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Degree Programme Table: Scottish Studies (MA Hons) (UTSCOTS)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, 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 
    SCET08006 Scottish Studies 1A: Conceptualising Scotland As available 20
    SCET08007 Scottish Studies 1B: Creating Scotland As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 10 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 20 credits course level 08, as available
    SCHI08010     Medieval Scottish History     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    SCHI08014     Early Modern Scottish History     (20 credits)

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    ENLI08016     Scottish Literature 1     (40 credits)

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    CELT08004     Gaelic 1A     (40 credits)

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    CELT08005     Gaelic 1B     (40 credits)

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    CELT08014     Celtic Civilisation 1A     (20 credits)

     
    AND   


    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    CELT08015     Celtic Civilisation 1B     (20 credits)

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    CELT08017     Introduction to Gaelic Language and Culture     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    CELT08015     Celtic Civilisation 1B     (20 credits)

     




    Year 2, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCET08008 Scotland and Orality As available 20
    SCET08009 Visualising Scotland As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 10 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 20 credits course level 08, as available
    SCHI08011     Modern Scottish History     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    SCHI08012     Scottish History since 1914     (20 credits)

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    ENLI08004     Scottish Literature 2     (40 credits)

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    CELT08006     Gaelic 2A     (40 credits)

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 40 credits course level 08, as available
    CELT08007     Gaelic 2B     (40 credits)

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    CELT08012     Celtic Literature 2A     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    CELT08013     Celtic Literature 2B     (20 credits)

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    ARCA08013     Archaeology 2A: Scotland before History     (20 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 08, as available
    ARCA08012     Archaeology 2B: Archaeology in Action     (20 credits)

     




    Year 3, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to honours requires a pass of 50% or above in Scotland and Orality and Visualising Scotland.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCET10029 Scottish Studies Dissertation Part A As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 8 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    CLLC10002    Film Criticism and Analysis   20  
    CLLC10003    Thinking Translation: a Beginner's Guide   20  

     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses, as available

     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ARCA10003    Human Origins   20  
    ARCA10063    The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation   20  
    ARCA10035    The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans   20  
    ARCA10047    Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece   20  
    ARCA10020    Conceptualising the Neolithic   20  
    ARCA10071    Constantinople and the Cities of Asia Minor, 330-565   20  
    ARCA10051    From Foraging to Farming: The Beginnings of Agriculture in the Mediterranean and Europe   20  
    ARCA10027    Gallia from the 3rd Century BC to Augustus   20  
    GEGR10039    Principles of Geographical Information Science   20  
    ARCA10076    Death, Decay and Reconstruction: Discovering past lifeways through Archaeological Human Remains   20  
    ARCA10077    Scientific Methods in Bio-Archaeology   20  
    ARCA10079    Environmental Archaeology   20  
    ARCA10055    Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850.   20  
    ARCA10014    Archaeological Illustration   20  
    ARCA10082    Archaeology of Architecture   20  
    CACA10033    Classical Archaeology in the Field (B)   20  
    ARCA10061    Island Worlds: prehistoric societies in the western Mediterranean from Malta to Minorca   20  
    ARCA10030    The Iron Age of Western Temperate Europe until the 3rd Century BC   20  
    ARCA10073    Rock Art and Archaeology: from Scotland to the Sahara   20  
    ARCA10034    Ritual and Monumentality in North-West Europe: Mid-6th to Mid-3rd Millennium BC   20  
    ARCA10081    Mediterranean Archaeology in the Field   20  
    ARCA10074    Late Hunter-Gatherers in Europe   20  
    ARCA10072    Early Farmers of the Near East: The Transition from Foraging to Agriculture   20  
    ARCA10023    Etruscan Italy 1000-300 BC   20  
    CACA10005    Roman Propaganda: The Archaeological and Artistic Evidence   20  

     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 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  
    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  
    SCHI10012    Chivalry, Warfare and Society in Medieval Scotland   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  
    HIST10379    Improving the Nation. Change and Modernisation in Scotland, 1660-1730   20  
    SCHI10043    Literature and Politics in Early-Modern Scotland   20  
    SCHI10074    The Swinging Sixties? Exploring Culture and Society in Britain, c. 1956-1974   20  
    ECHS10006    Creation of a Protestant Scotland, 1558-1638   20  
    ECHS10003    Religion, Liberalism and Nationalism in Britain and Ireland 1815-1850 3/4   20  
    SCHI10064    Scottish Politics since 1906   20  
    SCHI10073    Scotland and the Great War   20  
    HIST10389    Print Culture and the Enlightenment: Edinburgh and London, 1710-1814   20  

     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from Celtic Level 10 courses, as available

     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses, as available

     
    OR   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PLIT10001    Scottish Government and Politics   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10020    Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change   20  
    HIAR10009    From Jacobitism to Romanticism: The (Re)invention of Scotland in Visual and Material Culture   20  
    HIAR10034    Myth and History in Scottish Modern and Contemporary Art 1945-2000   20  
    HIAR10035    Scottish Art in the Age of Change 1945-2000   20  
    ARHI10005    Evolution of the Edinburgh Townscape   20  

     



    Year 4, Academic year 2015/16, 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. (Scottish Studies Dissertation Part A). 2. (Scottish Studies Dissertation Part B). 3. (Level 10 option course). 4 -12. (Honours option courses from the following subjects: - Scottish Studies; Scottish History; Scottish Ethnology; Celtic; English Literature or Archaeology).



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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCET10030 Scottish Studies Dissertation Part B As available 20




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


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 100 credits from Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses, as available

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 100 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  
    SCHI10021    The European Witch-Hunt   40  
    SCHI10018    Highland Problems,1851 to 1953   40  
    SCHI10017    Clan Campbell and the Lordship of the Isles in the Later Middle Ages   40  
    SCHI10075    Atlantic Encounters. Scotland and the North Atlantic World in the Seventeenth Century   40  
    HIST10390    Culture and the Arts in Post-war Scotland   40  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 100 credits from Celtic Level 10 courses, as available

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 100 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses, as available

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 100 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ARCA10013    Archaeological Fieldwork   20  
    ARCA10003    Human Origins   20  
    ARCA10063    The Hittites: The Archaeology of an Ancient Near Eastern Civilisation   20  
    ARCA10035    The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans   20  
    ARCA10047    Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece   20  
    ARCA10020    Conceptualising the Neolithic   20  
    ARCA10071    Constantinople and the Cities of Asia Minor, 330-565   20  
    ARCA10051    From Foraging to Farming: The Beginnings of Agriculture in the Mediterranean and Europe   20  
    ARCA10027    Gallia from the 3rd Century BC to Augustus   20  
    GEGR10039    Principles of Geographical Information Science   20  
    ARCA10076    Death, Decay and Reconstruction: Discovering past lifeways through Archaeological Human Remains   20  
    ARCA10077    Scientific Methods in Bio-Archaeology   20  
    CACA10005    Roman Propaganda: The Archaeological and Artistic Evidence   20  
    ARCA10079    Environmental Archaeology   20  
    ARCA10055    Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850.   20  
    ARCA10014    Archaeological Illustration   20  
    ARCA10082    Archaeology of Architecture   20  
    ARCA10034    Ritual and Monumentality in North-West Europe: Mid-6th to Mid-3rd Millennium BC   20  
    ARCA10074    Late Hunter-Gatherers in Europe   20  
    ARCA10081    Mediterranean Archaeology in the Field   20  
    ARCA10072    Early Farmers of the Near East: The Transition from Foraging to Agriculture   20  
    ARCA10023    Etruscan Italy 1000-300 BC   20  
    ARCA10061    Island Worlds: prehistoric societies in the western Mediterranean from Malta to Minorca   20  
    ARCA10030    The Iron Age of Western Temperate Europe until the 3rd Century BC   20  
    CACA10033    Classical Archaeology in the Field (B)   20  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PLIT10001    Scottish Government and Politics   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10020    Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change   20  
    HIAR10009    From Jacobitism to Romanticism: The (Re)invention of Scotland in Visual and Material Culture   20  
    HIAR10034    Myth and History in Scottish Modern and Contemporary Art 1945-2000   20  
    HIAR10035    Scottish Art in the Age of Change 1945-2000   20  
    ARHI10005    Evolution of the Edinburgh Townscape   20  

     



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