course choices and availability is provided in course handbooks.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    HIST10083    Britain and the Second World War   40  
    HIST10305    Britain in an Age of Revolutions, 1783-1815   40  
    HIST10339    Enlightenment Scotland c.1690 - c.1800   40  
    SCHI10035    The Picts   40  
    SCHI10071    Scotland and America 1603-1914   40  
    SCHI10021    The European Witch-Hunt   40  
    SCHI10017    Clan Campbell and the Lordship of the Isles in the Later Middle Ages   40  

     


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