| Modern European Languages and History (MA) | 
  
  
    | Degree Type: Combined Honours | 
  
  
    | UCAS Code: | 
  
  
    | POS Code: A1501 | 
  
  
    | NYT | 
    Course | 
    S | 
    L | 
    T | 
  
  
    | 1 | 
    MEL Language 1 | 
    G | 
    8 | 
    40 | 
  
  
    |   | 
    First-year history course(s) in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology | 
    E | 
    8 | 
    40 | 
  
  
    |   | 
    Further Course(s) | 
    A-Q | 
    7/8 | 
    40 | 
  
  
    | 2 | 
    MEL Language 2 | 
    G | 
    8 | 
    40 | 
  
  
    |   | 
    Second-year history course(s) in the School of History, Classics and
      Archaeology | 
    E | 
    8 | 
    40 | 
  
  
    |   | 
    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 | 
  
  
    |   | 
      The Golden and Silver Ages of Russian
    Literature | 
    G | 
    8 | 
    20 | 
  
  
    |   | 
      Linguistics 1a | 
    I | 
    7 | 
    20 | 
  
  
    |   | 
      Linguistics 2Lh: Structure and History of the Western European Languages | 
    I | 
    8 | 
    20 | 
  
  
    |   | 
    Scandinavian Historical and Cultural Topics 2 | 
    G | 
    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 OR SOCRATES marks | 
    G | 
    10 | 
    20 | 
  
  
    |   | 
    Year Abroad Work for Degrees in Modern European Languages and history | 
    E | 
    10 | 
    40 | 
  
  
    | 4 | 
    MEL Language Paper 1 | 
    G | 
    10 | 
    10 | 
  
  
    |   | 
    MEL Language Paper 2 | 
    G | 
    10 | 
    10 | 
  
  
    |   | 
    MEL options | 
    G | 
    10 | 
    40 | 
  
  
    |   | 
    MEL Oral | 
    G | 
    10 | 
    0 | 
  
  
    |   | 
    MEL dissertation completion OR Long Essay | 
    G | 
    10 | 
    20 | 
  
  
    |   | 
    Course in history | 
    E | 
    10 | 
    40 | 
  
  
    | * No previous knowledge of Portuguese is necessary. | 
  
  
    | # Entry into Honours normally requires (i) passes in all subjects taken
      in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above in 40 credits worth
      of history courses and a mark of 50% or above in the second year of the
    relevant Modern European Language. | 
  
  
    | **Pre-requisite - A Scandinavian language in Year 1 | 
  
  
    | Final Assessment | 
  
  
    | One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and
      constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit
      papers on which the classification of the degree is based. (Papers that
      for the purposes of degree classification acquire a weighting of 40 credits
      are, therefore, listed twice.) | 
  
  
    1. MEL Language Paper 1
  | 
  
  
    | 2. MEL Language Paper 1 | 
  
  
    | 3. MEL Language Paper 2 | 
  
  
    | 4. MEL Oral | 
  
  
    | 5. Year abroad work for degrees in MEL & History | 
  
  
    | 6. Year abroad work for degrees in MEL & History | 
  
  
    | 7. MEL Dissertation Preparation (same mark as 8) | 
  
  
    | 8. MEL Dissertation Completion | 
  
  
    | 9. MEL option | 
  
  
    | 10. MEL option | 
  
  
    | 11. Course in History | 
  
  
    | 12. Course in History |