THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

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

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Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

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

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.

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

Notes:
Students on this degree programme are not permitted to take English Literature 1

Year 2 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: August

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

Entry into Honours:
1. Students must normally achieve 50% or more in Scottish Literature 2.
2. Students must normally achieve 50% or more in either Gaelic 2A or Gaelic 2B (Modern Honours route) or in both Celtic Literature in Translation courses (Medieval Honours route).

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_Celtic Literature in Translation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Students on this degree programme are not permitted to take English Literature 2

Year 3 Academic year: 2018/19, 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 purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)
1. Celtic Dissertation (Part 1) or Scottish Literature Dissertation
2. Celtic Dissertation (Part 2) or Scottish Literature Dissertation
3. to 6. Celtic Honours option courses
7. to 10. Scottish Literature Honours option courses
11. to 12. Celtic or Scottish Literature Honours option courses

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

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.
Selected courses must be passed
AND

English Literature Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses
Selected courses must be passed
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Celtic Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Celtic Level 10 courses
Notes:
Honours degrees must include 40 credits of dissertation work in one or the other of the subjects. A 20 credit unit towards the dissertation will be taken in third year, and a 20 credit completion unit in fourth year. Students who have not taken Gaelic language to Year 2 must select their Celtic Honours courses from the list of medieval options.
Selected courses must be passed
AND

English Literature Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses
Notes:
Honours degrees must include 40 credits of dissertation work in one or the other of the subjects. Further information about English Literature Honours courses and their availability, including restrictions on choice will be made available for students.
Selected courses must be passed
AND

Celtic_Year 3_Dissertation

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
If the dissertation is taken in Celtic, a 20-credit unit towards the dissertation will be taken in third year, and a 20-credit completion unit in fourth year. Students opting for a Celtic dissertation will therefore be required to take a 20-credit unit towards their dissertation in third year together with option courses in Celtic totalling 40 credits, followed by a 20-credit completion unit in fourth year together with honours options in Celtic totalling 60 credits.

Year 4 Academic year: 2018/19, 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 purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)
1. Celtic Dissertation (Part 1) or Scottish Literature Dissertation
2. Celtic Dissertation (Part 2) or Scottish Literature Dissertation
3. to 6. Celtic Honours option courses
7. to 10. Scottish Literature Honours option courses
11. to 12. Celtic or Scottish Literature Honours option courses

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

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

English Literature Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

English Lit_Year 4_Dissertation

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Celtic Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 20 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

Celtic_Year 4_Dissertation

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses

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