Master of Arts (MA, undergraduate)

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The Master of Arts (MA, undergraduate) at the University of St Andrews is a traditional Scottish first degree in arts and humanities subjects, equivalent in level to a Bachelor’s degree elsewhere.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic degree
first degree
undergraduate degree
abbreviation MA
academicDiscipline arts
humanities
awardedOnCompletionOf prescribed programme of study
required credits at undergraduate level
countryOfOrigin Scotland
degreeClassificationSystem honours classification
degreeLevel undergraduate
degreeLevelEquivalent bachelor’s degree
degreeType Master of Arts
educationSystem Scottish university system
fieldCategory arts and humanities
grantsAccessTo graduate employment
postgraduate study
hasAwardingBodyType public university
hasAwardingTitle Master of Arts
hasCurriculumFeature broad first two years of study
specialisation in honours years
hasDegreeStructure general
honours
hasQualificationTitleProtectedIn United Kingdom NERFINISHED
hasRegionalSpecificity Scotland NERFINISHED
historicalOrigin medieval Scottish university tradition
isCommonlyMisunderstoodAs postgraduate MA
isEquivalentTo BA (Hons) in arts and humanities
isFirstDegreeFor arts students at University of St Andrews
isNot postgraduate master’s degree
offeredBy University of St Andrews NERFINISHED
possibleStudyMode part-time
primaryLanguageOfInstruction English
qualificationFrameworkLevelEquivalent bachelor’s level
typicalAwardingInstitution University of Aberdeen NERFINISHED
University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED
University of Glasgow NERFINISHED
University of St Andrews NERFINISHED
ancient Scottish university
typicalDuration 4 years
typicalEntryRequirement Scottish Highers or equivalent
secondary school completion
typicalStudyMode full-time
usedInContrastTo Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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Faculty of Arts degreeType Master of Arts (MA, undergraduate)
subject surface form: Faculty of Arts, University of St Andrews