THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2018/2019
- ARCHIVE as at 1 September 2018

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Year 1 Academic year: 2018/19, 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

Courses from School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures- Multiple programmes- Level 8

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 A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Philosophy of Science 1

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
OR

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.

Year 2 Academic year: 2018/19, 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 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.

Progression to Philosophy Honours requires:
(1) an *average* of 50% across both the mandatory Philosophy courses standardly taken in the second year, Mind, Matter and Language (MML) and Knowledge and Reality (K&R) achieved at the first sitting and
(2) a minimum of 40% in each course (MML and K&R) achieved at the first sitting.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Philosophy of Science 1

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Courses from School of LLC and PPLS Level(s) 8

Select exactly 20 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

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Courses from School of LLC and PPLS 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.
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.

Year 3 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
During 3rd year: At least 30 weeks must be spent in the relevant country and prescribed work completed in Philosophy and the relevant language in an approved establishment.

Final Assessment:

*This applies to students who will be studying abroad during 2018/19*

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 Language Paper 1 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP1 course)
2. French Language Paper 2 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP2 course)
3. Oral for French (taught and assessed in Y4)
4. French Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
5. Philosophy YA Work
6. Philosophy YA Work (Same mark as 5)
7. MEL Year Abroad work OR MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 8)
8. MEL Long Essay OR MEL Dissertation Completion (Papers 7 & 8 are a combined grade 10% from preparation and 90% from final dissertation preparation. Credits cannot be awarded for Dissertation preparation unless the full 2 year course is completed.)
9. French Hons option course
10. Philosophy option 1
11. Philosophy option 2
12. Philosophy option 3

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: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
Final Assessment:

*This applies to students completing their degree during 2018/19*

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. Philosophy Work (Year Abroad, MEL).
6. Philosophy Work (Year Abroad, MEL).
7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 8, Dissertation Completion) OR Year Abroad Assessment.
8. MEL Dissertation Completion OR MEL Long Essay.
9. Honours course option in French.
10. Courses in Philosophy.
11. Courses in Philosophy.
12. Courses in Philosophy.

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

European Languages and Cultures - French Level 10 courses

AND

Philosophy Honours Year 4

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
It is strongly recommended that students in year 4 select courses that are usually taken in year 4.

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