2022 Undergraduate Prospectus 2 Welcome to St Andrews 34 Faculty information

4 Degree structure 40 Academic subjects Talk to us 6 Choosing your subjects 132 Modern Languages triple online 8 Life in St Andrews subject combinations

12 Traditions Join one of our online information 162 Applying to St Andrews 14 Sport sessions to find out more about 164 Your qualifications 16 Music studying at St Andrews, applying and 166 Academic entry explained 18 Accommodation our community. 168 Fees, funding and scholarships 22 Support and welfare www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/ 24 Study facilities 170 Where is St Andrews? meet-us 26 Your future 172 Degree combinations

28 Study abroad 175 Subject list

30 BA (International Honours) 176 Map of St Andrews 32 International students

TOP IN TOP IN SCOTLAND SCOTLAND 2ND IN 3RD IN THE UK THE UK Guardian The Complete University Guide 2021 University Guide 2021 View from West Sands Welcome and thank you for considering St Andrews as your university.

The University of St Andrews offers you an outstanding opportunity in higher education, and membership of a university community that will be yours for life. The University stands for quality. We are world-leading, diverse, global, and entrepreneurial, and we put the student experience at the heart of all we do. St Andrews was ranked first in the annual National Student Survey 2020 for student academic experience, and this is the fifth consecutive year in which we have been placed first. So if you come here you will be joining a university that looks after its students, takes them seriously, and gives them an unbeatable start, or continuation, in adult life.

Our approach to learning and teaching is a mix of traditional and new. In every subject we make you familiar with the knowledge and theories that are essential to an understanding of the discipline while giving you a chance to develop practical uses for the knowledge you acquire. From this starting point we expect our students increasingly to design their own studies, by selecting options and undertaking research-based activities with support from academic staff.

This prospectus and the University website are here to give you all the information you need to make an informed choice about your future. You will find that St Andrews has a strong sense of community, locally, nationally, and internationally, and that our activities are underpinned by a deep commitment to social responsibility. Similarly, the University is a mix of the dynamically modern and the evocatively medieval. We invest continually in our facilities and our student accommodation; but we pride ourselves on being Scotland’s oldest university, with a unique and much cherished set of traditions. The University’s Strategy for 2018-2023 (www.st-andrews.ac.uk/about/governance/ university-strategy) sets out how we will build on our successes.

St Andrews is where you can fully become the person you want to be. We will challenge you but we will also support you. You will meet people who will become your friends for the rest of your life; and you will study subjects that change the way you think about the world. I know that what you read in these pages and on our website will help you to make the decision about your choice of university, and I hope that we will be able to welcome you as one of our students, and one of our future alumni.

Professor Sally Mapstone FRSE Principal and Vice-Chancellor

2 3 Studying at St Andrews is an opportunity Degree to learn at one of the most extraordinary universities in the world. Most of our degree structure programmes are four years long and our flexible degree structure allows you to study multiple subjects.

The four-year structure for most of our degree programmes allows you to study a broad range of subjects before settling on your choice of degree. You will study three subjects in first year and two or three in second year (depending on your Faculty). Third and fourth years are Honours years where you specialise further in your chosen subject(s).

Degree types Faculties There are several types of degree available: Although you will be applying for a specific degree programme, your admission to St Andrews • Single Honours degrees – one subject in will be to one of our four Faculties. These are: the final two years, for example BSc (Hons) Biology. Faculty of Arts Faculty of Divinity • Joint Honours degrees – two subjects in the Faculty of Medicine final two years, typically 50% in each subject, Faculty of Science for example MA (Hons) Economics and English. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/study-options/ faculties • ‘With’ degrees involve the study of two subjects in the final two years on a Major- Although most subjects fit into a single Faculty, Minor basis, with one ‘Major’ subject, and there are a number of Cross-Faculty subjects which one ‘Minor’ subject, for example BSc (Hons) are offered in both the Faculty of Arts and Faculty Biology with Arabic. of Science. The content is the same within the subject, regardless of Faculty. Most Cross-Faculty • A number of Triple Honours programmes subjects offer BSc and MA degree programmes. are available within the School of Modern Please see page 7 where the Cross-Faculty subjects Languages, for example MA (Hons) Modern are shown in blue. If you are unsure which degree Languages (studying three languages). Further you should apply for, please contact Admissions. details can be found on page 129. Medicine students study here for three years • Integrated Masters degrees are available in (ScotGEM for four years) and follow a set most science subjects. These programmes are programme. For further details, see page 120. usually five years in length, with the fifth year being a Masters programme, for example MSci Computer Science.

4 5 Choosing your subjects

Our degree structure is designed to give you as much flexibility in your choice of subjects as possible. In your first and second years you will study a number of subjects, Ancient History English Middle East Studies Ancient History & Environmental Earth Sciences Modern History so that you can explore multiple topics Archaeology Evolutionary Biology Modern Languages Animal Behaviour Film Studies Molecular Biology before finalising your degree programme. Applied Mathematics Financial Economics Neuroscience Arabic French New Testament Art History Geography Persian Astrophysics Geology Philosophy First and second years (sub-honours) Third and fourth years (Honours) Biblical Studies German Physics For a four- or five-year degree programme your At the end of second year you will make the final Biochemistry Greek Psychology first two years are called sub-honours. In first choice of which Honours programme you will Biology Hebrew Pure Mathematics year, most students (except those studying study. The options available to you will be based Cell Biology History Russian Medicine) will study three subjects. These are on the subjects you have studied throughout first Chemical Sciences International Relations Scottish History made up from the subject(s) you were admitted and second year; these may be different to the Chemistry Italian Social Anthropology to study plus one or two more, depending on programme you were originally admitted to. Chinese Studies Latin Spanish whether you applied for a Single or Joint Honours In the final two years you will often be able to Classical Studies Management Statistics programme. specialise and gain an in-depth knowledge of your Classics Marine Biology Sustainable Development In second year, those in the Faculties of Arts or chosen subject(s). Comparative Literature Materials Chemistry Theological Studies Divinity will study three subjects; most students During Honours your class sizes will be Computer Science Mathematics Theology in the Faculty of Science will study two. considerably smaller than in the early part of your Divinity Medicine Theoretical Physics You will choose your additional subject(s) degree. You will still be taught through a variety of Earth Sciences Medieval History Zoology (listed opposite) shortly before arriving at methods, but there will be much more emphasis on Ecology & Conservation Medieval History & St Andrews and confirm these choices when you independent study. In your final year, you will also Economics Archaeology meet with your Adviser of Studies once you are undertake a dissertation or project. here. Fifth year (Integrated Masters programmes) Arts Science Cross-Faculty Medicine Divinity If your plans and passions change or you Many of our science Schools offer the opportunity decide that you do not want to continue to study to integrate a Masters-level programme into your one of your subjects, it is often possible to change degree programme. If you apply for an Integrated this subject for a new one after the first year. Your Masters your degree will last five years. Your fifth Adviser of Studies will discuss the choices and year will be a continuation of your Honours years, implications with you. studying your subject and interests in greater In first and second year, you will usually depth. be taught through lectures given by specialists in that subject. Depending on the subjects you www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/study-options/ choose, you will also be taught through small- ug/flexible group tutorials, laboratory work and fieldwork. All students are also expected to carry out further reading and research through independent study.

6 7 St Andrews offers you an award-winning Life in St Andrews student experience that is regularly voted as amongst the very best by students in the National Student Survey. Whether you have existing activities you want to continue or are exploring entirely new interests, there is never a dull moment in St Andrews.

In St Andrews you will find more than you would ever expect for a town of our size. The Students’ Association is home to over 180 different groups and societies, Saints Sport has more than 50 different sports clubs at all levels, and the University year is packed full of events and traditions.

The Students’ Association is the beating heart of These Sabbatical Officers work for you so no matter student life. Run by students, for students, there are what issue you may be facing, questions you want opportunities to get involved in whatever interests answered, or if you just want to have a chat, they you. Its main areas – representation, activities and will always support you and make sure your spaces – involve all our students and ensure that student experience is the best it can be. you can make the most of your time at university. Subcommittees Sabbatical Officers There are 15 subcommittees (or ‘super societies’) There are six student-elected representatives and all St Andrews students are automatically each year. They work full time in the Students’ members. Whether you want to take part in a Association and Athletic Union to support and charity hitch-hike across Europe with the Charities enhance your student experience. They are: Campaign, host your own radio show on STAR (St Andrews Radio), produce a play, musical, or Students’ Association President comedy show with the help of the Mermaids Director of Student Development and Activities Performing Arts Fund, develop your public “Your university experience is more than just academic. Director of Education speaking skills with the Union Debating Society, or Director of Wellbeing volunteer on various community projects with the There are hundreds of activities you can get involved with at Director of Events and Services St Andrews Voluntary Service (SVS); there is always Athletic Union President lots for you to do outside of the classroom! St Andrews and there’s always something new to try.” www.yourunion.net/activities/subcommittees

Gavin Sandford, Director of Student Development and Activities, Students’ Association

8 9 Societies The societies at the Students’ Association can be a big part of your time at St Andrews – covering almost every hobby, activity, or interest you may have. There are societies linked to academic subjects that allow you to develop skills, others that celebrate the huge range of cultures and countries our students come from and some that focus on a particular cause, charity or organisation. There are also others that are just for fun – like the societies for knitting, dog walking, bubble tea, or Quidditch and Harry Potter. You can Jazzworks music in Rector’s Café find a list of all the current societies at: www.yourunion.net/activities/societies The Student Charities Campaign mascot Rory McLion If you are not sure which societies Wellbeing attached but are an excellent way of improving you want to be a part of, the Freshers’ The University and the Students’ Association your language skills. Languages currently being Fayre at the start of each semester is are proud to place an emphasis on wellbeing. taught and fee information can be found where you can meet all the societies Throughout the year, the Students’ Association online at: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/ and any fellow students who share your works hard to make itself a welcoming and fun non-degree-courses/evening-language-courses interests. It is also really easy to start place to be. St Andrews is proud of the peer your own society. The town support mentoring scheme and the ‘Got Consent’ For its size – the town measures barely three miles Volunteering workshops that the University and Students’ end to end – there is a lot in St Andrews. The town There are lots of opportunities to Association run in partnership. and University are inseparable, with buildings volunteer at St Andrews. Whether your The Director of Wellbeing sabbatical officer and from both sitting alongside one another. Walk passions lie in sport, the environment, Wellbeing student committee organise student down the streets and you are as likely to come animal welfare, or just meeting new events, workshops and campaigns related to safety, across a library or lecture theatre, the town hall or a people, volunteering allows you to mental health, fitness, and sexual health. They coffee shop, giving St Andrews a great community give back to the community whilst also ensure that the wellbeing concerns of students are atmosphere. learning new skills and experience that heard and dealt with by the University. Being situated on the Fife coast also means will be valuable when you graduate. Evening language courses there are beautiful beaches, stunning countryside Volunteering takes many forms If you want to learn a new language or develop and clean, fresh air that allow you to sit and watch and can be anything from community STAR – the University radio station existing language skills, but cannot fit it into the world go by, surf, or go for a walk down the relations work, hosting debating your main timetable, there is the option to two miles of crisp sand. Walk along to the end of workshops, to being a member of a do extracurricular evening language classes, the stone pier and you will be met by a view to committee. You can join through a from beginner to advanced levels. They are not remember for the rest of your life. number of groups at the Freshers’ part of any degree programme and have a fee Fayre, or by running for a position in the Students’ Association elections in March. Getting involved can be as easy as attending the Freshers’ Fayre and seeing what interests you. In the Spring, all “ The students of St Andrews, their high ambitions, and their students are eligible to be elected as a impressive ability to stand up for what they believe in were the key Students’ Association Officer and work to provide as many resources to students reasons I was inspired to join this university community. If you as possible. choose to make St Andrews your new home, I know you will benefit The time you spend volunteering is from our collective passion for learning, desire to improve upon also recognised by the University and is ourselves and the world we live in, as well as our compassion for eligible to go on your Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) when you those around us.” graduate. Raisin Monday Dr Leyla Hussein OBE, University Rector

10 11 Traditions

As you might expect from a university that is over 600 years old, we have a large number of traditions relating to different societies, halls of residence and times of the year. They may seem odd at first, but combined they are highly memorable and form part of an experience you cannot get anywhere else. As May Dip with all things at university, you can choose what you want to get involved in.

Academic families The PH Most first-year students are adopted by third- or The initials PH are embedded in the pavement fourth-year students. Along with other adopted outside St Salvator’s Quadrangle on North Street. students, they become ‘academic families’. Families They are a memorial to Patrick Hamilton, a are often based within your hall, societies you are St Andrews student, who was burnt at the stake for part of or through sports teams. Although this is heresy during the Reformation in 1528. Today you not organised by the University, academic families have to avoid stepping on the initials or, as legend act as an informal support network at the start of goes, you will fail your degree. The only way to your time in St Andrews and often develop into reverse the misfortune of accidentally stepping on friendships that last throughout university and the PH is to take part in the May Dip. Patrick Hamilton initials – PH Raisin Monday – foam fight beyond. Red gowns Raisin Weekend If you come on one of our Visiting Days, you will Raisin Weekend is a two-day celebration that see a lot of people in red gowns. These eye-catching usually happens part way through the first gowns were introduced during the late 17th semester. During Raisin Sunday your ‘academic century so that owners of the local taverns could parents’ will host parties and then on Raisin easily spot students, as they were not allowed to Monday will dress you up, give you a ‘raisin drink. Today the gowns are purely ceremonial receipt’, and take you to the famous shaving foam and are worn at formal occasions, University fight. Raisin Weekend is a fun way to welcome ceremonies, at Chapel services on a Sunday, students to the University, but you can get involved on Pier Walks and to welcome visitors to the as much or as little as you want. University. The May Dip Each year just before dawn on 1 May students gather on East Sands. As the dawn breaks, they run into the North Sea in order to cleanse themselves of any ‘academic sins’ before they sit their exams.

Red gowns 12 13 Sport

Whether you compete at national or international level, play socially or want to stay fit while studying, there are more than 50 sports clubs and sector-leading facilities available for you.

From reaching the pinnacle of your sporting career, studying at St Andrews and competing at an elite to staying fit and healthy throughout your studies, level through the Scott Lang Higher Performance having fun playing the sport you love or trying a Athletic Awards. Students competing on the sport for the very first time, Saints Sport provides University’s performance golf programme may also opportunities to ensure that every student makes apply for a 600 Club Performance Golf scholarship, the most of their time at St Andrews. the prestigious Arnold Palmer scholarship or an Over half of our students are involved with sport R&A Bursary. in some way. Following significant investment in Recreational sport recent years, you will benefit from some of the best Rather than the regular commitment required sports facilities in Scotland. for training and competing, our recreational The Sports Centre now includes a 120-station programme offers frequent, informal drop-in gym, a dedicated Strength and Conditioning suite sessions where the emphasis is on having fun and for performance athletes, a technical climbing wall, participation. Sessions are open to all students and all-weather pitches, top quality grass pitches, a provide a great way to stay active, meet new people four-court indoor tennis centre, and an eight-court and make friends. indoor sports arena. Health and fitness Sports clubs Saints Fitness offers a full range of services to all There are over 50 sports clubs at St Andrews, offering students including fitness consultations, personal activities for all levels of ability or aspiration, whether training, and Strength and Conditioning support. that is competitive or recreational. Over 100 teams Our varied exercise class programme runs all-year- compete annually in British Universities & Colleges round and is tailored to suit all levels and abilities. Sport (BUCS), Scottish Student Sport (SSS), local and With over 40 classes per week including Yoga, national leagues and cup competitions, with many Pilates, Zumba, HIIT, Spin, and many more, our more students competing on an individual level. instructors are here to help you get the most out of Most of our clubs also offer recreational activities, your workout and improve your overall fitness. giving students an amazing opportunity to travel further afield, including experiencing the beauty of Leadership, coaching and volunteering the Scottish Highlands. There are many ways to get involved with coaching, Performance sport officiating and volunteering during your time at St Andrews. We support students to develop The University recognises a number of sports as part skills, knowledge and confidence in sporting roles, of the Performance Programme, each benefiting from and offer grants to subsidise the training and increased support and a dedicated sport-specific development of our coaches and officials. Director or Head Coach. This support includes Our international volunteering projects offer sport science interventions such as Strength and students a unique opportunity to make a real Conditioning and performance analysis, increased difference whilst adding value to their University funding and greater access to training facilities. education, enhancing their global awareness and High performance athletes developing their leadership and coaching skills. The University encourages individual sporting www.st-andrews.ac.uk/sport excellence by supporting talented athletes who are

14 15 Music

Music at St Andrews is open to all, whether you want to take lessons, play in groups, practise or just come and listen.

There are opportunities for musicians across Facilities different genres, from orchestras and our Chapel The University has recently opened the Laidlaw Choir, through to a cappella and musical theatre. Music Centre, a world-class facility that includes the Laidlaw Music Centre Academic classes acoustically superb and highly flexible Macpherson Recital Room, practice rooms with pianos that The Music Centre offers a range of classes that will be accessible at all times, suites of studios can be taken as part of your degree. If you already for electronic music and recording, a library and sing or play an instrument to a high level, the rooms for group rehearsal. Practice rooms are courses offer increasingly specialised studies also available in the Students’ Association and in in performance, culminating in a public recital. many of the halls of residence. Concerts and staged We also offer courses that can be taken without performances regularly take place in the Younger any previous study that will develop your Hall, the Byre Theatre, the Students’ Association understanding of musical theory and history, or and the University’s two beautiful medieval chapels. introduce you to electronic music, Scottish music, music from cultures around the world or opera. Concerts www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/music St Andrews has an extraordinarily rich concert Lessons programme, which draws on the talents both of the student body and of visiting professional musicians Regardless of what degree you are studying, the from across the world. We are the only Scottish Music Centre offers you weekly lessons on almost university and one of very few in the UK with a any orchestral instrument or voice. Lessons can professional orchestra in residence, the Scottish be arranged at all levels, with highly experienced Chamber Orchestra, who visit five times a year teachers who combine teaching with their and whose members regularly coach and play in The Other Guys at the Edinburgh Fringe Big BUStA (student-run big band) in Younger Hall performing careers. Scholarships to cover the cost concerts alongside our students. We host annual of lessons are awarded on the basis of competitive festivals of new, vocal, and wind and brass music, as auditions at the start of each year. well as lunchtime and evening professional concerts. Groups www.st-andrews.ac.uk/music There are groups in St Andrews performing in Music societies just about every musical style and genre, whether If you are more interested in contemporary run by the Music Centre or one of the very active music, musical theatre, a cappella or jazz, there student societies. There are numerous musical are societies at the Students’ Association that opportunities for students, which in previous might be of interest. The Students’ Association years have included singing with St Salvator’s also offers opportunities to both perform and Chapel Choir on tours across the world, working enjoy music through a variety of events from with professional soloists in orchestral concerts small performances to open mic nights and or appearing in fully staged operas. St Andrews larger gigs. More information is available on the also offers exceptional opportunities in musical Students’ Association website. theatre and a cappella singing. Whatever your www.yourunion.net musical interests there is something for everyone at St Andrews.

A live-streamed concert during the St Andrews Voices festival 16 17 250 metres Location of halls of residence Accommodation Three minutes’ walk across St Andrews

The University has over 3,000 beds across our ten halls of residence. Our accommodation guarantee means that you know you will have accommodation for your first year. You can find out more about our accommodation and the conditions of the guarantee online: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/accommodation

St Salvator's Hall

18 19 Accommodation choices Our residences are located throughout the town and all are within walking distance of University buildings and the town centre. They range from beautiful stone buildings full of original period features, to stylish new apartments, with en-suite shower rooms, which are built to high environmental and sustainability standards.

Most of the rooms in our historic Example of an individual study bedroom Agnes Blackadder Hall residences are shared. Individual and en-suite rooms are available in our more modern halls. Catered accommodation What is available? More than just a place to stay, All our halls are different, and you should look at • A range of catering packages from 14 to 19 our residences are a place to live. the options online to see which is best for you. Example of a shared twin study bedroom meals a week. Whether you are in one of our old All bedrooms include a bed, desk, chair and • A wide range of menu items, including historical buildings or one of our storage for clothes and books. Laundry facilities are vegetarian and vegan options. contemporary residences you will available using prepaid cards. • Compact kitchens so you can make drinks and have a Wardennial Team (University Hall fees also include wifi access throughout snacks between meals. staff and postgraduates) on hand for the halls, personal effects insurance cover, Hall • A central dining room in each catered hall to advice and support and a committee Committee subscriptions and bike storage. eat, meet people and socialise. to organise events. • Packed lunches and dinners, if you are away at How and when to apply The Wardennial Team take mealtimes. Once you receive – and accept – your offer, you can responsibility for encouraging a • We have a commitment to ethically sourced, apply for accommodation. Please do not wait for sense of community and will also quality products, sourcing sustainable and your offer status to change, regardless of whether be the first point of contact if a seasonal produce wherever possible. your offer is conditional or unconditional. You can health crisis occurs, or if you have a apply for accommodation from 1 April in your year personal problem. Their roles involve Self-catered accommodation of entry. In order to be guaranteed accommodation mentoring, advising and providing • Total flexibility over what and when you eat. you must apply before 30 June. Full details of the support. • Shared kitchens with lockers for food storage. application process can be found online. Each residence also has a Senior • Kitchens equipped with cookers, microwaves, Student and Hall Committee who www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/accommodation fridges, freezers and kettles. take on the responsibility of looking +44 (0)1334 462510 • Various cafés across the University when you after the social life of the residence, Kitchen in David Russell Apartments do not want to cook. organising BBQs, receptions and balls, and representing student opinion to the management. If you require accommodation in the inter-semester break in January, you should select an en-suite option as the catered standard residences close during this period. If you have a specialist, Halal or Kosher diet, you should select a self-catered option. The University also gives all possible assistance to those with disabilities or limiting long-term illnesses – please provide full information on your application about anything that is likely to impact on your accommodation needs.

Example of an individual study bedroom McIntosh Hall Common Room

20 21 Support and welfare

St Andrews takes the welfare of its students seriously, and there is support available to you.

The University offers a wide range of support to Wellbeing, counselling and mental health ensure that, on both an academic and personal There may be times when you want professional level, your experience as a student is successful and support to resolve difficulties you encounter. fulfilling. Student Services provides: The Student Services’ wellbeing, counselling and mental health service helps you access the • support for students with a disability or assistance you need to have a well-balanced life. long-term health condition. The service has obtained APPTS accreditation • student life and wellbeing advice. from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. • counselling and mental health support. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/support/student • immigration advice. • advice on money and finances. The University Chaplaincy provides friendly, • advice on academic issues. non-judgemental support to all students • pastoral care for students in University regardless of faith or philosophy of life. The residences. Chaplaincy offers worship in the University, The ASC and a team of Honorary Chaplains from different faiths and Humanism supports several The Advice and Support Centre (ASC) is the first student-led faith societies, as well as events for port of call for any student queries. Staff at the ASC international students. Any student can receive are happy to answer any question, provide student pastoral care led by the Chaplain. status letters and transcripts, as well as booking www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/support/chaplaincy appointments with one of Student Services’ specialist advisers for further support and advice. Wardennial services Health Each hall of residence has a live-in Wardennial Team, consisting of a Warden and a team of There are two primary care medical practices Assistant Wardens. The team is responsible for in St Andrews with many years of experience building a strong and supportive community and working with the student community. In hall identity and works with residents and the addition, the Student Health Hub, staffed by Hall Committee to organise events and activities. University employees, is located with the medical The Warden and Assistant Wardens are on call practices and helps students access health advice to provide advice and support at night and on quickly. weekends, as well as links to daytime support Disabilities services. All students, whether in halls or private The University has students with a wide range accommodation, can access emergency support of disabilities and learning difficulties. The from the Student Services’ Response Team who University’s Disability Team includes advisers on work nights and weekends all year. disability and specific learning difficulties. They Contact can be contacted at any stage of the application More information about how the University will process for information, advice or support by support you can be found online or by contacting emailing [email protected]. Applicants Student Services. are encouraged to make their needs known in their application. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/studentservices [email protected] +44 (0)1334 462020

West Sands 22 23 Study facilities

You will spend considerable time at university conducting your own research and reading. Our study facilities give you space to do this. In addition to the libraries, there are many dedicated spaces across halls of residence and academic buildings where you Main Library can find a study environment that suits you.

Libraries and study spaces In addition to the Main Library, there is: More than just a building full of books, a library • St Mary’s College Library (including the is a central pillar of university life. It is a place to historic King James Library), which is the study and access information with staff on hand oldest university library reading room in to support you in your work. Library resources Scotland, located in St Mary’s Quadrangle, with are available in the town centre and on the North collections for Divinity and Medieval History. Haugh, where most science Schools and the School of Medicine are located. Everyone studies North Haugh options: in different ways, which is why you can choose • The J F Allen Library (Physics & Astronomy from a number of study environments, including building) holds books and journals for some cafés, silent areas, group study rooms and some science subjects. more informal areas. • Dr Ettie Stewart Steele Reading Room (Purdie You can access a vast array of digital resources building) holds a selection of Chemistry books and online journals from any of these spaces, as for reference. well as across the University and beyond. You are • The Library at the Gateway (this building also also entitled to borrow from the nearby libraries includes the School of Management), provides 96 Rector’s Café Studying in Physics & Astronomy of the universities of Dundee and Abertay. study spaces and a range of seating options. The Main Library: Whether you want to be inspired by our beautiful • is located in the centre of town. historic spaces at the King James Library, be at • provides access to over 1,000 study spaces in a the heart of the University in our Main Library or range of styles to suit how you study. close to class on the North Haugh at the J F Allen • is open 18 hours a day during the semester. Library or the Gateway, our dedicated study spaces, • holds over one million volumes, a large e-book resources and staff are here to support your studies collection, thousands of print and electronic and research. journals and academic databases. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library • provides expert support from members of our Twitter: @StAndrewsUniLib specialist Academic Liaison Librarian Team. Facebook: @StAndrewsUniversityLibrary • provides help and training on finding Instagram: @StAndrewsUniLib information. • has plenty of computers for you to use.

J F Allen Library King James Library 24 25 At St Andrews you will have access to a whole Your future range of support to enhance your future prospects. All students can benefit from our professional development programmes, advice and support on careers and internships, and a lifelong connection with the University through our alumni network.

Employability gain relevant work experience and acquire the As well as a challenging academic culture, employability and career planning skills you will studying at St Andrews will give you a range need to succeed on whichever career path you of opportunities to enhance the skills you need choose to take. to be successful in your chosen field when you • Careers advisers provide individual graduate. The opportunities for students to guidance and coaching, as well as group take responsibility through societies, events, workshops on a variety of topics. volunteering and sport mean that St Andrews • We host careers fairs and provide other graduates are not just academic high achievers but opportunities to meet top graduate also well-rounded and prepared for their careers. employers. Academic and professional development • There are extensive digital career All students are eligible to take part in the information resources on internships, Professional Skills Curriculum supported by graduate job roles, specific sectors and CEED (the Centre for Educational Enhancement industries, job vacancies, and postgraduate and Development) and accessed through the study information both in the UK and Careers Centre, which offers many workshops and abroad. resources to develop the skills and attributes that • Unique opportunities are available are valued by graduate employers. Topics such as for St Andrews students through our organisational skills, confidence and adaptability, own internships and work shadowing networking, team-working and leadership, aligned programmes, both in St Andrews and to the University’s graduate attribute framework, around the world. are delivered via a blend of online workshops, • There is access to our alumni network evening lectures and practical skills sessions. and support to help you expand your own This programme is endorsed by the Institute of network as well as networking events Leadership and Management and is recognised on worldwide. a student’s Higher Education Achievement Report • International Opportunity Managers work (HEAR) when they graduate. with employers and alumni overseas to CEED also offers a number of other support secure access to internships and graduate and development opportunities for our students, jobs, as well as keeping up-to-date with the including academic and IT skills. latest trends in graduate recruitment. Careers advice and opportunities • We provide advice for those looking to go on to further study. of our graduates are in work or The Careers Centre is available to all students and 96% provides resources and support to enable you to www.st-andrews.ac.uk/careers further study within 15 months of graduation decide on the career direction you want to take,

26 27 Study abroad

Whether it is Biology in Australia, Psychology in Canada or International Relations in Hong Kong – Study Abroad programmes play an important role in the University’s commitment to a learning culture that is challenging, imaginative and flexible. Deanna (University of Hong Kong) Ben (Bocconi University, Milan)

We are partnered with large and small institutions The costs involved in studying abroad vary across the globe, allowing our students to apply to depending on location and programme. You will spend either a semester or an entire year abroad. be responsible for your travel and living costs and Some offer an intimate campus experience; others any other personal expenses. Additional costs are located in the heart of a major metropolis, from may include visa charges, vaccinations, books, Beijing to Paris, Melbourne to Los Angeles. What supplies, and medical insurance. Accommodation is unites all of our programmes is the quality of the not often guaranteed at our partner universities. academic provision, ensuring that participation in St Andrews Abroad options a St Andrews Study Abroad programme opens the door to a new and valuable academic experience at • St Andrews Abroad refers to a number of another institution. University exchanges each of which is open to Study Abroad for credit is permitted on existing students in several disciplines in Arts, Divinity University-approved programmes only. All of our and Science. programmes are carefully selected and monitored. • For the academic year 2021-2022, there The University has good relations with our are 17 partner universities in Australia, partners overseas and works closely with them to Czech Republic, New Zealand, Hong Kong, ensure students enjoy a successful period abroad Singapore, Canada and the USA. and a smooth return to St Andrews thereafter. European exchanges Key information We have a wide range of student exchange partners across Europe, including in France, Spain, Italy, • Some programmes are available for one Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the Czech semester, while others involve a full academic Republic. These opportunities offer students the year abroad (usually third year). chance to study abroad for a semester or a full year • Opportunities are available in most degree through exchanges specifically tailored to their programmes in Arts, Divinity and Science. academic disciplines. We value our European and • Programmes are competitive and the main international partnerships, and the opportunities criterion is a strong academic record. they provide for student and staff mobility, and the • Most programmes involve payment of your exchange of knowledge, ideas and perspectives. Lucy (Western University, Canada) Vida (James Cook University, Australia) normal tuition fees to St Andrews and no tuition fee liability at the host institution. Working abroad • Several Study Abroad programmes have Completing a work placement abroad is a good “I would definitely recommend studying abroad if you have the scholarships attached to help you with the opportunity to gain work experience in another costs. culture or language and to enhance valuable skill chance. I learnt so much about adapting to new places and • In 2021-2022 the University has 65 subject- sets. As part of specific degree programmes in cultures, which will be invaluable for when the time comes to specific Study Abroad programmes in 28 Biology, Chemistry and Modern Languages, you leave university and start my career. The entire experience has countries. may apply to undertake a work placement abroad given me many memories which I will cherish forever.” for credit.

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad Luke (Institute of Porous Solids, Paris)

28 29 BA (International Honours) “This programme challenges you to adapt to new The Bachelor of Arts (International Honours) is environments where you get the opportunity to a collaboration between two internationally explore the world and learn from two historic renowned universities, offering the opportunity universities. Students find a home at both and to study at both the University of St Andrews and develop lasting friendships and memories that will William & Mary in the USA. lead them into a lifetime of adventures.”

Designed for those who want a truly international The BA (International Honours) programme Catie (Virginia, USA) education, this programme allows you to engage combines the best aspects of two academic with both the depth of study for which St Andrews traditions, offering you a range of opportunities is renowned and the breadth of the liberal arts both in your subject and in developing your skills tradition at William & Mary. The programme for the future. The curriculum in each of the lets you spend two years at each institution and disciplines offers more breadth than a traditional graduate with a jointly awarded BA (International St Andrews degree as well as more specialisation Honours) degree. This programme has a different than is usual at William & Mary. fee structure. The latest fee information is available Graduates from this programme have gone online. on to a diverse range of opportunities, including Subjects AmeriCorps, US Department of State and further study at Georgetown University. There are six subject options on this programme: Classical Studies (choose either Ancient History Entry requirements and Archaeology or Greek and Latin pathway), Admission to the BA (International Honours) is Economics, English, Film Studies, History highly competitive. The entry requirements for all (including significant study of a second language) or six subject areas are: International Relations. Standard Minimum Structure SQA Highers: AAAAB SQA Highers: AABB You will apply to the institution where you intend GCE A-Levels: AAA GCE A-Levels: ABB to spend your first year and then move on to the IB: 38 (HL 6,6,6) IB: 36 (HL 6,5,5) other institution for your second year. Thereafter History and English applicants will require you can choose how you wish to allocate your third previous knowledge of their subject (Standard: A and fourth years of study. Dedicated academic at Higher or A-Level, HL6 at IB; Minimum: B at advisers will assist you throughout the duration of Higher or A-Level, HL5 at IB). History applicants your degree. will also require a strong competency in a language From the outset you will elect to specialise in other than English. one of six subject areas. In first and second year UK-based applicants should check whether they you have the opportunity to study from the broad are required to meet the Standard or Minimum curriculum offerings of the two institutions, as well entry requirements on the online indicator. as your chosen specialisation. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/entry/indicator In addition to your main subject you will, in consultation with your Adviser of Studies, compile All students based outside of the UK will require a ‘breadth portfolio’ comprised of courses satisfying the Standard entry requirements or equivalent the various objectives that underlie the William & qualifications. International Relations students will Mary General Education Requirements, including be required to also study Economics in first year. six under knowledge, nine under skills and three www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/study-options/ under values. international-honours

William & Mary 30 31 International students

You can meet our staffall over the world or online. We visit schools, attend fairs and run events throughout the year. Find upcoming events and contacts online: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/meet-us

Applying to St Andrews Pre-sessional courses International students can apply to St Andrews These courses prepare you for studying at through UCAS, Common Application or directly St Andrews, focusing on the academic language through our website. More information about the and skills you will need for your degree. You application process and entry requirements can be will develop your ability to use English in found on pages 162-167 and online. academic contexts, and key skills such as reading www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/apply/ug critically and using sources appropriately. You International Foundation Programmes will also learn about the academic, social and cultural life here. If your English language level Our International Foundation Programmes (IFPs) does not satisfy the University’s requirements are designed to bridge the gap between high you may be asked to attend these programmes as school and university for overseas students whose a condition of your offer. school-leaving qualifications are not recognised www.st-andrews.ac.uk/international-education/ for direct entry into University of St Andrews short-courses/pre-sessional undergraduate degrees. These programmes enable you to develop the subject knowledge as Academic Induction well as the academic language and skills needed This two-week course runs immediately before to succeed at undergraduate level. Additionally, the semester starts and offers international they provide acculturation and orientation for life students an all-round introduction to studying in the UK, helping you to settle in and feel more at St Andrews. With an emphasis on academic confident in your new home. writing, appropriate use of sources and The IFPs we deliver offer direct progression onto presentation skills, this course will help you undergraduate degrees at St Andrews. They are understand our academic expectations, as well as also widely recognised by other top-ranking British giving you an introduction to life at St Andrews. universities. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/study-options/ IFPs start in September or January. Further ug/induction information about these programmes and how to Academic English Service apply can be found online. We offer an Academic English Service for students www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/study-options/ whose first language is not English. Workshops foundation focus on specific groups or language levels, whilst tutorials will help develop your independent learning skills and allow you to get feedback on structuring longer written assignments. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/international-education/aes

Pier Walk 32 33 Faculty of Arts “The Faculty of Arts is a collaborative community of scholars who collectively produce outstanding research and innovative teaching; we are clearly amongst the best in the world, as rankings consistently show. The intellectual life of our scholarly “ I had no real idea what I wanted to study, Subjects in the family – students and staff together – is Faculty of Arts: and so St Andrews was the perfect place for Ancient History, Arabic, Art History, Chinese Studies, therefore wonderfully rich. Because of this, me. Here I have been lucky to try out Medieval Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, your experience in the Faculty of Arts will History, Italian and Mathematics alongside Divinity, Economics, English, Film Studies, Arabic and Art History.” French, Geography, help you to explore unexpected possibilities, to German, Greek, Hebrew, Henri (Somerset, England) International Relations, develop your critical skills, and to live up to Italian, Latin, Management, Mathematics, Medieval History, Modern History, Music, St Andrews has a centuries-long tradition of teaching in the arts, Persian, Philosophy, your potential.” and today we continue to teach arts, humanities and social science Psychology, Russian, subjects at the highest possible level. Studying in the Faculty of Arts Scottish History, Professor Frank Lorenz Müller will allow you to take the passion you have for a particular subject Social Anthropology, Dean of Arts & Divinity further and also to explore new areas of study that interest you. Spanish, Statistics, Through the teaching of leading academics and learning from Sustainable Development. leading academics alongside students from all over the world, not only will you experience an outstanding education but also different Certain classes have pre-requisites. perspectives from classmates with diverse backgrounds. More information can be found online: Supported pathways www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects MA (Master of Arts) Honours – four years The Gateway to Arts and FE-HE Pathway to Arts provide alternative BA (Bachelor of Arts) International Honours – four years entry routes to programmes in the Faculty of Arts. These are tailored programmes which allow eligible applicants from Scotland to explore subjects across the Faculty whilst receiving additional support before progressing to a named degree programme. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/study-options/pathways

34 35 Faculty of Faculty of Divinity Medicine “The Faculty of Divinity is a centre of excellence “When you study Medicine at St Andrews in research and teaching. Theology is consistently you get an outstanding grounding in the ranked first in the UK by students in the National sciences that support medicine and a Student Survey, and in the top 20 departments in significant introduction to the clinical skills the QS World University Rankings.” you will require throughout your career.”

Professor Frank Lorenz Müller, Dean of Arts & Divinity Professor David Crossman, Dean of Medicine

MTheol (Master of Theology) Honours – four years BSc (Bachelor of Science) Honours – three years MA (Master of Arts) Honours – four years MB ChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) Graduate Entry – four years

“Studying in Divinity has given me the opportunity to “ It is important that Medicine challenges me to engage with some of the most difficult and important think about what I am learning. We get exposure issues with people from a variety of different backgrounds, to a hospital setting early on as well as learning the which has certainly made for good discussions.” different clinical skills that are involved.”

Elise (West Lothian, Scotland) Xu Xuan (Penang, Malaysia)

A close-knit community with centuries of teaching Supported pathways Medicine at St Andrews is a three-year BSc (Honours) Gateway to Medicine and tradition, the Faculty of Divinity offers you The Gateway to Arts and FE-HE Pathway to Arts programme, after which you will progress to one of The Gateway to Medicine programme is taught the opportunity to explore biblical and theological provide alternative entry routes to programmes our partner medical schools at the universities of through the Faculty of Science. The purpose studies as, or as part of, your degree programme. in the Faculty of Divinity. These are tailored Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, of the programme is to promote the uptake First and second year courses in Divinity: programmes which allow eligible applicants Manchester, or Barts and The London School of of higher education, specifically the study from Scotland to explore subjects across the Medicine and Dentistry to complete your Primary of Medicine, among those groups that are Old Testament (with optional Hebrew), New Faculty whilst receiving additional support before Medical Qualification and graduate as a doctor. traditionally under-represented at university. Testament (with optional Greek), Theology progressing to a named degree programme. Our programme does not follow the same model Further information is on page 122 and online: (Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion), www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/study-options/ as the rest of the University, rather it has a set www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/medicine/ Church History – Practical Theology (social and pathways structure in which all courses are compulsory and gateway-to-medicine pastoral theology and ethics). Combinations unique to the Faculty of Medicine. You will enter depend on your degree choice. at the equivalent of second year, in order for your degree to be completed in three years. 36 37 Faculty of Science “Studying a science in St Andrews means you will be part of a Faculty at the forefront of teaching and research. Our science Schools are communities that bring together academics, researchers and students Subjects in the “St Andrews’ flexible degree structure has Faculty of Science: from all over the globe to create an Astronomy, Astrophysics, allowed me to explore social sciences like Biology, Chemistry, outstanding learning environment in Computer Science, Earth Economics while also studying Biology. Not only & Environmental Sciences, Economics, Geography, our unique location.” have I learned about molecular life but also Geology, Management, how the economy works.” Mathematics, Neuroscience, Dr Jonathan Issberner Philosophy, Physics, Acting Dean of Science Radhe (Bangalore, India) Psychology, Statistics, Sustainable Development.

Certain classes have pre-requisites.

We are extremely proud of our science teaching at St Andrews More information can be found online: and consistently appear at the top of the National Student Survey www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects for student satisfaction. In all of the eight science Schools at BSc (Bachelor of Science) Honours – four years St Andrews you will experience research-led teaching and be MBiochem (Master in Biochemistry) Honours – five years taught by leaders in their respective fields. Small-group teaching MBiol (Master in Biology) Honours – five years is common, and you will be able to explore your chosen subject MChem (Master in Chemistry) Honours – five years in small groups and in state-of-the-art laboratories. The Faculty MGeol (Master in Geology) Honours – five years provides a variety of programmes leading to an Honours degree MMarBiol (Master in Marine Biology) Honours – five years in science. MMath (Master in Mathematics) Honours – five years Supported pathways MPhys (Master in Physics) Honours – five years MSci (Master in Science) Honours – five years The Gateway to Science, Gateway to Physics and Astronomy and FE-HE Pathway to Science provide alternative entry routes to programmes in the Faculty of Science. These are tailored programmes which allow eligible applicants from Scotland to explore subjects across the Faculty whilst receiving additional support before progressing to a named degree programme. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/study-options/pathways

38 39 Ancient History is a diverse subject which encourages us to Ancient History (& Archaeology) reflect on many current debates. You will utilise a range of www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/ancient-history sources to study the political, social and cultural history of the [email protected] ancient Mediterranean world.

See also School of Classics; Classical Studies; Classics, Greek and Latin; History • Wide range of specialist topics covering all periods of ancient history, from archaic Greece to late antiquity. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • Specialist archaeology modules and skills training in third and standards required to consider you fourth years. for entry. You can find out more • No prior experience required: you can start studying Ancient about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on History here. page 167. • Option to learn Latin and Greek from scratch alongside your www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ Ancient History courses. subjects/entry • For Study Abroad information, see page 59. SQA Highers: • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB What will I study? emperor, Augustus, in the first • Gateway entry grades BBBB century. Subjects studied may GCE A-Levels: Ancient History • Standard entry grades AAA also include women and gender Ancient History at St Andrews • Minimum entry grades ABB in antiquity, slavery, wealth is an exciting and wide-ranging International Baccalaureate: and poverty, and religion. You subject that covers not just the • Standard entry grades 36 will also develop core skills in (HL 6,6,5) ancient Greeks and Romans but • Minimum entry grades 36 the analysis of a wide range of also some of their neighbours, (HL 6,5,5) material, from written histories such as the Persians and to inscriptions and archaeology. Phoenicians. Key specialisms at St Andrews include ancient Second year religion, gender, historiography, You will study the Roman economics, warfare, empires, empire from Augustus to and cities and urban living. An Constantine, exploring its Ancient History degree will take politics, organisation, religion you on a fascinating journey to and economy. Then you will take the heart of the complex and a long view of human settlement varied societies of the ancient in the Mediterranean to the Mediterranean, which are both seventh century CE, focusing deeply familiar and profoundly on archaeological evidence and strange. interpretation to understand Archaeology class Ancient History & Archaeology how the Greeks, Romans and their neighbours sustained their Taught alongside Ancient “I chose Ancient History civilisations and interacted Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No History in the first two years, this with each other and their as St Andrews offers a course branches out in the third environment. broad range of classes and fourth years with training taught around the MA BA MA MA in key archaeological skills and Third and fourth years a range of specialist modules (Honours) research interests of on the material culture of the Recent topics in ancient history the lecturers, so going Single Honours International Honours Joint Honours Triple Honours ancient Mediterranean. have included Greece and into the class you know Both programmes: the Persians, ancient religion, Ancient History Classical Studies – Ancient Ancient History & Ancient History and two Roman slavery and empires in that it is a topic being Ancient History & History and Archaeology Archaeology and modern languages First year Archaeology pathway Social Anthropology antiquity. actively researched and Ancient History and one of You will study the emergence Recent topics in archaeology contributed to by the 17 other subjects of city-states in Greece in the have included the city of Rome, people teaching you.” eighth century BCE through Minoan Crete, the Etruscans and See entry requirements and See Arts combinations, See Triple combinations, to the rise of the first Roman Classical bodies. other information, page 30 pages 172-173 pages 132-133 George (Texas, USA)

40 41 Whilst studying Arabic at St Andrews you will not only gain a Arabic high level of competence in language skills in Modern Arabic, www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/arabic but you will also learn the language of the Arabic media and [email protected] literature.

See also Middle East Studies, Modern Languages • You can take Arabic with a wide range of other subjects. • You will be taught by a small but diverse team of academics and Entry requirements These grades are the overall language tutors in each year. standards required to consider you • You will be taught by scholars whose research and literary for entry. You can find out more translation work is internationally recognised. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on • You will gain a knowledge of both classical and contemporary page 167. Arab culture. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ • Middle Eastern and African Studies at St Andrews is ranked third subjects/entry in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2021 and The Times and SQA Highers: The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB • Gateway entry grades BBBB What will I study? Second year GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAB The topics covered include the Courses taught in second year • Minimum entry grades ABB language of the Arabic media will enable you to read and International Baccalaureate: and classical and modern write Modern Standard Arabic • Standard entry grades 36 language and literature. You to intermediate level and to (HL 6,6,5) • Minimum entry grades 36 will be exposed to a wide range speak in standard Arabic with (HL 6,5,5) of texts and media, including a limited vocabulary. Oral work classical poetry, the Qur’an, and written class work will the Thousand and One Nights, be based on a series of texts modern short stories and films, relevant to contemporary issues news bulletins, videos and and culture. There are also two articles from the Arabic media. optional courses, providing an You will acquire a high level introduction to classical Arab of competence in language culture and an introduction to skills. You can progress to Joint Middle Eastern history, which are Honours in Arabic and a wide relevant to any student of Arabic. “I can’t imagine a more range of other subjects, including Third and fourth years welcoming and beautiful Persian, Middle East Studies, (Honours) place. It can be scary modern European languages, In addition to core language to think about living International Relations, English, courses, you can choose Modern or Medieval History, thousands of miles from from a range of modern and The door (bab) to the oldest university in the world, al-Qarawiyyin University in Fes Mathematics. home, but there is a classical topics. You can write First year a dissertation on a topic of community here for you, Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No The Arabic courses will enable your choice with an individual no matter who you are. All the degrees are available With Integrated Year Abroad you to read, write and converse supervisor. What I enjoy most is in simple Modern Standard Study or work abroad the passion that all of Arabic. The Arabic alphabet, You can apply to study or work writing system and basic Arabic the staff have for their MA MA BSc for a semester or more in an Arab grammar are covered. A selection subject. They want us to country. Arabic students also of non-literary modern Arabic participate in the University-wide be excited about learning Joint Honours Triple Honours ‘With’ Honours texts will be used in class as St Andrews Abroad programme. and they’re very supportive the basis of language teaching, Arabic and one of 27 other subjects Arabic and two other modern languages Biology with Arabic Further information on page classroom drills, tests and and patient.” Arabic and one other modern language 129 and online at: written assignments and oral and another subject www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ Sophie (North Carolina, USA) class work. study-abroad Pictured opposite while on study abroad See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 See Triple combinations, pages 132-133 in Morocco

42 43 You will study art from the medieval to the modern periods, Art History focusing on painting, sculpture and architecture in addition to www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/art-history applied art, graphic arts and photography. You will learn to assess [email protected] images both critically and perceptively.

• Art History at St Andrews is ranked first in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2021, and first in Scotland and second in the UK by Entry requirements These grades are the overall the Complete University Guide 2021. standards required to consider you • We are one of the largest Art History departments in the UK and for entry. You can find out more have a wide range of expertise. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on • Most teaching is directly informed by the research activities of page 167. our staff, so it is continuously updated and always offered by www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ specialists. subjects/entry • Our School is friendly and collegial with a strong sense of SQA Highers: community. • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB • Gateway entry grades BBBB What will I study? which art was produced, and GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAA Art History provides a context in examines points of contact • Minimum entry grades ABB which you will gain intellectual with the wider world. The International Baccalaureate: breadth and learn to become second course analyses art and • Standard entry grades 36 verbally and visually articulate. architecture in the 17th and (HL 6,6,5) • Minimum entry grades 36 You will learn to assess images, 18th centuries, primarily (but (HL 6,5,5) artworks and architecture of not only) in Europe, addressing all kinds, both critically and technological advances, perceptively. We do not teach widening audiences, and technical or practical art skills processes of colonisation. – although previous experience Second year in these, perhaps in the context You will take two courses. The “I love how versatile of a Higher or an A-Level, first explores the intersection the degree is and how would certainly provide a useful of visual culture with background. engaging the lectures are. conceptions of modernity, We focus on the histories I really value the emphasis empire and revolutionary of painting, sculpture and resistance in the long 19th on independent research architecture but also encompass century, predominantly but not and the range of subjects applied art, graphic arts exclusively in Europe, paying and photography as well as to study. I like the open- particular attention to the contemporary media like minded attitude of the constructs of gender, race and installation and performance. class. The second course expands School of Art History and A wide range of factors are on the relationship between art the small class sizes – you considered: the analysis of St Salvator's Quadrangle and political struggle in the 20th style, content and meaning, really receive individualised and 21st centuries, examining politics, patronage and social attention. St Andrews how practitioners around the Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No significance, broad questions of globe have contributed to socio- strikes the perfect theory and aesthetics. cultural change. balance between academic First year rigour and university MA MA Third and fourth years We offer two courses. The (Honours) life. The friendships you first comprises medieval and You can choose subjects from Renaissance visual art and cultivate and the calibre a wide range of options, most Single Honours Joint Honours architecture in Europe and of the education you of which correspond to the beyond. It has a particular Art History Art History and one of 25 other subjects research interests of individual receive are outstanding.” focus on the social, political members of staff. See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 and religious conditions under Lara (California, USA)

44 45 Art History

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/art-history [email protected]

In third year all Single Honours students take a In addition, many go on to careers in publishing, core course in the first semester (optional for Joint media, marketing, public relations, law, business, Honours students). This is designed to further your finance, retail, catering and hospitality. understanding of major art-historical issues. Graduates in Art History are popular with The following topics (among others) are employers because they have numerous highly currently taught, although applicants are advised significant transferable skills. At St Andrews that this list is subject to change in line with students are trained to present in various media the availability of staff: art and architecture (orally and visually, as well as through written of the medieval period, Renaissance painting, work), to meet deadlines, hone their editorial Renaissance sculpture and architecture, 19th- skills, provide critical appraisals, and to work century art, history of photography, Orientalism collaboratively with other students. and art, Russian art, African art, 20th-century In recent years our graduates have secured modernism, contemporary art. employment in a wide range of positions, including If you are thinking of a career in teaching, you at the BBC, Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Legal and General, can also take the Communication and Teaching in National Museums Scotland, the British Library, Arts and Humanities course. Phaidon Press, Country Life magazine, Vertigo Study abroad Films, The Week magazine, Tiffany and Co., as well as numerous regional museums and galleries. Art History students may apply to participate in the A good number of Art History graduates go University-wide St Andrews Abroad programme. on to further study. This can be in the discipline You may also have the opportunity to participate itself, in associated fields, or other humanities. in our School Abroad exchange programme. For Those seeking careers in museums and galleries, information about study abroad options, please see: particularly as curators or administrators, often www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad take relevant postgraduate degrees for these, Careers including the Museums and Gallery Studies A degree in Art History from St Andrews will programme at St Andrews. provide you with an excellent foundation for a career in a wide range of fields, not least those associated with the arts. Graduates in Art History often work in museums and galleries, arts administration, the art trade or teaching.

“ Art History allows you to view the world and its history through an aesthetic and social perspective. We cover a huge breadth of western art history, from the Renaissance to the present. The course is also quite broad including lectures on Islamic art and includes field trips to galleries in Edinburgh and Glasgow.”

Gemma (Hong Kong) St Mary's College

46 47 You will study life at all levels of organisation, from the Biology molecular biology of virus replication to the behaviour of www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/biology animals in their natural habitats, and the functioning of [email protected] entire ecosystems.

• Flexible, modular degrees spanning a range of disciplines across the biological sciences. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • Integrated Masters degrees in Biology, Biochemistry and Marine standards required to consider you Biology. for entry. You can find out more • A strong focus on analytical, research and quantitative skills about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on provides an extensive training in scientific methods. page 167. • Lectures are augmented by substantial practical experience (in the www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ laboratory and the field) and by regular small-group tutorials. subjects/entry • An independent research project provides key skills in SQA Highers: experimental design, data collection, analysis and presentation, • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB and vital preparation for a career in research. Must include (Biology or • Small-group, research-led teaching allows in-depth discussion and Human Biology) and (Chemistry exploration of current science across a broad range of topics. or Mathematics or Physics). Biochemistry must include (Biology or Human Biology) and Chemistry. What will I study? Third and fourth years • Gateway entry grades BBBB (Honours) GCE A-Levels: Biology at St Andrews offers the • Standard entry grades AAB whole spectrum of the biological In your first Honours year, you • Minimum entry grades ABB sciences, from molecules will study advanced topics in Must include Biology and (Chemistry or Mathematics or Physics). and cells to organisms and your specialism, allowing you Biochemistry must include Biology environments. After a broad- to further enhance your subject and Chemistry. based introduction, you will take knowledge, practical skills and International Baccalaureate: ever more specialised courses, quantitative skills. • Standard entry grades 36 (HL 6,6,5) including HL6 in culminating in a research project. In your second Honours year, Biology and (Chemistry or You will graduate with a BSc you will study in small-group, Mathematics or Physics). Biochemistry must include HL6 in (Honours) degree or with an research-led classes and will Biology and Chemistry. Integrated Masters degree. carry out an individual research • Minimum entry grades 36 project. (HL 6,5,5) including HL6 in First year Biology and HL5 in (Chemistry You will study the whole breadth Integrated Masters or Mathematics or Physics). Biochemistry must include HL6 of biology, from molecules (five years) Biology and HL5 Chemistry. Third-year Biology students surveying biodiversity on a field trip in Wales and cells through to evolution, In your fourth year, you will Direct entry to second year ecology and organismal undertake a year-long research biology. You will gain hands-on placement within industry or at SQA Highers/ Advanced Highers: Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? Yes, Biology or Human Biology • Advanced Higher A in (Biology experience through participation a research institute, usually away or Human Biology) and B in in weekly laboratory- and field- from St Andrews. The following (Chemistry or Mathematics or based practical classes. year, you will return to study Physics), or vice-versa, plus MBiol BSc BSc BSc Highers AAAB. Biochemistry Second year advanced classes in your chosen must include Biology and specialism. Chemistry. You will begin specialising in Direct entry into second year GCE A-Levels: Single Honours Joint Honours ‘With’ Honours your areas of interest. You will • AAA including Biology and MBiochem MMarBiol have the opportunity to study It is possible to enter directly into (Chemistry or Mathematics or Physics). Biochemistry must Animal Behaviour Biology and one of 10 other Biology with Arabic cell biology, molecular biology, second year for most Biology Biochemistry subjects Biology with French include Biology and Chemistry. biochemistry, evolution, ecology, programmes, if you are suitably Biology Psychology with Biology International Baccalaureate: the oceans and zoology. You will qualified. Integrated Masters Cell Biology • 38 including HL6 in Biology Ecology & Conservation Biology with French (With also study research methods and and (Chemistry or Mathematics Biology (MBiol) Evolutionary Biology Integrated Year Abroad) or Physics). Biochemistry must attend laboratory- or field-based include HL6 in Biology and Biochemistry (MBiochem) Marine Biology practical classes. Chemistry. Marine Biology (MMarBiol) Molecular Biology See Science combinations, Zoology page 174

48 49 Biology laboratory, but also out in the field. You can access Study abroad the world-renowned Scottish Oceans Institute, Biology students may apply to participate in the which is housed in the new multidisciplinary University-wide St Andrews Abroad programme. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/biology research and teaching centre located on the East You may also have the opportunity to participate [email protected] Sands in St Andrews. For the MMarBiol, see also in our School Abroad exchange programme. For Integrated Masters on page 49. information about study abroad options, please Molecular Biology see: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad Our degree programmes: of animals, plants and microbes, and on how You will study core topics in molecular biology, Careers cells interact as they form tissues and embryos. Animal Behaviour such as nucleic acid structure and function, Graduates from the School of Biology have a wide In addition to a final year research project, you Firmly set in an evolutionary framework, this chromosome dynamics, gene structure and range of skills sought by employers: laboratory are able to take research-led, small-group classes degree covers why behaviour evolves and how it expression, molecular genetics, molecular virology, and field data collection, data handling and focused on, for example, advanced microscopy develops. You will examine the building blocks of structural biology and bioinformatics. There are presentation, problem solving, teamwork, and image analysis techniques. behaviour, such as its genetic and neural basis, and advanced classes in protein structure and function, planning, and organisation and communication the role behaviour plays in ecosystem function. Ecology & Conservation gene expression and infection and immunity. You skills. Our graduates have secured employment You will learn about cutting-edge research in You will discover key principles to understanding will choose from a range of small-group, research- as clinical scientists, consultant ecologists, a variety of topics including animal cognition, the diversity of environments (both terrestrial led classes that currently includes chromatin and marine mammal scientists, museum curators communication and culture. Your final year and aquatic), the processes of evolution and genome stability, computational genomics, the and schoolteachers. Beyond biology, our recent research project might involve collecting data on speciation, the interactions between plants and CRISPR system and molecular virology. Your final graduates have gained employment in a wide animals at overseas field sites, on the shores or animals, and animal behaviour. You will also see year project is typically conducted with one of variety of business sectors such as marketing and in the fields of Fife, or in research laboratories in their application in biodiversity, sustainability the internationally recognised research groups finance. Others have gone on to study for a wide St Andrews. and conservation issues. You will participate working in the University’s Biomedical Sciences range of Masters and PhD programmes in the UK in a residential field course and develop your Research Complex. Biochemistry (BSc or MBiochem) and overseas. research skills with one of our leading researchers Zoology Additional compulsory costs You will study recent advances in our in ecology and conservation. Your final year You will embark on a wide-ranging exploration Students need to cover the costs of a laboratory understanding of the structure and function project could focus, for example, on the impacts of the animal kingdom, encompassing the coat and dissection kit. Some fourth-year of macromolecules alongside cell biology and of disturbance on coral reefs or of wind turbines structure, development, evolution, classification, optional classes involve substantial additional organismal biology, developing an appreciation of on bird populations, and will provide crucial behaviour and distribution of all types of animal, costs. Students on the Ecology & Conservation the interdisciplinary nature of biochemistry. You training in experimental design, data collection both living and extinct. Courses will enable you degree will need to pay for residential field courses. will learn how biochemistry is providing solutions and analysis. to global challenges, such as the urgent need for to understand animals from their genes to their Those on Integrated Masters degrees may also Evolutionary Biology novel antibiotics or drugs to combat emerging cells, through their physiology and development, encounter additional living costs in their fourth diseases, and for crops with improved yields. You This degree focuses on the theory of evolution via to their behaviour and the roles they play in year if they choose to take industry or research will study protein structure and function, gene courses in evolutionary genetics and evolutionary terrestrial and aquatic environments. You will placements outside St Andrews. regulation, advanced biochemistry, infection and ecology. The impact of evolution on animal and undertake a research project that builds on any There may also be additional costs for some of disease, and pharmacology. For the MBiochem, see plant interactions, terrestrial and aquatic ecology, question concerning the animal kingdom, which our optional classes. also Integrated Masters on page 49. biodiversity and conservation, computational encompasses insects and birds avoiding being genomics and infection and disease will be eaten, how animals recognise possible mates, and Biology (BSc or MBiol) explored. You will develop your research skills on a how animals gain information from each other. If you have broad interests in biology and would residential field course and subsequently work with rather take a wide variety of topics throughout all one of our outstanding ecologists or evolutionary years, these are the degrees for you. Many of our biologists for your final year research project. This applicants initially choose a Biology degree and might involve research on why animals typically later decide on a more specialised degree. However, produce an equal ratio of daughters and sons, we are also keen to support broad-based biologists, the genetic basis of speciation, or the evolution of who bridge whole-organism and molecular development. subjects. For the MBiol, see also Integrated Masters Marine Biology (BSc or MMarBiol) “ Learning about how complex systems in our body work on page 49. These degrees will teach you about the diversity together to keep us functioning as normal, or what happens in Cell Biology of marine life from the deep sea to estuaries, and diseases when they go wrong, fascinates me. The flexibility of You will concentrate on how molecular processes from tiny cells to large marine mammals. Topics choices offered in the first two years allowed me to explore a are organised within the cell and on how at an advanced level will cover marine molecular range of topics. The year in an industry-based laboratory was cells work together within an organism. This ecology, genomics and marine microbiology, and programme provides the basis for understanding the ecology of marine mammals. The shores of invaluable – it was a great opportunity to experience a real- the physiology and development of animals and the North Sea make St Andrews the ideal place to world application of my studies.” plants, as well as many aspects of pathology. The study marine wildlife in its natural habitat. You programme focuses on the structure and function will have the opportunity to learn not only in the Sebastian (Northamptonshire, England)

50 51 Chemistry is an exciting central science in which you will receive Chemistry a thorough, practical and fundamental training. You will be able www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/chemistry to specialise in areas including medicinal chemistry, materials, [email protected] nanotechnology, catalysis, molecular biology and surface science.

• Friendly and close-knit School that is consistently highly ranked amongst UK Chemistry departments. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • Flexible degree structure with an opportunity to specialise in standards required to consider you Materials Chemistry or Medicinal Chemistry. for entry. You can find out more • Opportunity to gain research experience in both industrial and about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on academic environments through an external placement and page 167. research project. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ • Practical training in award-winning, state-of-the-art teaching subjects/entry laboratories. SQA Highers: • Standard entry grades AAAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB What will I study? compounds, fundamental Must include A in Chemistry and (Biology or Human Biology or Chemistry at St Andrews organic reaction mechanisms, Computing Science or Economics offers you a unique experience introductory bio-organic or Geography or Mathematics or blending education in state- chemistry and organic Physics). • Gateway entry grades BBBB of-the-art science facilities spectroscopy. GCE A-Levels: while enjoying the traditions Second year • Standard entry grades AAA of an ancient university. As • Minimum entry grades ABB You will continue to develop an undergraduate Chemistry Must include A in Chemistry. a deeper understanding of student you will have frequent International Baccalaureate: the branches of chemistry to • Standard entry grades 38 contact with world-class School of Chemistry provide a strong foundation for (HL 6,6,6) including HL6 in academics, and we pride Chemistry and (Biology or specialisation in the following ourselves on the personal Computer Science or Economics years. or Geography or Mathematics or Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? Yes, Chemistry and flexible nature of our Inorganic Chemistry: Physics). programmes. • Minimum entry grades 36 organometallics and transition- (HL 6,5,5) including HL6 in First year metal chemistry, atmospheric Chemistry and HL5 in (Biology or MChem MChem Computer Science or Economics BSc You will be introduced to key chemistry, solid-state chemistry or Geography or Mathematics or concepts in inorganic, organic and main-group chemistry. Physics). and physical chemistry, Physical Chemistry: quantum Direct entry to second year Integrated Masters Integrated Masters Single Honours developing core knowledge mechanics, thermodynamics, SQA Highers/ Advanced Highers: Single Honours ‘With’ and important skills. Teaching electrochemistry, kinetics, Chemistry • Advanced Higher A in Chemistry and B in (Mathematics or Physics) Chemistry Chemistry with French Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry includes lectures, tutorials, spectroscopy and diffraction and plus Highers AAAAB Chemistry with External Chemistry with French and Materials Chemistry workshops and laboratory-based mathematical tools for chemists. Placement External Placement Chemical Sciences practical classes. The diversity of Organic Chemistry: GCE A-Levels: Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry with Mathematics • AAA including Chemistry and topics in the three branches carbon-carbon bond formation, (Mathematics or Physics). Chemistry include: aromatic and heteroaromatic Chemistry with Medicinal International Baccalaureate: Chemistry and External Inorganic Chemistry: atoms chemistry, biological chemistry • 38 (HL 6,6,6) including HL6 in Placement BSc and the periodic table, structure and spectroscopic techniques for Chemistry and (Mathematics or MSci Physics). Materials Chemistry and bonding of molecules, organic chemists. Materials Chemistry with inorganic solids and chemistry of External Placement Third, fourth and fifth years Joint Honours or ‘With’ the first row transition metals. (Honours) Integrated Masters Physical Chemistry: A combination of core and Joint Honours Biology and Chemistry thermodynamics and kinetics, Chemistry and Geology optional topics are taught, states of matter, introductory Chemistry and Physics Chemistry and Mathematics enabling specialisation in spectroscopy and properties of different areas while maintaining Chemistry with French solutions and solids. a broad-based coverage across Chemistry with French (With Organic Chemistry: the Integrated Year Abroad) the whole subject. structure of simple organic

52 53 Chemistry

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/chemistry [email protected]

Topics may include quantum mechanics, energy Our degree programmes (available as either conversion and storage, carbohydrates and MChem or BSc unless stated otherwise): nucleic acids, ligand design, functional materials, Chemistry fragrance, food and colour chemistry and Chemistry at St Andrews interfaces with biology, heterocyclic and pericyclic chemistry. physics, mathematics, medicine and geology, MChem Integrated Masters (five years) making it a highly applicable subject to many with or without External Placement areas of study. You will develop a broad base of Advanced research-led specialisation delivers chemical knowledge and understanding reinforced topics that may include homogeneous and by extensive practical experience and familiarity heterogeneous catalysis, blockbuster solids, with modern laboratory, instrumental and asymmetric synthesis, natural product computational techniques. The MChem allows you biosynthesis, molecular recognition, to study at great depth with emphasis on research, nanostructured materials. In fourth year, graduating with a Masters degree. The course gives there is an opportunity to join a research and you the best possible training for a career in the development group within a leading industrial professional chemical sector or to continue on to research laboratory (where you will earn a salary) postgraduate study upon graduation. or overseas academic institution (you will have to Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry pay additional living costs). Alternatively, you may You start with a broad training in core chemistry, remain in St Andrews and undertake an advanced followed by specialisation in biological and research skills laboratory, scientific writing course medicinal topics. You will gain an understanding and a variety of compulsory and optional lecture of the process of creating new drugs. Areas include topics. In fifth year, you take a year-long project in understanding and measuring the interactions a research laboratory. The MChem provides great between drug molecules and biomolecules, Study abroad Careers depth with a significant emphasis on research and applying this understanding to the design of new For information about study abroad options, please St Andrews Chemistry graduates are in demand is ideal for those intending to enter the professional molecules that achieve desired effects, planning see: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad by both major and grassroots companies, with an chemical sector or to carry out postgraduate study efficient syntheses of complex molecules on employability rate of over 95%. Chemistry degrees upon graduation. Accreditation laboratory and industrial scales. provide a range of transferable skills including All our Single Honours Chemistry degree BSc (four years) problem solving, numeracy, data handling and Materials Chemistry programmes are accredited by the Royal Society of You are taught the fundamentals of this central teamwork: attributes that are highly prized by St Andrews has one of the largest groupings of Chemistry. science, from the composition and properties of employers. St Andrews Chemistry graduates materials chemists in the UK. You begin with matter to using reactions to create new materials Scholarships move into a wide range of employment both in the a broad training in core chemistry, followed by and molecules. Learn about the critical role of Purdie and Benjamin Franklin Scholarships are chemical industry and other non-physical science specialisation in materials. The course will develop chemistry in industries and new technologies, available to Chemistry applicants. sectors. Many MChem graduates continue on to your chemical understanding of the origins of from pharmaceuticals to accessing drinkable PhD-level degrees both in the UK and overseas. the diverse array of properties of materials, their water, efficient energy generation to sustainable synthesis and their characterisation. food production. A year-long project in a research laboratory in your final year completes a Chemical Sciences (BSc only) comprehensive academic and practical training that This will teach you the fundamentals of chemistry “It’s easy to make friends and meet new people here as there are equips you for a wide spectrum of careers, whether and allow you to include a small component in science-based industries or other fields such as of a non-chemistry subject at Honours level, so many university societies, activities and events. Everyone in the teaching, management or finance. such as communication and teaching in science, School is so supportive and willing to help. It’s amazing to be taught psychology, management or economics. by leading researchers in the field who are so dedicated to their students. My placement year at Johnson Matthey has allowed me to gain real insight and experience into industrial research.”

Bonny (Oxford, England)

54 55 Whilst studying Chinese Studies at St Andrews you will not only Chinese Studies gain a high level of competence in Standard Chinese language www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/chinese-studies skills, you will also be trained to understand the cultural, social [email protected] and political contexts of the Chinese-speaking world.

See also Modern Languages • You can take Chinese Studies with a wide range of other subjects. • You will be taught by a small but diverse team of academics and Entry requirements These grades are the overall language tutors in each year. standards required to consider you • You will be taught by scholars whose research is internationally for entry. You can find out more recognised. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on page 167. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ What will I study? Second year subjects/entry Chinese Studies will offer you In second year, you will learn exposure to the breadth and to express yourself clearly SQA Highers: • Standard entry grades AAAB depth of Chinese linguistic and at natural speed in short, • Minimum entry grades AABB and cultural practices. Going connected paragraphs with • Gateway entry grades BBBB beyond the traditional model some idiomatic phrases. You GCE A-Levels: of language and literature, will be able to recognise 1,200 • Standard entry grades AAB • Minimum entry grades ABB Chinese Studies encompasses characters or around 3,000 International Baccalaureate: mainstream, popular, and frequently used Chinese words • Standard entry grades 36 dissident cultures in all their and phrases, allowing you to read (HL 6,6,5) national, regional, ethnic and and understand short articles. • Minimum entry grades 36 (HL 6,5,5) diasporic diversity. The study Throughout the year you will also of literary and visual texts and acquire a broad knowledge and practices will be focused on understanding of Chinese literary contemporary concerns that and visual cultures and their are both Chinese and global socio-political contexts. such as gender and sexuality, Third and fourth years ecology and climate change, (Honours) and the excesses of advanced In addition to language courses, consumer society. you will broaden your knowledge First year of modern Chinese culture with a You will learn Standard range of courses placing literary Chinese, the national language and visual texts and practices (sometimes called ‘Mandarin’) in their historical contexts. By Street theatre as well as full-form characters, the end of your fourth year you with simplified characters being will be able to talk to a native Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No phased in later. You will soon be speaker confidently at natural “ In choosing Chinese All the degrees are available With Integrated Year Abroad able to reproduce 600 characters speed on a wide variety of topics Studies at St Andrews, and 1,000 words, and to read, and speak fluently with ease on you will never see the write and comment on short formal occasions. You will be world the same way again. MA texts. able to recognise and use 3,000 You will be introduced to characters and some 9,000 words. You will be learning a the cultural and intellectual Study abroad challenging language and history of a period covering Joint Honours Chinese Studies students also studying today’s Chinese- 7,000 years before the participate in the University- Chinese Studies and one of the following subjects: establishment of China as a speaking world in all its wide St Andrews Abroad nation-state, and its cultural cultural and historical Arabic French Modern History programme. Further information history of the past one hundred Art History German Persian on page 129 and online at: diversity.” years. Comparative Literature International Relations Russian www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ Economics Italian Spanish Gregory Lee (Founding Professor study-abroad Film Studies Management of Chinese Studies)

56 57 The School of Classics is housed in Swallowgate, an attractive School of Classics building which is only a few metres away from the University www.st-andrews.ac.uk/classics/prospective/ug Library and the main quadrangle. There are computing facilities in [email protected] the building, seminar rooms and a well-stocked class library.

See also Ancient History (& Archaeology); Classical Studies; Classics, Greek and Latin; History • One of the largest Classics departments in the UK, with a unique range of expertise. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • Broad variety of courses, from Greek and Latin language and standards required to consider you literature, to ancient history, archaeology, art, philosophy and for entry. You can find out more classics in the modern world. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on • Ranked second in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2021. page 167. • Ranked top among UK Classics departments for overall www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2020. subjects/entry • Research-led teaching: research by St Andrews staff feeds directly Ancient History – see page 41 into our teaching, particularly in the third and fourth years, so our Classical Studies – see page 61 Classics – see page 63 courses are constantly refreshed. Greek – see page 63 • Open to all: our degrees are designed to be open to beginners as Latin – see page 63 well as to students who have studied the subjects at school. • A friendly School with a strong sense of community.

Triple Honours combinations Degrees in these subjects equip Many of the degrees offered graduates with skills of research by the School of Classics are analysis and communication available as triple Honours and a considerable degree of combinations with subjects in autonomy that are valuable in a the School of Modern Languages. variety of roles. These degrees typically include Classicists and ancient two modern languages and a historians can find themselves classical subject. working in any career that does Study abroad not require a specialist scientific background. Classics students may Recent graduates of the participate in the University- The island of Delos in the Cyclades School of Classics have gone wide St Andrews Abroad into careers as diverse as law, programme. You may also finance, journalism, publishing, Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No have the opportunity to teaching, arts administration, “ The opportunity to delve participate in our School libraries, heritage management Abroad exchange programme. deep into a topic, make and museum curatorship. For information about study mistakes, formulate and MA BA MA MA There are many options for abroad options, please see: further study, either in Classics discuss ideas and bounce www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ or in related fields. Many of our them off my peers is one study-abroad Single Honours International Honours Joint Honours Triple Honours graduates go on to take further which I will treasure. Careers Ancient History Classical Studies – Ancient The following can be One of: degrees, including research It has taught me a Ancient History & History and Archaeology combined with a range of Ancient History A degree in Classics, Greek, programmes. Archaeology pathway or Greek and other subjects Classical Studies Latin, Classical Studies, Ancient huge amount beyond the Classical Studies Latin pathway Greek History or Ancient History & immediate scope of my Classics Ancient History Latin Archaeology will equip you Greek Classical Studies and two modern languages degree and shown me the Latin Classics with a sought-after mix of career path I wish to Greek intellectual, theoretical and Latin transferable skills that open up pursue.” a very wide range of potential See entry requirements and See Arts combinations, See Triple combinations, Ursula (West Sussex, England) other information, page 30 pages 172-173 pages 132-133 career opportunities. Pictured opposite

58 59 Classical Studies will enable you to explore a broad range of Classical Studies Greek and Roman literature and to look more widely at the www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/classical-studies culture of antiquity and the way in which it has been received in [email protected] later centuries.

See also Ancient History (& Archaeology); School of Classics; Classics, Greek and Latin; History • Breadth of coverage: explore the complexities of Greek and Roman culture from the earliest days of archaic Greece to the later Roman Entry requirements These grades are the overall Empire. standards required to consider you • Diversity of specialist topics: mix and match from literature, art, for entry. You can find out more archaeology, culture and society, and the reception of Greece and about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on Rome in the modern world. page 167. • No prior experience required: you can start your journey into www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ subjects/entry Classical Studies from the very beginning. • Option to learn Latin or Greek from scratch alongside your SQA Highers: Classical Studies courses. • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB • For Study Abroad information, see page 59. • Gateway entry grades BBBB GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAA What will I study? Rome’s philosophers to find the • Minimum entry grades ABB Classical Studies is a broad and virtuous life amidst political International Baccalaureate: vibrant degree that allows you turmoil, you will explore in • Standard entry grades 36 to explore all aspects of the depth the Romans’ responses (HL 6,6,5) • Minimum entry grades 36 to the chaotic final years of literature, art and culture of the (HL 6,5,5) Greeks and Romans as well as the Republic. In the second their legacy to the modern world. semester, you will look back to All Greek and Roman texts are archaic Greece to explore the studied in English translation, ferment of innovation and the but there are opportunities to bold experiments of poets and learn Greek and Latin too, and philosophers in an age when a to supplement your studies with new form of society was taking Ancient History courses. shape. “What I find most valuable First year Third and fourth years about Classical Studies is In your first semester, you will (Honours) study Greek drama, epic, art, You will choose from a wide the variety of disciplines religion and philosophy to range of specialist courses to and ideas that I have the explore the ways the Greeks pursue your interests in depth. chance to explore: history, used myths of the heroic past Recent courses have included not social studies, languages to explore pressing issues in only central topics in Classical School of Classics library their own society. In the second Studies such as Greek epic, and literature studies. semester, you will study the theatre and religion, Greek There is also plenty of Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No poetry, art and literature of the and Roman art, and women in scope for creativity and Romans as they came to terms antiquity, but also more unusual independent thought in with the violent end of their subjects like magic, animals your work. The flexibility MA BA MA MA ancient Republic and the rise of in the ancient world, and the the first emperor, Augustus. reception of Greek and Roman of the St Andrews sub- Second year culture from the Renaissance to honours structure exposes Single Honours International Honours Joint Honours Triple Honours the present. You can supplement You will start by studying the art you to so many new ideas these courses with options Classical Studies Classical Studies – curriculum Classical Studies and one of Classical Studies and two and literature of the late Roman drawn from the Ancient History and ways of thinking and differs significantly from 18 other subjects modern languages republic. From the seething programme for a truly wide- working that can enrich MA degrees passions of Latin love poetry ranging exploration of the Greek to the slick rhetoric of Rome’s your own degree pathway.” See entry requirements and See Arts combinations, See Triple combinations, and Roman worlds. other information, page 30 pages 172-173 pages 132-133 politicians, and the efforts of Rachael (Lanarkshire, Scotland)

60 61 Classics, Greek and Latin at St Andrews are wide-ranging degrees Classics, Greek and Latin which combine intensive study of classical languages with in-depth www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/classics-greek-latin analysis of classical literature, and the broader understanding of [email protected] ancient social and cultural life.

See also Ancient History (& Archaeology); School of Classics; Classical Studies; History • In-depth linguistic and literary training from the very start. You will study the main genres, periods and authors of Greek and Latin Entry requirements These grades are the overall literature – and many unusual ones too – with intensive linguistic standards required to consider you training to help you read and interpret the texts with sensitivity. for entry. You can find out more • We offer separate degrees for Latin and Greek, and a combined about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on Classics degree that includes both languages. page 167. • Wide range of specialised courses from epic to tragedy, philosophy www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ and modern reception. subjects/entry • Opportunity to start Latin or Greek with dedicated support for SQA Highers: beginners in each language. • Standard entry grades AAAB including A in a foreign • For Study Abroad information, see page 59. language. • Minimum entry grades AABB including B in a foreign language. What will I study? languages from scratch, you can • Gateway entry grades BBBB Latin and Greek are the gateways ease yourself in by taking one GCE A-Levels: to two literatures of enormous language in your first year and • Standard entry grades AAA including A in a foreign language. richness and sophistication that starting the other in your second. • Minimum entry grades ABB have profoundly shaped modern Second year including B in a foreign language. satire, history-writing, love International Baccalaureate: You will continue to develop poetry, politics and much more. • Standard entry grades 36 your skills of literary analysis (HL 6,6,5) including HL6 in a To study them at university is by reading a wide range of texts, foreign language. not only a linguistic challenge, to • Minimum entry grades 36 authors and genres. Whether you understand what the texts meant (HL 6,5,5) including HL5 in a are studying Greek, Latin or both, foreign language. in their original context, but a you will work with texts drawn challenge to understand what from the whole range of ancient they might mean today. You can literature, such as epic, drama and study Latin or Greek separately poetry, oratory, historiography as Single Honours degrees in and philosophy, and less familiar their own right or combine them genres such as the ancient novel. together in the Classics degree. School of Classics If you have never had the chance Third and fourth years to study Latin or Greek before, (Honours) Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No you can start one or even both You will choose from a wide languages from scratch here. range of specialised courses to “The lively debates and First year pursue your interests. Recent discussions both inside courses in Greek have focused on Your first two years will focus and outside of class pose MA BA MA MA drama, rhetoric and education. on developing the linguistic and Recent courses in Latin have both a welcome academic interpretative skills you will focused on epic, letter-writing, challenge as well as need for advanced literary study. Single Honours International Honours Joint Honours Triple Honours comedy and biography. We offer Beginners will focus on intensive fostering a real sense of many other courses besides these, Classics Classical Studies – Greek and Classics and one of 11 other Greek and two modern language learning in their first community. I started including courses on the art of Greek Latin pathway subjects languages year, while those who have translation itself. If you started Latin and Greek as a Latin Greek and one of 13 other Latin and two modern studied Latin or Greek before (to subjects languages one language in your second beginner and am now Higher, A-Level, IB or equivalent) Latin and one of 15 other year, you will take specialised will refine their linguistic skills confidently studying both subjects language courses in your third and learn new skills of literary at Honours.” year to complete your linguistic See entry requirements and See Arts combinations, See Triple combinations, and cultural analysis. If you are training. other information, page 30 pages 172-173 pages 132-133 taking Classics and starting both Pippa (Glasgow, Scotland)

62 63 You will explore a range of literatures from around the world, Comparative Literature giving you a broad perspective on different literary genres, www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/comparative-literature periods, themes and movements as they have developed within [email protected] and beyond national and cultural boundaries.

See also Modern Languages • You will be taught by literary experts from across the School of Modern Languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Entry requirements These grades are the overall Persian, Russian and Spanish) and from other Schools in the standards required to consider you Faculty of Arts. for entry. You can find out more • You will make comparisons and connections across countries, time about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on periods, subjects and genres. page 167. • You will have a choice of team-taught research-led topics such as www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ folk and fairy tales, cultural memory and literature, and crossing subjects/entry the Mediterranean. SQA Highers: • Comparative Literature can be studied without any knowledge of • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB foreign languages as you will encounter a wide range of literature • Gateway entry grades BBBB from around the world in English translation. GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAB • Minimum entry grades ABB What will I study? case study of texts drawn from International Baccalaureate: Comparative Literature allows a wide range of genres, periods • Standard entry grades 36 you to explore challenging and and cultures. This provides the (HL 6,6,5) • Minimum entry grades 36 influential literature without basis for an exploration of literary (HL 6,5,5) boundaries of culture or analysis and the methods of language. You will encounter reading comparatively. texts of all genres and periods Third and fourth years from across the world and (Honours) consider the ideas, human You will choose from a range values and historical forces that of research-led courses taught have helped to form the world’s by teams of specialists from literatures. You will have the across the School of Modern opportunity to read, to discuss, to Languages. Each course will present reasoned arguments, and “With texts from a wide bring together texts from several to work on writing with precision cultural contexts to facilitate range of countries and and clarity. in-depth comparative analysis. a variety of genres First year Topics could include literature (from novels to movies to You will study two topics to and the Bible, cultural memory, paintings), Comparative introduce you to the study of experiences of exile or the short Literature is perfectly Comparative Literature. The story. Rector’s Café suited to an increasingly 19th-century novel of adultery Study abroad and political drama in the 20th Comparative Literature students globalised world. The focus and 21st centuries will be covered Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No may apply to participate in the on contemporary cultural through a diverse range of texts University-wide St Andrews discourses has proved in English translation, organised Abroad programme. You may into two case studies defined by to be very useful in my also have the opportunity MA MA genre, period and theme. to participate in our School joint degree with Modern Second year Abroad exchange programme. History, as well as helping Joint Honours Triple Honours You will deepen your theoretical For information about study me secure internships in and practical engagement with abroad options, please see: museums and research Comparative Literature and one of 26 Comparative Literature and two modern Comparative Literature as a www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ other subjects languages discipline by studying a range study-abroad institutes.” See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 See Triple combinations, pages 132-133 of topics. Each topic presents a Zoe (Bad Fischau, Austria)

64 65 You will learn about cutting-edge developments in Computer Computer Science Science and gain transferable skills. The School is highly rated www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/computer-science for teaching and research with excellent staff and top-class [email protected] facilities.

• Excellent reputation for teaching and research. • Excellent student:staff ratio of 12:1. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • State-of-the-art facilities for our students. standards required to consider you • Almost all of our academic staff teach and tutor undergraduates for entry. You can find out more each year. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on • Our courses are challenging but very rewarding. page 167. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ subjects/entry What will I study? You will learn to work in teams SQA Highers: Our courses are designed to on projects of significant size • Standard entry grades AAAAB ground you in both the theory using state-of-the-art software • Minimum entry grades AABB and practice of Computer engineering methods. Each Must include A in Mathematics and pass in (Biology or Human Science. You will learn to think programme contains both a Biology or Chemistry or Computing and solve problems logically, year-long team project and a Science or Geography or Physics or understand the fundamental dissertation that allows you Psychology). • Gateway entry grades BBBB principles of how computing to work on a project under the GCE A-Levels: systems work, and be exposed to supervision of a member of staff. • Standard entry grades AAA significant new technologies as Throughout your studies • Minimum entry grades ABB well as teamwork. you will have 24-hour access to Must include A in Mathematics and pass in (Biology or Chemistry In the first two years, you our state-of-the-art laboratories or Computer Science or Further will learn the basic concepts and common areas that are the Mathematics or Geography or Geology or Physics or Psychology). behind Computer Science and heart of the thriving community several different programming that is Computer Science at International Baccalaureate: • Standard entry grades 38 languages. St Andrews. (HL 6,6,6) Alongside Computer Science • Minimum entry grades 36 First year (HL 6,5,5) in the first year of your studies, You will take two compulsory HL6 in Mathematics and SL5 in you will be required to study at (Biology or Chemistry or Computer courses. The first one is least one additional subject. In Science or Geography or Geology or an introduction to object- Physics or Psychology). the second year, you can continue oriented modelling and with this other subject or focus Direct entry to second year programming using Java. The entirely on Computer Science. SQA Highers/ Advanced Highers: second explores various aspects You will be able to build • Advanced Higher A in of data storage, processing and Mathematics and B in (Biology or a degree programme around analysis. Human Biology or Chemistry or your interests and study Computing Science or Geography In addition, you can study specialist areas such as artificial or Physics or Psychology) plus Group work discussion an optional Computer Science Highers AAAAB intelligence, human-computer course each semester and will GCE A-Levels: interaction, computer security, take one or two courses from • AAA including Mathematics Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? Yes, Mathematics video games, data encoding, and (Biology or Chemistry or another subject. databases and operating systems. Computer Science or Further Our courses include weekly Mathematics or Geography These options in the final two tutorials which provide a small- or Geology or Physics or years allow you to explore Psychology). MSci BSc BSc group teaching environment that the intellectual frontiers of International Baccalaureate: helps deepen your engagement Computer Science by studying • 39 (HL 6,6,6) including HL6 in with the topics studied and Mathematics and SL5 in (Biology more advanced and cutting-edge Integrated Masters Single Honours Joint Honours prepares you for the practical or Chemistry or Computer topics. Science or Geography or Geology assignments and exams. Computer Science Computer Science Computer Science and one of 7 other or Physics or Psychology). subjects

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Second year Integrated Masters (five years) You will be introduced to fundamental algorithms, The first three years of the programme are as data structures and ideas about formal languages at already described. In fourth year, you will choose the heart of modern software. You will then develop options from our Honours and Masters-level skills in programming in C, systems programming, classes. In fifth year, you will spend one semester digital logic and low-level computer organisation. of your final year dedicated to undertaking a major In addition, you will take two more courses, software engineering or research project under the which can be chosen from Computer Science or guidance of a supervisor. You will also be able to another subject. You will attend weekly tutorials for take a number of courses at Masters level, providing your Computer Science courses. advanced training in computer science. Topics Third and fourth years (Honours) may include language and computation, software engineering practice, critical systems engineering, You will be introduced to Turing machines, non- software architecture, human computer interaction determinism and pushdown automata, followed principles and methods, data-intensive systems, by study of decidability, simulation and the machine learning, data ethics and privacy, and Halting problem. The foundations of logic that are information visualisation. relevant to computer scientists will also be covered, with an emphasis on automatic reasoning and Direct entry into second year decidability, including propositional and predicate Well-qualified school leavers with prior calculus, various proof techniques and Gödel’s programming experience may be able to apply incompleteness theorem. You will apply software for entry directly into the second year of these engineering concepts and practices to a substantial programmes. software engineering project as part of a team. You will take an accelerated version of one of This project runs through both semesters in third the second-year courses, which includes necessary year and will prepare you for the workplace, where background material from our first-year courses. collaboration with others is essential. Study abroad In your final year of a BSc, you will undertake Computer Science students may apply to a substantial software engineering project. You participate in the University-wide St Andrews will design, specify and construct a medium- Abroad programme. Computer Science students sized software system, or undertake a formal are only able to study abroad for the full academic development and proof of such a system, under the year; semester placements are not available. For guidance of a member of staff. information about study abroad options, please see: In addition to the compulsory courses, such as www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad computational complexity, you will choose from a wide variety of advanced options. Previous Careers Honours topics have included artificial intelligence, A degree in Computer Science will allow you to CAPTION?Staff-student chat component technology, computer architecture, enter technical, academic, financial or commercial computer graphics, computer security, concurrency posts. Most companies and organisations are heavily and multi-core architectures, constraint invested in computer systems, and this has created “The balance between practical applications and theory-based programming, data communications and networks, a demand for many different specialisations in learning is incredibly well constructed. During my first year, I was data encoding, databases, distributed systems, computer technology. Graduates from Computer able to take modules in astrophysics, mathematics and organic human computer interaction, logic and software Science go on to find careers as business analysts, verification, operating systems, programming systems architects and analysts, software developers, chemistry alongside my compulsory degree modules. This allowed language design and implementation, and video testers and verifiers, technical writers, IT trainers me to broaden my horizons and explore topics I had not previously games. and user advisers, and project managers. considered before, develop a lot of new interests, as well as In addition, there is an option to ‘dip up’ by Many of our graduates undertake further study, considering the interconnectivity of subjects.” taking Masters-level classes. here or elsewhere. We offer a range of options including MSc, EngD and PhD-level degrees. Zachariah (Singapore)

68 69 You will be introduced to the teachings of theological and biblical studies, Divinity considering the influence of scripture on Western civilisation and faith in www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/divinity the contemporary world. Divinity is one of the oldest intellectual pursuits [email protected] and vital for understanding our world today.

• We are consistently ranked top in Theology and Religious Studies in the UK in the National Student Survey. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • Theology and Religious Studies at St Andrews is ranked third in the standards required to consider you UK by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. for entry. You can find out more • We are a dynamic community in which staff and students work about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on together closely. page 167. • We offer a clearly structured, rigorous programme of study that also www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ allows specialisation, a wide range of choice and academic as well as subjects/entry career-linked support. SQA Highers: • We are housed in St Mary’s College, one of the most historic parts of • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB the University and the home of Divinity since the 15th century. • Gateway entry grades BBBB • Our King James Library, founded in 1612, is a beautiful place, GCE A-Levels: providing Divinity students with quiet study areas and curated • Standard entry grades AAA research support. • Minimum entry grades ABB International Baccalaureate: • Standard entry grades 36 What will I study? Second year (HL 6,6,5) • Minimum entry grades 36 Our programmes introduce you You will continue with Theology (HL 6,5,5) to the teachings and practices of or Biblical Studies, or both. In the Christian faith in particular Theology, you study Christian and consider the profound thought and practice, as well as influence that the Jewish the history of the church from its and Christian scriptures and beginning through the Middle theology have had on Western Ages. civilisation. They also address In Biblical Studies, you both the significance of faith will continue your study of today and the challenges it both parts of the Bible and, if faces. you want, of Hebrew and/or Greek. There is also a variety Studying Theology First year of optional courses on offer, You will concentrate on Theology “ I love the fact that covering special topics related or Biblical Studies, or both. In Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No to science, theology, philosophy students are given the Theology you will take two main and religion and the arts. room to explore options courses: key themes in Christian theology as they have developed Third and fourth years before concentrating on MTheol MA MA BD in history and as we might think (Honours) specific areas of studies. about them now; and theological You will be able to study a wide I have been exposed to ethics. In Biblical Studies, you range of advanced topics in topics that I did not know Single Honours Single Honours Joint Honours Bachelor of Divinity will take one course on the Old Theology and Biblical Studies. Testament (Hebrew Bible) and Teaching will be in small would interest me so much. Theology Biblical Studies Biblical Studies and one of 16 Divinity one on the New Testament. seminars and will be guided They provoke my interest, Theological Studies other subjects Hebrew and one of 10 other If you are taking the BD You can also begin to study by both the lecturer’s research satisfy my curiosity, and subjects (Bachelor of Divinity) degree, Hebrew and/or Greek. There are interests and your own. At this make me think. This New Testament and Modern you will enter directly into optional courses on offer each stage, students also take part in a History the second year. Please note, year, covering topics such as formative programme designed University is not just four Theological Studies and one though, that the BD is years of your life, it is a of 15 other subjects restricted to those who world religions, science-engaged to prepare them for advanced already have another theology, the Bible in western research and writing as well as life in four years!” See Arts combinations, undergraduate degree. culture and theology's influence career planning. pages 172-173 on popular culture and the arts. Lowell (Hong Kong)

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Our degree programmes: covering the history of Christian theology from Biblical Studies the early church to our contemporary period. You will explore ways in which Christianity is being You will explore the profound influence that the expressed and lived out today in different areas Christian and Jewish scriptures have had on of the world, and learn about the distinctive western civilisation. You will focus on the Old challenges to, and unique resources found Testament and New Testament, but you will also within, faith in the context of past and present. encounter a large number of other Jewish and The Master of Arts (MA) course is particularly Christian writings from these periods, such as the suited for those wanting a wider range of options Dead Sea Scrolls. You may also have the chance to across Arts subjects, while still giving most of their study Aramaic. attention to Divinity. This course is particularly suited for those wanting a wider range of options across Arts Master of Theology subjects, while still giving most of their attention The focus is on topics directly related to to Divinity. Many students choose to take Biblical theological and biblical studies. You will study the Studies alongside subjects such as Ancient History history of Israel, the person of Jesus of Nazareth or Classical Studies in order to study important (in his historical and theological contexts), Paul’s texts within the wider context of the ancient letters and the rapid growth of the early church, as world, or with English in order to discover how well as contacts between Christianity and Greek St Salvator's Chapel biblical ideas and themes inform literature and and Roman philosophy. culture. You will also examine Christian thought in depth, including church history and Christian Hebrew Careers chaplains at schools, ordained ministers, journalists ethics. You can specialise within Divinity by Our focus is on classical or biblical Hebrew, A degree in Divinity gives you the opportunity for with the national and religious press. Divinity studying subjects like world religions, Greek, though you may also take advanced courses in significant intellectual and personal development, graduates have also gone on to become a trainee Hebrew, religion and anthropology, pastoral care, post-biblical Hebrew, particularly by studying the and you will acquire a wide range of transferable manager at a national bank, an art gallery assistant, moral reasoning, theology and the arts, science- Dead Sea Scrolls. skills. Those who have studied Theology or a solicitor, a theatre director, a college principal and engaged theology, or pursue interdisciplinary Modern language teaching methods are used Biblical Studies have learnt a fantastic range of even a wine taster. Others have become business interests through the Faculties of Arts or Science. to help beginners. For those with a background in skills – textual, historical, analytical, creative, and consultants, social workers, members of religious languages, Hebrew makes a fascinating language Divinity (BD) interpersonal. They are in demand with employers orders, or have chartered new paths by becoming to study as it belongs to the Semitic, as opposed to This is especially suited for those considering who need rigorous but flexible thinkers with a entrepreneurs. the Indo-European, family group. ordination within a Christian denomination. broad knowledge base, excellent communication Graduates have also gone on to postgraduate New Testament You will have the option to specialise in the Old skills and an empathetic understanding of people degrees in areas related to Divinity, such as Testament, theology, practical theology, church and their religious and social contexts. literature, philosophy, anthropology, and classics, Our focus is on New Testament language and history or a combination of these. Recent graduates from the School of Divinity at other top universities in the UK and around the literature, though you can also take additional have, for example, become postgraduate students in world. classes in Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) and Study abroad the UK and abroad, religious studies teachers, lay Christian history and theology. Divinity students may apply to participate in the Modern language teaching methods are used University-wide St Andrews Abroad programme. to help beginners. For those with an existing You may also have the opportunity to participate background in Greek, advanced language classes in our School Abroad exchange programme. For “I enjoy the close community in the School, not just between and textual classes in the original language are information about study abroad options, please available. see: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad students but also with staff who are really engaging and Theological Studies helpful. As my classes are quite small, I can ask questions and Theological Studies provides an introduction to get advice, whether it be through an email or in person. Also, the rich theological traditions of Christianity, studying in the King James Library is a great reminder of how lucky I am to be able to study here.”

Zac (Coleraine, Northern Ireland)

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Earth and environmental sciences covers topics from current climate Earth & Environmental Sciences change to the formation of the planets. You will gain a fundamental www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/earth-environmental-sciences understanding of the natural processes that shape our planet and create [email protected] its resources.

• Discover how Earth and other planets have developed and evolved through time by studying the processes that build continents, Entry requirements These grades are the overall control climate, influence life, govern the composition of the oceans standards required to consider you and atmosphere, and form critical natural resources. for entry. You can find out more • Gain valuable first-hand experience in obtaining and evaluating about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on your own data, with our programmes characterised by extensive page 167. field training across Scotland and Europe. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ subjects/entry • Engage with exciting current research by academic staff ranging from the processes of planetary formation to the evolution of life SQA Highers: and environments over deep time, through to climate change, • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB natural resources and environmental sustainability. Including two of (Biology or Human • Develop advanced transferable skills; training includes fieldwork, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental numerical modelling, scientific problem solving and written and Science, Geography, Mathematics, Physics). oral presentation. • Gateway entry grades BBBB • Become part of a tight-knit community of students and staff, GCE A-Levels: ensured by small class sizes and frequent field trips (when possible). • Standard entry grades AAB • Be taught by world-leading researchers and passionate educators. • Minimum entry grades ABB Including two of Biology, Chemistry, • Use some of the UK’s most advanced analytical facilities as part of Environmental Science, Geography, your undergraduate dissertation. Geology, Mathematics, Physics. • Enjoy the graduate employability in mineral resources, energy and International Baccalaureate: environmental consultancy that a St Andrews degree will provide. • Standard entry grades 36 (HL 6,6,5) including HL6 in two of Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Mathematics, Physics. What will I study? All of our undergraduate degree • Minimum entry grades 36 You will study fundamental topics pathways share classes in the (HL 6,5,5) including HL5 in two of Biology, Chemistry, Geography, from current environmental first two years. These provide a Mathematics, Physics. change to the evolution of the broad foundation in Earth and planets, integrating geology, environmental sciences, from Direct entry to second year physical geography, chemistry, which you can find your specific GCE A-Levels: • AAA including A in Geology physics and biology to understand interests and strengths before and (Biology or Chemistry or the world around us. St Andrews specialising in your Honours Geography or Mathematics or is an ideal place to study Earth years. It is possible to change Physics). and environmental sciences with programmes, depending on International Baccalaureate: • 38 including HL6 in three of the intersection of land and sea performance, up to the start of Biology, Chemistry, Geography, third year. Physics. Second year BSc students learning how to map in Spain that surrounds us. Scotland’s landscapes are archives of a First year geological history that span more You will study the fundamental Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No than three billion years, from processes that have formed rocks that formed at the base of and shaped our planet and its continental crust to mountains environment. You will gain MGeol shaped by ancient orogenies and BSc BSc the skills to identify rocks younger glaciations (including and minerals and interpret world-famous, iconic geological environmental data and will gain Integrated Masters Single Honours Joint Honours localities). Most of our students first-hand experience of fieldwork. have not studied the subject at Earth Sciences Environmental Earth Sciences Geology and Biology You will also take courses in school and choose our degrees Geology Geology and Chemistry other subjects from across the because of their background in University. science and interest in the natural world. 74 75 Earth & Environmental Sciences

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Second year including the mechanics of plate tectonics, the You will build a deeper understanding of formation of planets and the dawn of life. Applied planetary materials (rocks, minerals, ores) and the industrial training will provide you with the skills natural processes that shape Earth’s surface and and knowledge required by the energy and mineral interior, from ocean-atmosphere composition and industries, and research projects will allow you to dynamical processes to plate tectonics. You will undertake independent field research, underpinned BSc students demonstrating the movement on the Glencoul Thrust in Scotland investigate pivotal episodes in the Earth’s history by rock and mineral analysis. and discover how our planet and life evolved. MGeol Earth Sciences – Study abroad Further development of field skills comes from Integrated Masters (five years) prospects are consistently among the best in the independent and small-group fieldwork in Spain Earth and Environmental Sciences students UK. There are multiple career options for Earth and This degree provides comprehensive training in the and across the UK. may apply to participate in the University-wide Environmental Sciences graduates, both specifically Earth Sciences, spanning topics from the formation St Andrews Abroad programme. For information in the energy, natural resources, and environmental Third and fourth years (BSc and MGeol) of the solid Earth to environmental change. The about study abroad options, please see: sectors, as well as in wider science and policy areas. You will learn state-of-the-art geological and additional year allows you to engage deeply with www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad Our degrees provide advanced training in a environmental science techniques. Further details fundamental questions in Earth Sciences and to wide range of transferable skills, including scientific on specific degree programmes are listed below. engage in either an internship in industry or a International opportunities problem solving, written communication and oral placement within a research group. There are opportunities to undertake international Direct entry into second year presentation. The high quality of our field training With employment and PhD opportunities placements in industry or research (MGeol), and Direct entry into second year is possible for is particularly highly valued by employers. increasingly requiring Masters-level qualifications, international fieldwork (all Honours programmes). appropriately qualified students. Our graduates have become environmental this programme is designed to allow candidates Recent locations have included Greenland, scientists, exploration geologists, geophysicists, Our degree programmes: to supplement their deep understanding of Earth Namibia, the USA, and sites across Europe. geologists, hydrogeologists, consultants, and and environmental science processes with a proven BSc Environmental Earth Sciences Field training geological, environmental and geotechnical track record of workplace and research-based This degree integrates study of the oceans, Field training is an essential part of Earth and engineers. experience. atmosphere, biosphere and geosphere in order Environmental Sciences degrees. At St Andrews Recent employers of our graduates include the The broad and flexible structure of the degree to understand the processes and impacts of travel and accommodation costs are covered on British Geological Survey, Scottish Environmental introduces you to topics across the Earth and environmental change and landscape evolution. compulsory taught field trips run by the School. Protection Agency, BP, Shell, British Antarctic environmental sciences and provides ample room It incorporates insights from across chemistry, Survey, Norsk Hydro, Fugro Geotechnics Ltd, for the development of specific interests. Many Careers physics and biology to understand Earth’s surface RSA Geotechnics, Gemfields, Scottish Natural students take the opportunity to go on a major The School is proactive about developing career environment both past and present. Teaching is Heritage, Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, fieldwork expedition as part of this programme. opportunities, and career activities are provided strongly integrated with our leading research JBA Consulting, JP Morgan, Accenture, and BHP for all students from first year onwards. We embed programmes, and you can take advantage of Accreditation Billiton. Many of our graduates undertake further assessment styles that imitate real workplace laboratory-based research projects to answer The BSc Geology and MGeol Earth Sciences degrees study, both at MSc and PhD level. Recent PhD scenarios and many modules in Honours years are questions ranging from the dawn of atmospheric are accredited by The Geological Society. As well as destinations include MIT, CalTech, ETH Zurich, supported by visits to and by industry partners. oxygen, to the stability of major ice sheets, and providing added assurance to prospective students Stanford, Boulder, Open University, Penn State, As a result, our graduates are well prepared the impact of volcanoes on climate. Applied that teaching is of the highest quality and has been Western, Durham, Cambridge and Oxford. for industry and our graduate employment training focuses on the environmental impact of approved by an independent body, holding an mining and use of Earth’s natural resources and accredited degree reduces the amount of experience includes hands-on experience with state-of-the-art required for applications for Chartered Geologist techniques in the field and laboratory. This degree and Chartered Scientist. “ I chose St Andrews because of the multitude of fieldwork will appeal to candidates who are interested in the The BSc Environmental Earth Sciences degree physical aspects of geography. is accredited by The Institution of Environmental opportunities within and outside of Scotland. The staff are BSc Geology Sciences. This accreditation provides a mark of incredibly dedicated to their students and the result is a lively quality and specifically indicates an institution This degree emphasises the origin and chemistry and positive atmosphere. I had absolutely no need to worry about is active in supporting student career paths. of rocks and minerals, geological mapping, and making friends – there are so many University events, societies and Students are also entitled to apply for free Student the processes and events that have shaped the Membership of IES. sporting activities to get involved in.” rock record. Research-led teaching will introduce you to cutting-edge geological science questions, Charlotte (Franschhoek, South Africa)

76 77 Economics is a social science concerning the production, distribution Economics & Finance and consumption of goods and services, whilst finance is the study of www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/economics managing available funds. The courses provide structured explorations [email protected] of key concepts, analysis and techniques.

• We offer a flexible degree programme which allows lots of choice regarding the topics you study in third and fourth years. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • You will be taught by a friendly, dynamic and cosmopolitan standards required to consider you academic team, with a diverse range of research interests and for entry. You can find out more backgrounds. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on • We offer excellent research-led teaching, ranked third in the UK page 167. by the Guardian University Guide 2021 and third in the Complete www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ subjects/entry University Guide 2021. • Our programmes will develop your communication and SQA Highers: quantitative transferable skills, important for a range of • Standard entry grades AAAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB employment and for further study. • Gateway entry grades BBBB • You will receive expert one-to-one advice from academics when GCE A-Levels: making your course choices. • Standard entry grades AAA • Minimum entry grades ABB International Baccalaureate: What will I study? Second year • Standard entry grades 38 Your first-year studies will More advanced study of (HL 6,6,6) • Minimum entry grades 36 provide knowledge of the consumers, firms and markets (HL 6,5,5) discipline, as well as introductory (microeconomics) and of models quantitative techniques. Your in modern macroeconomics is second year will build upon undertaken. Further quantitative and develop what you learned methods provide you with in first year. Your third and training in the statistical School of Economics & Finance fourth years will equip you techniques needed for economic “I was attracted to with a fuller understanding of analysis and in how to structure the combination of Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No economic relationships and with and make sense of economic, further techniques necessary financial and social data. quantitative and for their analysis. In addition Third and fourth years qualitative elements in the to any compulsory subjects, in (Honours) subject – microeconomics BSc MA BSc MA MA third and fourth year you select There is a wide range of topics from a range of optional topics. has a strong mathematical on offer every year, for example These provide an analytical foundation, while econometrics, corporate Single Honours Joint Honours BSc ‘With’ Honours understanding of key aspects of finance, game theory, economic macroeconomics and incentives, behaviour and policy Economics Economics and one of 8 other subjects Economics with one of 4 other subjects growth, portfolio management. economic history involve formation. Financial Economics Financial Economics and Management There is also an extensive essay assignments. I Financial Economics and Mathematics See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 First year See Cross-Faculty subjects, page 5 selection of topics, which may appreciated the flexibility See Science combinations, page 174 You will be introduced to the differ each year, for example principles of microeconomics inequality and redistribution, in sub-honours as I and macroeconomics, as behavioural economics, studied Economics Joint Honours MA well as simple mathematical experimental economics, health and Psychology for my BA techniques. The courses provide and education, development Economics and one of 23 other subjects first two years and Financial Economics and Management a basic insight into the use economics, economic history, Financial Economics and Mathematics of quantitative methods, an political economy, European additionally took modules International Honours understanding of contemporary macroeconomics, economics of in Management and See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 Economics issues and the economic system. migration. Comparative Literature.”

See entry requirements and other Valeria (St Petersburg, Russia) information, page 30 Pictured opposite

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Our degree programmes: Careers Economics (BSc or MA) Graduates with a degree in Economics have highly sought-after skills and pursue careers in Economics may be studied in both the Faculty a wide variety of fields. These include banking, of Science (as a BSc) and the Faculty of Arts government, accountancy, insurance, consultancy, (as an MA). Whether you study for a BSc or charitable and not-for-profit organisations and an MA depends on what entry qualifications academia. you have and which other subjects you wish to A degree in Economics will greatly enhance take. The programmes you follow for BSc and your analytic and decision-making abilities. MA are exactly the same within the Economics You will significantly improve your quantitative element of your degree. There are no subject- abilities and greatly enhance other transferable specific admission requirements for entry to the skills that are highly valued by employers. Economics courses. Recent graduates have gone into a variety Financial Economics (BSc or MA) of careers including economic consulting, You may apply for either a degree in Economics management consulting, accountancy, business or Financial Economics. The subjects you take intelligence analysis, broadcasting and journalism, during your first two years of study are not risk management, research analysis, financial influenced by this choice. In your third and fourth services analysis and stockbroking. years of study, the curriculum for the Financial According to The Telegraph in 2019, St Andrews Economics degree is broadly similar to that for Economics graduates had the third highest average the Economics degree. The main difference is that salaries in the UK five years after graduation. you will be required to study a number of specific Many of our graduates go on to further study finance subjects, for example, corporate finance, in economics or an economics-related field, at top asset pricing and portfolio management, as part of universities throughout the UK, Europe and the US. your studies. Study abroad Economics and Financial Economics students may apply to participate in the University-wide St Andrews Abroad programme. You may also have the opportunity to participate in our School Abroad exchange programme. For information about study abroad options, please see: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad

“The academics and the support they give to students are so important – there is a great culture of aiding students’ wellbeing in the School. I also liked being able to pick modules in other subjects beyond Economics in my first two years, which confirmed that I had made the right decision with this degree, while also giving me a wider skill set to use after graduation.”

Eleanor (Lincoln, England) St Andrews town centre

80 81 You can study English, Scottish and American literature, as English well as courses in prose, verse, drama and film. You will also www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/english consider the ideas, human values and history behind this broad [email protected] variety of texts.

• Ranked second in the UK in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • We offer a broad range of options covering all periods of literary standards required to consider you writing in English from Anglo-Saxon times to the present. for entry. You can find out more • Staff include winners of the Queen’s Gold Medal, the Forward about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on Prize, the Whitbread Prize, the T S Eliot Prize, the Jerwood page 167. Fiction Prize, the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award, the www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ Somerset Maugham Award, and two Fellows of the British subjects/entry Academy. SQA Highers: • There is a varied programme of visiting speakers, giving • Standard entry grades AAAAB including A in English. students the chance to discuss literature and criticism with • Minimum entry grades AABB leading modern writers, and to hear contemporary writers including A in English. discuss set texts on undergraduate courses. • Gateway entry grades BBBB • The research-led teaching throughout the curriculum means GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAA from your first day you will be taught by leading experts. • Minimum entry grades ABB Must include A in English or English Literature. What will I study? First year International Baccalaureate: St Andrews has a long and A third of your time will be • Standard entry grades 38 illustrious history of teaching taken up by English classes. In (HL 6,6,6) • Minimum entry grades 36 literature in English. The School these you will focus on 19th- (HL 6,5,5) combines expertise in research and 20th-century literature Must include HL6 in English. with a dedication to teaching and literature from 1680 to in a caring and friendly 1830. You will explore texts in environment. Special research prose and verse, ranging from strengths include medieval Wuthering Heights and Dr Jekyll language and literature, the and Mr Hyde to contemporary Renaissance, the Romantic Scottish writing. Emphasis is and modern periods, Scottish on practical criticism, close “I chose to study English literature, creative writing, and reading and the importance of women’s writing. literary and historical contexts. here partly due to the Studying English develops You will also cover, among excellent reputation of the techniques that enable you to other works, Gulliver’s Travels, School and partly for the read with close attention and Frankenstein, Wordsworth and School of English opportunity to study both to consider the ideas, human Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads, and values and historical forces look at travel, colonialism, the well-known and obscure Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? Yes, English that have helped to form our Gothic and the Romantic. pieces of literature. The literature. You will have the The rest of your time will small-group tutorials are opportunity to read, to discuss be spent studying at least two invaluable in sounding out MA BA MA MA and to reflect with clarity on other subjects, and there is a a wide variety of texts and wide range from which you can ideas for essays, learning develop analytical, descriptive choose. These will normally be how better to build an and evaluative skills. You will from the Faculty of Arts or a Single Honours International Honours Joint Honours Triple Honours argument, and gaining learn to communicate more Cross-Faculty subject, marked confidence in literary English English English and one of 29 other English and two modern fluently, lucidly, economically in red and blue, respectively, in subjects languages and persuasively. These skills this prospectus. analysis.” are both intrinsically enriching See entry requirements and See Arts combinations, See Triple combinations, Calum (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) other information, page 30 pages 172-173 pages 132-133 and eminently transferable. Pictured opposite

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Second year Study abroad You will focus on literature from the medieval Students on English programmes may apply to and Renaissance periods, and on drama and participate in the University-wide St Andrews performance. You will be introduced to the earliest Abroad programme. You may also have the literature in English and the language in which it is opportunity to participate in our School Abroad composed. The medieval element draws on editions exchange programme. For information about prepared by scholars in the School of English, study abroad options, please see: designed to make early texts readily accessible. The www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad Renaissance element ranges across various authors Careers and genres, which may include Donne’s Songs and A degree in English from St Andrews will open Sonnets and Milton’s Paradise Lost. The course on doors to a large and varied number of possible drama concentrates on the special characteristics of careers – from teaching to writing, journalism, drama as an art form that crosses the boundaries editing and performing and from public policy to of written text and public performance. A wide finance. range of plays is covered, from the Renaissance A degree in English from St Andrews to the present, including figures like William demonstrates to employers that you are a good Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and Gregory Burke. writer, with the ability to craft and edit prose in Third and fourth years (Honours) English, that you are able to absorb and process There is an exciting range of around 45 different information, that you are good at conducting courses from which to choose, and options research, that you are good at verbal and written may include Chaucer, Tragedy in the Age of communication, and that you have high level Shakespeare, Scottish Literature, Jane Austen, analytic skills. These are skills that are invaluable Creative Writing, Black and Asian British Writing in most jobs. and a wide variety of other topics and approaches Recent graduates have taken up internships to the study of literature written in English. Single with the United Nations, become writers and Honours students normally take eight courses in editors for Oxford University Press, Penguin Books, the two Honours years, including at least one on Harper Collins, The Times, Country Life magazine, medieval literature, one on early modern literature and The Field magazine. Others work for charitable and one other on 18th-century, Romantic or 19th- organisations like Save the Children and in century literature. Joint Honours students normally public policy (Scottish Executive, British Council) take four courses in English (including one on or in arts administration (the Barbican Centre, pre-20th-century literature), and four in another Sotheby’s), or the financial sector – working for subject. The dissertation, which is compulsory for companies like KPMG and Santander. Single Honours students and optional for Joint Postgraduate study is a popular choice for Honours students, allows you to write an extended many of our graduates. A large range of Masters School of English essay on a literary topic of your own choice. and PhD programmes are available in English Several courses involve creative coursework literature and creative writing at St Andrews. These which – as well as the traditional essay – may include period-specific Masters programmes (such “ Throughout my four years here I have been able to study a little involve literary journal keeping, writing a short as Romantic/Victorian Studies, or Modern and bit of everything in English and been able to really focus on play in its entirety or even the opportunity to try a Contemporary Literature and Culture) or thematic aspects that I love or have grown to appreciate in a new way. bit of medieval forgery. We aim to provide a range programmes (such as Women, Writing and Gender of topics and approaches that allow you to follow or Postcolonial and World Literatures). We also The School of English has a phenomenal teaching staff who are your own interests, whether towards specialising have specialist MLitt and MFA programmes always encouraging, passionate, and helpful; because they have in particular authors or periods, or towards wide- in Creative Writing and Playwriting and different specialities, they make the School’s teaching varied and ranging exploration in a variety of areas. Screenwriting. wonderful to experience.”

Grace (New Hampshire, USA)

84 85 You will examine the forms and histories of film in all their artistic, Film Studies documentary and non-theatrical variants, from silent cinema to www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/film-studies virtual reality, and will cover a range of topics including stardom, [email protected] activism, as well as numerous film genres and cultures.

• Outstanding academics: as leading figures in the ever-expanding fields of film and media studies, members of staff have published Entry requirements These grades are the overall award-winning material on a range of topics, from global film standards required to consider you archives to the latest digital effects. for entry. You can find out more • Cutting-edge facilities: with specially fitted seminar and about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on screening rooms as well as consistently small class sizes, you can page 167. explore 3D cinema, virtual reality, and a collection of over 9,000 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ audio-visual works. subjects/entry • Vibrant film culture: from student-led filmmaking marathons SQA Highers: and screening series to visits from world-renowned filmmakers • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB and collaborations with international film festivals, you will • Gateway entry grades BBBB have numerous opportunities to contribute to a community of GCE A-Levels: cinephiles and film artists. • Standard entry grades AAB • Minimum entry grades ABB International Baccalaureate: What will I study? the research expertise of the • Standard entry grades 36 Film Studies is a dynamic and Department and allow you to (HL 6,6,5) • Minimum entry grades 36 develop your own interests growing discipline, drawing (HL 6,5,5) in students with a variety of within the discipline. interests. You will examine The Honours programme critically the history of moving examines a diverse range of film images across time and cultures, theories and practices covering looking at a diverse range of genres, film sound, global topics from sexuality in film cinemas, documentary, and to activist documentary, from various histories of the moving propaganda to digital media. image. You work closely with Film Studies uses a variety of the teaching staff, developing critical, theoretical and historical excellent intellectual, writing and approaches to examine one of research skills that are useful in a the most significant cultural wide variety of professions. and artistic forms of the 20th First year and 21st centuries. During the The two first-year courses first two years, you will take introduce you to key four Film Studies courses (one approaches to the study of Smokescreen, winner of the St Andrews 60 Hour Film Blitz per semester). These provide film (such as the cycle of film the theoretical, cultural and production, distribution and “Film Studies has Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No methodological frameworks you exhibition, and the analysis introduced me to the will need for the more specialised of genre, narrative and stars) and challenging Honours and global film history, from importance of film and courses. early cinema to wide ranging the impact it has had MA BA MA In third and fourth year, you movements in the art, culture upon the world; it allows can take either Single Honours and technology of film. you to explore historical or Joint Honours in Film Studies, Cinema provides a rich Single Honours International Honours Joint Honours taking courses (typically two resource for analysing the social, changes and cultural per semester for Single Honours, cultural and ideological cross- differences from around Film Studies Film Studies Film Studies and one of 23 other subjects or one per semester for Joint currents of a particular historical the globe.” See entry requirements and other Honours) across the next two moment; and the films we study information, page 30 See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 years. These courses reflect bring these into bold relief. Kirsty (Glasgow, Scotland)

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Second year publishing and education). The main purpose The two second-year courses explore theories of the programme is to provide a high-quality and cultures of film and other screen media from general education, promote independence of 1900 to the present day, focusing on different thought and encourage intellectual initiative methods for understanding and analysing the backed by a strong knowledge of cinema’s moving image. Based on screenings of cinematic, histories and forms. televisual and new media works, you will explore Film Studies graduates are well placed to questions of ideology and identity, psychology compete in today’s job market, having gained an and philosophy, as well as numerous other links extensive range of skills from written and oral between visual media, art and industry. communications to archival research and visual Third and fourth years (Honours) analysis. Recent graduates in Film Studies have gone Honours courses explore particular topics, such on to a number of exciting careers, including film as documentary, sensory cinema, digital media, archive director, production editor in publishing, artists’ film and video, and genres ranging from media researcher, programmes negotiator for a horror to comedy. Each week you will participate television company, and director’s assistant at in seminar discussions of advanced work in the Warner Brothers. field. The Honours programme introduces a At postgraduate level the Department offers diverse range of film and media theories focusing a taught MLitt in Film Studies. The programme on gender, national and transnational cinemas, is a great way to complete a Masters degree with aesthetics and history. the further option of undertaking PhD study in Study abroad film and media studies. All MLitt students in Film Studies students may apply to participate Film Studies take part in a core course co-taught in the University-wide St Andrews Abroad by several Department members, where you programme. For information about study will cover the salient theoretical, analytical and abroad options, please see: historiographical approaches to cinema up close www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad with renowned specialists in their respective Careers fields. In addition, you take a topic course designed to probe new directions in film studies. Film Studies degrees resonate with the demands The programme culminates in a dissertation of today’s job market. Film and media literacy are supervised by a staff member in the student’s of direct relevance to a variety of careers, from chosen area of expertise. MLitt students in our journalism and teaching to professions in the Department also benefit from contact with a large creative industries. cosmopolitan postgraduate cohort. Postgraduate A degree in Film Studies from St Andrews activities include regular research presentations will provide an excellent foundation for a wide Film screening in the Buchanan lecture theatre by leading scholars, a prominent student- range of careers as well as for those directly run academic journal (Frames) and a yearly connected with cinema (such as film distribution postgraduate conference, as well as workshops, and production, arts administration, cinema film screenings, activities and retreats. “The depth in which I am encouraged to think about and management, film festivals, advertising discuss film has improved my overall skills of critical thinking. and public relations, journalism and media, The lecturers present us with texts and ideas outside of our usual frame of reference and encourage us to formulate our own point of view, even in contentious areas of debate. The work is hard but if you are studying something you are passionate about, it is more than worth it.”

Milo (Inverness, Scotland)

88 89 French courses enable you to develop a high level of competency French in language skills. Alongside language, you will also study www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/french French and Francophone literature, culture, civilisation, history [email protected] and politics, allowing you to develop strong cultural awareness.

See also Modern Languages • Our specialist staff offer a unique range of innovative courses covering all periods from the Middle Ages to the present. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • The subject can be studied with a wide range of other languages. standards required to consider you • French can be studied with popular non-language subjects such for entry. You can find out more as International Relations. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on page 167. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ What will I study? Third and fourth years subjects/entry (Honours) First year SQA Highers: At Honours, language courses The language courses, taught • Standard entry grades AAAB are offered with an emphasis including A in French. in a combination of French on communication skills, • Minimum entry grades AABB and English, are designed to including A in French. critical reviews, blog writing consolidate and develop skills • Gateway entry grades BBBB and translation. Oral classes acquired in secondary school and GCE A-Levels: involve debates, the production • Standard entry grades AAB to increase fluency in the target of podcasts and vlogs, group including A in French. language. A wide range of texts • Minimum entry grade ABB presentations and bilateral – encompassing prose, drama, including A in French. interpretation. A wide range of poetry and film – are studied International Baccalaureate: courses in language, literature, • Standard entry grades 36 each semester; these are read as intellectual history, politics (HL 6,6,5) including HL6 in a means of enhancing language French. and society is also available. learning and introducing you • Minimum entry grades 36 Courses may include translation (HL 6,5,5) including HL6 in to wider issues of French and methodology, creative writing, French. Francophone history and cultural politics and propaganda in the identity. Teaching includes three Middle Ages, libertinage and hours of language per week libertine literature, modern (including one oral class with a French thought and francophone native speaker), plus literature African literature. lectures and seminars. There are also dissertation Second year options, allowing you to work “  The staff are so inspiring,

The Louvre, Paris The degree programme is on extended personal research ensuring that we are taught primarily in French. It with a specialist tutor to advise engaging with lecture comprises core language and you. Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? material and enhancing culture elements and a choice of Study or work abroad All the degrees are available With Integrated Year Abroad Yes, French literature and civilisation courses. our linguistic development. You can choose to apply to study These feature key events, ideas or work abroad as part of your I’ve also met some and texts spanning from the degree. French students may also amazing people in my Middle Ages to the present day MA MA MA BSc MChem participate in the University-wide which have shaped the French- classes and through St Andrews Abroad programme. speaking world. Teaching includes student societies. I had Further information is available Single Honours Joint Honours Triple Honours ‘With’ Honours two language hours per week on page 129 and online at: a wonderful semester (including one oral class with French French and one of 27 other French and two other Biology with French (BSc) www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ studying abroad at the a native speaker), plus lectures subjects modern languages Chemistry with French study-abroad prestigious Sorbonne French and one other (BSc or MChem) and seminars in literature and modern language and Chemistry with French and civilisation. The course aims to University in Paris.” another subject External Placement prepare you for the year abroad (MChem) and help you to make an informed Teilo (Bridgend, South Wales) See Arts combinations, See Triple combinations, Pictured opposite during his study pages 172-173 pages 132-133 choice of courses at Honours level. abroad in Paris

90 91 Our Geography programme offers rich insights into the social Geography and natural worlds and the fascinating interplay between them; www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/geography you will cover a wide range of topics from cultures, societies and [email protected] economies to physical landscapes and environmental processes.

See also Sustainable Development • Ranked second in the UK in both the Complete University Guide 2021 and the Guardian University Guide 2021. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • Great flexibility in the choice of subjects spanning the full range standards required to consider you of geography, all taught by leading experts, plus the breadth and for entry. You can find out more flexibility of our degree structure which opens up numerous about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on fascinating course combinations. page 167. • Fieldwork opportunities within Scotland in all four years, plus an www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ overseas residential field trip in third year. subjects/entry • Externally acclaimed training in a range of valuable transferable SQA Highers: skills, including quantitative and qualitative analytical methods, • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB Geographic Information Systems, teamwork and presentation skills, • Gateway entry grades BBBB and training in critical thinking. GCE A-Levels: • Study in a stunning location and in a friendly School, finishing • Standard entry grades AAA as a highly literate and numerate graduate with excellent • Minimum entry grades ABB employment prospects. International Baccalaureate: • Standard entry grades 38 (HL 6,6,6) What will I study? mix of physical, human and • Minimum entry grades 36 (HL 6,5,5) You can take Geography in either environmental geography the Faculty of Arts (MA) or the with a parallel skills stream Faculty of Science (BSc). While developed in laboratory, tutorial the Geography content is taught and fieldwork settings. Third as a single integrated subject, and fourth year provide the the MA/BSc choice gives you the opportunity to specialise in option of combining Geography what you are most interested in. with subjects from the Faculties We have particular strengths in of Arts or Science during climate change, glacial studies, your first two years. Within population and health, migration “ The town is full of our flexible degree structure, and mobility, studying past character and I felt all aspects of geography are and present environments, welcomed on my first available to you in all four years, development, political ecology allowing you to explore your and Geographic Information visit to St Andrews. evolving interests. Systems (GIS). Geography encourages Field training in Iceland The Geography element of First year you to think differently your degree is exactly the same You will gain a broad grounding about people and places. Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No for the BSc or the MA. Small- in geography, and explore group teaching begins in first Studying Geography the relevance of integrated year, and average class sizes at this university is a geographical thinking for progressively diminish through understanding both human challenging yet rewarding BSc MA BSc MA BSc MA the degree; in fourth year, all and natural environments. experience. The class students receive one-to-one The complex interrelationships supervision as they complete a environment is intimate Single Honours Joint Honours Joint Honours ‘With’ Honours between people and planet research dissertation. Geography and friendly and there are a key focus. Topics include Geography Geography and one of 6 Geography and one of 21 Geography with 3 can also be combined with a the idea of the Anthropocene, is a close-knit and open other subjects other subjects subjects wide range of other subjects as a climate change, capitalism and support system in the 5 subjects with Geography joint degree. development, migration and The curriculum in the School.” See Cross-Faculty subjects, See Science combinations, See Arts combinations, See Arts and Science population, and GIS. first two years is a balanced page 5 page 174 pages 172-173 combinations, pages 172-174 Stephanie (Hong Kong)

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Second year Accreditation Building on first year and preparing you for Both the BSc and MA in Geography are accredited Honours-level study, second year combines by the Royal Geographical Society. conceptual and applied approaches to a Careers range of geographic issues, including: glacial Reflecting the broad nature of Geography, graduates processes, cultural and political geography, leave with a diverse and unique set of highly environmental management, population studies transferable skills, putting them in a very strong and biogeography, and also the nature of position in the jobs market. geography as an academic discipline. Career paths include government, environment, Third and fourth years (Honours) sustainability, tourism and leisure, planning The Honours years allow you to specialise and development, business and finance, security in your particular interests by choosing analysis, as well as research. from our wide range of specialist courses, Employers seek out Geography graduates all taught by experts in their field. You will because of their rare combination of quantitative also be trained in high-level research skills, and qualitative skills, their ability to integrate including quantitative, qualitative and and analyse diverse data, their understanding of fieldwork methods, equipping you to carry out human/environment interactions, their competence your own research dissertation guided by one- in GIS and spatial analysis, and their ability to to-one supervision. think critically and creatively about the big social Additional costs and environmental challenges facing us. Our graduates have gone on to excel in a wide The School covers the full cost of all obligatory range of careers, reflecting the breadth of the field trips and offers a number of scholarships and subject. Geographers often end up in surprising awards to support your studies. places. Study abroad Significant numbers of our graduates progress to Geography students may apply to participate in the postgraduate study, both at Masters and PhD level. University-wide St Andrews Abroad programme. You may also have the opportunity to participate in our School Abroad exchange programme. For information about study abroad options, please see: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad

“ I like the independence of study which is encouraged here. Over time I have grown in confidence as a result of guidance from my lecturers and tutors, although they also take a step back when necessary. At the University you meet a wonderfully diverse group of people in all walks of life, from halls to clubs to the weird and wonderful traditions.” Irvine Building Fionnghuala (Perth, Scotland)

94 95 Alongside developing your language skills to a high level, German German at St Andrews allows you to pursue your own www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/german specific interests. You have a broad choice of courses including [email protected] medieval studies, literature and film.

See also Modern Languages • The German programme at St Andrews is broad, covering German Studies from the Middle Ages to the present day. You can take Entry requirements These grades are the overall specialist courses in diverse areas, from translation to medieval standards required to consider you culture and to East German cinema. for entry. You can find out more • You can combine German with one or two languages, Comparative about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on Literature, or with subjects as diverse as English, Psychology, page 167. Management or International Relations. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ • You can start as a beginner, or with National 5 or GCSE subjects/entry qualifications, as well as with Highers, A-Levels or IB. SQA Highers: • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB What will I study? century, the age of unification and • Gateway entry grades BBBB You will develop proficiency in the Weimar Germany. At the end of GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAB German language that brings you the first two years you will have • Minimum entry grades ABB to near-native competency. The encountered texts in German from International Baccalaureate: course combines communicative its origins as a language to the • Standard entry grades 36 and intercultural approaches with present day and should be ready (HL 6,6,5) • Minimum entry grades 36 translation, grammar and textual to go and work or study abroad. (HL 6,5,5) study. Third and fourth years You will study the literary, (Honours) cultural and intellectual history All students take the same core of the German speaking lands in courses in German language, depth. The German Department including advanced oral, writing covers a range of specialisms, from and communication skills. You medieval studies to gender studies, have scope to construct the rest from 19th-century literature to of your programme by choosing environmental thought. from a wide variety of courses. First year These reflect the individual Intensive foundation courses for research interests of staff members “Studying German here beginners and advanced language and allow you to work at the Reichstag, Berlin is a wonderful experience and literature courses for those frontiers of the subject. Recent – there is always an with previous qualifications in topics include the Nazi past exciting aspect of the Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No German are offered. The advanced in German cultural memory, All the degrees are available With Integrated Year Abroad course combines language and Shakespeare in Germany, language, history, or literature, developing speaking Medieval Things, Berlin – culture to explore. The and listening, reading and writing modernity and the metropolis, constant support of MA MA MA MA skills. The literature and culture German environmental thought. sta ff, coupled with the programme surveys German Study or work abroad literature, culture and history opportunity to study with You can choose to apply to study from 1945 to the present day. students from all over Single Honours Joint Honours Triple Honours ‘With’ Honours or work abroad as part of your Second year degree. German students may also the world in small classes, German German and one of 25 other German and two other Economics with German The language course builds on participate in the University- subjects modern languages creates a very welcoming German and one other the skills acquired in first year wide St Andrews Abroad atmosphere both in and modern language and and prepares you for studying programme. Further information outside the classroom.” another subject abroad. Classes cover German on page 129 and online at: literature, culture and history www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ See Arts combinations, See Triple combinations, Zoë (Glasgow, Scotland) study-abroad pages 172-173 pages 132-133 in the Middle Ages, the late 18th Pictured opposite

96 97 You will experience a broad range of expertise in many historic History eras, from Scotland to Byzantium, the Americas, the Middle East www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/history and South Asia. Thematic interests include religious history, urban [email protected] history, transnationalism, historiography and nationalism.

See also Ancient History (& Archaeology), Medieval History, Middle East Studies, Modern History, Scottish History • Y ou will be taught by staff with internationally recognised expertise in a broad variety of historical fields. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • You can take a Single Honours History degree, which allows you to standards required to consider you range widely over historical time and space, or a specialised degree for entry. You can find out more in Modern, Medieval or Scottish History within the School of about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on History. Ancient History is available within the School of Classics. page 167. • History is ranked second in the UK by the Guardian University www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ Guide 2021 and The Times and The Sunday Times Good University subjects/entry Guide 2021. SQA Highers: • Small tutorial groups and classes mean that students receive • Standard entry grades AAAAB including A in History. individual attention and detailed feedback on coursework from • Minimum entry grades AABB their tutors. including B in History. • Gateway entry grades BBBB GCE A-Levels: The Single Honours History Study abroad • Standard entry grades AAA degree provides the widest History students may apply to including A in History. • Minimum entry grades ABB range of subject choices. Across participate in the University- including B in History. your first and second years you wide St Andrews Abroad International Baccalaureate: take at least two courses in each programme. You may also • Standard entry grades 38 of two of the following historical have the opportunity to (HL 6,6,6) including HL6 in History. periods: Ancient (pre-500 CE), participate in our School • Minimum entry grades 36 Medieval (500 to 1500) and Abroad exchange programme. (HL 6,5,5) including HL5 in Modern (post-1500). For information about study History. At Honours level, you need abroad options, please see: to cover two different historical www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ periods and may choose from the study-abroad full range of courses in Ancient, Careers Medieval, Middle Eastern, History graduates find Modern and Scottish History. employment in academia, “  This is a small and What will I study? museums and archives, or as welcoming community. First- and second-year courses history teachers. Using the You can take a wide are designed to provide broad analytical and communication range of courses and introductions to various key skills acquired through the topics and are taught via study of history, many also combine History classes St Katharine's Lodge lectures and weekly small-group proceed to careers in law, with modules from other tutorials. publishing, armed forces, service Schools and Departments Third-year Honours options industries, the financial sector, Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? Yes, History in your first two years. allow you to develop detailed the arts and the media. knowledge of particular The School also offers a There is also the ability themes, events, socio-political course which gives students the to combine studying MA BA developments and geographical opportunity to gain invaluable here with exchange areas. Classes usually comprise first-hand experience of teaching programmes in Europe or 10 to 15 students. As an in local schools. Single Honours International Honours alternative to an extended The School of History beyond, which provides a essay or dissertation, final year offers a range of taught and fantastic undergraduate History History students may devise a multi- research-based Masters degree e xperience.” See entry requirements and other media project on an historical programmes and opportunities information, page 30 theme of their choice. for PhD students. Alfie (Somerset, England)

98 99 You will engage with sophisticated modes of thought and expression History – Medieval History across medieval Europe and the Middle East and can select from www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/history courses on a variety of historical issues and geographical locations to [email protected] suit your interests.

See also Ancient History (& Archaeology), History •t S Andrews has one of the largest concentrations of internationally recognised medieval specialists in the world. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • You will have a very wide range of subject choices in Medieval standards required to consider you History, ranging from Ireland to Armenia, and from the fourth to for entry. You can find out more the fifteenth centuries. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on • An unparalleled interdisciplinary research environment means page 167. that you will be taught by many staff who are leaders in their field. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ • Studying Medieval History offers you the opportunity to explore subjects/entry medieval Europe and the Middle East through the thinking SQA Highers: and expression of the time, as well as grappling with complex • Standard entry grades AAAAB including A in History. historical issues. • Minimum entry grades AABB • The town of St Andrews is rich in medieval heritage, making it an including B in History. apt and inspiring choice of location for your studies. • Gateway entry grades BBBB • For Study Abroad information, see page 99. GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAA including A in History. Medieval History • Minimum entry grades ABB through the 14th centuries, and including B in History. & Archaeology an introduction to the Middle East, International Baccalaureate: After taking the third-year core as well as a grounding in the major • Standard entry grades 38 course in the principles and themes and development of history (HL 6,6,6) including HL6 in History. techniques in archaeology, you as a scholarly discipline and the • Minimum entry grades 36 select topics in archaeology and study of historiography. The (HL 6,5,5) including HL5 in in the history of the medieval critical examination of relevant History. period of your choice. You have primary sources and study skills the chance to attend the Summer are built into the programme. School at the British School of Third and fourth years Rome. (Honours) Medieval History Third year semester-long options “  You will be taught by Medieval History at St Andrews offer specialist study in more than fantastic, truly engaging covers a geographical range from 15 different areas. people. Medieval history Iceland to Central Asia. We have Examples of recent topics is all about interpreting particular strengths in political, include early Irish society from legal and religious history, in the the seventh to the ninth centuries, scanty, challenging sources, history of Scotland, and in that of the eastern Roman Empire during so it is a surprisingly Department of Medieval History Byzantium and the Middle East. the reign of the Emperor Justinian, creative discipline. The First year civil conflicts during the later 15th diverse research interests century, and women and gender in Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? Yes, History You will explore politics and later medieval Europe. of the staff, from early society in the early medieval In fourth year, you take one medieval linguistics to period (c.500 to c.1100) across more Honours option and a year- Britain, Europe and the Near East the history of emotions, MA MA MA long Special Subject and write a and also examine developments in mean you are always dissertation. Examples of Special the British Isles between 1100 and Subject topics include a study of exploring the adventurous 1500. Single Honours Joint Honours ‘With’ Honours the reign of Charlemagne, the outer limits of traditional Second year British Isles during the Wars of Medieval History Medieval History and one of 23 other Medieval History with Persian history.” Medieval History & Archaeology subjects Topics will include an analytical the Bruces, and the lives and survey of the history of continental religious careers of Saints Francis, William (West Sussex, England) See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 medieval Europe from the 11th Clare and Dominic. Pictured opposite

100 101 You will analyse global historical events over the past 500 years History – Modern History from a present-day context. You can pursue a variety of different www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/history approaches including political, military, religious, scientific, social [email protected] and economic history.

See also History • As a Modern History student at St Andrews, you will benefit from the expertise of renowned historians who are actively engaged in Entry requirements These grades are the overall research and publication. standards required to consider you • You will choose from a range of optional classes covering a very for entry. You can find out more broad chronological, geographical and thematic range. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on • The modern era comprises the period from around 1450 to the page 167. 21st century, and classes are offered on the histories of many www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ nations and regions, including Britain, Europe, the Middle East, subjects/entry South Asia, East Asia and parts of Africa and the Americas. SQA Highers: • You will have the opportunity to pursue many different • Standard entry grades AAAAB including A in History. approaches in your study of Modern History. Intellectual, political, • Minimum entry grades AABB cultural, military, religious, gender, social and economic history including B in History. are among the options on offer. • Gateway entry grades BBBB • For Study Abroad information, see page 99. GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAA including A in History. What will I study? Third and fourth years • Minimum entry grades ABB including B in History. (Honours) The Modern History degree International Baccalaureate: will teach you to analyse In third year, you will usually • Standard entry grades 38 historical events, cultures and study two classes per semester, (HL 6,6,6) including HL6 in History. societies from a contemporary chosen from a wide range of • Minimum entry grades 36 perspective. available options spanning the (HL 6,5,5) including HL5 in History. First year early modern and late modern periods. Examples of recent You will study the early modern topics include the Reformation western world from around 1450 in Europe, women and men in to the late 18th century. You early modern Europe, China’s will also explore themes in late revolutions in the 19th and 20th modern history, covering the centuries, and French Algeria period from 1776 until the turn from the 1830s until 1962. of the 21st century. Both courses In fourth year, you take one explore various topics, including more Honours option and a year- the development of modern “ The unique part about long intensive Special Subject. states, war and empire, alongside History at St Andrews is Recent examples of these include: various key aspects of cultural, Students in the King James Library the political and religious history that in many cases you are social, economic and political of Elizabethan England, the surrounded by the history history. Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? Yes, History history of British cinema from the you are studying. When we Second year 1920s to 1960, ideas of place and learned about the Scottish Topics you will study include a space in 20th-century Germany, survey of Scotland, Britain and and the development of the city in Reformation it was easier MA MA MA Empire from the early modern East and Southeast Asia from the to understand when many period to the present. You will mid-19th to mid-20th centuries. of the principal locations also gain a grounding in the You may also write a were literally right outside Single Honours Joint Honours ‘With’ Honours major themes and developments dissertation on a topic of your of history as a scholarly discipline choice, or complete an Honours the door of the lecture Modern History Modern History and one of 27 other Modern History with Persian subjects and the study of historiography Project, which is assessed theatre.” and of different methodological via an 8,000-word essay and See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 approaches to topics in history. presentation. Philip (New Jersey, USA)

102 103 This programme is an ideal introduction to understanding Scotland’s History – Scottish History unique history and place in the world. You will be exposed to issues www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/history of nation building, loss of sovereignty and the tensions between core [email protected] and periphery.

See also History • Our Scottish historians have been at the forefront of recent, major reinterpretations of Scotland’s past. In studying Scottish History Entry requirements These grades are the overall here, you will work with this group of widely published experts. standards required to consider you • As a setting of fundamental importance in Scottish history, for entry. You can find out more St Andrews is a unique and enriching location for your studies. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on • You will be able to study the history of Scotland from the making page 167. of kingdom and country in the early Middle Ages to the debates www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ around Unionism and Nationalism in the late 20th century. subjects/entry • You can explore key periods including the Wars of Independence, SQA Highers: the Reformation and the Enlightenment, and themes like kingship, • Standard entry grades AAAAB including A in History. identity and religious change. • Minimum entry grades AABB • Although previous study of History is required, it is not necessary including B in History. to have prior knowledge of Scottish History in order to take the • Gateway entry grades BBBB classes on offer. GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAA • For Study Abroad information, see page 99. including A in History. • Minimum entry grades ABB including B in History. What will I study? history as a scholarly discipline International Baccalaureate: In the first two years you will and in the study of historiography. • Standard entry grades 38 study the history of Scotland in The critical examination of (HL 6,6,6) including HL6 in History. courses which place the country relevant primary sources and • Minimum entry grades 36 and its people in a European study skills are built into the (HL 6,5,5) including HL5 in and global context. The Honours programme. History. programme offers a wide breadth Third and fourth years of periods and approaches for the (Honours) study of Scottish history. You can take courses on a wide Your courses are chosen from range of periods and approaches. those offered in the School of They have included Scotland and History and will encourage you to Ireland during the Dark Ages, place Scotland’s history within a the importance of the castle in wider context. medieval Scotland, and women “ Being taught by some of First year in Scottish society from the 19th the leading historians in You will study Scotland and the century to 1970. In third year you the field has enriched my St Andrews Cathedral English Empire between 1070-1500 will normally study two optional by examining the development of courses per semester. enjoyment of a subject Scotland as a kingdom and nation As a Single Honours Scottish that I already found Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? Yes, History in the Middle Ages. You will also History student, in fourth year fascinating. The level take two further history courses you will take one further optional of support provided for in the first two years. course and a year-long Special students is very high. Second year Subject – those offered in previous MA MA years include the British Isles There is always someone You will explore the issues of during the wars of the Bruces British nationalism, imperialism, to contact when a and culture and society during and devolution in Scotland from problem occurs, whether Single Honours Joint Honours the Scottish Enlightenment. You 1500-2000. You will also have will also write a dissertation on a academic or of a personal Scottish History Scottish History and one of 11 other the opportunity to develop a subjects topic of your choice. nature.” grounding in the major themes See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 of history, in the development of Katrina (Fife, Scotland)

104 105 International Relations as a discipline enables you to explore foreign International Relations policy, international institutions, political theory, political economy, www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/international-relations political science and diplomatic history in order to provide theoretical [email protected] perspectives to explain conflict and cooperation in the wider world.

• O ur School is the only one of its kind in Scotland, and St Andrews is one of the few universities in the UK that offers a Single Honours Entry requirements These grades are the overall degree specifically concerning International Relations. standards required to consider you • International Relations at St Andrews is ranked first in the UK by the for entry. You can find out more Guardian University Guide 2021 and has been for the last six years. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on • We are ranked first in the UK in The Times and The Sunday Times page 167. Good University Guide 2021. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ • Y ou will study in a School that has a long-established international subjects/entry reputation for its high-quality teaching and research, consistently SQA Highers: achieving high rankings in University league tables. • Standard entry grades AAAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB • Y ou will interact with many world-renowned scholars researching • Gateway entry grades BBBB on the topics that they teach; whose wide-ranging expertise covers GCE A-Levels: all regions and today’s most pressing global issues. • Standard entry grades AAA • Y ou will be part of a diverse, dynamic and high achieving • Minimum entry grades ABB international student body that is enthusiastically and actively International Baccalaureate: • Standard entry grades 38 engaged in the discussion of contemporary world affairs. (HL 6,6,6) • Y ou will benefit from the intellectual intimacy of small-class • Minimum entry grades 36 teaching, enjoying unrivalled access to expert knowledge, cutting- (HL 6,5,5) edge research and talks by leading visiting scholars.

What will I study? appraisal skills and analytical Single Honours International abilities, as well as your Relations is an outstanding capacity to explain, defend “ Most important to me degree that gives you the and construct arguments both opportunity to learn directly oral and written. Through has been the support from renowned experts the mastery of these, you will system that I’ve been specialising in a range of hone your skills in writing, surrounded with, both subject areas and geographical communication, critical through my friends and regions. Our research-led understanding and applied teaching will underpin your knowledge. the University. The tutors and lecturers have School of International Relations learning, while our use of The School’s expertise critical approaches will relates to all regions of the been very approachable, urge you to question your world and encapsulates the helpful and supportive Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No assumptions about the world full spectrum of contemporary around you. – and historical – events, which has encouraged You will benefit from the issues, and challenges with me to do better and MA BA MA MA School’s delivery of exciting, which the study and practice work harder. Always relevant and critical courses, of international relations is dream big, because I which are complemented by concerned. Our commitment small class sizes, creating to research-led teaching never thought I would Single Honours International Honours Joint Honours or ‘With’ Triple Honours a vibrant, focused and self- underpins these strengths, be capable of achieving International Relations International Relations International Relations and International Relations and motivating learning environment where our world-leading the things that I have one of 28 other subjects two modern languages for your studies. specialists bring their experienced and attained International Relations with As a result of your pioneering research directly Persian independent guided reading into our classrooms. thus far.” and research, the topics you See entry requirements and See Arts combinations, See Triple combinations, Tia (Jakarta, Indonesia) other information, page 30 pages 172-173 pages 132-133 take will develop your critical Pictured opposite

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First year Careers You will receive an introduction to international International Relations graduates are dynamic, relations, through which you will discover the globally aware, and self-motivated. basic theoretical approaches and concerns used in Our graduates: the study of the subject. From that basis you will go on to analyse • transfer their critical reading, writing and foreign policy and international security by communication skills, as well as advanced studying how countries make foreign policy and analytical abilities, to a variety of professional the importance of national security. and internationally orientated environments. Second year • possess invaluable reasoning and questioning skills attained via the completion of a highly You will examine the more advanced theories competitive degree. underpinning the study of international relations. • have proven time management abilities, You will then also explore the major issues and and have completed diverse, focused, and challenges that confront those within the world of challenging projects. international politics. • go on to a very diverse range of careers. These Honours (third and fourth) years include the United Nations, the Red Cross, We provide specialist knowledge in various areas the International Atomic Energy Agency, the or single country studies (spanning Africa, Asia, UNHCR, UNESCO, the Carter Center, Stratfor, the Middle East, the EU, Latin America and the the BBC, The Scotsman newspaper, armed forces, USA) and a variety of sub-disciplines (for instance, civil services, JP Morgan, Shell, KPMG, Cisco, peacekeeping and peacebuilding, terrorism and Nomura, Deloitte and PwC. political violence, global civil society, international • often go on to further study. The School offers law, international organisations, globalisation and a range of one-year MLitt programmes (in human rights). Other topics allow you to investigate International Political Theory; International the interdisciplinary contributions of psychology, Security Studies; Middle East, Caucasus and history and gender, whilst our innovative teaching Central Asian Security Studies; Peacebuilding includes the study of the international relations of and Mediation; Strategic Studies; and Terrorism music, refugees, energy security, the environment, and Political Violence), as well as advanced the internet and aesthetics. MPhil and PhD programmes. Study abroad International Relations students may apply to participate in the University-wide St Andrews Abroad programme. You may also have the opportunity to participate in our School Abroad exchange programme. For information about School of International Relations tutorial study abroad options, please see: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad “I chose to study International Relations because I find it genuinely fascinating. Moreover, international relations will always remain important because politics is ever-changing and keeps moving forward. The topics covered, especially as you specialise, are very interesting and are all taught by experts in the field.”

Michaela (Kuching, Malaysia)

108 109 As a student of Italian, you will develop your language skills Italian to a high standard and will have the opportunity to engage www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/italian in a number of specialist topics including language, literature, [email protected] history, politics and film.

See also Modern Languages • Rated first in the UK in the National Student Survey 2020 with 100% for student satisfaction. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • The Italian Department is the largest in Scotland. Language standards required to consider you teaching at all levels takes place in relatively small groups, and the for entry. You can find out more structure of the programmes ensures that you will receive a solid about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on grounding in both the language and the culture of Italy. page 167. • We have specialist expertise in teaching Italian to complete www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ beginners, with most of our students entering at this level. subjects/entry • Members of the Italian Department have high international SQA Highers: research profiles, and have very diverse areas of expertise, ranging • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB from early literature to contemporary film. • Gateway entry grades BBBB • Our innovative and distinctive teaching approach includes mixed GCE A-Levels: skills and integrated classes and regular structured contact with • Standard entry grades AAB native speakers. • Minimum entry grades ABB International Baccalaureate: • Standard entry grades 36 What will I study? grammar, syntax and lexical (HL 6,6,5) Italian at St Andrews provides a knowledge, and of contemporary • Minimum entry grades 36 solid grounding in both language Italy. You will also study (HL 6,5,5) and culture, and equips you representative periods, works with fundamental critical and and authors, such as Dante, communicative skills relevant to Machiavelli, and Primo Levi. careers in all professional areas. Third and fourth years We are a very vibrant and lively (Honours) Department, and key areas of staff Through extensive use of expertise include Dante, the Italian contemporary materials, you Renaissance, translation studies, will enhance your linguistic as modernism, transnational writing well as your analytical skills, and culture, migration and border and examine important issues writings, Italian film, gender and in contemporary Italian culture postcolonial studies. and society. You will also be First year introduced to professional Depending on your background areas of language training, like Florence, Italy in Italian, you will either be translation and interpreting. introduced to, or consolidate your You will be able to study in “I chose to study Italian, Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No knowledge of, the fundamental depth an extremely wide variety French and Spanish. All the degrees are available With Integrated Year Abroad areas of Italian grammar, focusing of periods and aspects of Italian on your skills in listening, culture and literature. The option to do a speaking, reading and writing. Study or work abroad triple degree programme You will also be introduced You can choose to apply to study means I can further my MA MA MA to elements of Italian culture or work abroad as part of your language skills and learn and literature from a range degree. Italian students may also of periods and genres, and more. I really enjoy the Single Honours Joint Honours Triple Honours participate in the University- have the opportunity to work small classes and that we wide St Andrews Abroad Italian Italian and one of 26 other subjects Italian and two other modern languages independently. have cultural lessons built Italian and one other modern language programme. Further information and another subject Second year on page 129 and online at: into the degree.” You will consolidate and expand www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 See Triple combinations, pages 132-133 your understanding of Italian study-abroad Daniella (Moray, Scotland)

110 111 Management is a distinct social science. Your studies will Management focus on how organisations operate and how value is created www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/management in multiple organisational forms. You will develop a thorough [email protected] understanding of how businesses and management function.

• Management is ranked first in the UK in theComplete University Guide 2021 and The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • There is a strong multidisciplinary approach to Management. standards required to consider you • You will develop critical thinking, self-reliance, research and for entry. You can find out more about Standard, Minimum and employability skills. Gateway entry requirements on • There is a large portfolio of degrees offered (MA, BSc, Single page 167. Honours, Joint Honours or Triple Honours). www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ subjects/entry • You will encounter international scholars and students from all over the world. SQA Highers: • Standard entry grades AAAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB • Gateway entry grades BBBB What will I study? environment – understanding A degree in Management will the business environment, people GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAA introduce you to a variety of and organisations, and economic • Minimum entry grades ABB organisations in all sectors and principles. International Baccalaureate: will teach you to understand You will examine some of • Standard entry grades 38 techniques which draw from the main analytical approaches (HL 6,6,6) • Minimum entry grades 36 the subject including marketing, and techniques required by (HL 6,5,5) organisational behaviour, managers and will be provided managing in diverse and with an introduction to financial challenging situations, and accounting concepts and analysing financial data. From techniques. your studies, you will acquire Second year interpersonal skills in problem You will take two compulsory solving, critical thinking and self- courses, one in each semester. reliance, and will be empowered These explore the core functions to interrogate evidence, challenge of managers, including in existing logic, and question marketing, organisational established ways of doing things. behaviour, managing in diverse “Management strikes the You will learn from a team and challenging situations, and of international scholars whose perfect blend between the analysis of financial data. teaching and research are centred a tangible education on First you examine the on the concept of responsible conceptual frameworks and business acumen and a enterprise, which entails an School of Management techniques of marketing and scholarly exploration of ethical approach to managing organisational behaviour. Then you organisations and their social and organisation theory. I examine some of the alternative Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No environmental impacts. have found it to be an perspectives on management and First year the changing policy and business incredibly well-rounded You will take two compulsory environment for organisations, course. The University BSc MA BSc MA MA courses, one in each semester. engaging with accounting from a has a knack of attracting Taken together, these explain broader sociological perspective. incredibly thoughtful why we have organisations, how In addition, you may choose Single Honours Joint Honours Joint Honours Triple Honours they operate in society and what to take an innovative course on and kind people and information is required of them enterprise and creativity, which St Andrews will be a Management Management and one of 4 Management and one of 19 Management and two other subjects other subjects modern languages by the external environment. helps you develop creative home to me forever.” You will be introduced to entrepreneurial skills and take a See Cross-Faculty subjects, See Science combinations, See Arts combinations, See Triple combinations, three key aspects of management proactive role in managing your Manahil (Geneva, Switzerland) page 5 page 174 pages 172-173 pages 132-133 in the external and internal learning. Pictured opposite

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Third and fourth years (Honours) Our degree programmes in Management If you decide to take Management in your third You will receive advanced training in quantitative and fourth years, you will take two compulsory and qualitative techniques that are relevant to the courses: analysis of managerial problems. Presentation The first one provides an integrative skills, group working, and self-reliance provide understanding of organisation in society, drawing vocational relevance and preparation for life from key contemporary theoretical perspectives to beyond graduation. analyse different ideological and practical aspects Our degrees in Management develop an of organising. understanding of core organisational issues as The other provides a learning experience in well as developing key transferable skills. They which Management students can understand and are designed to equip students with the skills respond to current and likely future challenges that and knowledge to critically assess and challenge will face them in the near and intermediate future established practices of management, promoting as managers and citizens. the use of creative and innovative approaches In addition, you will take optional courses to managing complex organisational problems. chosen from a wide range which reflects the An emphasis is placed on responsible enterprise, expertise of staff in the School. Here is a sample which enables students to become both socially and of Honours topics which have been covered in environmentally aware, and encourages them to be previous years: self-reliant, critical and creative thinkers. The MA course is particularly suited for those • Advertising and marketing communication wanting a range of options across Arts subjects • Behavioural decision making but who want to give most of their attention to • Corporate finance and control Management. For those interested in studying • Corporate social responsibility, accountability Management alongside science subjects, the BSc and reporting may be of interest instead of the MA. • Dynamic strategic management • Entrepreneurship and small business Study abroad development Management students may apply to • Financial markets and investments participate in the University-wide St Andrews • Human resource management Abroad programme. You may also have the • International business opportunity to participate in our School Abroad • International marketing exchange programme. For information about • Knowledge work: practice and context study abroad options, please see: • Leadership development www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad The Gateway building • Non-governmental organisations (NGOs): Careers contexts, contributions and challenges Our students have found employment in the fields • Philanthropy and philanthropreneurs: the of general management, marketing, accountancy “It is inspiring to hear from highly-accomplished and business of doing good and the financial services industry. These roles have • Sociology of finance highly-published academics. The size of the School of been undertaken in a wide variety of organisations • Sustainable development and management. Management gives studying here a personal feel: you get in the public and private sector. While a degree in Management provides an the chance to connect with your lecturers who really care excellent basis for a career in management, it can about your development and continue to remember you also be used as a springboard into a wide variety of throughout your time here.” other careers. Each year some students undertake further Frazer (Scottish Borders, Scotland) study at Masters and PhD level in the UK and beyond.

114 115 Your primary focus studying Mathematics will be understanding Mathematics & Statistics patterns and structure and developing the tools with which to www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/mathematics analyse them. You will be able to describe and categorise processes [email protected] involved in physical or biological phenomena.

• Stimulating environment, teaching by world-class researchers. • Wide variety of courses offered. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • Outstanding tutorial support, especially in first and second year. standards required to consider you • Ranked highly in all the major UK league tables: second in the for entry. You can find out more about Guardian University Guide 2021, third in The Times and The Sunday Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on page 167. Times Good University Guide 2021, third in the Complete University www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ Guide 2021. subjects/entry

SQA Highers: What will I study? to mathematics, another covers a • Standard entry grades AAAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB St Andrews has first-class wide variety of topics in pure and Must include A in Mathematics. researchers in the three main applied mathematics, and another GCE A-Levels: areas of the mathematical sciences: course concentrates on statistics. • Standard entry grades A*A*A • Minimum entry grades A*AB Pure, Applied and Statistics. Our Second year Must include A* in Mathematics. courses reflect this diversity of We offer eight courses across International Baccalaureate: interests and provide the focus for the whole range of mathematics • Standard entry grades 38 specialisation and project work. (HL 6,6,6) and statistics, of which you will • Minimum entry grades 36 Understanding patterns and take between four and eight, (HL 6,5,5) structure, and developing the Must include HL6 in Mathematics. depending on your intended tools with which to analyse degree. These are designed to Direct entry to second year them, is the primary focus of introduce you to the study of more all mathematics. Whether the SQA Highers/Advanced Highers: advanced mathematics, opening • Advanced Highers AA including patterns relate to physical or Mathematics, plus Highers up access to the diverse range of School of Mathematics & Statistics biological phenomena or to the AAAAB courses that we offer at higher structure of mathematics itself, GCE A-Levels: levels. • A*A*A including A* in the primary aim is to describe, Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? Yes, Mathematics Mathematics and A in Further categorise and understand the Third and fourth years Mathematics. processes involved. Much of (Honours) International Baccalaureate: your time here will be concerned You have the option either to • 39 (HL 6,6,6) including HL6 in MMath BSc MA BSc MA BSc MA with developing the analytical continue with a broad spread Mathematics. techniques and skills necessary to of pure mathematics, applied explore some of these fascinating mathematics and statistics or Integrated Masters Single Honours Joint Honours BSc ‘With’ Honours BSc areas of research. to concentrate on just one or two of these areas. Examples Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics and one Mathematics with First year “The School provides plenty of of recent courses include Applied Mathematics Statistics of 8 other subjects Geography You will take between one Pure Mathematics Statistics and one of 6 graph theory, fractal geometry, opportunities for you to get and three first-year courses Statistics See Cross-Faculty subjects, other subjects dynamical systems, solar theory, involved with maths beyond in mathematics. There is one page 5 ‘With’ Honours MA financial mathematics and See Science combinations, compulsory mathematics lectures and tutorials. There Bayesian inference. page 174 Mathematics with course, which will extend and are optional talks, research In your final year, you will be Russian enhance your skills in algebraic Mathematics with required to investigate a topic scholarships, mentoring and MPhys MChem manipulation and in differential Joint Honours MA Spanish of your choice in some depth, study support schemes and and integral calculus, develop submit a written dissertation and Mathematics and one your geometric insight and dedicated social events for give a presentation, all under the Joint Integrated Masters of 20 other subjects your understanding of limiting Mathematics students and Statistics and one of 3 supervision of a staff member who processes, and introduce you to Mathematics and Theoretical other subjects is a leading expert in the area of staff.” complex numbers and matrices. Physics (MPhys) your project. Chemistry with Mathematics See Arts combinations, We offer three further courses, one Tom (Dijon, France) (MChem) pages 172-173 of which provides an introduction Pictured opposite

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www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/mathematics [email protected]

Integrated Masters (five years) Accreditation You combine undergraduate and Masters- Our degree programmes in Mathematics, Pure level study into a single five-year programme, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics are graduating with a Masters degree. accredited by the Institute of Mathematics and its In addition to the third- and fourth-year courses Applications. described on the previous page, we teach around 20 Our degree programmes in Statistics are more advanced courses, each of which is delivered accredited by the Royal Statistical Society in by a research-active specialist in the field. recognition of the “breadth, depth, quality and Direct entry into second year foundation” of these programmes as well as their statistical content. Students with excellent Advanced Higher, A-Level or International Baccalaureate qualifications can Study abroad enter directly into the second year of study. Mathematics and Statistics students may apply Second-year entry students bypass the first-year to participate in the University-wide St Andrews courses entirely, completing a BSc in three years Abroad programme. For information about or an MMath in four years. You may also have the study abroad options, please see: opportunity to study abroad, after either one- or www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad two-years’ study at St Andrews. Scholarships Our degree programmes: We offer a small number of scholarships of up to Mathematics £1,000 to first year students, based on financial need. This degree allows you to study the full range of modules we offer in Pure Mathematics, Applied Careers Mathematics, and Statistics, as described in Demand for mathematically trained graduates ‘What will I study?’ on the previous page. vastly outstrips the supply, hence career Applied Mathematics prospects are excellent in a variety of fields. Recruiters seek numerate graduates who are You will focus on real-world applications of literate, think logically, write and present well, mathematics and learn how to apply your and can work with relevant technology. Our mathematical skills to solve problems in fields as degrees develop all of these skills. diverse as biology, astrophysics and finance. A Mathematics or Statistics degree is Pure Mathematics recognised as a substantial achievement in a You will acquire the analytical techniques, clear demanding discipline. logical thinking and deductive reasoning necessary Over 50% of our graduates gain employment to explore and understand mathematical problems. with merchant banks, insurance companies, There are also many connections between pure computer consultancies, the civil service, mathematics and computer science, and you will industry, and financial services organisations (for Social space, School of Mathematics & Statistics have the opportunity to learn about these, if you example, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, PwC and many wish. more). Statistics Many graduates go onto further study for “The academics are great, and it is reassuring to know that an MSc and PhD, both of which are available at You will specialise in the branch of mathematics they are there to help you with whatever you need. It is St Andrews, and some go into teaching. that focuses on collecting, analysing and important to me that the maths that I do has the ability to be presenting large quantities of data. There useful to the public and affect society for the better, therefore are many practical applications for statistics, my interest is being piqued by the mathematics of medicine and including fields such as science, medicine, government, business and education. mathematical modelling.”

Jemisha (London, England)

118 119 The BSc (Hons) in Medicine provides you with thorough knowledge Medicine of the foundations of medical science whilst helping you develop www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/medicine extensive decision-making skills and an ethical understanding. The [email protected] course also provides early, relevant clinical experience.

• Students on the BSc (Hons) Medicine degree graduate after three years and move on to one of the University’s partner medical Entry requirements These grades are the overall schools to complete a further three years of training and graduate standards required to consider you with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB/MBBS). for entry. You can find out more • We provide a learning environment which integrates professional about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on training with a sound knowledge of the scientific basis of medicine. page 167. • You gain appropriate early clinical experience to emphasise the www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ subjects/medicine/ clinical relevance of the medical sciences, including placements medicine-bsc-a100 from your first year onwards. • State-of-the-art facilities include anatomy facilities for full body SQA Highers: • Standard entry grades AAAAB dissection, clinical skills suites and integrated technology support • Minimum entry grades AAABB for your learning. • Gateway to Medicine entry • The School of Medicine also offers a bespoke route for eligible grades BBBB Must include Chemistry and (Biology Canadian students, providing mentoring and teaching towards or Human Biology or Mathematics practising medicine in Canada. or Physics), plus National 5 grade B in (Biology or Human Biology and Mathematics and English) if not passed at Highers. Why St Andrews? to complete your medical The BSc (Hons) in Medicine training and this will include an GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAA provides you with a thorough attachment to the University of • Minimum entry grades AAB knowledge of the foundations Alberta. A100 and A990 students Must include Chemistry and (Biology or Mathematics or Physics), plus of medical science, whilst are taught together on the same GCSE (5) in (Biology, Mathematics developing skills required by course at St Andrews. and English) if not passed at AS or tomorrow’s doctors. You will receive integrated A-Levels. Depending on where you teaching within a strong clinical International Baccalaureate: • Standard entry grades 38 intend to undertake your final context, designed to encourage (HL 6,6,6 plus SL 6,6,6) three years towards an MB ChB/ you to apply your understanding • Minimum entry grades 36 MBBS degree, the A100 degree of medical sciences to clinical (HL 6,6,5 plus SL 6,6,5) Must include HL in Chemistry and programme offers three different problems. From the start you (Biology or Mathematics or Physics), application routes (Scotland, will be encouraged to develop plus SL in (Biology, Mathematics and England and No Preference) for the professional attitudes, English) if not passed at HL. Home and RUK students. If you ethical understanding and decision-making skills required Special senses anatomy session are ‘overseas’ for fee purposes, you will progress to the of a doctor. Professionalism “Full-body dissection is University of Manchester. and patient safety are key immensely useful for Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No The School also offers an A990 components of the entire course. learning anatomy. There route for Canadians wishing to Teaching occurs in purpose- return to Canada for residency built facilities, including an is a lot of interactive placement. The programme is anatomy dissection suite and learning and the staff are BSc MB ChB only for Canadians (or those with simulated environments for always more than happy to Canadian residency rights) who clinical and communication answer any questions. The are ‘overseas’ for fee purposes. skills teaching. You will Single Honours ScotGEM Programme You will graduate from experience clinical placements communication skills course Medicine This graduate entry St Andrews with a BSc (Hons) and meet patients within the has definitely bolstered my – leading to MB ChB/MBBS programme is only open to Medicine before progressing NHS from first year. confidence and skills when at a partner medical school those classified as Home and to the University of Edinburgh RUK for fee status purposes talking with patients.”

See pages 124-125 Nathan (Sandys, Bermuda)

120 121 Medicine

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/medicine [email protected]

First year • Canadian students on the A990 route are You will study the interrelationships between the eligible to apply to enter Foundation Year pre-clinical sciences. You will receive an overview Training in the UK (subject to Scottish of the structure and functions of the body systems Government changes) or the Canadian Resident both microscopically and macroscopically and Matching Service (CaRMS). Students receive be introduced to key themes across all years (for specific mentoring and training in preparation example ethics, public health, health psychology). for applying to the CaRMS, including an You will study the musculoskeletal system in depth, attachment in Alberta during the final three via lectures, practical laboratories and dissection years. room sessions. You will be taught clinical and Accreditation communication skills and attend a community- The BSc (Hons) Medicine is externally accredited by based placement. the General Medical Council to the same standards Second year as a primary medical qualification. Accordingly, You will study the normal function and dysfunction progression is subject to both academic results and of specific physiological systems (cardiovascular, fitness to practise. respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal and reproductive Additional entry routes: systems). This will build on knowledge from your first year, whilst developing the key themes further. Gateway to Medicine You will learn clinical skills related to each system The University offers this one-year programme and attend more frequent placements. taught in the Faculty of Science. The Gateway Third year provides the opportunity for students resident in Scotland, who have completed S5 at school, You will study the normal function and dysfunction to study at first-year undergraduate level, of complex integrative physiological systems (central instead of returning to school for S6. Applicants nervous and endocrine systems). You will undertake who are ‘overseas’ for fee purposes are not a significant research project in the form of a eligible to apply. For more information about dissertation. You will also consolidate your clinical the Gateway to Medicine, please see: training prior to moving to a partner medical school. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/medicine/ Your clinical placements will focus on the secondary gateway-to-medicine care environment. International Foundation Programme Careers for Medicine Students with a BSc (Hons) Medicine continue to a This is a one-year preparatory programme partner medical school to complete their MB ChB or for medicine combining science study with MBBS. Award of this second degree allows you to advanced English for academic purposes and apply for postgraduate medical training relevant to Consulting room, School of Medicine communication skills. Only applicants who are your route: ‘overseas’ for fee purposes can apply. For more • As an A100 student you are eligible for provisional information about the International Foundation “I enjoy the clinical skills teaching because it helps to integrate the registration with the General Medical Council Programme for Medicine, please see: (GMC) upon graduation from the partner medical www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/ifp/ content we learn about the structure and function of the body into school. You will be eligible to apply to enter medicine-september real life practical scenarios when on placement in hospitals. The Foundation Year (FY) Training within the UK, spiral curriculum means that a lot of the information that you which you apply for during your final year at your learn in first year is revisited later in more detail. It isn’t just about partner medical school. Following FY training, there are a wide range of career opportunities the academic experience though – there’s so much more to get for doctors with over 60 different specialities involved with – friends, student societies and community projects.” available in the UK. Advice on careers in the NHS will be available throughout the course. Nabihah (Fife, Scotland)

122 123 Medicine – ScotGEM

medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/graduate-entry-medicine [email protected]

• ScotGEM is the only medicine programme of its kind in Scotland. This four-year programme is tailored to meet the contemporary and future needs of the NHS in Scotland, with a focus on clinical generalism and rural practice. • Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine (ScotGEM) is a joint programme run by the universities of St Andrews and Dundee, in collaboration with the University of Highlands and Islands and four NHS Boards in Scotland (Fife, Tayside, Highland and Dumfries & Galloway). First and second years will be led by the University of St Andrews, third and fourth years will be led by the University of Dundee. • The curriculum employs exciting educational innovations. First- and second-year students learn via case-based learning with clinical placements. Third-year students undertake a year-long ‘longitudinal integrated clerkship’ based in a GP practice in Scotland, some of which are remote and rural in nature. Fourth year provides students with an increase in hospital experience, in readiness for working as a Foundation doctor.

What will I study? Third and fourth years ScotGEM is an intensive undergraduate In third year, you will join a General Practice programme, designed specifically for graduate in Scotland and follow patients through their learners. You will study foundation sciences, illness journey over the course of a year, gathering become skilled in clinical interactions and be experience in primary and secondary care. This given the opportunity to apply your knowledge approach has been shown to develop more patient- and skills in clinical environments. In addition centred doctors and with improved decision- to the core of the programme, ScotGEM aims to making skills. equip you with the skills to become Agents of In fourth year, you will have increased exposure Change in the communities that you will serve. to the hospital environment in preparation for work The Agents of Change curriculum focuses on as a Foundation doctor. You will complete two, five themes: informatics, quality improvement, month-long, Foundation apprenticeships as well Clinical skills prescribing and therapeutics, public health and as other hospital-based clinical attachments. You community engagement. may also be able to arrange an eight-week period Careers Entry requirements of clinical practice (elective) which can take place First year ScotGEM is designed for those interested in a career in general Degree: 2.1 Honours degree in either anywhere in the world and will be focused on your This year is based in St Andrews and NHS medicine, including General Practice, with a focus on rural Scotland; Arts or Science. own interests. Fife. You will use clinical cases provided by however, the course will prepare students for any branch of SQA Highers / GCE Advanced (A2) Level: Chemistry at grade B. clinicians to trigger your learning in specific MB ChB (Bachelor of Medicine, medicine. As a ScotGEM graduate you will be eligible for provisional areas of medicine. A focus on foundational Bachelor of Surgery) SQA National 5 / GCSE: Mathematics registration with the GMC and to apply to enter Foundation Year National 5 grade B / Standard Grade medical sciences will subsequently underpin ScotGEM graduates will receive an MB ChB, training within the UK. You will need to apply during the final year at Credit 2 / Intermediate 2 at grade more challenging cases and a bespoke Clinical which is a primary medical qualification (PMQ). of the programme. Advice on careers in the NHS will be available B / GCSE at grade B. Interactions Course. You will be able to apply As is usual with new programmes of medical throughout the course. Aptitude Test: GAMSAT (in either the your knowledge and skills in weekly clinical education, ScotGEM is subject to approval by the year of application or the previous year). placements with our partners in NHS Fife. General Medical Council (GMC). The process of Second year accreditation comprises eight stages, of which ScotGEM has reached the penultimate stage. Stage “Gaining practical, clinical experience has been the best and the This year follows a similar format to first year, 8 is expected to be completed prior to graduation but with the introduction of more complex most enjoyable way to learn. I was in a local practice with a of the first cohort of students in September 2022. cases and more clinical experience in secondary highly experienced GP as a mentor: seeing patients from my very ScotGEM is intended to be awarded jointly by care environments. You will spend extended the universities of St Andrews and Dundee; any first week was a real privilege. I have chosen to go on rotation placements, of 12-24 weeks, learning with our joint degree is subject to agreement and statutory into rural areas which I have really enjoyed as it is a rich and NHS partners in Fife, Inverness and Dumfries. approval, which is not guaranteed. The universities varied experience.” of St Andrews and Dundee will notify you if the degree cannot be established as intended. Andrew (Renfrewshire, Scotland)

124 125 Your will engage with the history, politics, cultures and languages of the Middle East Studies Middle East, with options ranging from the study of pre-Islamic Iran www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/middle-east-studies and the rise of Islam through the Abbasid, Byzantine, Seljuk, Mongol, [email protected] Ottoman and Safavid Empires to the 20th-century Middle East.

See also Arabic, History, Persian • The opportunity to study the history of the Middle East at undergraduate level is a distinctive aspect of the History Entry requirements These grades are the overall programme at St Andrews. You will be equipped with the standards required to consider you knowledge and skills to enable you to understand this culturally for entry. You can find out more diverse and strategically important region of the world. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on • Middle East Studies at St Andrews is ranked third in UK page 167. according to the Guardian University Guide 2021 and The Times www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. subjects/entry • Middle East Studies is available as a Joint Honours degree in SQA Highers: combination with one of many disciplines. • Standard entry grades AAAAB including A in History. • There is no need to have prior knowledge of Middle Eastern • Minimum entry grades AABB History in order to engage with the subject, although you need to including B in History. have studied History. All resources are supplied in English. • Gateway entry grades BBBB • You may specialise in the medieval or modern periods and choose GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAA from a wide range of Middle Eastern topics covering a variety of including A in History. eras and cultures. • Minimum entry grades ABB • For Study Abroad information, see pages 43 and 99. including B in History. International Baccalaureate: • Standard entry grades 38 What will I study? development of Constantinople (HL 6,6,6) including HL6 in History. You will gain a wide range from late Roman to Ottoman • Minimum entry grades 36 of disciplinary skills that are times, the Crusades from (HL 6,5,5) including HL5 in of great use in studying and Muslim perspectives, the History. understanding this culturally shaping of the Iranian world by diverse and strategically Turkic dynasties from the 14th important region of the world. to the 18th centuries, and the First year development of modern Iran since 1921. You will take two first-year In fourth year, you will take History classes (in Ancient, a year-long Special Subject. Medieval or Modern History). “I chose Middle East Examples include Byzantium Studies because I love Second year in the tenth century, politics, You will take two History society and culture from learning about the classes, one of which will be medieval Anatolia and history and causes that the compulsory introduction to the Fourth Crusade to the Istanbul, Turkey affect current events Middle Eastern History. establishment of the Ottoman there today — it also Third and fourth years empire, interactions between Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? Yes, History pairs well with my other (Honours) the Latin west and the powers and cultures of the Near East focus (International You will choose from a variety and beyond during the 13th of options covering a wide Relations). Since so many century, the Mongol world MA MA chronological and thematic international students are empire and the relationship spread. Examples of recent between Britain and Iran in the drawn to St Andrews, the topics include Armenia in the modern period. diversity of perspective Joint Honours Triple Honours early medieval period, the is valuable to any class Middle East Studies and one of 16 other Middle East Studies-Arabic-Persian transformation of the Middle subjects East in the seventh century, the discussion.”

See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 Anna (Philadelphia, USA)

126 127 You will develop a high level of proficiency in the language Modern Languages you choose to study, and you will also be able to pursue www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects your own specific interests, including culture, history, film, [email protected] literature and politics.

See also Arabic, Chinese Studies, Comparative Literature, French, German, Italian, Persian, Russian, Spanish • Modern Languages at St Andrews is ranked third in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2021. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • Our programme structures are amongst the most flexible in standards required to consider you the UK. for entry. You can find out more • Our staff are leading researchers with expertise in an extremely about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on wide range of areas and subjects, spanning from the medieval page 167. period to the present day. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ subjects/entry • We offer a friendly learning environment with skilled and dedicated tutors at all levels, many of whom are native speakers. SQA Highers: • Our Multi-Media Centre houses a high tech digital language • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB laboratory. • Gateway entry grades BBBB • You can start as a complete beginner in Arabic, Chinese, GCE A-Levels: German, Italian, Persian, Russian and Spanish. • Standard entry grades AAB • If you study one or more languages, as part of your degree you • Minimum entry grades ABB may be able to visit the countries where the languages you study International Baccalaureate: • Standard entry grades 36 are spoken. (HL 6,6,5) • We have a very active and dynamic student community, and a • Minimum entry grades 36 number of popular and vibrant language societies. (HL 6,5,5) • The School also runs a well-integrated programme in French has slightly different Comparative Literature, taught by experts in the language and requirements from those above culture of the texts studied. and must always include A (B for Gateway) or HL6 in French.

What will I study? Study abroad Please refer to the pages of We have successful individual languages for further partnerships with a number Rector's Café details of the key distinctive of distinguished international specialisms characterising each institutions which you may “ Modern Languages is Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? of our Departments. See also the also be able to visit as part of an outward-looking and Almost all the degrees are available With Integrated Year Abroad Only for French Subject list on page 175. your degree as an exchange globally focused School. Triple Honours combinations student. We are generally The courses are extremely very flexible in trying to tailor You can combine in one degree study abroad to your needs flexible, and one of the MA MA MA programme the study of two and circumstances, to ensure most attractive features languages with a third non- that your experience abroad language subject or the study of was the ability to pick up Single Honours Joint Honours Triple Honours is positive, enriching and three languages. You can also a second language from fulfilling. French The following can be combined All the subjects in the School can be make the most of our flexible Modern Languages students beginners’ level. The small German with a range of other subjects combined with each other, and many system to integrate in your triple Italian with a third subject outside the School may also participate in the size of each language subject degree a period of study Russian Arabic University-wide St Andrews abroad, in one or more of the Department means that Spanish Chinese Studies Abroad programme. For Comparative Literature countries where the languages I have also had the information about study abroad French you study are spoken. Most of the options, please see: chance to get to know German languages taught in our School Italian www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ the staff, and my student can be combined in a triple Persian study-abroad Russian subject degree, and you will be cohort, creating a real Spanish able to decide at the end of your multilingual community.” second year in which area or See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 See Triple combinations, pages 132-133 subject you want to specialise. Iain (Lanarkshire, Scotland)

128 129 Modern Languages

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects [email protected] “ I spent my year abroad at the foot of With Integrated Year Abroad (WIYA) Careers the French Alps in Grenoble working You may spend your third year working in a Modern Languages graduates have an extremely in a lycée as an English Language country where the relevant language is spoken. good record of employment after graduating, not assistant. In my spare time I explored The WIYA option is open to students in Arabic, only in all sectors that require advanced language the region and even tried skiing for Chinese Studies, French, German, Italian and skills but also in professional environments that the first time. It really was a unique Spanish. With your Department’s advice and demand good communication and analytical skills. approval, you may apply for the British Council Language graduates are generally very e xperience.” Assistantship scheme or organise an alternative independent and self-sufficient employees, with Alexander (Arabic and French) work placement. You will receive a salary, paid initiative, developed problem solving, research locally, and be supported directly by your and analytical skills, and a very positive attitude to employer. During your stay you will also work challenge. Employers value our graduates because towards an academic project to be submitted they demonstrate excellent communication, before completing your year abroad. Placements interpersonal and intercultural skills. Many of our are awarded through an application and selection graduates: process and are not guaranteed. If you cannot • specialise in translation and interpreting secure an approved placement, you will be services, in language teaching or other sector- moved to a four-year programme. specific careers. Russian students may also participate in the “I spent my study abroad at the University • join international institutions and enterprises, WIYA programme, but students would spend working in international development of Alcalá just outside Madrid. It was the full year studying rather than working in departments, human resources, administration, an amazing experience – from meeting Russia. media and communication jobs. new people, to getting involved in various Multi-Media Centre (MMC) • start a career in the banking and financial sector. events, trying new food and experiencing The MMC digital language laboratory has • join the civil service, particularly in positions been playing an increasingly important within the Foreign Office. life in a different country.” part in the School’s language teaching, with • continue their studies at postgraduate level. Megan (Modern History and Spanish) Computer Assisted Language Learning All our language Departments offer Masters and (CALL) software to support your learning and research degrees. Our graduates often consider progress. You can take a virtual tour of our more specialised postgraduate courses in MMC at: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modlangs/ translation and interpreting. multi-mediacentre

“For my year abroad, I undertook a work placement at the Volkswagen global “The teaching staff are what make studying modern languages headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. I was at St Andrews special. They are all passionate and enthusiastic responsible for translating a wide range about their subject, which motivates you to do your best. Having of texts, from complex legal documents to the Multi-Media Centre (MMC), a computer laboratory that tweets! It was a fantastic insight into the gives you access to audio-visual materials in the language you professional world and one I will never forget.”

are learning, helps to improve your listening skills and makes the Sam (Arabic, French and German) learning experience more enjoyable.”

Hajar (Scottish Borders, Scotland)

130 131 Modern Languages

Triple subject combinations Ancient History Ancient Arabic – also WIYA Studies Classical Literature Comparative English French – also WIYA German – also WIYA Greek Relations International Italian – also WIYA Latin Management Middle East Studies Persian Russian – also WIYA Spanish – also WIYA History Ancient Arabic – also WIYA Studies Classical Literature Comparative English French – also WIYA German – also WIYA Greek Relations International Italian – also WIYA Latin Management Middle East Studies Persian Russian – also WIYA Spanish – also WIYA Arabic and: Italian and: Comparative Literature 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Arabic – also WIYA French – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Comparative Literature German – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 G 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 French – also WIYA Italian – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 G 3 3 3 German – also WIYA Persian 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Persian Russian – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Russian – also WIYA Spanish – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Spanish – also WIYA

Comparative Literature and: Persian and: Arabic – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Arabic – also WIYA French – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 French – also WIYA German – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 G 3 3 German – also WIYA Italian – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Italian – also WIYA Russian – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Russian – also WIYA Spanish – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Spanish – also WIYA

French and: Russian and: Arabic – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Arabic – also WIYA Comparative Literature 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Comparative Literature German – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 G 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 French – also WIYA Italian – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 German – also WIYA Persian 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Italian – also WIYA Russian – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Persian Spanish – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Spanish – also WIYA

German and: Spanish and: Arabic – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 G 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Arabic – also WIYA Comparative Literature 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Comparative Literature French – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 G 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 French – also WIYA Italian – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 G 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 G 3 3 German – also WIYA Persian 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 G 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Italian – also WIYA Russian – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Persian Spanish – also WIYA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 G 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Russian – also WIYA

WIYA = Also available With Integrated Year Abroad 3 = Triple G = Only available to non-beginners in German WIYA = Also available With Integrated Year Abroad 3 = Triple G = Only available to non-beginners in German

132 133 Neuroscience is the science of the nervous system. You will Neuroscience study how the mind and brain work to facilitate our behaviour, www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/neuroscience covering topics such as memory formation, cognitive [email protected] processing and the activity of nerve cells.

See also Biology, Psychology • This programme is taught jointly by the School of Psychology & Neuroscience and the School of Biology. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • Our research-led teaching is given by specialists in their fields. standards required to consider you • Small-class teaching in Senior Honours courses allows more for entry. You can find out more student-lecturer interactions. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on • Students have the opportunity to conduct a year-long research page 167. project. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ subjects/entry

What will I study? SQA Highers: neuropharmacology, perception • Standard entry grades AAAB If you decide to study and cognition, membranes • Minimum entry grades AABB Neuroscience at St Andrews, you and cell communication, gene At least a B in two of (Biology or Human Biology, Chemistry, should have acquired a sufficient regulation and expression, Mathematics, Physics). science background at school. protein structure and function, • Gateway entry grades BBBB This can be subjects in biology, and research design and analysis. GCE A-Levels: chemistry, mathematics or In fourth year, you have the • Standard entry grades AAB • Minimum entry grades ABB physics. You will learn both the option to develop your own At least a B in two of Biology, biological processes of animal speciality by choosing specific Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics. behaviour and higher brain courses. Examples of previous International Baccalaureate: functions like perception and courses include: Maladaptive • Standard entry grades 36 (HL 6,6,5) cognition. Our main specialisms changes in the Nervous System, • Minimum entry grades 36 include animal motor control, Neural Basis of Episodic (HL 6,5,5) neural degeneration, neural Memory, Neuromodulation, At least an HL5 in two of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics. development, animal behaviour, Psychology of Dementia, Theory learning and memory. of Mind in Development, First year Evolution and Autism, Clinical Neuropsychology, and You will study some Motoneurons – From Physiology “ My favourite aspect of introductory courses on both to Pathology. biology and psychology with the degree structure is A number of your courses regular laboratories and how wide your learning will have laboratories statistical methods. You will incorporated in them. You will can be. I have been able also have the freedom to take also have the option to carry to choose a range of up to two courses of your own out a year-long research project choice. topics and pick a diverse in one of the neuroscience collection of modules Second year laboratories under the You will learn some further supervision of a specialist and both in Neuroscience and Neuroscience students examining the earthworm nervous system psychology and some more write a dissertation. other subjects. It’s a very specialised biology topics like Study abroad international university biochemistry, molecular and Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No – not Neuroscience Neuroscience students may – people come from all cellular biology, evolutionary specifically, but you should have a science background apply to participate in the biology, zoology and ecology. around the world, with University-wide St Andrews different cultures, different BSc Third and fourth years Abroad programme. For (Honours) information about study abroad heritages and different In the third year, you will options, please see: opinions, which is a Single Honours develop a deeper understanding www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ definite benefit.” of neuroscience, covering topics study-abroad Neuroscience like behavioural neuroscience, Jack (Edinburgh, Scotland)

134 135 Persian is a creative and flexible language. Your studies Persian will emphasise modern language, literature, drama, visual www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/persian culture and cinema, but you will also have the opportunity to [email protected] familiarise yourself with classical literary and historical texts.

See also Middle East Studies, Modern Languages •t S Andrews is one of only five universities in the UK to offer degrees in Persian and the most versatile in the study of Persianate Entry requirements These grades are the overall societies and Iranian studies. standards required to consider you •t S Andrews has the largest range of Persian degrees in Scotland for entry. You can find out more and is the only university in Scotland in which you can study about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on Persian alongside two other subjects. page 167. • You can begin the study of Persian language with no prior www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ knowledge and choose how far you wish to continue. subjects/entry • You will have access to Persian, Iranian and Middle Eastern related SQA Highers: events organised by various research groups across the University • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB as well as by two student-run societies. • Gateway entry grades BBBB • An annual prize is awarded to the best student of each year group. GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAB What will I study? Second year • Minimum entry grades ABB You will study the language, You will develop skills that enable International Baccalaureate: literature and culture of the you to read more sophisticated • Standard entry grades 36 (HL 6,6,5) Persian-speaking world. The texts and translate them into • Minimum entry grades 36 topics include classical and English. You will also consolidate (HL 6,5,5) modern Persian language your understanding of Persian and literature, and modern grammar and learn how to use drama, song, media and film. it in reading, listening, speaking The building of a high level and writing. You will be exposed of competence in language to some sample texts of modern skills is a priority at all levels, Persian literature. and you will be expected to Third and fourth years write using correct spelling, (Honours) grammar and punctuation in You continue to study both the both Persian and English. You spoken and the written language. will also take modules in other You also take courses in modern subjects which can lead to joint and classical Persian literature as degrees in Medieval or Modern well as modern drama, cinema History, Art History, Middle East and song traditions in the Persian Studies, International Relations, “  The best part about Persian class speaking world. All classes are Social Anthropology, classical studying languages is taught in small groups with an subjects and modern languages, emphasis on student participation. that it enables you to Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No including Arabic. In the fourth year, you also have understand a different First year the option of doing independent culture and how other You will learn the skills guided research to write a short people live. When you MA MA MA of reception (reading and (one semester) or a long (two listening) and production semesters) dissertation. learn a new phrase or (speaking and writing) in Study abroad word that allows you to Joint Honours Triple Honours ‘With’ Honours Persian. You will become Persian students may participate express yourself better, familiar with the spoken and Persian and one of 23 other subjects Persian and two other modern Geography with Persian in the University-wide St Andrews you can communicate languages International Relations with Persian written forms of Persian, Abroad programme. Further Persian and one other modern language Medieval History with Persian developing your abilities to more easily.” information on page 129 and and another subject Modern History with Persian express yourself orally and in online at: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ John (New Jersey, USA) writing, and to read basic texts. See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 See Triple combinations, pages 132-133 See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 study-abroad Pictured opposite, front right

136 137 Philosophy – a highly interdisciplinary subject – is concerned Philosophy with trying to make sense of ourselves and the world we live www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/philosophy in through rational argument. [email protected]

• A Philosophy degree from St Andrews is held in high regard throughout the academic world. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • Philosophy at St Andrews is ranked first in the UK by both the standards required to consider you Guardian University Guide 2021 and The Times and The Sunday Times for entry. You can find out more Good University Guide 2021. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on • Philosophy can be pursued as a Single Honours degree, but it also page 167. combines naturally with many other subjects, such as Classics, www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ History, International Relations, Psychology, and Theology. You subjects/entry can also combine it with a science or Mathematics. SQA Highers: • Philosophy staff at St Andrews work in a broad spectrum of • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB disciplines, from logic and metaphysics to moral and political • Gateway entry grades BBBB philosophy and beyond. As a result, we offer a wider variety GCE A-Levels: of study areas than you might find elsewhere, within a flexible • Standard entry grades AAB modular system. • Minimum entry grades ABB • Significant numbers of our Philosophy graduates secure places International Baccalaureate: • Standard entry grades 36 on graduate programmes at St Andrews, or at other leading (HL 6,6,5) universities in the UK and the United States. • Minimum entry grades 36 (HL 6,5,5)

What will I study? in which you discuss your ideas, The Philosophy degree pathway problems and questions with is extremely flexible with your tutor and fellow students. several options and only one There are also example classes, compulsory course in the first to support the learning of logic. year. This allows you to explore At Honours level, courses are the areas of philosophy you find delivered workshop-style, with appealing, while receiving a good an emphasis on presentation and grounding in the discipline and discussion, to further develop “  I appreciate and value its methodology. your skills of critical reading and the combination of On entering Honours, you analysis. lectures, small tutorials can tailor your degree to your Assessment in first and second interests thanks to the variety of year is normally an equal amount and workshops. If we options that are available each of coursework and written have any questions, we year. Overall, the makeup of examinations, but at Honours are actively encouraged your Philosophy degree is largely the majority of assessment is to stop by our lecturer’s Department of Philosophy determined by you – though you coursework only and often will of course be guided by your incorporates alternative methods office to discuss these further. I have cherished Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No advisers. (presentations, research projects, Our staff are at the forefront blogs) alongside the more every single moment of of research in their varied traditional essay writing. learning and interacting fields, and their expertise and Throughout your degree, MA MA BSc enthusiasm are conveyed at all teaching and assessment with the vibrant levels of teaching. methods will enable you to international community Teaching and learning are develop a range of skills, from around me and hanging Single Honours Joint Honours Joint Honours carried out via a variety of precise and effective reading to out with my friends.” Philosophy Philosophy and one of 29 other subjects Philosophy and one of 5 other subjects methods. In first and second clear and critical thinking and year, it involves both formal cogent articulation of complex Sophia (Hong Kong) See Cross-Faculty subjects, page 5 See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 See Science combinations, page 174 lectures and informal tutorials, problems and arguments. Pictured opposite

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At St Andrews, we familiarise you with views applied ethics, ethical and political theory, put forward by the principal figures of the metaethics, aesthetics, the philosophies of film, philosophical tradition and provide you with literature, creativity, law, economics, religion, the means to rationally evaluate these views. We feminist philosophy, and texts in the history of encourage you to develop your own informed philosophy such as Scottish philosophy, Kant, or views on these issues and teach you how to assess 20th-century philosophy. There is also the option independently your own arguments. Learning to combine a mini-dissertation with a practical, philosophy is therefore as much about acquiring vocational course that will involve you visiting a skills of criticism and analysis, clear thinking and local school to communicate your subject to pupils. principled debate, as it is about learning a specific Study abroad subject matter. Philosophy students may apply to participate in the First year University-wide St Andrews Abroad programme. You will study some of the great texts in You may also have the opportunity to participate philosophy, from the beginnings of Greek antiquity in our School Abroad exchange programme. For right up until the present day. Philosophical information about study abroad options, please see: questions can be abstract and theoretical, for www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad example, how to define knowledge or how to relate Careers the mind and the body, or practical, for example, Training in the sort of precise and effective reading, what kinds of obligations we have to others, and and clear thinking and writing, required for all how we ought to live. There are specific topics philosophical study, makes a good preparation for you have to cover if you want to continue with many careers. The critical thinking developed by Philosophy, but there are several options to choose the study of philosophy is highly valued by many from, even at the introductory level, covering employers. metaphysics, philosophy of mind, moral and Recent Philosophy graduates have entered political philosophy, reasoning, and the history of careers in non-profit organisations (campaign philosophy. coordinator for Oxfam, graduate trainee at Second year Charityworks), banking, management consultancy, There is further opportunity to study the retail area management, local government and history of philosophy and to learn more about government organisations (including the NHS), logic. Epistemology (the study of knowledge), television production, publishing, and teaching. the philosophy of language, aesthetics, and Some graduates have also decided to pursue metaethics are also introduced. You will be able academic careers, either in philosophy or in other to explore more deeply some of the questions fields. you were introduced to in first year. You will be Many Philosophy graduates go on to study in St Salvator's Quadrangle able to choose between options and will attend other areas, for example, law conversion courses, lectures and small-group tutorials while reading and teacher training. independently. A significant number have gone on to pursue “Being able to study contemporary issues in philosophy and not Third and fourth years (Honours) academic careers by enrolling in Masters, and then Doctoral, programmes around the world. just classical problems is important to me. I have written You will take at least one course with a focus on reading core texts in a wide range of philosophical essays on topics such as global poverty, slavery, climate change, topics. You will also choose from a wide variety of the philosophy of race, and intergenerational justice. The topics in epistemology, metaphysics, formal logic, teaching style is geared towards encouraging us to learn how the philosophies of logic, mind and language, to think for ourselves, making us better philosophers.”

Papa (Woolwich, London)

140 141 You will gain a solid grounding in core physics, which you Physics & Astronomy will use in exploring practical, theoretical and computational www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/physics aspects of the subject. There are choices of entry and exit points [email protected] and significant choice within the programme.

• The nature of the School allows significant interaction amongst students and staff. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • Physics at St Andrews is ranked second in the UK by The Times standards required to consider you and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021, the Guardian for entry. You can find out more University Guide 2021 and the Complete University Guide 2021. about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on • Astronomy at St Andrews is ranked first in the UK by the National page 167. Student Survey 2020. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ • Entrants with good Advanced Highers, A-Levels or IB may enter subjects/entry directly into second year and attain an Honours BSc in three years SQA Highers: or an Integrated Masters in four. • Standard entry grades AAAA • Minimum entry grades AAAB • The research project work of some of our final year students has • Gateway entry grades ABBB achieved international recognition. including A in Mathematics and • Teaching is underpinned by research in astrophysics, optoelectronics, B in Physics, or vice-versa. Standard and Minimum entry grades biophotonics, quantum optics, magnetism and superconductivity, must include A in Mathematics and millimetre-wave techniques, and semiconductor structures. A in Physics. GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAA What will I study? physicists. Additional topics • Minimum entry grades AAB You will gain an excellent can often be studied. Students Standard and Minimum entry grades must include A in Mathematics and education in physics, with the on the Gateway to Physics and A in Physics. opportunity to specialise in Astronomy will cover the same International Baccalaureate: astrophysics, theoretical physics, physics and mathematics topics • Standard entry grades 38 or experimental physics. You as other first year students, plus (HL 6,6,6) including HL6 in Mathematics and Physics. can become part of a stimulating specialised skills work. • Minimum entry grades 36 academic community. The final Second year (HL 6,5,5) including HL5 in year project, which is often Mathematics and Physics. Topics may include quantum undertaken within one of our Direct entry to second year physics, special relativity, research groups, is a highlight dynamics, electricity and SQA Highers/Advanced Highers: of our degrees. Recent projects • Advanced Higher A in magnetism. You will also study have involved modelling the Mathematics and A in Physics linear algebra and multivariate plus Highers AAAA interaction of photons with calculus. Intending astrophysicists GCE A-Levels: qubits, mapping the surface of also take an astrophysics course; • AAA including Mathematics and Pluto and optimising MRI for the Physics. this is also an option for intending diagnosis of cardiac disease. International Baccalaureate: physicists. • 38 (HL 6,6,6) including HL6 in First year Mathematics and Physics. The quantum materials research laboratory is used in some final year projects Third and fourth years You will develop knowledge (Honours) and important skills through You take some or all of the Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? Yes, Physics and Mathematics studies in topics such as courses in quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, quantum “Many of the fields we study nuclear and particle physics, phenomena, waves and optics are still evolving areas of electromagnetism, computational and the properties of matter. physics and condensed matter research. I love the process BSc MPhys BSc MPhys MSci Teaching includes lectures, physics, and take additional of using physics to pull tutorials and problem-solving courses in appropriate specialist workshops. You will also study apart complex processes Single Honours Integrated Masters Joint Honours Joint Integrated Masters areas. Depending on the degree, relevant mathematics courses. and really see what makes topics might include extragalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics Physics and Mathematics Theoretical Physics and Intending astrophysicists also astronomy, electronics, lasers, the universe tick!” Physics Physics Physics and Philosophy Mathematics (MPhys) take an astrophysics course; this Theoretical Physics Physics and Chemistry (MSci) special relativity, and fluids. is also an option for intending Thomas (Stirlingshire, Scotland)

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www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/physics [email protected]

Integrated Masters (fifth year) Theoretical Physics In your fifth year, you choose more advanced Your mix of courses can be similar to that of courses, often working towards the boundaries of physicists, but in the Honours years the laboratory new science that is being reported in the literature. courses are normally replaced by advanced maths Direct entry into second year and theory courses. Appropriately qualified students may, if they Study abroad wish, enter directly into second year of the Single Physics and astronomy students may apply to Staff-student discussion The Observatory Honours degrees in the School, and the Joint participate in the University-wide St Andrews degrees with Mathematics. Abroad programme. Our School has a School Abroad Gateway/International Gateway exchange programme with the University of Jena. For information about study abroad options, please see: Applicants who have experienced some form of www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad disadvantage during their education, as defined by our contextual admissions policy, may be Accreditation eligible to apply to our Physics and Astronomy All of the School’s degree programmes are accredited Gateway programme. It provides a supported by the UK Institute of Physics. The School holds a first year and successful completion will allow Juno Champion and Athena SWAN Silver award, you to progress into second year of one of our in recognition of our commitment to an equitable named degree programmes. The International working culture in which all students and staff can Gateway programme is suitable for applicants achieve their full potential. from outside the UK who have not had the Scholarships opportunity to study as much physics and The University offers a number of scholarships, mathematics as UK-based students. including some designated for those entering the www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/study-options/ Gateway programmes in this School. pathways/gateway Careers Our degree programmes: Graduates from the School enjoy a range of career Exploring magnetic effects in the Honours laboratory The Andromeda Galaxy, photographed by student Sam Lane Astrophysics options, many of whom get to use their physics You will apply core physics knowledge and skills knowledge and skills every day – for example, to the study of the Universe. The University in research and development. Others use the Observatory contains the largest operational optical more general problem solving, programming and telescope in the UK. mathematical skills developed in our courses in careers in finance and management. Physics Many of our graduates go on to PhD research or You study core physics courses, including specialist graduate courses such as medical physics laboratory courses, and can choose courses with a or nuclear fusion energy. theoretical and applied focus.

“I wanted to study at a university with excellent teaching and lots of contact with actual research in the field. I could not have made a better choice! Studying Physics is undeniably hard work, however the supportive atmosphere in the School, the excitement about the subject and the great people who I do it with are worth it.”

Research in quantum materials Third-year lasers laboratory Veronika (Kroměříž, Czech Republic)

144 145 Modern psychology focuses on the understanding of perception, Psychology cognition, motivation and behaviour at several different levels. The www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/psychology subject areas will range from the study of the brain to complex social [email protected] interactions of humans and animals.

See also Neuroscience • Emphasis on research-led teaching from leading researchers in the field at every level of the degree, culminating in an opportunity to Entry requirements These grades are the overall conduct your own research project in well-equipped laboratories. standards required to consider you • Access to strong interdisciplinary research networks such as the for entry. You can find out more Institute for Behavioural and Neural Sciences (IBANS) and the about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution (SoLaCE). page 167. • The opportunity to specialise in areas of interest in the final year www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ and to be taught in small specialist seminars. subjects/entry • Psychology at St Andrews is ranked third in the UK by the SQA Highers: Guardian University Guide 2021. • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB • Gateway entry grades BBBB What will I study? Third and fourth years GCE A-Levels: (Honours) • Standard entry grades AAB Psychology can be taken by • Minimum entry grades ABB those who have specialised In third year, lectures and International Baccalaureate: at school in Science or Arts practical classes cover • Standard entry grades 36 subjects and hence is offered advanced material in core (HL 6,6,5) • Minimum entry grades 36 both as a BSc in the Faculty areas of psychology (clinical (HL 6,5,5) of Science and an MA in the psychology, cognition, Faculty of Arts. The Psychology development, evolution and components of your degree comparative psychology, are the same regardless of neuroscience, perception and whether you take a BSc or MA social psychology). You will in Psychology. Psychology also conduct a supervised staff are specialists in the fields literature review on a topic of cognitive, comparative, of your choice. In addition, developmental, evolutionary, advanced methodology classes perceptual and social will introduce you to how we psychology, as well as cellular can generate new psychological and behavioural neuroscience. knowledge. First year In fourth year, you choose from a wide range of specialist Taught by leading researchers, topics. Previous topics have “I had never studied School of Psychology & Neuroscience you will have four lectures and included the psychology psychology before, but a two-hour practical per week of dementia, evolution and covering the main areas of the School was excellent Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No development of social and psychology. You will also learn at introducing me to technical intelligence, clinical how to conduct psychological neuropsychology, psychology and keeping me a part experiments and analyse your of visual art, behavioural of this new subject. BSc MA BSc MA BSc MA data. neuroscience, cognitive Dynamic lecturers make Second year psychology and the emotional topics interesting and Single Honours Joint Honours Joint Honours ‘With’ Honours You will have four lectures disorders, computer aided and a three-hour practical in research and the psychology of engaging. Psychology is a Psychology Psychology and one of 5 Psychology and one of 19 Psychology with Biology (BSc) psychological methods per music. sociable and comfortable other subjects other subjects Psychology with Geography (MA) week as well as small-group community which I am tutorials. These courses build glad to be a part of.” See Cross-Faculty subjects, See Science combinations, See Arts combinations, an in-depth understanding of page 5 page 174 pages 172-173 psychology. Jack (Glasgow, Scotland)

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www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/psychology [email protected]

Single Honours Careers You can take a Single Honours degree without a Psychology gives insight into human behaviour further subject in third and fourth year. Details are and hence can be applied in many professional outlined in the “What will I study?” section. This fields. With further training, careers as a degree focuses in depth on all major aspects of professional psychologist include becoming a psychology. clinical, educational, industrial, sports or forensic psychologist. Other frequent career paths include Single Honours with BPS accreditation human resources, marketing and management. All Single Honours Psychology degrees are Our training results in highly competent accredited by the British Psychology Society for individuals who possess key transferable skills Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership, a needed in the workplace of today and tomorrow, pre-requisite for further professional training in including: psychology (for example, clinical or educational • a scientific approach to problem solving psychology). and information acquisition with current IT Joint Honours with BPS accreditation technologies. Some joint degrees with Psychology are recognised • critical skills in the assessment and review of by the British Psychological Society and they information. confer Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership. • written and oral presentation skills. You are allowed to spread classes covering the • group discussion and participation. advanced core psychology areas over the third and • ethical values in science and society. fourth year. In addition, you must study advanced Recent graduates have secured positions in areas methodology and undertake a literature review like the health service, civil service, armed forces, in your third year and undertake a psychology banking and human resources. research project in fourth year. A Psychology degree provides entry to a range Joint Honours without BPS accreditation of postgraduate degrees including MSc, MPhil, You can also take Psychology as part of a non-BPS PhD, and the option to become a professional accredited degree. Apart from taking a selection psychologist in the UK, with a doctorate in clinical of core psychology classes, you are free to select or educational psychology. further courses of interest in psychology from third and fourth year. Study abroad Psychology participates in the University-wide St Andrews Abroad programme. For information about study abroad options, please see: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad

“The degree flexibility was an important aspect to me as I like being a bit of a Renaissance woman. My favourite aspect of the Psychology programme is the very real-world application.”

Divya (Singapore and India) St Mary's Quadrangle

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Russian courses at St Andrews combine modern communicative Russian methods with sound grammatical accuracy and high levels of www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/russian oral aptitude. You can also choose from courses dedicated to [email protected] literature, film, history and contemporary Russian society.

See also Modern Languages • You will gain an excellent knowledge of the Russian language and be able to use it in a variety of different social and Entry requirements These grades are the overall professional contexts. standards required to consider you • You will study Russian literature and culture in the original for entry. You can find out more language, not in translation, and be taught by experts publishing about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on research in a wide range of subject areas. page 167. • You will have the option to apply to study in Russia for one www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ semester or a full year. subjects/entry • There are separate streams for beginners and non-beginners in SQA Highers: first and second year. • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB • Gateway entry grades BBBB What will I study? Second year GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAB You will gain an excellent You will continue to extend • Minimum entry grades ABB knowledge of the Russian your knowledge of the Russian International Baccalaureate: language for use in both language with classes on • Standard entry grades 36 written and spoken contexts. grammar, translation and oral (HL 6,6,5) • Minimum entry grades 36 You also get to study Russian communication. Classes are also (HL 6,5,5) literature, media and culture designed to prepare students for from the 18th century to the study abroad. You will have the present day, all in the original opportunity to study Russian language. There are plenty of literature and film in their opportunities to practice your original language. Russian outside the classroom Third and fourth years with native speakers. (Honours) First year You will continue to study the “I have always had a deep In the beginners’ stream, you language with classes devoted to interest in Russian history will focus primarily on gaining both the spoken and the written and culture. I applied as a sound knowledge of Russian language. You will also take a Single Honours History vocabulary and grammar so as courses in Russian literature St Isaac's Cathedral, St Petersburg to be able to communicate in a and culture, taught by staff student but picked up variety of real-life situations. with research expertise in these Russian and have never Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No In the non-beginners’ areas. All classes are taught in looked back! The Russian All the degrees are available With Integrated Year Abroad stream, classes aim to small groups with an emphasis Department is small, consolidate and expand the on student participation. so it has a friendly and knowledge of Russian gained Study abroad at school. Classes are devoted relaxed feel. We can speak You can choose to apply to study MA MA MA MA to grammar, translation and abroad as part of your degree. to tutors about anything oral skills. You also study Russian students may also and they are always classic works of Russian Single Honours Joint Honours Triple Honours ‘With’ Honours participate in the University- literature in the original happy to help. Having the wide St Andrews Abroad Russian Russian and one of 23 other Russian and two other Economics with Russian language. opportunity to study in programme. Further information subjects modern languages Russian with Geography Russia for a year was the Russian and one other Mathematics with Russian on page 129 and online at: modern language and www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ best experience of my life.” another subject study-abroad Thomas (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) See Arts combinations, See Triple combinations, Pictured opposite during his study pages 172-173 pages 132-133 abroad in Russia

150 151 Social Anthropology asks the fundamental question ‘what is Social Anthropology it to be human?’. In order to answer this, you will examine the www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/social-anthropology diverse ways in which humans establish and live social lives in the [email protected] contemporary world.

• A beautiful place that is also highly cosmopolitan: students come to study Social Anthropology from all over the world. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • Staff expertise covers all regions of the world in depth and in standards required to consider you breadth. for entry. You can find out more • Anthrosoc, our student-run society, has an active events about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on calendar. page 167. • Many of our students enter postgraduate study at many www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ prestigious universities worldwide or go on to work for major subjects/entry international organisations. SQA Highers: • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB What will I study? First year • Gateway entry grades BBBB Social Anthropology at The first year will ground GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAB St Andrews teaches you to take a you in the anthropological • Minimum entry grades ABB comparative and global view of approach toward ethnographic International Baccalaureate: human individuality, society and comparison and analysis • Standard entry grades 36 culture and to look at the world showing you the increasing (HL 6,6,5) • Minimum entry grades 36 from other people’s perspectives. relevance of anthropology (HL 6,5,5) The Department has strongly in understanding the established research on Europe, contemporary world. You will on Latin America and the learn through case studies Caribbean, Africa, the Pacific from across the globe including and Asia. We have championed in-depth ethnographies from innovative ethnographic and Africa, Latin America, the theoretical scholarship with Pacific, as well as research from regard to the relationship Britain, Europe and elsewhere. between anthropology and Second year history, colonialism and You will gain a comprehensive postcolonialism, anthropology foundation in the history and medicine, philosophy and of social anthropological cosmopolitan studies, politics theory and an introduction “I chose Social and economics, migration and to ethnography as a research transnationalism. Anthropology as a part method and practice. We are committed to of my degree as it is the Department of Social Anthropology In the first semester we facilitating and recognising explore the changing theories study of what it is to be student excellence. Alongside that have informed social human. What makes the Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No our passion for the highest anthropology from the mid-19th quality of research-led anthropological study at century up to the present from teaching, we award several St Andrews special is the ‘totemism’ to ‘cosmopolitics’. prizes annually to students in MA MA MA In the second semester you staff. It is a fantastic each year of their degree for will learn to construct your own experience to study with their outstanding academic ethnographic project, choose performances. Our staff have them. Their research Single Honours Joint Honours ‘With’ Honours your own field site and write up received three University (to list a few) includes your analysis. Social Anthropology Social Anthropology and one of 28 Social Anthropology with Geography Teaching Awards and staff have literary, linguistic, and other subjects Economics with Social Anthropology been shortlisted for these awards Geography with Social Anthropology feminist anthropologies.” in every one of the last three See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 years. Dani (Kolobrzeg, Poland)

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Honours (third and fourth) years Careers You will choose a portfolio of specialist courses A degree in Social Anthropology is important combining regional and theoretical focuses. for any career where knowledge of other cultures You may take specialist courses on colonial and is vital, such as in overseas development or in postcolonial Africa, post-socialist Europe, Latin community relations work. America, the Caribbean or the Pacific, for example. Graduates with a degree in Social Anthropology Theoretical courses at this level explore themes have proceeded to a wide range of careers, such as the relations between perception and including the diplomatic service, social work, imagination in our knowledge of society, the law and business, work for Non-Governmental anthropology of climate change, the anthropology Organisations (NGOs), the United Nations, in of medicine, sex and gender or contemporary forms teaching and in journalism. of religious experience and politics. You will also The insight of an anthropologist is valued in any have the opportunity for practice-based study; you occupation that requires a sensitivity to different may learn to curate a museum display, decode ways of life and thought or which demands the indigenous artefacts or create your own field site as manipulation of theoretical ideas about the context an ethnographic participant-observer. of complicated human needs. A full understanding If you intend to do ethnographic research for of ‘the human element’ in technological processes is your dissertation you will take a methods course increasingly in demand. that will orient your project aims. Issues of ethics Some of our recent graduate careers include and risk are also explored. BBC documentary producer, Google associate Study abroad account strategist, director of future leaders at Entrepreneurial Scotland, legislative aide at the US Social Anthropology students may apply to House of Representatives. participate in the University-wide St Andrews Social Anthropology offers specialist Masters Abroad programme. You may also have the and PhD courses. Specialisms include Latin opportunity to participate in our School Abroad American and Caribbean Studies, Art and exchange programme. For information about Perception and Pacific Studies. Many students go study abroad options, please see: on to study at prestigious universities elsewhere www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad around the world.

“I was drawn to St Andrews for the flexibility of the curriculum and the close-knit community. I’ve enjoyed learning from the social anthropologists whose extensive fieldwork experience leaks into their passion for their subject – providing the theories and concepts in lectures alongside their personal anecdotes and experiences. I have loved having the opportunity to take extra modules to build academic skills and just explore different interests.” St Salvator's Quadrangle Chloe (Hong Kong)

154 155 By studying Spanish at St Andrews, you will gain a high level Spanish of proficiency in the language. You can also study Spanish in www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/spanish a variety of contexts including journalism, history, commerce, [email protected] linguistics, literature and cinema.

See also Modern Languages • We offer a broad range of course options that reflect and explore the rich cultural heritage of Spain and Latin America. Entry requirements These grades are the overall • Courses include the literature from the Golden Age to the present standards required to consider you day, history, linguistics, film and translation. for entry. You can find out more about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on What will I study? Third and fourth years page 167. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ At St Andrews, the primary (Honours) subjects/entry objective is to gain knowledge You will take some core SQA Highers: and use of the language while courses in Spanish language, • Standard entry grades AAAB exploring the great continuities including advanced oral, • Minimum entry grades AABB and shifts within Spanish and writing and communication • Gateway entry grades BBBB Spanish-American culture, from skills. You will also choose GCE A-Levels: • Standard entry grades AAB its early beginnings to today. The from a variety of advanced • Minimum entry grades ABB Department of Spanish provides topics which incorporate International Baccalaureate: a lively and communicative literary, historical and cultural • Standard entry grades 36 approach to learning Spanish studies into language learning. (HL 6,6,5) • Minimum entry grades 36 along with a formal learning Recent topics have included (HL 6,5,5) structure and small-group post-1975 writing in Spain, teaching. autobiographical writing First and second years in 20th-century Spain, the Argentine and Chilean avant- You will take courses which garde (1920s-1930s), literary complement your level of translation, Spanish-American Spanish. You will develop a literature, linguistic study of deeper understanding and the Spanish language, Mexico control of Spanish and will be in the 19th century, action offered a broad view of Spanish heroes and anti-heroes in early and Latin American literature, modern Spain and literary and “I love the focus on small civilisation and culture. We offer non-literary representations of classes because it gives intensive foundation courses the Spanish nation. Granada, Spain for beginners or students with you a great opportunity an SQA National 5 or GCSE in Study or work abroad to really get to know Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No Spanish, and also offer advanced You can choose to apply to study your teachers and feel All the degrees are available With Integrated Year Abroad language and literature courses or work abroad as part of your confident in taking part for those with higher entry degree. Spanish students may qualifications such as an SQA also participate in the University- and exchanging your opinions and thoughts. MA MA MA MA Higher or GCE A-Level Spanish. wide St Andrews Abroad All students have the option programme. Further information Each teacher has a of studying Spanish language on page 129 and online at: different style and and critical approaches to www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ Single Honours Joint Honours Triple Honours Single Honours structures their module in ‘With’ Honours cinema, which is particularly study-abroad Spanish Spanish and one of 28 other Spanish and two other recommended if you plan to go different ways, resulting subjects modern languages Economics with Spanish on to Honours in Spanish. in an exciting learning Spanish and one other Geography with Spanish modern language and Mathematics with Spanish environment.” another subject Spanish with Geography Rohan (London, England) See Arts combinations, See Triple combinations, Pictured opposite during his study pages 172-173 pages 132-133 abroad

156 157 Sustainable Development addresses the most pressing environmental Sustainable Development and developmental challenges of the 21st century. Topics such as www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/sustainable-development climate change, development, health, energy and behaviour change [email protected] cover the breadth of environmental, social and economic issues.

See also Geography • Geography & Sustainable Development is ranked second in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2021 and also in the Guardian Entry requirements These grades are the overall University Guide 2021. standards required to consider you • St Andrews was one of the first universities in the world to teach for entry. You can find out more Sustainable Development at undergraduate level and offers a rare about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements on opportunity to study this important subject. page 167. • Our programmes have a strong international reputation, attracting www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ students from around the world. subjects/entry • This unique interdisciplinary programme includes expert SQA Highers: contributions from other subjects across the University. • Standard entry grades AAAB • Minimum entry grades AABB • Within the structure of these programmes there is great flexibility • Gateway entry grades BBBB and choice, allowing you to explore a wide range of subjects. GCE A-Levels: • St Andrews is committed to sustainability, aiming to be the UK’s • Standard entry grades AAA first carbon neutral university. • Minimum entry grades ABB • Our programmes offer scope for practical involvement with local, International Baccalaureate: national and international sustainability initiatives. • Standard entry grades 38 (HL 6,6,6) • Minimum entry grades 36 (HL 6,5,5) What will I study? Development element of your At St Andrews, you can take degree. The curriculum in Sustainable Development the first two years introduces either as an MA in the Faculty the concept of sustainable of Arts or a BSc in the Faculty development and the debates of Science. This gives you the surrounding it and is followed option of combining Sustainable in third and fourth years by Development with subjects from the opportunity to specialise either Faculty, not only during in aspects that interest your first two years but also you most. Key specialisms during your Honours years as include development, health, well. Our flexible structures environmental governance and give you access to many aspects political ecology. of Sustainable Development in First year all four years, allowing you to You are introduced to the key explore your evolving interests. ideas underpinning sustainable You will be taught in many The Scores, St Andrews development and critically “Sustainable development different styles and settings, examine some of the key is such an interesting both in the classroom and out in social and environmental Available degree options Previous knowledge of subject required? No the field. Small-group teaching subject with a vast transformations that are needed begins in first year, and average array of topics that for a transition to sustainability. class sizes progressively diminish The UN’s Sustainable can be covered from through the degree. We also offer BSc MA BSc MA Development Goals provide environmental health a range of joint degrees with a key framework. We adopt Sustainable Development. to renewable energy, or interdisciplinary approaches and The topics you follow for sustainable governance Single Honours Joint Honours Joint Honours foster innovative thinking. the BSc or MA are exactly the to scaling up sustainable Sustainable Development Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development and same within the Sustainable 4 other subjects 12 other subjects communities.”

See Cross-Faculty subjects, page 5 See Science combinations, page 174 See Arts combinations, pages 172-173 Yvonne (Kinrosshire, Scotland)

158 159 Sustainable Development

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/sustainable-development [email protected]

Second year Careers You begin this year by discussing conceptual Taking Sustainable Development at St Andrews frameworks and approaches which can promote allows you to study in a stunning location and a sustainable development (conservation science, welcoming School, becoming highly literate and market regulation) and the strengths of various numerate, and then to graduate from a prestigious solutions (for example, technological, personal, university with excellent employment prospects. community). You will then focus on ‘tools for Reflecting the broad, varied and applied nature action’, the challenge of turning sustainable of the Sustainable Development programme, our development from theory into practice. graduates have a diverse and unique mix of highly Third and fourth years (Honours) transferable skills. Richly varied career paths include conservation, environmental management, These years comprise a mix of core and optional government, NGOs, impact assessment, strategic courses. In addition to options available within planning and development, the energy sector, the School (for example, global health disparities, business and finance, and consultancy, as well as international development), the unique structure scientific research. of the Sustainable Development programme also Given sustainable development’s high global gives you access to courses in several other Schools profile, our graduates are in demand because of across the University. You will be trained in high- their keen interest in the nature and future of the level research skills, equipping you to carry out planet, and their skills in thinking critically and your own research project guided by one-on-one creatively about today’s key challenges. They have supervision. a rare combination of quantitative and qualitative Study abroad skills, an ability to integrate and analyse diverse Sustainable Development students may apply to data, and a deep understanding of human- participate in the University-wide St Andrews environment interactions. Abroad programme. For information about Our graduates have gone on to excel in a wide study abroad options, please see: range of careers, reflecting the breadth of the subject. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad Significant numbers of our graduates progress to postgraduate study, both at Masters and PhD level, including our Sustainable Development Masters programme.

“As Sustainable Development is considered both an arts and a science subject, I have been able to choose from a wide variety of modules. I have taken ones in biology and anthropology, which have helped me see sustainability ideas and issues in a new light. St Andrews’ location and environment provides a unique microcosm for practical sustainability projects to take place.” St Mary's Quadrangle Benjamin (Taipei City, Taiwan)

160 161 What we look for in an application Transferring from another university If you wish to transfer from another university, • Academic qualifications (gained or predicted). your application will be considered on an Applying to • The context in which qualifications have been, or individual basis. However, you should be will be, achieved. aware that offers to transfer are only made in a • Personal statement: this is a very important part very small number of cases. For UK students, of your application. You should focus on your applications to transfer must be made through chosen subject and why you wish to study it. UCAS and are subject to the UCAS deadline of • Academic reference. St Andrews 15 January. For international applications the • Where appropriate, performance at interview, deadline is 30 June. You should highlight your relevant work or other experience. intention to transfer clearly and address your Care experienced and young carer applicants reasons for wishing to move from your current Students We offer additional support if you are care institution in your personal statement. If you are a student from the UK, you must apply through UCAS. You can choose up to five degree experienced or have caring responsibilities. Please Alternative routes to university programmes at institutions across the UK. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/apply indicate if you are care experienced or a young carer Not everyone will take the same path when it on your application. This important information is All UK-based applicants should check whether they are likely to need to achieve Standard or comes to higher education. This is why we offer used in our contextual admissions process. More Minimum entry requirements using our Qualification Indicator (see Academic Entry Explained, flexible entry routes and study options to ensure information about how care experienced and young page 166). www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/entry/indicator that there are opportunities to study with us if carers are defined and full details on how we will you have the potential, regardless of your age or Application deadlines: support you can be found online. circumstance. 15 October – Medicine www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/apply/ Our Gateway programmes (Arts, Science, 15 January – All other subjects care-experienced Medicine, and Physics and Astronomy) are for www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/apply/young-carers International students school leavers from Scotland who may have Direct entry into second year experienced some form of disadvantage during If you are applying with an ‘overseas’ fee status (this is most international students) there are It is possible to apply for entry directly into the their schooling resulting in them not achieving three ways you can apply. You can only use one application method. second year of some science degree programmes. the required grades to enter directly into their Application deadlines: A BSc Honours degree can then be obtained in chosen degree programme. Students on these • UCAS – 30 June three years and an Integrated Masters in four programmes will receive additional support • Direct Application – 30 June years rather than five. and guidance, with the intention of them • Common Application – 1 May You should bear in mind that direct entry into transferring to a named degree programme. second year may reduce the degree flexibility www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/study-options/ The deadline for all Medicine applicants is 15 October. which is normally found within the Scottish four- pathways/gateway year Honours degree. Students entering directly The FE-HE Pathway to Arts and FE-HE www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/apply into second year will also be taking Honours entry Pathway to Science provide a supported exams in the first exam diet after they arrive. We entry route for applicants studying alternative strongly advise applicants considering direct entry qualifications at further education colleges across General entry requirements Academic decision-making into second year to contact the academic School to Scotland. These programmes aim to provide discuss this option. flexibility and additional support during the first In addition to the subject-specific entry Academic decision-making and criteria setting If you are studying for an HNC or HND at a two years of study, with a view to progressing requirements, all applicants must meet the are at the heart of the selection processes. Scottish further education college, you may also into a named Honours programme. General entry requirements. These can be at SQA Applications are assessed by Admissions Officers wish to contact the Lifelong Learning team to see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/study-options/ National 5, GCSE, or equivalent qualifications. within Admissions, guided by designated whether you meet entry requirements for direct pathways/fe-he-pathways staff in each academic School. All applications SQA qualifications: SQA National 5 (B) in entry into second year. There is the opportunity to study part time in received before the relevant deadline will be English and SQA National 5 (B) in one of Biology, the evenings. This study route is designed to fit given equal consideration. We only interview for Deferred applications Chemistry, Computing Science, Geography, around other commitments you may have. All Medicine, Gateway and Pathway programmes, The University’s preference is for applicants to Lifeskills Mathematics (A), Mathematics, Physics, applicants considering part-time study should BA (International Honours), part-time study and apply in the academic cycle immediately prior to or Psychology. contact the Admissions team to discuss the available International Foundation Programmes. the start date they wish to commence their studies. options ([email protected]). GCSE qualifications: GCSE (5) in English Applications for deferred entry will be considered www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/study-options/ Language or English Literature, and GCSE (5) in on an individual basis. You should check the most part-time one of Biology, Chemistry, Computing Science, recent information regarding deferrals before Geography, Mathematics, Physics, or Psychology. making an application. Contact Admissions for advice.

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Your qualifications

We welcome applications from students from all over the world and accept a broad range of qualifications. Full details on the qualifications we accept can be found online. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/entry

SQA Highers International Baccalaureate For the majority of applicants from Scotland, The successful award of the International Highers are the main basis of admission into first Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma is the basis for year. Applicants who need to achieve our Standard admission. Programmes requiring Mathematics entry requirements will receive offers based on their will accept either Mathematics: Analysis and Highers achieved in a single sitting. Applicants Approaches, or Mathematics: Applications and required to meet the Minimum or Gateway entry Interpretation at Higher Level. requirements may achieve their grades over multiple English language requirements sittings. All subjects at Highers are acceptable for Unless you have been educated in a country that entry to the University of St Andrews. The relevance is on the UKVI’s list of majority English-speaking of subjects to the degree programmes may be taken countries, you will need to provide evidence of into account when considering applications. your English language proficiency. We accept SQA Advanced Highers a number of English language qualifications Advanced Highers are not normally required including IELTS (Academic), CAE, CPE and the for first year entry. They are required for direct Pearson Test of English (Academic). If you enrol entry into second year where that is an option. For on one of our pre-degree courses (such as a pre- Medicine requirements, see page 121. sessional or Foundation programme), and you GCE A-Levels require a student visa, you will be required to provide us with evidence of English language For applicants needing to meet our Standard entry proficiency such as a Secure English Language Test requirements, we would expect three full GCE (SELT). Other examples of ways to provide evidence A-Levels taken in a single sitting. Those needing to of your proficiency can be found online: meet our Minimum requirements may achieve their www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/entry/ results over multiple sittings. language-requirements/undergraduate Although the following subjects are beneficial to the learning experience, they will not be included Admissions Policy as part of any offer that is made: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/policy

• Citizenship Studies • Critical Thinking • General Studies Questions? • Global Perspectives and Research (GPR) Before you apply: Advanced Subsidiary Level (AS-Level) qualifications submitted will be considered as part [email protected] of the whole application. Students not presenting +44 (0)1334 462150 AS-Level qualifications will not be disadvantaged, as all applications are assessed according to the After you apply: Admissions Policy to ensure consistency, fairness [email protected] Market Street and contextual consideration.

164 165 Q: How do I know what grades I will need for the course to which I am applying? Academic entry explained A: In this prospectus we list the entry requirements for each of our degree programmes on pages 40-161.

The University of St Andrews offers a variety of An example of entry requirements:

Entry requirements Make sure you check the detailed requirements for your flexible entry options in order to ensure our doors These grades are the overall standards required to consider you degree programme, which apply to everyone. for entry. You can find out more remain open to all students, regardless of background about Standard, Minimum and Standard entry grades: Gateway entry requirements on page 167. Unless you are a widening access student, you will need or personal circumstances. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ these grades to be considered. subjects/entry Minimum entry grades: Q: Am I a widening access student? SQA Highers: Although entry to the University of St Andrews • Standard entry grades AAAB If you are a widening access student, you will need these is competitive, we recognise a range of different A: We consider you to be a widening access student • Minimum entry grades AABB • Gateway entry grades BBBB grades to be considered. qualifications and consider all aspects of your if you: application, including context, your personal GCE A-Levels: • live in an area under-represented at the • Standard entry grades AAA Gateway entry grades: statement and reference. Grades alone will not University of St Andrews indicated by • Minimum entry grades ABB If you are a widening access student, you may also be guarantee you admission. postcode, or International Baccalaureate: eligible for a Gateway Programme. You will need these The University of St Andrews also offers • attend a school or college with low levels of • Standard entry grades 36 grades to be considered. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/ alternative entry routes for applicants who come (HL 6,6,5) progression to the University of St Andrews, or • Minimum entry grades 36 study-options/pathways/gateway from areas where we receive limited applications • attend one of the following widening access (HL 6,5,5) and who are unable to obtain the required grades, programmes: or for those who are returning to education after an – Sutton Trust Summer School extended period of time. – LEAPS Q: What do I need to apply for the degree – Focus West programme I want to study? – Lift Off Q: Can I apply without the stated entry We accept lots of different qualifications; you can A: You will need qualifications, a personal – Aspire North qualifications? find out more about all the qualifications we accept statement and a reference. For some specific degree – Reach A: In order to widen access to our degree online. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/entry programmes, you may also need to: – First Chances Fife Programme programmes we accept various other qualifications – Scottish Wider Access Programme (SWAP) • come to an interview, for Medicine, Gateway in place of the ones stated on the subject pages • are care experienced, or and Pathway programmes, BA (International of this prospectus. Some of the qualifications we This information and the entry qualifications • have caring responsibilities. Honours), part-time study and International accept include: indicator only relate to undergraduate degree You can find out if we will consider you to be a programmes that do not require a previous Foundation Programmes. • Access programmes, such as the Scottish widening access student on our online indicator: undergraduate degree. • sit an admissions test, the UCAT, for Wider Access Programme (SWAP) www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/entry/indicator Medicine. • Access Diploma to HE You also need to apply on time: Q: If I am a widening access student will I • Open University credits [email protected] receive a guaranteed offer? • HNCs and HNDs • 15 October – deadline for applications for +44 (0)1334 462150 Medicine A: Through our guaranteed offer scheme we will • Foundation Apprenticeship. • 15 January – deadline for all other UK make an offer to all applicants who declare a care applicants experienced background or reside in the 20% most • 30 June – deadline for all other international deprived areas of Scotland as indicated by the applicants. postcode (SIMD20) and also attend a school which has 30% or lower progression to higher education; Q: What qualifications and grades do I need? provided that the desire to study the subject is A: The qualifications and grades you need vary demonstrable, the minimum asking rates within all by degree programme and may also depend on specified required subjects are met and if relevant whether you are a widening access student. there is success in external testing or interview. No other applicant will receive such a guaranteed offer. You can find out if you will be eligible for the guaranteed offer scheme on our online indicator: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/entry/indicator

166 167 Fees, funding and scholarships

Fees and scholarships vary every year. The most up-to-date information can always be found online.

Tuition fees for 2022 entry will be published Scholarships in September 2021. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ Our scholarships and bursaries are designed study/fees-and-funding/undergraduate to help you reach your full academic potential, Students living in Scotland without having to worry about how you will pay for tuition and living expenses. If you are a Scottish domiciled, full-time, first We are committed to supporting our students degree student you should be eligible for your and rewarding academic excellence. tuition fees to be paid by the Scottish Government. St Andrews offers a variety of scholarships. In These fees will be paid through the Student Awards previous years these have included bursaries to Agency for Scotland (SAAS). Details on how and reduce the cost of accommodation, international when to apply are available from: www.saas.gov.uk scholarships towards tuition fees, and funding Students living in England, Northern Ireland for students from the UK to help supplement and Wales government sources and alleviate the financial You may be eligible to have the full cost of your burden of basic living costs. tuition fees covered by a tuition fee loan, provided The scholarships available to you will depend you are taking your first degree and are a full-time on the course you will be studying, where you student. currently live, your current household income and your academic achievements. • England: www.gov.uk/student-finance Information about the scholarships available • Northern Ireland: www.studentfinanceni.co.uk to you, how to apply and other forms of • Wales: www.studentfinancewales.co.uk financial support offered by the University or Students living in the Channel Islands external bodies can be found online: and Isle of Man www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/ The island authorities all offer a range of tuition fee undergraduate/scholarships and maintenance loans or grants. Details on how +44 (0)1334 462365 and when to apply are available online: [email protected]

• Guernsey: www.education.gg/studentfinance • Jersey (search for ‘higher education funding’): gov.je • Isle of Man: gov.im International students Students who are classed as ‘overseas’ for tuition fee purposes are usually self-funded. However, there may be funding available from your government, independent sponsors, or from other award paying bodies. Tuition fees are fixed at the point of entry for the duration of a programme. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/ undergraduate/world

168 169 2 Where is HOURS OSLO

INVERNESS St Andrews? ABERDEEN

DUNDEE St Andrews sits on the east coast of Scotland in Fife, about an hour ST ANDREWS EDINBURGH north of Edinburgh. GLASGOW The town has a population of just over 20,000 – almost half of which BELFAST 1 2 are students or University staff – creating a unique sense of community. HOUR HOURS With over 140 countries and territories represented in our student body, DUBLIN 6 1 HOURS HOUR the town is welcoming, diverse and has a highly global outlook, which MANCHESTER benefits everyone who studies here. 1 HOUR 2 HOURS Where do our 8,000 undergraduate students come from? CARDIFF BERLIN AMSTERDAM

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Edinburgh, Glasgow and the rest of Scotland are all accessible by public transport. Leuchars, our closest train station, is about ten minutes from St Andrews and is part of the main east coast railway line, offering easy access to the rest of the UK. Our closest international airport is Edinburgh. From here you can fly to destinations across the UK and Europe, as well as catch direct flights to the USA, Canada and hubs in the Middle East.

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/visiting 170 171 Degree combinations Faculty of Arts combinations

MA Honours – also WIYA *

Ancient History Ancient Ancient History Archaeology & Arabic* – also WIYA Art History Biblical Studies Studies Chinese Literature Comparative Economics* Financial / Economics* English Studies Film French* – also WIYA Geography* German – also WIYA Greek Hebrew Relations International Italian – also WIYA Latin Management* Mathematics* Medieval History Middle East Studies Modern History Testament New Persian Philosophy* Psychology* Russian – also WIYA Scottish History Social Anthropology Spanish – also WIYA Statistics Development* Sustainable Theological Studies Classical Studies Classical Classics

Ancient History S 3 J J J J J J / 3 J / 3 J J J / 3 J J J J / 3 J J J / 3 Ancient History Ancient History & Archaeology S J Ancient History & Archaeology Arabic* – also WIYA 3 J J J 3 J J / 3 J J / 3 J J / 3 J J / 3 J J / 3 J / 3 J / 3 J / 3 J J J / 3 J J / 3 J J J / 3 J J / 3 J Arabic* – also WIYA Art History J J S J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J Art History Biblical Studies J J J S J J J J J J J G J J J J J J Biblical Studies Chinese Studies – also WIYA J J J J J J J J J J J J J J Chinese Studies – also WIYA Classical Studies 3 J J S J J J J / 3 J J 3 J J J J J J / 3 J 3 J J J Classical Studies Classics J S J J J J J J J J J J Classics Comparative Literature J J / 3 J J J J J J J J / 3 J J / 3 J J J J / 3 J J J J J J J J / 3 J J / 3 Comparative Literature Economics* / Financial Economics* J J J J S J J J J / W J J J-F J-F J J J J J J J / W J / W J / W J J Economics* / Financial Economics* English J / 3 J J J J J J S J J / 3 J / 3 J J J J / 3 J J J J J J J / 3 J J J / 3 J J J / 3 J J English Film Studies J J J J J J J J J S J J J J J J J J J J J J J J Film Studies French* – also WIYA J / 3 J / 3 J J J J / 3 J J / 3 J / 3 J S J J / 3 J / 3 J J / 3 J / 3 J / 3 J / 3 J J J / 3 J J J / 3 J J / 3 J French* – also WIYA Geography* J J J J J J S J J J J J J J J / W J J / W W J J / W J / W J J Geography* German – also WIYA J / 3 J / 3 J J G J J / 3 J / W J / 3 J J / 3 S 3 J / 3 J / 3 J G/ 3 G J J J J J / 3 J J J / 3 J J / 3 J J German – also WIYA Greek J J J J J J J / 3 3 S J 3 J J / 3 J J J / 3 Greek Hebrew J J J J J J J J J J Hebrew International Relations J J / 3 J J J J J J J J J / 3 J J / 3 S J / 3 J J J J J J / 3/W J J J / 3 J J J / 3 J J International Relations Italian – also WIYA J / 3 J / 3 J J 3 J J / 3 J J / 3 J J / 3 J J / 3 3 J / 3 S J / 3 J / 3 J J J J / 3 J J J / 3 J J J / 3 J Italian – also WIYA Latin J J / 3 J J J J / 3 J / 3 S J J J J / 3 J J / 3 J J / 3 Latin Management* J / 3 J J J J J-F J J / 3 J J G/ 3 G J J / 3 S J J J / 3 J J J / 3 J Management* Mathematics* J J J J J J-F J J J J J J S J J J J J / W J J / W J Mathematics* Medieval History J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J S J J / W J J J J J J Medieval History Middle East Studies J / 3 J J J J J J J J J J J J / 3 J J J Middle East Studies Modern History J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J S J J / W J J J J J J Modern History New Testament J New Testament Persian J / 3 J / 3 J J / 3 J J J J / 3 J / 3 J / W J / 3 J / 3 J / 3/W J / 3 J / 3 J / 3 J / W J / 3 J / W J J / 3 J J / 3 Persian Philosophy* J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J S J J J J J J J Philosophy* Psychology* J J J J J J J J / W J J J J J J J J S J J J Psychology* Russian – also WIYA J / 3 J J 3 J / 3 J / W J / 3 J J / 3 W J / 3 J / 3 J / 3 J / 3 J / W J J J J / 3 J S J J J / 3 J J Russian – also WIYA Scottish History J J J J J J J J J S J J Scottish History Social Anthropology J J J J J J J J / W J J J J / W J J J J J J J J J J J J J S J J J Social Anthropology Spanish – also WIYA J / 3 J / 3 J J J J / 3 J / W J / 3 J J / 3 J / W J / 3 J / 3 J / 3 J / 3 J / 3 J / 3 J / W J J J J / 3 J J / 3 J J S J J Spanish – also WIYA Statistics* J J J S Statistics* Sustainable Development* J J J J J J J J J J J J S Sustainable Development* Theological Studies J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J S Theological Studies

WIYA = Also available With Integrated Year Abroad * = Further combinations are available in the Faculty of Science, see page 174 WIYA = Also available With Integrated Year Abroad * = Further combinations are available in the Faculty of Science, see page 174 S = Single J = Joint 3 = Triple W = ‘With’ G = Only available to non-beginners in German S = Single J = Joint 3 = Triple W = ‘With’ G = Only available to non-beginners in German J-F = Financial Economics can only be combined with these two subjects. Economics can also be combined with them both. J-F = Financial Economics can only be combined with these two subjects. Economics can also be combined with them both. 172 173 Degree combinations Subject list 2022 entry

Faculty of Science combinations Arts Science Cross-Faculty Medicine Divinity

page page page BSc Honours Ancient History 40 English 82 Middle East Studies 126 Ancient History & Environmental Earth Modern History 102 Archaeology 40 Sciences 74 Modern Languages 128 Animal Behaviour 48 Evolutionary Biology 48 Molecular Biology 48 Applied Mathematics 116 Film Studies 86 Neuroscience 134 Arabic 42 Financial Economics 78 New Testament 70 Art History 44 French 90 Persian 136 rabic* French* – also WIYA Geography* Geology Management* Mathematics* Philosophy* Physics Psychology* Statistics* Development* Sustainable A Biology Chemistry Science Computer Economics* Economics* Financial Astrophysics 142 Geography 92 Philosophy 138 Arabic* W Biblical Studies 70 Geology 74 Physics 142 Biology W S J J J W J J J J J / W J J Biochemistry 48 German 96 Psychology 146 Chemistry J S W J J Biology 48 Greek 62 Pure Mathematics 116 Computer Science J S J J J J J J Cell Biology 48 Hebrew 70 Russian 150 Economics* J J S J J J J Chemical Sciences 52 History 98 Scottish History 104 Financial Economics* S J J Chemistry 52 International Relations 106 Social Anthropology 152 French* – also WIYA W W Chinese Studies 56 Italian 110 Spanish 156 Geography* J J S J J / W J J Classical Studies 60 Latin 62 Statistics 116 Geology J J S Classics 62 Management 112 Sustainable Management* J J J J S J Comparative Literature 64 Marine Biology 48 Development 158 Mathematics* J J J J J J / W S J J J Computer Science 66 Materials Chemistry 52 Theological Studies 70 Philosophy* J J J J J Divinity 70 Mathematics 116 Theology 70 Physics J J S Earth Sciences 74 Medicine 120 Theoretical Physics 142 Psychology* J / W J J J S J Ecology & Medieval History 100 Zoology 48 Statistics* J J J J J J S Conservation 48 Medieval History & Sustainable Development* J J J J S Economics 78 Archaeology 100

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