MA Scottish Ethnology and Scandinavian Studies
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 Scandinavian Studies, a joint honours degree centred on Scottish Ethnology and Studies and German. Core topics include Fieldwork. Students spend the third year studying or working abroad, and the fourth year involves an independent study or dissertation component as part of the final curriculum. The first year covers foundational themes through Conceptualising Scotland, Creating Scotland, Scandinavian Civilisation A: Vikings, Sagas and the Road to Enlightenment and Scandinavian Civilisation B: From National Romanticism to the Nordic Model, from the earliest times to the present. The second year examines culture and tradition through Scotland and Orality (Voicing Scotland) and Visualising Scotland. The third year consists of study or work abroad at one or two partner institutions. The final year allows students to choose from options such as Archives and Interpretation, Ethnological Fieldwork Methods, Old Norse Literature and Society and Viking Studies.
Modules
- Conceptualising Scotland
- Creating Scotland
- heritage
- literature
- folklore
- music and song
- visual art
- the popular media
- Scandinavian Civilisation A: Vikings, Sagas and the Road to Enlightenment
- Scandinavian Civilisation B: From National Romanticism to the Nordic Model, from the earliest times to the present
- Celtic civilisation
- art and architectural history
- history, classics and archaeology
- business, economics and informatics
- politics, social policy, social anthropology and international relations
- linguistics and language sciences
- 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
- two semesters at a single institution or
- one semester at two different institutions (in different destinations)
- Student Wellbeing Service
- Student Counselling
- Student Disability and Learning Support
- University emergency helpline (available 24 hours a day)
- essay, commentary and summary writing in Danish, Norwegian or Swedish
- translation from the Scandinavian languages into English
- spoken Danish, Norwegian or Swedish
- 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
- Old Norse Literature and Society
- Viking Studies
- Nynorsk
- Scandinavia and the World: Negotiating the North in the 21st Century
- Contemporary Scandinavian Literature: A Transnational Approach
- History of the Scandinavian Novel