THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2022/2023

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

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

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

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


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

Notes:
Entry to year 3 requires a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in Scottish Literature 2A and 2B; and 50% or more, at first attempt, in Introduction to Historiography AND in the selected course from the Scottish History collection.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

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

Notes:
Students on this degree programme are not permitted to take Literary Studies 2A or 2B.

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

Notes:
N.B. In selecting courses in 3rd and 4th Year, students must choose their courses with the relevant Scottish content from the list of English Literature courses which will be made available in the previous session.

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.)

From Third Year:

1. Honours option for Scottish History.
2. Honours option for Scottish History.
3. English Literature honours 3 option course Semester 1.
4. English Literature honours 3 option course Semester 2.
5. A. Critical Practice: Criticism (10 credits) and B. Critical Practice: Poetry (10 credits) OR Honours option for Scottish History.
6. A. Critical Practice: Prose (10 credits) and B. Critical Practice: Performance (10 credits) OR Honours option for Scottish History.

From Fourth Year:

7. Honours option for Scottish History.
8. Honours option for Scottish History.
9. English Literature honours 4 option course Semester 1.
10. English Literature honours 4 option course Semester 2.
11. Dissertation for English Literature or Scottish History.
12. Dissertation for English Literature or Scottish History.

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

Course options

AND

English Literature Level 10 courses

Select exactly 20 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses
Notes:
English Literature 3 Honours Core/Option course
Selected courses must be passed and taken during Semester 1
AND

English Literature Level 10 courses

Select exactly 20 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses
Notes:
English Literature 3 Honours Core/Option course
Selected courses must be passed and taken during Semester 2
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

English Literature_Year 3_Critical Practice

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
OR

History Honours Skills Courses for joint degrees

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Historical Skills and Methods II is strongly recommended if intending to take the Dissertation in Scottish History.
AND

Year 4 Academic year: 2022/23, 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.)

From Third Year:
1. Honours option for Scottish History.
2. Honours option for Scottish History.
3. English Literature honours 3 option course Semester 1.
4. English Literature honours 3 option course Semester 2.
5. A. Critical Practice: Criticism (10 credits) and B. Critical Practice: Poetry (10 credits) OR Honours option for Scottish History.
6. A. Critical Practice: Prose (10 credits) and B. Critical Practice: Performance (10 credits) OR Honours option for Scottish History.

From Fourth Year:
7. Honours option for Scottish History.
8. Honours option for Scottish History.
9. English Literature honours 4 option course Semester 1.
10. English Literature honours 4 option course Semester 2.
11. Dissertation for English Literature or Scottish History.
12. Dissertation for English Literature or Scottish History.

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

Course options

Dissertation for Scottish Lit and Scottish History students

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

English Literature Level 10 courses

Select between 20 and 40 credits from English Literature Level 10 courses
Notes:
Select from English Literature 4 Honours Option courses
AND

LLC Common Courses for English Literature

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses

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