MA Scottish Ethnology and English Language
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: no specific A level subjects required) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Scottish Ethnology and English Language, a joint honours degree within Scottish Ethnology and Studies and English Language and Linguistics. Core topics include Fieldwork. Students engage with archival resources from the School of Scottish Studies Archives. The first year introduces foundational concepts through Conceptualising Scotland, Creating Scotland, Linguistics and English Language 1A and Linguistics and English Language 1B, examining language structures and cultural expressions. The second year builds on this with Scotland and Orality (Voicing Scotland) and Visualising Scotland, alongside modules exploring cultural transmission and linguistic variation. Honours years advance into specialised areas such as Archives and Interpretation, Ethnological Fieldwork Methods, Traditional Narrative and Traditional Song (Gaelic and Scots options), supported by material from national collections.
Modules
- Conceptualising Scotland
- Creating Scotland
- heritage
- literature
- folklore
- music and song
- visual art
- the popular media
- Linguistics and English Language 1A - this offers a brief introduction to the study of language in general and of English in particular
- Linguistics and English Language 1B - this will help you develop the tools and knowledge needed to investigate the different subsystems of language in a systematic way
- Celtic civilisation
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- philosophy, divinity and law
- Scotland and Orality (Voicing Scotland)
- Visualising Scotland
- song
- storytelling
- instrumental music
- dance
- folklore
- performance
- transmission (passing down)
- orality and print
- UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage.
- nationhood
- identity
- heritage
- tradition
- cultural difference
- the structure and history of world languages
- variation in English over time and across geographical space
- Archives and Interpretation
- Ethnological Fieldwork Methods
- Traditional Narrative
- Traditional Song (Gaelic and Scots options)
- Traditional Music
- Traditional Drama
- Sustaining Scotland: Heritage, Tourism and Cultural Sustainability in a Global World
- Custom, Belief and Community
- Scottish Emigrant Traditions
- The Supernatural World
- Material Culture in Scotland
- Museums and Cultural Representation: Nine Conversations at the National Museum of Scotland
- current issues in the discipline
- the history of Scots, Old and Middle English, Global Englishes and dialects