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Degree Programme Table: Celtic and French (MA Hons) (UTCELFRMAH)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: September

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Celtic_Year 1_Gaelic

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Gaelic 1A
CELT08004 40 credits
Gaelic 1B
CELT08005 40 credits
OR

Celtic_Year 1_Celtic Civ

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Celtic Civilisation 1A
CELT08014 20 credits
Celtic Civilisation 1B
CELT08015 20 credits
OR

Celtic_Year 1_IGLAC

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Celtic Civilisation 1B
CELT08015 20 credits
Introduction to Gaelic Language and Culture
CELT08017 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

French language options - Year 1

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
Selected courses must be passed
French 1A
ELCF08005 40 credits
French 1B
ELCF08006 40 credits
AND

Group C

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Year 2 Academic year: 2020/21, 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. If a student achieves a pass in ELCF08012 French 2 Literature and Culture but fails to meet the 50% requirement, progression to Honours will be permitted if the student has achieved 50% or more at first attempt in ELCF08009 Politics and Institutions of Contemporary France A.
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
French 2 Language

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

ELCF08013 20 credits
French 2 Literature and Culture

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

ELCF08012 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Celtic_Year 2_Gaelic

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%
Gaelic 2A
CELT08006 40 credits
Gaelic 2B
CELT08007 40 credits
OR

Celtic_Year 2_Celtic Literature in Translation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed 1st time at 50%
Heroes, Wonders, Saints and Sagas: Medieval Celtic Literature in Translation
CELT08022 20 credits
Songs, Swords, Rebels and Revivals: Modern Celtic Literature in Translation
CELT08023 20 credits
AND

Group B

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 Linguistics courses students must have passed: Linguistics and English Language 1.

Selected courses must be passed
Introduction to European Cinema
ELCC08003 20 credits
Languages Beyond University
ELCC08004 20 credits
Crime and Detection in Literature
ELCC08005 20 credits
Cultural Responses to War
ELCC08006 20 credits
The Coming of Age Narrative
ELCC08007 20 credits
Dynamics of Language and Power
ELCC08008 20 credits
Migration, Diaspora, Exile: The Politics of Representation
ELCC08009 20 credits
Gender and Culture
ELCC08010 20 credits
Politics and Institutions of Contemporary France A
ELCF08009 20 credits
Culture and Society in the Catalan World
ELCH08014 20 credits
Catalan language for beginners
ELCH08015 20 credits
Basque Language for beginners
ELCH08017 20 credits
Transnational Russian Culture
ELCR08010 20 credits
The Golden Age of Russian Literature
ELCR08011 20 credits
Scandinavian Languages 2
ELCS08010 20 credits
Scandinavian Civilisation A: Vikings, Sagas and the Road to Enlightenment
ELCS08037 20 credits
Scandinavian Civilisation B: From National Romanticism to the Nordic Model
ELCS08038 20 credits
LEL2B: Phonetic Analysis and Empirical Methods
LASC08018 20 credits
LEL2C: English in Time and Space
LASC08019 20 credits
LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories
LASC08020 20 credits
LEL2E: Structure and History of European Languages
LASC08021 20 credits
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: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Notes:
During 3rd Year, when permitted, at least 30 weeks must be spent in a French-speaking country and prescribed work completed in Celtic and French in an approved establishment. During sessions when this is not permitted students will be offered an alternative means of engagement.

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. 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. Year Abroad Work for Celtic
6. Year Abroad Work for Celtic (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. Honours option course in French
10. Honours option course in French
11. Honours option course in Celtic
12. Honours option course in Celtic

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Year Abroad Work for Celtic
CELT10049 40 credits
Language acquisition through residence/study B
ELCC10004 40 credits
Year Abroad online language learning course - French
ELCF10078 20 credits

Course options

DELC Year Abroad Options

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Modern European Languages Year Abroad Assessment
ELCC10002 20 credits
MEL dissertation preparation
ELCC10005 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2020/21, 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. 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. Year Abroad Work for Celtic
6. Year Abroad Work for Celtic (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. Honours option course in French
10. Honours option course in French
11. Honours option course in Celtic
12. Honours option course in Celtic

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
French Hons - Language Paper 1
ELCF10002 10 credits
French Hons - Language Paper 2
ELCF10003 10 credits
Oral for French
ELCC10013 0 credits

Course options

Courses from schedule G - MEL joint degrees - level 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
MEL dissertation completion
ELCC10006 20 credits
MEL Long Essay
ELCC10011 20 credits
AND

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

European Languages and Cultures - French Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from European Languages and Cultures - French Level 10 courses
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