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Degree Programme Table: Linguistics (MSc) - 2 Years (Part-time) (PTMSCLINGU1P)

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Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
This part-time programme will help you gain intellectual and practical skills to engage in linguistics research, either for its own sake, or as part of cross-disciplinary research. Students will have the flexibility to choose courses and research topics to suit their academic interests and to select courses in specialised areas of Linguistics and English Language.

Students must enrol for 120 credits of courses over 4 teaching semesters. The balance of credit loads can be tailored to individual students in discussion with their Programme Director.

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

Course options

Level 11 courses in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Select exactly 60 credits from Level 11 courses in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Notes:
You should take 60 credits of the courses indicated in ONE of the following Degree Programme Tables:

- (PTMSCAPLIN1F) MSc Applied Linguistics:
http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/ptmscaplin1f.htm

- (PTMSCDEVLN1F) MSc Developmental Linguistics:
http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/ptmscdevln1f.htm

- (PTMSCENGLA1F) MSc English Language:
http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/ptmscengla1f.htm

- (PTMSCEVOLC1F) MSc Evolution of Language and Cognition:
http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/ptmscevolc1f.htm

- (PTMSCLINGU1F) MSc Linguistics (full time):
http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/ptmsclingu1f.htm

Note: It may exceptionally be possible to take other course combinations, or to take a different number of credits, with the permission of the Programme Director.

Note: It may exceptionally be possible to choose a maximum of 20 credits at Level 10, subject to approval by the Programme Director.

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

Notes:
You should take the remaining courses indicated in the Degree Programme Table that you chose in Year 1.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Dissertation in Linguistics
LASC11135 60 credits
Dissertation support for Linguistics and English Language
LASC11175 0 credits
Research Ethics Training in Linguistics and English Language
LASC11145 0 credits

Course options

Level 11 courses in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Select exactly 60 credits from Level 11 courses in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Notes:
You should take 60 credits of the remaining courses indicated in the Degree Programme Table that you chose in Year 1.

- (PTMSCAPLIN1F) MSc Applied Linguistics:
http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/ptmscaplin1f.htm

- (PTMSCDEVLN1F) MSc Developmental Linguistics:
http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/ptmscdevln1f.htm

- (PTMSCENGLA1F) MSc English Language:
http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/ptmscengla1f.htm

- (PTMSCEVOLC1F) MSc Evolution of Language and Cognition:
http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/ptmscevolc1f.htm

- (PTMSCLINGU1F) MSc Linguistics (full time):
http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/25-26/dpt/ptmsclingu1f.htm


Note: It may exceptionally be possible to take other course combinations, or to take a different number of credits, with the permission of the Programme Director.

Note: It may exceptionally be possible to choose a maximum of 20 credits at Level 10, subject to approval by the Programme Director.
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