About your degree:Structure of the Master of Arts (Social Sciences) degree
During your academic career at the University your choices of courses must fit the required structure of the degree. Within the MA (Social Sciences) degree programme there are three degree structures, the Joint Honours degree in two subject areas, the Single Honours degree and the Social Sciences General degree. These are shown in the following chart. At the start of your first year you only need to choose your first year subjects. You should also look ahead to see how you can include all the subjects that you may want to study in your timetable and also whether you may need to meet special requirements for particular degrees. Please try to select three subject courses for Year 1 before you meet your Adviser of Studies for the first time.
MA (Social Sciences) degree programme basic structure
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Note: You will eventually need to decide which two subjects to continue into Year 2. Ideally pick three subject areas all of which may be of further interest and will lead to Honours study. Level 1 subjects consist of 2 x 20 credit courses. |
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See Notes above
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Level 3 subjects consist of 60 credit courses.
Some more details
The first two years of study for all versions of the MA (Social Sciences) degree are the same. The choice between the 3 Year MA (Social Sciences) General Degree and any of the Honours degrees can, therefore, be deferred until the end of second year. Please note that there is a third type of Honours degree not shown above, called a Principal Honours degree, which involves a studying foreign language, further details are available from the Undergraduate Prospectus.
At least two of your three Year 1 courses should be drawn from the core Social Sciences subjects.
Some Honours degrees have special rules requiring you to take particular courses in addition to the Honours subject. These requirements are listed in the Undergraduate Course Catalogue and your Adviser of Studies will be able to guide you on this.
Note: The above infomration is based on the regulations set out in the College of Social Sciences section of the University Calendar . These regulations will apply to you throughout your undergraduate studies and you should familiarise yourself with them. Your Adviser of Studies can also advise you about these regulations.