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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026
- ARCHIVE as at 1 September 2025

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Degree Programme Table: Celtic and Scottish Literature (MA Hons) (UTMAHCELSL1F)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, 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
Literary Studies 1A

Must be passed

ENLI08020 20 credits
Literary Studies 1B

Must be passed

ENLI08021 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Celtic_Year 1_Gaelic

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Gaelic 1A
CELT08004 40 credits
Gaelic 1B
CELT08005 40 credits
OR

Celtic_Year 1_Celtic Civ

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Celtic Civilisation 1B: Domination, Dislocation, and Defiance
CELT08024 20 credits
Celtic Civilisation 1A: Barbarians, Saints, and Scholars
CELT08025 20 credits
OR

Celtic_Year 1_IGLAC

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Introduction to Gaelic Language and Culture
CELT08017 20 credits
Celtic Civilisation 1B: Domination, Dislocation, and Defiance
CELT08024 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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

Select between 20 and 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
AND

Challenge Courses: Engaging with complex problems through interdisciplinary collaboration

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Challenge Courses are designed to bring together students from different degree programmes to explore the complex issues facing the world today through interdisciplinary collaboration and creative thinking.

Working with each other and expert academics, students will gain new perspectives and develop important life skills highly valued by employers, such as teamwork, problem-solving and adaptability.
Our Changing World
BIME08006 20 credits
Sustainability and Social Responsibility (UG)
EDUA08116 20 credits
Wicked problems: Reason and Rhetoric
EDUA08126 20 credits
Understanding decolonisation in a globalised world
EDUA08127 20 credits
Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030
EFIE08008 20 credits
Living in the Anthropocene
GESC08004 20 credits
Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World
SSPS08012 20 credits
Healthy Eating for People and Planet
VETS08016 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry into Honours:
1. Students must normally achieve 50% or more in Scottish Literature 2A and 2B.
2. Students must normally achieve 50% or more in either Gaelic 2A or Gaelic 2B (Modern Honours route) or in both Celtic Literature in Translation courses (Medieval Honours route).

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Scottish Literature 2A

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

ENLI08022 20 credits
Scottish Literature 2B

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

ENLI08023 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Celtic_Year 2_Gaelic

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed at 50%
Gaelic 2A
CELT08006 40 credits
Gaelic 2B
CELT08007 40 credits
OR

Celtic_Year 2_Celtic Literature in Translation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed at 50%
Heroes, Wonders, Saints and Sagas: Medieval Celtic Literature in Translation
CELT08022 20 credits
Songs, Swords, Rebels and Revivals: Modern Celtic Literature in Translation
CELT08023 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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

Select between 20 and 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y
Notes:
Students on this degree programme are not permitted to take Literary Studies 2A or 2B.
AND

Challenge Courses: Engaging with complex problems through interdisciplinary collaboration

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Challenge Courses are designed to bring together students from different degree programmes to explore the complex issues facing the world today through interdisciplinary collaboration and creative thinking.

Working with each other and expert academics, students will gain new perspectives and develop important life skills highly valued by employers, such as teamwork, problem-solving and adaptability.
Our Changing World
BIME08006 20 credits
Sustainability and Social Responsibility (UG)
EDUA08116 20 credits
Wicked problems: Reason and Rhetoric
EDUA08126 20 credits
Understanding decolonisation in a globalised world
EDUA08127 20 credits
Sustainable Development Goals: History, Progress and Beyond 2030
EFIE08008 20 credits
Living in the Anthropocene
GESC08004 20 credits
Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World
SSPS08012 20 credits
Healthy Eating for People and Planet
VETS08016 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, 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 purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)
1. Celtic Dissertation (Part 1) or Scottish Literature Dissertation
2. Celtic Dissertation (Part 2) or Scottish Literature Dissertation
3. to 6. Celtic Honours option courses
7. to 10. Scottish Literature Honours option courses
11. to 12. Celtic or Scottish Literature Honours option courses

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

Course options

Celtic Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Celtic Level 10 courses
Notes:
Students who have not taken Gaelic language to Year 2 must select their Celtic Honours courses from the list of medieval options.
Selected courses must be passed
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Scottish Literature Year 3 Option Courses - Semester 1

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Mystery and Horror
ENLI10207 20 credits
Death and Dying in Late Medieval Literature
ENLI10387 20 credits
AND

Scottish Literature Year 3 Option Courses - Semester 2

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Creative Writing Part 2: Prose
ENLI10115 20 credits
Haunted Imaginations: Scotland and the Supernatural'
ENLI10349 20 credits
The Making of Modern Fantasy
ENLI10351 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Celtic_Year 3_Dissertation

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
If the dissertation is taken in Celtic, a 20-credit unit towards the dissertation will be taken in third year, and a 20-credit completion unit in fourth year.
Selected courses must be passed
Dissertation (Part 1)
CELT10036 20 credits
AND

Celtic Level 10 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Celtic Level 10 courses
Notes:
Students who have not taken Gaelic language to Year 2 must select their Celtic Honours courses from the list of medieval options.
Selected courses must be passed
AND

Scottish Literature Year 3 Option Courses - Semester 1

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Mystery and Horror
ENLI10207 20 credits
Death and Dying in Late Medieval Literature
ENLI10387 20 credits
AND

Scottish Literature Year 3 Option Courses - Semester 2

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Creative Writing Part 2: Prose
ENLI10115 20 credits
Haunted Imaginations: Scotland and the Supernatural'
ENLI10349 20 credits
The Making of Modern Fantasy
ENLI10351 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, 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 purpose of degree classification acquire weighting of 40 credits are, therefore, listed twice.)
1. Celtic Dissertation (Part 1) or Scottish Literature Dissertation
2. Celtic Dissertation (Part 2) or Scottish Literature Dissertation
3. to 6. Celtic Honours option courses
7. to 10. Scottish Literature Honours option courses
11. to 12. Celtic or Scottish Literature Honours option courses

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

Course options

Celtic Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Celtic Level 10 courses
Notes:
Students who have not taken Gaelic language to Year 2 must select their Celtic Honours courses from the list of medieval options.
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Scottish Literature Year 4 Option Courses - Semester 1

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Modern and Contemporary Scottish Poetry
ENLI10088 20 credits
Creative Writing Part I: Poetry
ENLI10210 20 credits
AND

Scottish Literature Year 4 Option Courses - Semester 2

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Medicine in Literature 2: Medical Ethics in Literature
ENLI10354 20 credits
Fiction and Espionage
ENLI10388 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

English Lit_Year 4_Dissertation

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
English Literature Dissertation
ENLI10329 40 credits
OR

Celtic Level 10 courses

Select exactly 20 credits from Celtic Level 10 courses
Notes:
Students who have not taken Gaelic language to Year 2 must select their Celtic Honours courses from the list of medieval options.
AND

Celtic_Year 4_Dissertation

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Dissertation (Part 2)
CELT10037 20 credits
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