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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.

It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that students choose outside courses in second year that follow on from first year, so that there is the possibility of an alternative degree programme at the end of second year.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

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

Notes:
This excludes Scottish Literature 1.
Level 7 language courses cannot be taken for credits on this degree programme.
AND

Scandinavian Studies Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses

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

Notes:
It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that students choose outside courses in second year that follow on from first year, so that there is the possibility of an alternative degree programme at the end of second year.

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

Scandinavian Y2 elective

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Courses from School of Literatures Languages and Cultures- Scandinavian Studies (MA)- Level 8

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

Notes:
Level 7 language courses cannot be taken for credits on this degree programme.
Selected courses must be passed
OR

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

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


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

Notes:
During 3rd year: at least 30 weeks must be spent in the relevant country and prescribed work completed in English Literature 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. Scandinavian Studies 4 Honours Paper 1.
2. Scandinavian Studies 4 Honours Paper 1.
3. Scandinavian Studies 4 Honours Paper 2.
4. Scandinavian Studies Oral.
5. Long Essay for English Literature.
6. Long Essay for English Literature.
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 Scandinavian Studies.
10. English Literature option Courses.
11. English Literature option Courses.
12. A: Critical Practice Course:(10 credits); B: Critical Practice Course: (10 credits)

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

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. Scandinavian Studies 4 Honours Paper 1.
2. Scandinavian Studies 4 Honours Paper 1.
3. Scandinavian Studies 4 Honours Paper 2.
4. Scandinavian Studies Oral.
5. Long Essay for English Literature.
6. Long Essay for English Literature.
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 Scandinavian Studies.
10. English Literature option Courses.
11. English Literature option Courses.
12. A: Critical Practice Course:(10 credits); B: Critical Practice Course: (10 credits)

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

DELC Dissertation or Long Essay

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

European Languages & Cultures - Scandinavian Stud Level 10 courses

AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Oral for Swedish

Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
OR

Oral for Norwegian

Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
OR

Oral for Danish

Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
AND

Group B

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

English Literature_Year 3_Critical Practice

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Take one course in semester 1 and one course in semester 2.
AND

English Literature Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses
Notes:
English Literature option courses only.

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