Master of Arts (Scotland)

 The degree of Master of Arts in Scotland typically refers to a four-year undergraduate Honours degree in the arts, humanities or social sciences awarded by one of the ancient universities of Scotland – the University of St Andrews, the University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen, the University of Edinburgh - plus the University of Dundee (as a result of its history as a constituent college of the University of St Andrews) and Heriot-Watt University. The first two years of the Scottish Master of Arts consist of ordinary Bachelor level courses, however, after these, students who are accepted to pursue the Honours route will complete more advanced subjects and write a dissertation in their fourth year.

[1] Students who instead choose to do a "general" degree will complete their third year at a lower level of specialisation,[2] and receive a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or an MA without Honours.[3] For the postgraduate degree referred to in other places as "Master of Arts", Scottish universities usually award the