“By creating we think, by living we learn” Patrick Geddes
The four-year MA (Honours) degree at Dundee offers a range of subjects from business, the environment, humanities, and psychology which may be studied for either a single or joint Honours degree. It has been designed to maximise flexibility in course choices both for the specialist and the generalist.
Well-qualified applicants may gain advanced entry to Level 2 of the degree programme and achieve an Honours degree in just three years.
The degree pathways illustrated here demonstrate the range of subjects available. Although there are compulsory core modules in all degree programmes, there is a large range of modules to choose from at Levels 3 and 4 in all subject areas. It is also possible to study the more generalist MA Arts & Social Sciences (without Honours) in three years.
As well as the main degree subjects illustrated here, it is also possible to continue studying a European language (French, German or Spanish) throughout all years of your degree. Alongside these subject-based modules are also optional skill-based ones such as Career Planning, Communications and Information Technology and Academic Study Skills which help support you in your chosen field of study and career aspirations.
The MA possesses the flexibility of the traditional Scottish degree structure in which students take at least two main subjects in both Levels 1 and 2 (Level 2 only for the Advanced Entry Honours degrees) and do not have to finalise their choice of degree course until Level 3 when they are better able to appreciate both the nature of the subjects they are studying and the relationships between them.
The academic year is organised into two semesters, each semester consists of eleven teaching weeks with an examination period at the end. Students take six modules in Levels 1 and 2, and four larger modules in the more specialised Levels 3 and 4.
In Levels 1 and 2, the MA provides a broad-based education. Students are offered considerable freedom in the combination of modules they can choose to take, but without compromise to the academic rigour of their programme. Alongside the subject-based modules listed below, there are also optional skill-based ones such as Career Planning, Communications and Information Technology and Academic Study Skills which help support you in your chosen field of study and career aspirations.
| Level One | |||
| Six modules, from three or four subject areas: | |||
| Economic Studies English Environmental Science Environmental Sustainability Film Studies |
Geography History Information Technology Mathematics Philosophy |
Planning Politics Practical French Practical German Practical Spanish |
Psychology A Science Subject (e.g. Biology) |
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| Level Two | |||
| Six modules, at least four of which should be at 2nd MA level: | |||
| American Studies Career Planning Economic Studies English |
Environmental Science Environmental Sustainability European Studies Film Studies Geography |
History Mathematics Philosophy Planning Politics |
Practical French Practical German Practical Spanish Psychology |
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In Level 3, students make their final choice between the listed range of degree courses, which may be studied either singly, or with a language (French, German or Spanish), or jointly. Each course defines a coherent programme of study. Compulsory modules enable students to deepen their knowledge and understanding within a particular discipline, while the extensive range of optional modules available in each subject area at Levels 3 and 4 allow them to further tailor the course to match their own personal requirements for academic and professional development.
| Level Three | |
| MA – Normally four modules at 3rd MA level from: | |
| American Studies Economics English Environmental Science European Studies Geography |
History Mathematics Philosophy Politics Psychology |
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| Graduate Master of Arts (MA) without Honours | |
| UCAS Code VWL0 | |
| Level Three | |
| MA Honours – Normally four modules from one (Single Honours) or two (Joint Honours) subject areas: |
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| American Studies Business Economics with Marketing Economics English Environmental Science* Environmental Sustainability** European Philosophy** European Politics** European Studies Film Studies* Financial Economics** Geography |
Geopolitics* History International Business International Relations* Mathematics* Philosophy Planning Politics Psychology Scottish Historical Studies** |
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| Level Four | |
| MA Honours – Normally four modules from one (Single Honours) or from two (Joint Honours) subject areas chosen in Level Three | |
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| Graduate MA Honours | |
| *Joint Honours only | **Single Honours only |
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