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Master of Arts (Honours) Middle East Studies and Social Anthropology


MA (Hons) Middle East Studies (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 40 credits from Module List: ME1003, MO1007 - MO1008 AND
ME1003 The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
MO1007 The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770) 20
MO1008 Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001) 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
Between 0 and 80 credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) Social Anthropology (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
SA1002 Ways of Thinking 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

It is recommended to select SA1001 in addition to SA1002.

MA (Hons) Middle East Studies (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ MH2002 Introduction to Middle Eastern History 20 AND
( ^ HI2001 History as a Discipline: Development and Key Concepts 20 OR
^ ME2003 Medieval Europe (11th - 15th c.) 20 OR
^ MO2008 Scotland, Britain and Empire (c. 1500 - 2000) 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Social Anthropology (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ SA2001 The Foundations of Social Anthropology 20 AND
^ SA2002 Ethnographic Encounters 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in modules marked ^

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/academic/academic-advising/glossary/honours-entry/ )

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 levels.


MA (Hons) Middle East Studies (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: Various Groupings of AH, IR, ME and MO Modules
AH3131 A Survey of Islamic Art 30
AH4050 Approaches to Persian Painting and the Arts of the Book 30
IR3300 Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR3301 Politics and State Formation in the Middle East 30
IR3302 Democracy and Revolution in North Africa 30
IR3303 The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
IR3304 The International, Modernity and Contemporary Gulf Politics 30
IR3305 Cyber Security and the Global Politics of the Internet 30
ME3162 The Medieval Castle 30
ME3163 The Imperial City: Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople 30
ME3164 Archaeology of Late Antiquity and the Early Islamic Middle East: Architecture and Representations of Power (C4th-C12th) 30
ME3602 The Crusades viewed from the other side: Muslim perspectives 30
ME3608 Eastern Approaches: Early Medieval Armenia c. 500 - 750 30
ME3611 The Eastern Roman Empire in the Reign of Justinian 527 - 565 30
ME3612 Cataclysm and Consolidation: the Reconfiguration of the Middle East in the Seventh Century 30
ME3613 Arabs, Persians and Turks in the Early Islamic East in the Age of the Caliphates (600 - 1200) 30
ME3616 Missionaries, Assassins and State-builders: Militant Shiæism in the Medieval Muslim World 30
ME3617 The Mamluks And The Mamluk Sultanate 30
MO3080 Nomadic Heritage and Persianate Culture: the Iranian world from Timurids to the Safavids (1370-1722) 30
MO3081 The Ottoman Empire 1300 - 1700 30
MO3280 Persia in the 18th Century, 1722-1834 (Age of the Warlords) 30
MO3381 French Algeria (1830-1962) 30
MO3385 Modern Iran from 1834-1941: Enlightenment, Nationalism & Revolution 30
MO3386 Religion and State in Iran from the Rise of the Safavid dynasty until the Constitutional Movement (1501-1911) 30
MO3389 Gender and Sexuality in South Asia (1800s-2000s) 30
MO3390 The Late Ottoman Empire 1700–1922 30
MO3392 Scotland and the Pacific World, 1788–1914 30
MO3581 From World War 2 to Thermidor: Iran in the Short 20th Century 30
MO3583 From Allied Invasion to Coup d'Etat: Iran Between 1941 and 1953 30
AH3131 A Survey of Islamic Art 30
AH4050 Approaches to Persian Painting and the Arts of the Book 30
MO3367 A Graveyard of Empires? Afghanistan in the Twentieth Century 30
MO3390 The Late Ottoman Empire 1700–1922 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

Access to level 3000 and 4000 level IR modules requires permission from the Honours Advisers in Middle East Studies and International Relations. Students will normally be expected to have met the requirements for Honours entry to the School of International Relations.

Admittance to 3000- and 4000-level IR modules requires permission from the Honours Advisers in Middle East Studies and International Relations. Students will normally be expected to have met the requirements for Honours entry to the School of International Relations.

MA (Hons) Social Anthropology (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list 30 credits from Module List: SA3000 - SA3999 (excluding SA3901 - SA3903) AND
SA301A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA301B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA301C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA302A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA302B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA302C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3030 Critical Thinkers and Formative Texts 30
SA3031 Anthropological Study of Language and Culture 30
SA3032 Regional Ethnography 1 30
SA3033 Anthropology of the Cold War 30
SA303A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA303B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA303C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA304A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA304B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA304C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3053 Individuality, Community and Morality 30
SA3055 Anthropology and History 30
SA3057 Sex and Gender 30
SA3059 Colonial and Post-Colonial Representations 30
SA305A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA305B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA305C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3060 Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology 30
SA3061 Reading Ethnography 30
SA3062 Anthropology, Indigenous Peoples and Resource Extraction 30
SA3064 The Anthropology of Migration 30
SA3065 Anthropology of Economic Life 30
SA3066 Sorcery and Conspiracy: The Anthropology of Alternate Realities 30
SA3067 Colonial and Postcolonial Medicine 30
SA3068 Anthropology of Global Capitalism 30
SA3069 The Anthropology of Borders, Boundaries and Frontiers 30
SA306A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA306B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA306C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3070 Anthropology of Planetary Health 30
SA3071 Anthropology of the City: From Ur to Urban Hip Hop 30
SA3072 The Anthropology of Political Violence 30
SA307A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA307B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA307C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA308A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA308B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA308C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA309A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA309B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA309C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA310A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA310B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA310C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA311A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA311B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA311C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA312A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA312B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA312C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3506 Methods in Social Anthropology 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list 30 credits from Module List: SA3000 - SA4089, SA4400 - SA4899 (except SA3901 - SA3903, SA4794 - SA4797)
SA301A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA301B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA301C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA302A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA302B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA302C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3030 Critical Thinkers and Formative Texts 30
SA3031 Anthropological Study of Language and Culture 30
SA3032 Regional Ethnography 1 30
SA3033 Anthropology of the Cold War 30
SA303A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA303B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA303C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA304A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA304B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA304C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3053 Individuality, Community and Morality 30
SA3055 Anthropology and History 30
SA3057 Sex and Gender 30
SA3059 Colonial and Post-Colonial Representations 30
SA305A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA305B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA305C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3060 Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology 30
SA3061 Reading Ethnography 30
SA3062 Anthropology, Indigenous Peoples and Resource Extraction 30
SA3064 The Anthropology of Migration 30
SA3065 Anthropology of Economic Life 30
SA3066 Sorcery and Conspiracy: The Anthropology of Alternate Realities 30
SA3067 Colonial and Postcolonial Medicine 30
SA3068 Anthropology of Global Capitalism 30
SA3069 The Anthropology of Borders, Boundaries and Frontiers 30
SA306A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA306B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA306C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3070 Anthropology of Planetary Health 30
SA3071 Anthropology of the City: From Ur to Urban Hip Hop 30
SA3072 The Anthropology of Political Violence 30
SA307A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA307B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA307C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA308A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA308B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA308C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA309A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA309B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA309C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA310A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA310B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA310C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA311A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA311B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA311C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA312A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA312B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA312C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA3506 Methods in Social Anthropology 30
SA4005 The West Indies and the Black Atlantic 30
SA401A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA401B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA401C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA402A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA402B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA402C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4040 Perception, Imagination and Communication 30
SA404A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA404B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA404C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4058 Visual Anthropology 30
SA4059 Living with Material Culture 30
SA405A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA405B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA405C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4060 Anthropology and Religion 30
SA4061 Contagion: Anthropology and Global Health 30
SA4062 Anthropology of Justice 30
SA4063 Anthropology of Catastrophe 30
SA4064 Anthropology of Energy 30
SA4065 The Anthropology of Art 30
SA406A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA406B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA406C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA407A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA407B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA407C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA408A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA408B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA408C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4850 Andes 30
SA4855 Anthropology, Literature and Writing 30
SA4857 West Africa 30
SA4862 Imagining the World: The Anthropology of Consciousness 30
SA4863 Youth in Africa 30
SA4864 Melanesian Anthropology 30
SA4866 Anthropology and Eurasia 30
SA4867 Anthropology of Politics and Governance 30
SA4868 Anthropology of Latin America: Contemporary issues 30
SA4870 Crisis and Rupture: Theories of social change in the contemporary world 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

SA3506 must be taken if the student wishes to take SA4099, SA4794 or SA4796 in Fourth Year.

MA (Hons) Middle East Studies (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
( View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: Various Groupings of AH, IR, ME and MO Modules AND
AH3131 A Survey of Islamic Art 30
AH4050 Approaches to Persian Painting and the Arts of the Book 30
IR3300 Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR3301 Politics and State Formation in the Middle East 30
IR3302 Democracy and Revolution in North Africa 30
IR3303 The Arab - Israeli Conflict 30
IR3304 The International, Modernity and Contemporary Gulf Politics 30
IR3305 Cyber Security and the Global Politics of the Internet 30
ME3162 The Medieval Castle 30
ME3163 The Imperial City: Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople 30
ME3164 Archaeology of Late Antiquity and the Early Islamic Middle East: Architecture and Representations of Power (C4th-C12th) 30
ME3602 The Crusades viewed from the other side: Muslim perspectives 30
ME3608 Eastern Approaches: Early Medieval Armenia c. 500 - 750 30
ME3611 The Eastern Roman Empire in the Reign of Justinian 527 - 565 30
ME3612 Cataclysm and Consolidation: the Reconfiguration of the Middle East in the Seventh Century 30
ME3613 Arabs, Persians and Turks in the Early Islamic East in the Age of the Caliphates (600 - 1200) 30
ME3616 Missionaries, Assassins and State-builders: Militant Shiæism in the Medieval Muslim World 30
ME3617 The Mamluks And The Mamluk Sultanate 30
MO3080 Nomadic Heritage and Persianate Culture: the Iranian world from Timurids to the Safavids (1370-1722) 30
MO3081 The Ottoman Empire 1300 - 1700 30
MO3280 Persia in the 18th Century, 1722-1834 (Age of the Warlords) 30
MO3381 French Algeria (1830-1962) 30
MO3385 Modern Iran from 1834-1941: Enlightenment, Nationalism & Revolution 30
MO3386 Religion and State in Iran from the Rise of the Safavid dynasty until the Constitutional Movement (1501-1911) 30
MO3389 Gender and Sexuality in South Asia (1800s-2000s) 30
MO3390 The Late Ottoman Empire 1700–1922 30
MO3392 Scotland and the Pacific World, 1788–1914 30
MO3581 From World War 2 to Thermidor: Iran in the Short 20th Century 30
MO3583 From Allied Invasion to Coup d'Etat: Iran Between 1941 and 1953 30
AH3131 A Survey of Islamic Art 30
AH4050 Approaches to Persian Painting and the Arts of the Book 30
MO3367 A Graveyard of Empires? Afghanistan in the Twentieth Century 30
MO3390 The Late Ottoman Empire 1700–1922 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: IR4099, IR4600 - IR4650, HI4997 - HI4999, HI4794 AND
IR4099 Honours Dissertation in International Relations 60
IR4600 Ideologies and Social Movements in the Middle East 30
IR4601 Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
IR4602 International Relations of the Middle East 30
IR4604 Political Islam and International Relations 30
IR4606 Propaganda, Persuasion and Information War in the Middle East 30
IR4607 Britain and Iraq 1914-2004 30
HI4997 Recording the Past 30
HI4998 Honours Project in History 30
HI4999 Honours Dissertation in History 30
HI4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: ID4002, HI4101 and HI4996 ) OR
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
HI4101 Communication in History 15
HI4996 Presenting the Past 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list 60 credits from Module List: ME4850 - ME4895, MO4850 - MO4895 AND
ME4852 From Leo VI to Basil II: Byzantium in the Tenth Century 60
ME4855 Crusaders, Mongols and Mamluks: West and East in the Mid-Thirteenth Century 60
ME4856 From Byzantium to the Ottoman Empire 60
ME4857 The Mongol Empire and the Islamic World 60
MO4850 Britain and Iran in the Modern Era 60
MO4852 Experiencing the Past in the Middle East 60
MO4853 Under a Bright Red Star: Iranian Marxism in the 20th Century 60
MO4854 Equality, Institutions and the Development of the Modern State 60
MO4855 Law and Society in Scotland and its Empire, 1707-1914 60
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Access to HI4999 requires the permission of the Chair of the Degree Committee.

With the permission of the Director of Teaching 30 credits in Fourth Year may be replaced by ID4002 and HI4101.

Access to level 3000 and 4000 level IR modules requires permission from the Honours Advisers in Middle East Studies and International Relations. Students will normally be expected to have met the requirements for Honours entry to the School of International Relations.

IR4099, IR4600 - IR4650*, HI4997, HI4998, HI4794; or, with permission from the Chair of the Degree Committee, HI4999, ME4850 - ME4895, MO4850 - MO4895. IR3300 - IR3320* and IR4600 - IR4650*: *IR modules outwith this range may also be allowed, with the permission of the Chair of the Degree. With permission from the Director of Teaching, 30 credits in Fourth Year may be replaced with ID4002 with HI4101.

Admittance to 3000- and 4000-level IR modules requires permission from the Honours Advisers in Middle East Studies and International Relations. Students will normally be expected to have met the requirements for Honours entry to the School of International Relations.

MA (Hons) Social Anthropology (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: SA4000 - SA4299, SA4400 - SA4899, (SA4301 and ID4002)
SA4005 The West Indies and the Black Atlantic 30
SA401A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA401B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA401C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA402A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA402B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA402C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4040 Perception, Imagination and Communication 30
SA404A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA404B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA404C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4058 Visual Anthropology 30
SA4059 Living with Material Culture 30
SA405A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA405B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA405C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4060 Anthropology and Religion 30
SA4061 Contagion: Anthropology and Global Health 30
SA4062 Anthropology of Justice 30
SA4063 Anthropology of Catastrophe 30
SA4064 Anthropology of Energy 30
SA4065 The Anthropology of Art 30
SA406A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA406B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA406C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA407A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA407B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA407C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA408A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA408B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA408C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4098 Library-based Dissertation 30
SA4099 Primary Research-based Dissertation 30
SA409A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA409B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA409C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA410A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA410B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA410C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA411A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA411B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA411C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA412A Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (4) 4
SA412B Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (5) 5
SA412C Study Abroad: Social Anthropology (6) 6
SA4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
SA4795 Joint Dissertation (60cr) 60
SA4796 Joint Project (30cr) 30
SA4797 Joint Project (60cr) 60
SA4850 Andes 30
SA4855 Anthropology, Literature and Writing 30
SA4857 West Africa 30
SA4862 Imagining the World: The Anthropology of Consciousness 30
SA4863 Youth in Africa 30
SA4864 Melanesian Anthropology 30
SA4866 Anthropology and Eurasia 30
SA4867 Anthropology of Politics and Governance 30
SA4868 Anthropology of Latin America: Contemporary issues 30
SA4870 Crisis and Rupture: Theories of social change in the contemporary world 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

If selected SA4301 must be taken with ID4002.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).