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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2006/2007
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Modern European Languages and European History (MA)
The following programme will apply to students entering third year from 2006/07
Degree Type: Combined Honours
UCAS Code:
NYT Course S L CT
1 MEL Language 1 G 8 40
  European History 1 E 8 40
  Further Course(s) A-Q 7/8 40
2 MEL Language 2 G 8 40
  Medieval and Renaissance History 2 E 8 40
  AND      
  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 course(s) A-Q 8 40
3 # At least 30 weeks spent in the relevant country and prescribed work in History and the relevant language in an approved establishment      
  Language acquisition through residence/study G 10 60
  MEL dissertation preparation G 10 20
  Year Abroad Work for Degrees in Modern European Languages and European History E 10 40
4 MEL Language Paper 1 G 10 10
  MEL Language Paper 2 G 10 10
  MEL options or equivalent G 10 40
  Oral G 10 0
  MEL dissertation completion G 10 20
  Course(s) in European History E 10 40
  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.
  # 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 one History course and a mark of 50% or above in the second year of the relevant Modern European Language.
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