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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2017/2018

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Year 1 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: September

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

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Celtic_Year 1_Gaelic

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
OR

Celtic_Year 1_Celtic Civ

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
OR

Celtic_Year 1_IGLAC

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

French language options - Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Entry requirements:
for French 1A: a pass in French at National 5 (SQA) or GCSE
for French 1B: a pass in French at Higher (SQA), A-level or equivalent
Entrants with SQA qualifications should hold at least a 'B' pass
AND

Group C

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W


Year 2 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

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

Entry into Honours:
1. Students must pass courses to the required value of 240 credits in the first two years.
2. Students must achieve 50% or more at first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree.
3. Students must achieve at least 50% overall in the relevant second-year language course(s), including at least 50% in the language component of that course.
4. All courses (including outside subjects) must be passed before embarking on the year abroad (an outside course passed at Resit in August will be acceptable).

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Celtic_Year 2_Gaelic

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
OR

Celtic_Year 2_Celt Lit

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Courses from School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures and Philosophy, Psychology and Language G - I Level(s) 8

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Politics and Institutions of Contemporary France is only available to students who have passed French 1A or French 1B.
Scandinavian Languages 2 is available to students who have taken a Scandinavian Studies language in year one.
For Linguistics courses students must have passed: Linguistics and English Language 1.

AND

Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Selected courses must be passed

Year 3 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Notes:
During 3rd Year:
At least 30 weeks must be spent in a French-speaking country.

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. French 4 Honours Language Paper 1
2. French 4 Honours Language Paper 1
3. French 4 Honours Language Paper 2
4. French Oral
5. Year Abroad Work for Celtic
6. Year Abroad Work for Celtic
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 8.) or MEL Year Abroad Assessment (Socrates Marks or Year Abroad Essay)
8. MEL Dissertation Completion or MEL Long Essay
9. Honours option course in French
10. Honours option course in French
11. Honours option course in Celtic
12. Honours option course in Celtic

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

DELC Year Abroad Options

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

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. French 4 Honours Language Paper 1
2. French 4 Honours Language Paper 1
3. French 4 Honours Language Paper 2
4. French Oral
5. Year Abroad Work for Celtic
6. Year Abroad Work for Celtic
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 8.) or MEL Year Abroad Assessment (Socrates Marks or Year Abroad Essay)
8. MEL Dissertation Completion or MEL Long Essay
9. Honours option course in French
10. Honours option course in French
11. Honours option course in Celtic
12. Honours option course in Celtic

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Courses from schedule G - MEL joint degrees - level 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Celtic Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Celtic Level 10 courses
Notes:
Students who have not taken Gaelic language to Year 2 must select their Celtic Honours courses from the list of medieval options.
AND

European Languages and Cultures - French Level 10 courses


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