THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2022/2023

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Year 1 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

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

Selected courses must be passed

Year 2 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students who have passed courses to the required value of 240 credits, and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree, are automatically entitled to progress to honours. Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their exchange. It is compulsory to have passed 240 credits by June before the JYA in September.

Students intending to transfer to single honours Politics must take Introduction to Political Data Analysis (and achieve a mark of 50% or more at the first attempt) .

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

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Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

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

Select between 0 and 60 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Selected courses must be passed
AND

Politics Year 2 Optional Courses

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses

Year 3 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students who have passed courses to the required value of 240 credits, and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree, are automatically entitled to progress to honours. Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their JYA.

Students considering the Social Anthropology Dissertation in Y4 must take Imagining Anthropological Research (SCAN10037) in Y3 (even if abroad).

Students considering the Politics Dissertation are strongly recommended to take Research Design in Politics and International Relations (PLIT10106).

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

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Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Imagining Anthropological Research

Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students intending to take the Social Anthropology Dissertation in Year 4 are required to take this zero-credit course as preparation.
AND

3rd Year Core courses Social Anthropology

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group B

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select between 20 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students wishing to take Culture and Power (SCAN10030) are encouraged to do so in Year 4.
AND

Politics Year 3 Electives

Select between 40 and 80 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students intending to take the Politics Dissertation in Year 4 are strongly encouraged to take Research Design in Politics and International Relations (PLIT10106)

Year 4 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students taking the Social Anthropology Dissertation must have taken Imagining Anthropological Research (SCAN10037) in Year 3.

Students taking the Politics Dissertation are strongly recommended to have taken Research Design in Politics and International Relations (PLIT10106).
Students who were on JYA in Year 3, may take this course in Year 4.

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

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4TH YEAR DISSERTATIONS- Social Anthropology and Politics (MA)- Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students taking the Social Anthropology Dissertation are expected to use the summer vacation of their third year on research for their dissertation.
AND

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Politics Year 4 Electives

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses

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