THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2021/2022

Information in the Degree Programme Tables may still be subject to change in response to Covid-19

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Year 1 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Japanese Language - Beginner - Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Beginner-level students take the Beginner course in Semester 1 and the Post-Beginner course in Semester 2.
OR

Japanese Language - Post-Beginner - Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Post-Beginner-level students take the Post-Beginner course in Semester 1 and the Pre-Intermediate course in Semester 2.
OR

Japanese Language - Advanced - Year 1

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Advanced-level students take the Pre-Intermediate course in Semester 1 and the Lower Intermediate course in Semester 2.
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Japanese course options - Year 1 and 2 (UTJAPLI)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please be aware that all courses may not be available every year.
AND

Level 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Year 2 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry to Honours requires the following:

(1) a pass at 50 or above at the first attempt in the selected Japanese Language courses;
(2) a mark of 40 or above at the first attempt in LEL2A: Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English, and LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories;
(3) an average of 50 or above at the first attempt across the courses LEL2A and LEL2D.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Japanese Language - Beginner - Year 2

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students who took Beginner course options in Year 1 take the Pre-Intermediate course in Semester 1 and the Lower Intermediate course in Semester 2.
OR

Japanese Language - Post-Beginner - Year 2

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students who took Post-Beginner course options in Year 1 take the Lower Intermediate course in Semester 1 and the Mid-Intermediate course in Semester 2.
OR

Japanese Language - Advanced - Year 2

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students who took Advanced course options in Year 1 take the Mid-Intermediate course in Semester 1 and the Upper Intermediate course in Semester 2.
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Researching Japan: Skills, Methods and Critiques

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Japanese course options - Year 1 and 2 (UTJAPLI)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please be aware that all courses may not be available every year.
AND

Level 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Selected courses must be passed

Year 3 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: August

Notes:
During 3rd year, when permitted, at least 30 weeks of approved residence must be spent in a relevant country. 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. Japanese Language 4
2. Japanese Language 4
3. Translation from Japanese to English
4. Japanese Oral
5. Japanese Language 3
6. Third-year Project in Language Sciences
7. Third-year Project in Language Sciences
8. Japanese Honours or Language Sciences option course
9. Japanese Honours or Language Sciences option course
10. Language Sciences Honours option course
11. Language Sciences Honours option course
12. Language Sciences Honours option course

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2021/22, 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. Japanese Language 4
2. Japanese Language 4
3. Translation from Japanese to English
4. Japanese Oral
5. Japanese Language 3
6. Third-year Project in Language Sciences
7. Third-year Project in Language Sciences
8. Japanese Honours or Language Sciences option course
9. Japanese Honours or Language Sciences option course
10. Language Sciences Honours option course
11. Language Sciences Honours option course
12. Language Sciences Honours option course

Japanese Honours students may take only one Korean course option

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Language Sciences Level 10 courses

Select exactly 60 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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