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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.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Russian language options - Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

First Year History - Worlds Courses

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Level 7 language courses cannot be taken for credits on this degree programme.
OR

Further History Options

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses

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

Notes:
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 in 40 credits of second year History courses at the first attempt;
(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, at the first attempt.

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

Second Year History Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students are strongly encouraged to take Introduction to Historiography
AND

Group A

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 LEL2 courses students must have passed: Linguistics and English Language 1 or A Brief Introduction to Language.

OR

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:
At least 30 weeks must be spent in the relevant country and prescribed work completed in History and the relevant language in an approved establishment.

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. Russian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 1.
2. Russian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 1.
3. Russian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 2.
4. Russian Oral.
5. Year abroad work for degrees in Russian Studies & History.
6. Year abroad work for degrees in Russian Studies & History.
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 8) OR MEL Year Abroad Assessment.
8. MEL Dissertation Completion OR MEL Long Essay.
9. Honours course option in Russian.
10. Course in History
11. Course in History.
12. Course in History (same mark as 11).

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. Russian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 1.
2. Russian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 1.
3. Russian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 2.
4. Russian Oral.
5. Year abroad work for degrees in Russian Studies & History.
6. Year abroad work for degrees in Russian Studies & History.
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 8) OR MEL Year Abroad Assessment.
8. MEL Dissertation Completion OR MEL Long Essay.
9. Honours course option in Russian
10. Course in History
11. Course in History.
12. Course in History (same mark as 11).

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

DELC Dissertation or Long Essay

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

European Languages and Cultures - Russian Studies Level 10 courses

AND
AND

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

History Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 20 credits from History Level 10 courses
Notes:
1. Only 20-credit courses may be chosen.
2. ARCA10035: The Scottish Lowlands: Archaeology and Landscape before the Normans (20 credits) is also available as an option choice in this group.
OR

Ancient History Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Ancient History Level 10 courses
Notes:
Only 20-credit courses may be chosen.
OR

Scottish History Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Scottish History Level 10 courses
Notes:
Only 20-credit courses may be chosen.
OR

Economic and Social History Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Economic and Social History Level 10 courses
Notes:
Only 20-credit courses may be chosen.

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