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 course, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.

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

Course options

Russian language options - Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Spanish language options - Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

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.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Courses from School of LLC and PPLS 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.

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: 2018/19, Starting in: August

Notes:
At least 30 weeks of approved residence is required in the relevant countries. The minimum period of residence in the country of either of the languages will be eight consecutive weeks.

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.

1. Russian Language Paper 1 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP1 course)
2. Spanish Language Paper 1 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP1 course)
3. Oral for Russian (taught and assessed in Y4)
4. Oral for Spanish (taught and assessed in Y4)
5. Russian Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
6. Spanish Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
7. MEL Year Abroad Work (ECTS ELCC10002 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; credits cannot be awarded for Dissertation preparation unless the full 2 year course is completed)
9. Russian Hons option 1
10. Russian Hons option 2
11. Spanish Hons option 1
12. Spanish Hons option 2

Compulsory courses

Course options

Courses from School(s) G - Level(s) 10

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Russian Honours course options - Year 4

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

European Languages and Cultures - Hispanic Studies Level 10 courses

AND

DELC Dissertation or Long Essay

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses

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