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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2007/2008
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Highland Studies (MSc)
Degree Type: Taught Masters
POS Code: A0013
NYT Course S L CT
5 ONE OF:      
  Skills Module in Highland Studies G 11 20
  ONE OF:      
  Language Module in Highland Studies E/G 11 20
  OR      
  Language Module in Highland Studies G 11 40**
  ONE OF:      
  Specialist Module in Highland Studies E/G 11 20
  THREE [or TWO**] OF:      
  Skills Module in Highland Studies G 11 20
  OR      
  Language Module in Highland Studies E/G 11 20
  OR      
  Specialist Module in Highland Studies E/G 11 20
  MSc Dissertation   11 60
The range of specialist option modules available may vary according to staffing arrangements.
The available Skills Modules relevant to the programme at present include (all Schedule G):
 

Approaches and Methods in Gàidhealtachd Studies 1

 G    
 

Approaches and Methods in Gàidhealtachd Studies 2

 G    
The available Language Modules relevant to the programme at present include (Schedule G save where indicated):
 

Elementary Gaelic 1

 G    
 

Elementary Gaelic 2

 G    
 

Intermediate Gaelic 1

 G    
 

Intermediate Gaelic 2

 G    
 

Early Gaelic and its Texts

 G   40
 

Elementary Latin 1

 E    
 

Elementary Latin 2

 E    
 

Early Modern Gaelic and its Texts

 G   40
 

Advanced Gaelic: Writing Expository Prose

 G    
 

Advanced Gaelic: Development of Prose Style

 G    
 

Advanced Gaelic: Editing Gaelic to Modern Standards

 G    
 

Advanced Gaelic: Translating Technical Prose

 G    
The available Specialist Modules relevant to the programme at present include (Schedule G save where indicated):
 

The Dal Riata

 E    
 

Early Gaelic Manuscript Culture

 G    
 

Gaelic Identities and Gàidhlig Sociolinguistics

 G    
 

Gaelic Traditional Song

 G    
 

The Gàidhealtachd and Ireland, 600-1700

 G    
 

Governance in Scotland, 1424-1625

 E    
 

The Highland Community: sources and perspectives

 G    
 

Highland History, 1350-1850

 E    
 

The History of the Gaelic Language

 G    
 

Kingship in Early Medieval Scotland

 E    
 

Kingship in Late Medieval Scotland

 E    
 

The Land Question in Nineteenth Century Europe

 E    
 

Language Shift and Language Revitalisation in the Gàidhealtachd

 G    
 

The Life and Works of Adomnan of Iona

 E    
 

The Lordship of the Isles: a political history

E    
 

Oral Culture and the Gàidhealtachd

 G    
 

Scotland and Ireland, 1800-1922

 E    
 

Scottish Gaelic Dialect Studies

 G    
 

Traditional Music in the Gàidhealtachd

 G    
 

War and Society in Early Christian Scotland

 E    
Further to discussion with the programme director a student may also choose an appropriate Module from elsewhere.
** where a Language Module is weighted at 40 Credits, only Two additional modules need be taken.
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