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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2007/2008
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Modern European Languages and Linguistics or English Language (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
Linguistics 1A and Linguistics 1B, OR English Language 1 I 8 40
Further Courses A-Q 7/8 40
2 MEL Language 2 G 8 40
Linguistics 2A and Linguistics 2B, OR English Language 2 I 8 40
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 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 Linguistics and the relevant language in an approved establishment
Language acquisition through residence/study   10 60
MEL dissertation preparation   10 20
EITHER Year Abroad marks for Linguistics or English Language   10 40
  OR Third-year Project in Language Sciences I 10 40
4 MEL Language Paper 1 G 10 10
MEL Language Paper 2 G 10 10
MEL option G 10 20
Oral G 10 0
MEL dissertation completion G 10 20
Courses in Language Sciences I 10 60
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 to Honours normally requires a pass at 50% or above in the second year of the relevant Modern European Language and, at the first attempt, in either English Language 2 or a pass, at the first attempt, in Linguistics 2A and Linguistics 2B, with an average mark across the Linguistics courses of 50% or above.
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