THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH

DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

Draft Edition - Due to be published Thursday 10th April 2025

Timetable information in the Course Catalogue may be subject to change.

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Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
You will be automatically enroled on your two compulsory courses. You must pass these courses in order to progress to Year 2 of the English Language programme.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y

Notes:
These are your optional or "outside" courses from subject areas across the University. You will need to select these courses to be enroled on them.

Note that you can only select Level 7 and 8 courses from Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y. You can only take 40 credits at level 7 courses across Years 1 and 2. Some courses have pre-requisites that you will need to meet to take the course.

You may, alternatively, take one or two courses in British Sign Language (LLLO07003/LLLO07004) from Schedule X, subject to availability. The overall maximum of 40 credits at level 7 still applies in this case.

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
You will be automatically enroled on your four compulsory courses. You must pass these courses in order to progress to Year 3 of the Linguistics programme.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y

Notes:
These are your optional or "outside" courses from subject areas across the University. You will need to select these courses to be enroled on them.

Note that you can only select Level 7 and 8 courses from Schedules A to Q, S, T, W and Y. You can only take 40 credits at level 7 courses across Years 1 and 2. Some courses have pre-requisites that you will need to meet to take the course.

You may, alternatively, take one or two courses in British Sign Language (LLLO07003/LLLO07004) from Schedule X, subject to availability. The overall maximum of 40 credits at level 7 still applies in this case.

You cannot take a course if you already took it in Year 1.

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
You will need to take 1 Foundation course, 1 Skills course, 1 English Language course, 1 Linguistics course and 2 'free choice' courses.

The LEL Honours handbook gives further details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses. Students must consult this handbook regarding the selection of courses.

Some courses appear in more than one category.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

LEL Skills

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

LEL Foundation

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

LEL Linguistics

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

LEL English Language

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

LEL Honours courses (free choice)

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are your 'free choice' credits.

You may choose up to two courses from any of the following LEL categories: Foundation, Skills, Linguistics, or English Language (the LEL Honours handbook provides full details on which courses belong to which category).

You cannot select a course as a 'free choice' if you are already taking it within your Group A choices.
AND

Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
You may select an 'outside' (non-LEL) course from another subject area with approval from the Course Organiser. This must be a Level 10 course.

If you select an outside course this will count towards your year average, but will not count towards your degree classification. Approval must be sought from the LEL Exams Convener if you wish for an outside course to count towards your degree classification.

You may wish to speak to your Student Adviser or Cohort Lead for advice about this option.

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
You will need to take 1 Linguistics course, 1 English Language course, as well as 2 'free choice' courses (which can be from any LEL category)

You will automatically be enroled on your 40-credit dissertation.

The LEL Honours handbook gives further details about the courses being offered in any one year, as well as about restrictions on choice of courses. Students must consult this handbook regarding the selection of courses.

Some courses appear in more than one category.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

LEL Linguistics

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

LEL English Language

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

LEL Honours courses (free choice)

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These are your 'free choice' credits.

You need to select 2 courses from any of the following LEL categories: Foundation, Skills, Linguistics, or English Language (the LEL Honours handbook provides full details on which courses belong to which category).

You cannot select a course as a 'free choice' if you are already taking it within your Group A choices.

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