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International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law (Online Learning)
The overall objective of this International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law (Online Learning) programme at The University of Edinburgh is to provide knowledge and an understanding of animal welfare science, with a focus on the international issues arising from animal use in all its forms.

Psychology of Language
This Psychology of Language programme at The University of Edinburgh offers an opportunity for intensive advanced training in the psychology of language focusing on the mental representations and processes that underlie human language use.

Creative Writing
Based in the first UNESCO World City of Literature, the Creative Writing programme at The University of Edinburgh is tailored towards your practice in either fiction or poetry.

Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition
The Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition programme offered by The University of Edinburgh provides an intensive grounding in the philosophy of cognitive science, its methodologies, research questions and techniques of research with an emphasis on issues surrounding situated and embodied cognition.

Translation Studies
Translation Studies at The University of Edinburgh will enhance your practical skills in, and theoretical understanding of, translation as an activity. You will have the opportunity to focus on two languages in addition to English, making the University of Edinburgh the ideal place to study translation.

Intermediality - Literature, Film and the Arts in Dialogue
The one-year Intermediality - Literature, Film and the Arts in Dialogue programme from The University of Edinburgh draws on world-class teaching and research expertise across media, from literature to film, music, painting, photography and visual culture more widely.

Comparative Literature
The Comparative Literature programme at The University of Edinburgh draws on world-class teaching and research expertise across literatures, languages and cultures, from Scotland to Asia, Scandinavia to the Middle East. It can also be completed part-time over two years.

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
On the Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies programme offered by The University of Edinburgh, you will gain an advanced, interdisciplinary understanding of the history, modern politics, society and culture of the Islamic Middle East, and explore the paradigms behind the various disciplines within this field.

Linguistics
The Linguistics programme offered by The University of Edinburgh gives you the intellectual and practical skills you need to engage in linguistics research, either by itself, or as part of cross-disciplinary research.

Speech and Language Processing
The Speech and Language Processing programme from The University of Edinburgh offers an exciting opportunity to learn from world leaders in both informatics and linguistics.

English Literature - Literature and Modernity (1900 to the Present)
The English Literature - Literature and Modernity (1900 to the Present) programme offered by The University of Edinburgh examines a range of literary and theoretical contexts, introducing ways that writing and imagination shape and share in cultural and political processes.

History (Online Learning)
This History (Online Learning) programme at The University of Edinburgh allows you to take advantage of the remarkable range of historical expertise available at the University of Edinburgh.

Developmental Linguistics
The Developmental Linguistics programme offered by The University of Edinburgh will develop your understanding of how language knowledge is acquired and how it changes as people acquire or lose language at various points in their life.

Epistemology, Ethics and Mind (Online Learning)
The Epistemology, Ethics and Mind (Online Learning) programme at The University of Edinburgh offers you a thorough grounding in contemporary philosophical research.

Medical Law and Ethics (Online Learning)
The Medical Law and Ethics (Online Learning) programme from The University of Edinburgh draws on the expertise and tradition of Edinburgh to deliver an internationally-focused, interdisciplinary programme that combines flexible learning with the most up-to-date teaching on all of the important issues affecting medicine, law and ethics today.

English Literature - Literature and Society - Enlightenment, Romantic and Victorian
The English Literature - Literature and Society - Enlightenment, Romantic and Victorian programme offered by The University of Edinburgh gives you the opportunity to engage with a range of topics in literary study, centred on the literary history of England, Scotland and Ireland in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Evolution of Language and Cognition
The Evolution of Language and Cognition programme offered by The University of Edinburgh focuses on a treatment of language as a dynamic evolving system, bringing together origins, acquisition and change.

Philosophy
The Philosophy programme from The University of Edinburgh offers you an excellent opportunity to enhance your learning and join a large, vibrant and supportive postgraduate community.

Applied Linguistics
This programme in Applied Linguistics from The University of Edinburgh offers a linguistic perspective on real-world problems of language in use, with a strong emphasis on developing skills and knowledge that can be applied in a wide range of professional settings.

English Language
The English Language programme offered by The University of Edinburgh will be taught by world-leading experts who will give you a detailed awareness of the ways in which English is used in Britain and around the world.