THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2023/2024

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

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Year 2 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: August

Notes:
Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.

Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad in Y3 must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their exchange. It is compulsory to have passed 240 credits by the June progression board.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Courses from School of Geoscience- Multiple UG Courses- Level 8

Select between 40 and 60 credits of the following courses
AND

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

Select between 20 and 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.

Year 3 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry to third year normally requires successful completion of the first two years of the curriculum in Geography and an average mark for Archaeology 2A and Archaeology 2B combined of 50% or higher, normally at the first attempt.

Students taking the Geography dissertation must take 60 credits from Group A.

Students taking the Archaeology dissertation must take 60 credits from Group B.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Courses from School(s) N - Geography (MA Hons) - Level(s) 9

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students doing the Geography Dissertation must take these courses plus 20 credits of Archaeology options
AND

Archaeology Year 3 Honours Courses

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
OR

Group B

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Courses from School(s) N-N - Geography (MA Hons) - Level(s) 10-10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Archaeology Year 3 Honours Courses

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2023/24, Starting in: August

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

Course options

Courses from School of Geoscience & History Classics and Archaeology- Geography and Archaeology (BSc)- Level 9

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Geography Joint Honours Options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Archaeology Year 4 Honours Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students intending to take the fourth year option Archaeological Fieldwork are required to undertake 10 weeks approved practical archaeological work in the vacations between the end of their second year of study and the beginning of their fourth year of study.
OR

Classical Art/Archaeology Honours Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students intending to take the fourth year option Archaeological Fieldwork are required to undertake 10 weeks approved practical archaeological work in the vacations between the end of their second year of study and the beginning of their fourth year of study.

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