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Degree Programme Table: Scottish Literature (MA Hons) (UTSLITT)

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

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

Notes:
It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that students choose outside courses in first year that follow on into second year, so that there is the possibility of an alternative degree programme at the end of second year.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Literary Studies 1A

Must be passed

ENLI08020 20 credits
Literary Studies 1B

Must be passed

ENLI08021 20 credits

Course options

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

Select exactly 80 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

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

Notes:
It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that students choose outside courses in second year that follow on from first year, so that there is the possibility of an alternative degree programme at the end of second year.

Entry to year 3 requires a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in Scottish Literature 2.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Scottish Literature 2

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

ENLI08004 40 credits

Course options

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

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Excluding English Literature 1
AND

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

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

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

Notes:
N.B. In selecting courses in 3rd and 4th Year, students must include at least 6 courses with Scottish content (marked with an *), a list of which will be made available in the previous session.

Final Assessment Weighting: 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.)

From Third year:
1) S1 Core Period Course
2) S1 Option Course
3) A. Critical Practice: Criticism (10 credits) and B. Critical Practice: Poetry (10 credits)
4) S2 Core Period Course
5) S2 Option Course
6) A. Critical Practice: Prose (10 credits) and B. Critical Practice: Performance (10 credits)

From Fourth year:
7) S1 Core Period Course
8) S1 Option Course
9) S2 Core Period Course
10) S2 Option Course
11) Scottish Literature Dissertation
12) Scottish Literature Dissertation

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Critical Practice: Prose

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

ENLI10112 10 credits
Critical Practice: Poetry

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

ENLI10187 10 credits
Critical Practice: Criticism

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

ENLI10306 10 credits
Critical Practice: Performance

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

ENLI10188 10 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

English Literature Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses
Notes:
English Literature 3 Honours Core Period courses
Select one 20 credit course during Semester 1 and one 20 credit course during Semester 2.

NB: Scottish courses are marked with an asterisk
Selected courses must be passed
AND

English Literature Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses
Notes:
English Literature 3 Honours Option courses
Select one 20 credit course during Semester 1 and one 20 credit course during Semester 2.

NB: Scottish courses are marked with an asterisk
Selected courses must be passed
OR

Group B

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

English Literature Level 10 courses

Select exactly 60 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses
Notes:
You must select one 20 credit course from the Core Period Courses in Semester 1 and one in Semester 2

AND

You must select at least one 20 credit course from the Honours Option courses.
Selected courses must be passed
AND

LLC Common Courses and Divinity courses for English Literature students

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock
CLLC10007 20 credits
Boundaries of the Human: gender, madness and werewolves in medieval literature
CLLC10008 20 credits
Comparative Literature in a European and Global Perspective
ELCC10022 20 credits
Bertolt Brecht
ELCG10022 20 credits
Vulnerability and the City: German Literary Cartographies of Danger and Refuge
ELCG10036 20 credits
Latin America: History and Culture Entwined
ELCH10073 20 credits
The Great Russian Novel
ELCR10002 20 credits
Old Norse Literature and Society
ELCS10039 20 credits
Modern Religious and Ethical Debates in Contemporary Literature
REST10049 20 credits
Theatre, Religion and the Search for Peace
THET10064 20 credits
Scottish Literature and the Religious Imagination
THET10066 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: August

Notes:
Final Assessment Weighting: 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.)

From Third year:
1) S1 Core Course
2) S1 Core Course
3) A. Critical Practice: Criticism (10 credits) and B.Critical Practice: Poetry (10 credits)
4) S2 Core Course
5) S2 Option Course
6) A. Critical Practice: Prose (10 credits) and B. Critical Practice: Performance (10 credits)

From Fourth year:
7) S1 Core Course
8) S1 Option Course
9) S2 Core Course
10) S2 Option Course
11) Scottish Literature Dissertation
12) Scottish Literature Dissertation

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
English Literature Dissertation
ENLI10329 40 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

English Literature Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses
Notes:
English Literature 4 Honours Core Period courses
Select one 20 credit course during Semester 1 and one 20 credit course during Semester 2.
AND

English Literature Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses
Notes:
English Literature 4 Honours Option courses
Select one 20 credit course during Semester 1 and one 20 credit course during Semester 2.
OR

Group B

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

English Literature Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses
Notes:
English Literature 4 Honours Core Period courses
Select one 20 credit course during Semester 1 and one 20 credit course during Semester 2.
AND

English Literature Level 10 courses

Select exactly 20 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses
Notes:
Select from the Honours 4 Option courses
AND

LLC Common Courses and Divinity courses for English Literature students

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Select one 20 credit course from the list below
The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock
CLLC10007 20 credits
Boundaries of the Human: gender, madness and werewolves in medieval literature
CLLC10008 20 credits
Comparative Literature in a European and Global Perspective
ELCC10022 20 credits
Bertolt Brecht
ELCG10022 20 credits
Vulnerability and the City: German Literary Cartographies of Danger and Refuge
ELCG10036 20 credits
Latin America: History and Culture Entwined
ELCH10073 20 credits
The Great Russian Novel
ELCR10002 20 credits
Old Norse Literature and Society
ELCS10039 20 credits
Modern Religious and Ethical Debates in Contemporary Literature
REST10049 20 credits
Theatre, Religion and the Search for Peace
THET10064 20 credits
Scottish Literature and the Religious Imagination
THET10066 20 credits
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