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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2006/2007
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Modern European Languages and English or Scottish Literature (MA)
Degree Type: Combined Honours
The following programme applies to students entering the Honours cycle from session 2005-06.
NYT Course S L CT
1 MEL Language 1

G

8

40
English Literature 1 or Scottish Literature 1 G 8 40
Further Courses A-Q 7/8 40
2 MEL Language 2 G 8 40
English or Scottish Literature 2 G 8 40
or American Literature 2 G 8 40
AND EITHER TWO OF:      
Introduction to European Cinema/ G 8 20
Literature and Culture in Medieval Europe/ G 8 20
Culture and Society in the Portuguese-speaking World/ G 8 20
Portuguese Language for Beginners */ G 8 20
Politics and Institutions of Contemporary France/ G 8 20
Scandinavian Languages/ G 8 20
A second literature course in Italian and/or German/ G 8 20
 Linguistics 1a/ I 7 20
Linguistics 2Lh: Structure and History of the Western European Languages I 8 20
OR      
Further Courses A-Q 7/8 40
3 # At least 30 weeks spent in the relevant country and prescribed work in English or Scottish Literature and the relevant language in an approved establishment †
Language acquisition through residence/study   10 60
MEL dissertation preparation   10 20
Long Essay for English or Scottish Literature   10 40
4 MEL Language Paper 1 G 10 10
MEL Language paper 2 G 10 10
MEL option G 10 20
MEL dissertation completion G 10 20
Oral G 10 0
English/Scottish Literature Core or Option courses G 10 40
Critical Practice 3: Poetry G 10 10
Critical Practice 4: Performance G 10 10
Final Assessment
1 Unit of Assessment is allocated to every 20-credits of courses. Language Paper 1 counts as a 40-credit course. Language paper 2 and the oral are 20 credits each.
* No previous knowledge of Portuguese is necessary: a pass in a modern foreign language or a classical language at SCE Higher grade or equivalent evidence of linguistic proficiency is normally required
†Entry into Honours normally requires (i) passes in all six subjects taken in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above in the second year of the relevant Modern European Language.
# Entry to year 3 normally requires a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in English Literature 2 or Scottish Literature 2,or American Literature 2.
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