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 1 Academic year: 2023/24, 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: 2023/24, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry into Honours:
1. Students must normally achieve 50% or more in Themes in Scottish History since 1560 and Introduction to Historiography.
2. Students must normally achieve 50% or more in Scotland & Orality and Visualising Scotland.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

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


Year 3 Academic year: 2023/24, 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 Scottish Ethnology or Scottish History
2. Dissertation in Scottish Ethnology or Scottish History
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 Scottish History
8. Honours option course in Scottish History
9. Honours option course in Scottish History
10. Honours option course in Scottish History
11. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology or Scottish History
12. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology or Scottish History

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.
AND

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 Dissertation in History.
AND

Group C

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Year 4 Academic year: 2023/24, 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 Scottish Ethnology or Scottish History
2. Dissertation in Scottish Ethnology or Scottish History
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 Scottish History
8. Honours option course in Scottish History
9. Honours option course in Scottish History
10. Honours option course in Scottish History
11. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology or Scottish History
12. Honours option course in Scottish Ethnology or Scottish History

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

History Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
If the dissertation in History is chosen, the topic must be in Scottish History
OR

Scottish Ethnology Hons Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
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.

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