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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2007/2008
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Modern European Languages and European Union Studies (Curriculum A) (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 A 1 or 1A or 1B G 8 40
MEL Language B 1 or 1A or 1B G 8 40
Introduction to the European Union F 8

40
2 MEL Language A 2 G 8 40
MEL Language B 2 or G 8 40
Portuguese Language for Beginners * and G 8 20
Culture and Society in the Portuguese-speaking World † G 8 20
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:      
European Community Law/ F 8 20
European Social Policy J 8 20
AND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: G 8 20
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
3 At least 30 weeks spent in the relevant country and Prescribed work in European Union Studies and the relevant language in an approved establishment **      
Language acquisition through residence/study A G 10 60
Language acquisition through residence/study B G 10 40
EUS dissertation preparation F 10 20
4 MEL Language A Paper 1 G 10 10
MEL Language B Paper 1 G 10 10
Oral for language A G 10 0
Oral for Language B G 10 0
MEL option for Language A G 10 20
MEL option for Language B G 10 20
European Institutions F 10 40
EUS dissertation completion F 10 20
Final Assessment
1 Unit of Assessment is allocated to every 20-credits of courses. Language Paper 1 counts as a 40-credit course. Orals count as 20-credit courses.
* 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.
†Portuguese may be continued into Honours as the second language in Curriculum A, but not as the sole language in Curriculum B.
** 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.
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