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Degree Programme Table: Scottish Ethnology and English Language (MA Hons) (UTSETEL)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Students should aim to divide the number of credits they take in each academic year evenly between Semester 1 and Semester 2

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Scottish Studies 1A: Conceptualising Scotland

Must be passed

SCET08006 20 credits
Scottish Studies 1B: Creating Scotland

Must be passed

SCET08007 20 credits
Linguistics and English Language 1A

Must be passed

LASC08022 20 credits
Linguistics and English Language 1B

Must be passed

LASC08023 20 credits

Course options

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

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

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry into Honours:
1. Progression to English Language Honours requires a minimum of 40% in each obligatory LEL2 course, achieved on the first or second sitting.
2. Students must normally achieve 50% or more at first attempt in Scotland & Orality and Visualising Scotland.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Scotland and Orality

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCET08008 20 credits
Visualising Scotland

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCET08009 20 credits
LEL2A: Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English

Must be passed

LASC08017 20 credits

Course options

LEL2C and 2E

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note LEL2C clashes with SCET08009 Visualising Scotland
Selected courses must be passed
LEL2C: English in Time and Space
LASC08019 20 credits
LEL2E: Structure and History of European Languages
LASC08021 20 credits
AND

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

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Notes:
It is recommended that students take at least 20 credits of further LEL2 courses.

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, 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. Dissertation in Language Sciences or in Scottish Ethnology
2. Dissertation in Language Sciences or in Scottish Ethnology
3. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
4. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
5. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
6. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
7. Honours option course in English Language
8. Honours option course in English Language
9. Honours option course in English Language
10. Honours option course in English Language
11. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology or English Language
12. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology or English Language

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses
Selected courses must be passed
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Courses from School(s) I - English Language (MA Hons) - Level(s) 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
The LEL Honours handbook giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning. Students MUST consult this handbook regarding the selection of 'core' courses.
Selected courses must be passed
English Word-Formation
LASC10007 20 credits
Middle English
LASC10009 20 credits
Lexical Semantics
LASC10011 20 credits
Historical Linguistics
LASC10021 20 credits
Statistics and Experimental Design
LASC10033 20 credits
English grammar: a cognitive account
LASC10045 20 credits
Reading Old English
LASC10049 20 credits
Corpus Linguistics
LASC10055 20 credits
Global Englishes
LASC10056 20 credits
Syntactic Theory and English Syntax
LASC10065 20 credits
Figurative Language
LASC10066 20 credits
Pragmatics
LASC10067 20 credits
Current Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics
LASC10069 20 credits
Current Issues in Morphology
LASC10070 20 credits
Scots and Scottish English
LASC10072 20 credits
Computer Programming for Speech and Language Processing
LASC10079 20 credits
Early Germanic Dialects
LASC10080 20 credits
Phonological Theory and English Phonology
LASC10083 20 credits
Dialects of English in Britain and Ireland
LASC10085 20 credits
AND

Group C

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses
Selected courses must be passed
OR

Courses from School(s) I - English Language (MA Hons) - Level(s) 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
The LEL Honours handbook giving details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses, will be available to students entering the course to facilitate advance planning. Students MUST consult this handbook regarding the selection of 'core' courses.
Selected courses must be passed
English Word-Formation
LASC10007 20 credits
Middle English
LASC10009 20 credits
Lexical Semantics
LASC10011 20 credits
Historical Linguistics
LASC10021 20 credits
Statistics and Experimental Design
LASC10033 20 credits
English grammar: a cognitive account
LASC10045 20 credits
Reading Old English
LASC10049 20 credits
Corpus Linguistics
LASC10055 20 credits
Global Englishes
LASC10056 20 credits
Syntactic Theory and English Syntax
LASC10065 20 credits
Figurative Language
LASC10066 20 credits
Pragmatics
LASC10067 20 credits
Current Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics
LASC10069 20 credits
Current Issues in Morphology
LASC10070 20 credits
Scots and Scottish English
LASC10072 20 credits
Computer Programming for Speech and Language Processing
LASC10079 20 credits
Early Germanic Dialects
LASC10080 20 credits
Phonological Theory and English Phonology
LASC10083 20 credits
Dialects of English in Britain and Ireland
LASC10085 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, 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. Dissertation in Language Sciences or in Scottish Ethnology
2. Dissertation in Language Sciences or in Scottish Ethnology
3. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
4. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
5. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
6. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology
7. Honours option course in English Language
8. Honours option course in English Language
9. Honours option course in English Language
10. Honours option course in English Language
11. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology or English Language
12. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology or English Language

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Scottish Ethnology Hons Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Scottish Ethnology Hons Dissertation
SCET10017 40 credits
OR

Dissertation in Language Sciences

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Dissertation in Language Sciences
LASC10024 40 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Scottish Ethnology Level 10 courses
AND

Group C

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Language Sciences Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Language Sciences Level 10 courses
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