Fall term students may take only one course in this department. Places on English Literature honors courses are allocated on a competitive basis. Program students must enroll in the Faculties of Arts, Divinity, Science and Engineering, or Social Sciences, where the normal work load is three courses in the traditional teaching pattern of lecture and tutorials. Program students are required to take two of their three courses in one faculty. Perched high atop a volcanic formation, Edinburgh Castle looms above the city with regal dominion.
Tourists stroll the Royal Mile and the Old Town, filled with quaint shops and stylish boutiques.
The Royal Mile runs from Edinburgh Castle to the elegant Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen's official home in Edinburgh. As Scotland's capital, Edinburgh offers its citizens and visitors a variety of galleries, museums, theaters, and concerts. Today, students dominate the many pubs in the center of the city and around the Old Town as well as on campus. Edinburgh's variety of colleges and universities makes for a very cosmopolitan mix of students. Edinburgh is only a four and one-half hour train ride from London, England.