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Programme code | 1ARTF004U |
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Programme type | Single Honours |
Programme director(s) |
Robert Fowler
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Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
School/department | Arts Faculty Office |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 3 years (full time) |
The programme combines in-depth study in a discipline with a broader exploration of the arts and humanities. Mandatory units introduce students to overarching themes of fundamental importance in the academy and society. In the discipline pathway, the programme delivers a core competence and advanced knowledge and understanding in selected areas. In the broader curriculum the student will gain an understanding of the connections between his or her pathway and cognate disciplines while developing advanced knowledge and understanding in selected areas. The programme stresses both the historical and contemporary relevance of the arts and humanities, and provides opportunities for engaged learning with partners outside the university. All students will take at least one unit in a foreign language, and a unit in quantitative skills. Skills in writing, critical thinking and analysis are inculcated at all levels.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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1 is acquired through mandatory units at Levels 4 and 5 and through the structure of the programme, combining a subject pathway with options in other subjects 2–5 are acquired through mandatory units at Levels 4 and 5 6 is acquired either by choice of a language pathway or by doing a unit in an ancient or modern language 7 is acquired through a mandatory unit at Level 4 8 is acquired through some aspects of mandatory units at Levels 4 and 5 and through a mandatory unit The Public Role of the Humanities at Level 6 9 is acquired through mandatory and optional units in the subject pathway Mandatory Liberal Arts units are taught by means of one or more of the following: lectures, small classes (seminars), group discussion, student presentations, engaged learning, peer-assisted learning, VLE tools (Blackboard), dissertation preparation tutorials. Directed reading and independent learning are important strategies, through weekly assignments, written coursework and, in the final year, a substantial piece of research on a subject of the student’s choosing. Feedback on assessments is given through tutorials and written comments. Within the subject pathway additional teaching methods and strategies may be deployed such as fieldwork, practical sessions (e.g. archaeology, music, film) or language classes. |
Methods of Assessment | |
In the mandatory Liberal Arts units forms of assessment include: formative and summative essays testing understanding of a single topic within a unit in detail. Oral presentations provide diagnostic and formative assessment. Shorter exercises in core skills units, designed to assess research and communication skills, analysis and interpretation of evidence etc. In the third year, an extended project (the dissertation). In language units, regular tests and assignments. In subject pathway units additional forms of assessment will include some of: examinations, projects, portfolios, critical diaries and online contributions. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Intellectual skills are developed through seminars, tutorials, class discussions, oral presentations and essay writing. Units are structured in such a way as to promote the development of skills of research, analysis, synthesis and critical evaluation. 13 is delivered by the mandatory and optional units in the subject pathway. 14 is delivered by the mandatory units at levels 4, 5 and 6, by the structure of the programme which combines a subject pathway with options from other subjects, and from the level 6 dissertation which will draw upon what has been learned in the pathway and other units. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Essays and other forms of written assignment test the students' ability to analyse, evaluate and organise information, and to present reasoned arguments based on appropriate selection of evidence; research skills are also assessed through written coursework and the final year dissertation (1–10, 12). Oral presentations provide diagnostic and formative assessment of this skill (3). Accompanying written reports after oral feedback, seminar discussion and/or peer review assess 11. 13 is assessed by methods appropriate to the discipline in mandatory and optional units at levels 4, 5, 6. 14 is assessed by assignments in the mandatory units and by the level 6 dissertation. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Written assignments of various kinds in the mandatory and optional units impart skills in research, analysis and communication. Seminars are used to develop oral communication by requiring students to engage in class discussions and to give short presentations. IT skills are developed when researching work (many e-resources) and submitting essay assignments, through training sessions at level 4 and for the dissertation, and in the mandatory level 4 numeracy unit. All units now make use of Blackboard; tutors in the Liberal Arts mandatory units will make use of its various functions (e.g. discussion board, wikis). Independent learning is required in all units. 9 is delivered by the mandatory units at levels 4, 5 and 6, by the structure of the programme which combines a subject pathway with options from other subjects, and from the level 6 dissertation which will draw upon what has been learned in the pathway and other units. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Essays and other forms of written assignment test the students' ability to analyse, evaluate and organise information, and to present reasoned arguments based on appropriate selection of evidence; research skills are also assessed through written coursework and the final year dissertation (2–4, 8). Oral presentations provide diagnostic and formative assessment of this skill (4). Accompanying written reports after oral feedback, seminar discussion and/or peer review assess 5 and 8. 6 is formatively assessed by the TEL element of mandatory units and 10 by the use of e-resources and online submission in completing various assignments in mandatory and optional units. 9 is assessed by assignments in the mandatory units and by the level 6 dissertation. 11 is assessed in units in the subject pathways that have examinations. Independent learning is necessary in most assignments, whose assessment reflects 1, 7, 12. |
Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
Year 1 has been designed to lay the foundations which will enable the student to fulfil the programme's objectives. Mandatory units provide both knowledge and skills while optional units start students on a pathway and allow the exploration of other subject areas. It is expected that students' work may require considerable direction and guidance from staff at this stage. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
Year 2 is intended to complete the foundations of skills and knowledge though the two mandatory units, while the optional units expand knowledge and understanding in the subject pathway. Students will be expected to grasp and apply the underlying concepts, principles and methods appropriate to their area of study, to show a greater degree of independence in the interpretation of evidence and construction of arguments, and to present their work effectively. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
At this level students are expected to make use of the knowledge and skills acquired in the first two years in researching and discussing topics in much greater depth. They will work at a higher level of methodological and conceptual complexity. They will be expected to work more independently in gathering and assimilating information, synthesising it in an appropriate way and engaging in the sophisticated analysis of relevant evidence. There is an emphasis on self-directed study and the development of research skills, especially through the compulsory dissertation. |
The intended learning outcome mapping document shows which mandatory units contribute towards each programme intended learning outcome.
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the undergraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
Workload Statement
In common with the rest of the University, units in the Faculty of Arts
adhere to the credit framework which sets out that 20 credits normally
equates to some 200 hours of student input. Some of this time will be spent
in class, with the remainder divided between preparation for classes and
preparation for, and completion of, the assessment tasks. Some of this
activity may occur within the University’s online learning environment,
Blackboard, which you may use to prepare wikis, to interact with other
students, to download tutorials or to receive feedback.
Assessment Statement
Please select the following link for a statement about assessment. This is University of Bristol access only.
https://www.bris.ac.uk/arts/current/under/assessment.html
The option of doing an integrated Master of Liberal Arts (MLibArts), a four-year programme with third year abroad (whose first two years are identical to the BA) instead of the three-year BA, is nearly unique (Exeter is similar in this respect, but the first two years are differently constructed). Students can leave their options open in this regard until the end of the second year (though if they are minded to go abroad they will need to have made an application in November of the second year).
Robert.Fowler@bristol.ac.uk
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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Take 2 of the following units: | |||||
Critical Writing in the Humanities | AFAC10001 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Reading the Past | AFAC10005 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Numeracy requirement (may be deferred to year 2) - one of: | |||||
Arts Students Count | AFAC10004 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Convincing stories? Numbers as evidence in the social sciences | UNIV10002 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Language requirement (may be deferred to year 2): | |||||
20 credit points in an ancient or modern language at appropriate level. PLEASE NOTE Students beginning a language pathway in Year 1 automatically meet this requirement. | |||||
Students then take 40 to 60 credit points in their prospective pathway (see below) and can take any other open unit if pathway choice allows: | |||||
ANTHROPOLOGY PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
Peoples, Culture and Language | ARCH10017 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Evolution in Action | ARCH10014 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
ANTHROPOLOGY OPTIONS - choose from a defined list | |||||
ARCHAEOLOGY PATHWAY - must take both of the following: | |||||
Discovering the Past | ARCH10015 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Archaeological Practice | ARCH10016 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
ARCHAEOLOGY OPTIONS - choose from a defined list | |||||
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY PATHWAY - must take two of the following: | |||||
Art in the Ancient World | CLAS12365 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Late Antiquity | CLAS12381 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Rome: Republic to Principate | CLAS12383 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Hellenistic World | CLAS12382 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Greek and Roman Drama | CLAS12363 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Epic | CLAS12361 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY OPTIONS - choose Latin/Greek units at an appropriate level or any other level 4 units in mandatory list, Classics, Classical Studies or Ancient History programmes. | |||||
ENGLISH PATHWAY - must take one of the following: | |||||
Approaches to Poetry | ENGL10039 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Critical Issues | ENGL10017 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Critical Practice | ENGL10041 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Literature 1150-1550 | ENGL10042 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Literature 1550-1740 | ENGL10043 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Texts in a Global Context | ENGL10044 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Transformations | ENGL10046 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Women Writers | ENGL10047 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
ENGLISH OPTIONS - choose additional units from the mandatory list | |||||
FILM PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
Introduction to Film and Television Studies | DRAM10024 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
FILM OPTIONS - choose from a defined list. | |||||
HISTORICAL STUDIES PATHWAY - must take at least two from the following: | |||||
Introduction to Medieval History | HIST13011 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Early Modern History | HIST13012 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Introduction to the History of the British Empire: Rise, Fall and Legacies | HIST13014 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Medieval Art | HART10215 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Early-Modern Art | HART10216 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Modern Art | HART10217 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Late Antiquity | CLAS12381 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Rome: Republic to Principate | CLAS12383 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Hellenistic World | CLAS12382 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
MEDIEVAL STUDIES PATHWAY - must take both: | |||||
Introduction to Medieval History | HIST13011 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Early and Premodern Christianity | THRS10032 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
MEDIEVAL STUDIES OPTIONS - choose from a defined list | |||||
LANGUAGE: CZECH PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
Czech Language 1 | RUSS10015 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGE: CZECH OPTIONS - choose any Russian level 4 units. | |||||
LANGUAGE: FRENCH PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
French Language | FREN10029 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGE: FRENCH OPTIONS - choose any French level 4 units. | |||||
LANGUAGE: GERMAN PATHWAY - must take one of the following: | |||||
German Language 1 (Post A-level) | GERM10009 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
German Language 1 (ab initio) | GERM19003 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGE: GERMAN OPTIONS - choose any German level 4 units as long as have the required pre-requisites. | |||||
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN PATHWAY - must take one of the following: | |||||
Italian Language 1A (Post A-level) | ITAL10001 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Italian Language 1B (ab initio students) | ITAL10002 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN OPTIONS - choose any Italian level 4 units as long as have the required pre-requisites. | |||||
LANGUAGE: RUSSIAN PATHWAY - must take one of the following: | |||||
Russian Language (for qualified entrants) | RUSS10036 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Russian Language (ab initio) | RUSS10001 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGE: RUSSIAN OPTIONS - choose any Russian level 4 units as long as have the required pre-requisites. | |||||
LANGUAGE: SPANISH PATHWAY - must take one of the following: | |||||
Spanish Language (Post A level) | HISP10001 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Spanish Language (Ab-initio) | HISP10116 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGE: SPANISH OPTIONS - choose any HISP level 4 units as long as have the required pre-requisites. | |||||
LANGUAGE: PORTUGUESE PATHWAY - must take one of the following: | |||||
Portuguese Language | HISP10302 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGE: PORTUGUESE OPTIONS - students may additionally choose the following unit: | |||||
Key Moments in Lusophone History and Culture | HISP10015 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
MUSIC PATHWAY - must take one of: | |||||
Historical Studies 1: Western Art Music (up to 1750) | MUSI10045 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Historical Studies II : Western Art Music (1750 to the present day) | MUSI10046 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Plus 20CP from: | |||||
Technical Studies I: Harmony and Harmonic Analysis | MUSI10047 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Composition - Studio | MUSI10056 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Composition - Acoustic | MUSI10057 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 | |
MUSIC PATHWAY - must take one of: | |||||
Historical Studies 1: Western Art Music (up to 1750) | MUSI10045 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Historical Studies II : Western Art Music (1750 to the present day) | MUSI10046 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
MUSIC PATHWAY - plus 20cp from: | |||||
Technical Studies I: Harmony and Harmonic Analysis | MUSI10047 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Composition - Studio | MUSI10056 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Composition - Acoustic | MUSI10057 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 | |
PHILOSOPHY PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
Introduction to Philosophy A | PHIL10005 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
And one of: | |||||
Introduction to Formal Logic | PHIL10014 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Critical Reasoning | PHIL10030 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 | |
PHILOSOPHY OPTIONS - choose any Philosophy level 4 units. | |||||
RELIGION & THEOLOGY PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
Living Religions | THRS10028 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
RELIGION & THEOLOGY OPTIONS - choose any Religion and Theology level 4, Sanskrit or Hebrew language units. | |||||
THEATRE PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
Performance Forms and Analysis | DRAM11004 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Production Skills for Performance 1 | DRAM10028 | 10 | Optional | TB-1A | |
Production Skills for Performance 2 | DRAM10026 | 10 | Optional | TB-1B | |
THEATRE OPTIONS - choose units from a defined list. | |||||
Undergraduate Certificate | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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Students take both of the following: | |||||
Critical Writing in the Humanities | AFAC20001 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Reading the Past | AFAC20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Ideas and Society | AFAC20002 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Experiencing the Aesthetic | AFAC20003 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
NUMERACY requirement - if not already taken, one from: | |||||
Arts Students Count | AFAC10004 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Convincing stories? Numbers as evidence in the social sciences | UNIV10002 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Students are normally expected to take AFAC10004 Arts Students Count, except in instances where timetabling prevents them from doing so. | |||||
Language requirement - if not already taken, 20 credit points in an ancient or modern language at a level appropriate to previous qualifications. | |||||
Students take 40 to 60 credit points in their chosen pathway (see below) including 40 at level 5: | |||||
ANTHROPOLOGY PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
Social Theories | ARCH20057 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
ANTHROPOLOGY OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
ARCHAEOLOGY PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
Social Theories | ARCH20057 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
ARCHAEOLOGY OPTIONS - choose any Archaeology level 5 units. | |||||
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. | |||||
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
ENGLISH PATHWAY - must take one of the Literature units below, plus one Special Subject unit selected from a defined list: | |||||
ENGLISH OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
FILM PATHWAY - must take one of: | |||||
FILM OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
HISTORICAL STUDIES PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. | |||||
HISTORICAL STUDIES OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
MEDIEVAL STUDIES PATHWAY - If THRS10032 Early and Premodern Christianity was not taken in Year 1, students must take THRS20100 Early and Premodern Christianity in Year 2. | |||||
MEDIEVAL STUDIES OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list. | |||||
LANGUAGES - CZECH PATHWAY - must take | |||||
Czech Language 2 | RUSS20029 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Intermediate Czech Language | RUSS20043 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGES - CZECH OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list. | |||||
LANGUAGES - FRENCH PATHWAY - must take | |||||
French Language 2 | FREN20001 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGES - FRENCH OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list. | |||||
LANGUAGES - GERMAN PATHWAY - must take | |||||
German Language 2 (Post A-Level) | GERM20001 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGES - GERMAN OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list. | |||||
LANGUAGES - ITALIAN PATHWAY - must take | |||||
Italian Language 2 | ITAL20001 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGES - ITALIAN OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list. | |||||
LANGUAGES - RUSSIAN PATHWAY - must take | |||||
Russian Language 2 | RUSS20008 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGES - RUSSIAN OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list. | |||||
LANGUAGES - SPANISH PATHWAY - students must take | |||||
Spanish Language | HISP20101 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGES - SPANISH OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list. | |||||
LANGUAGES - PORTUGUESE PATHWAY - must take | |||||
Portuguese Lang for Joints/ML | HISP20302 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGES - PORTUGUESE OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list | |||||
MUSIC PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. | |||||
MUSIC OPTIONS - choose from a defined list. | |||||
PHILOSOPHY PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units fro this pathway. | |||||
PHILOSOPHY OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list. | |||||
RELIGION & THEOLOGY PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
Approaches to the Study of Religion | THRS20098 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
RELIGION & THEOLOGY OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list. | |||||
THEATRE PATHWAY - must take one of: | |||||
Performance Histories | DRAM23125 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Politics of Performance | DRAM20048 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
THEATRE OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
Should students have credit points available once they have selected their pathway units, then they may use these remaining credits to take optional units (within the Faculty of Arts) or may take Open Units (not totalling more than 20 credits) outside the Faculty of Arts. | |||||
Undergraduate Diploma | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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The Public Role of the Humanities | HUMS30001 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
Dissertation | AFAC30002 | 40 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
Students take at least 20 cps in their subject pathway at level 6: | |||||
ANTHROPOLOGY PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
ARCHAEOLOGY PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
CLASSICS AND ANCIENT HISTORY PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
ENGLISH PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
FILM PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
HISTORICAL STUDIES PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
MEDIEVAL STUDIES PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
LANGUAGES - CZECH PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
LANGUAGES - FRENCH PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
LANGUAGES - GERMAN PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
LANGUAGES - ITALIAN PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
LANGUAGES - RUSSIAN PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
LANGUAGES - SPANISH PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
LANGUAGES - PORTUGUESE PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
MUSIC PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
PHILOSOPHY PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
RELIGION & THEOLOGY PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
THEATRE PATHWAY - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list. | |||||
Up to 40 credits may be taken in optional units, of which at least 10 credits must be at level H/6. | |||||
Liberal Arts (BA) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.
The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).
An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.
The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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