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

Scandinavian Studies Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

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


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 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 Studies language options - Year 2

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Courses from School of Literature, Languages and Cultures- Multiple UG Courses- Level 8

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Level 7 and 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:
During 3rd Year:
At least 15 weeks must be spent in a Scandinavian-speaking country and prescribed work completed in Scottish Ethnology 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. Scandinavian Language Paper 1 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP1 course)
2. Scandinavian Language Paper 2 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP2 course)
3. Oral for Scandinavian (taught and assessed in Y4)
4. Scandinavian Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
5. MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 6) or Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
6. MEL Dissertation Completion or Dissertation in Scottish Ethnology (if MEL Dissertation, Papers 5 & 6 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)
7. Dissertation in Scottish Ethnology or Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
8. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
9. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
10. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
11. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
12. Honours option course in Scandinavian Studies

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses
AND

Group B

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

MEL dissertation preparation

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
OR

Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses

Select exactly 20 credits from Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses
AND

Group C

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Scandinavian Online Language Courses

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. Scandinavian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 1
2. Scandinavian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 1
3. Scandinavian Studies 4 Honours Language Paper 2
4. Scandinavian Studies Oral
5. MEL Dissertation Preparation or Dissertation in Scottish Ethnology (same mark as 6.)
6. MEL Dissertation Completion or Dissertation in Scottish Ethnology
7. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
8. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
9. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
10. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
11. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
12. Honours option course in Scandinavian Studies

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Scandinavian Year 4 orals

Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
AND

European Languages & Cultures - Scandinavian Stud Level 10 courses

AND

Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Scottish Ethnology Hons Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
OR

MEL dissertation completion

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses

Select exactly 20 credits from Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses

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