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Programme structure: Film and Italian (BA) - what's running in 2018/19

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
Italian Language 2 ITAL20001 20 Mandatory TB-4
Students must choose at least one but no more than two units from the following list:
Italian Memories of the 2nd World War ITAL20016 20 Optional TB-2
Dante's Inferno ITAL20024 20 Optional TB-1
Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change ITAL29007 20 Optional TB-2
Italian Identities in the Nineteenth Century ITAL20040 20 Optional TB-1
Oral Histories of 68 and the Years of Lead ITAL20041 20 Optional TB-1
Students may choose up to two units from the following list:
Political Systems of Modern Europe MODL20008 20 Optional TB-2
Woman and Nation MODL23017 20 Optional TB-2
Gender in Post-Socialist Central and Eastern Europe MODL20011 20 Optional TB-1
Foreign Language Skills for Semester Abroad Students MODL20018 10 Optional F TB-1
Students may choose up to one unit from the following list:
Catalan Language (Elementary) MODL23014 20 Optional TB-4
Czech Language (Elementary) MODL23015 20 Optional TB-4
Choose from either:
Film History to 1960 FATV20011 20 Mandatory TB-1
Or
Film and Television History, 1960 to the present FATV20004 20 Mandatory TB-2
Students should take 20-40 credit points of optional units in Film
Students can select up to 20 credits worth of Open units from outside the two main departments of study. OPEN 20 Optional
Select from:
British Cinema and Television FATV20001 20 Optional TB-1
Film and Television Audiences FATV20008 20 Optional TB-1
Documentary Histories and Practices FATV20009 20 Optional TB-2
Film and TV Comedy FATV20005 20 Optional TB-1
Film Genre FATV20002 20 Optional TB-1
Political Film FATV30018 20 Optional TB-1
Hollywood Cinema History FATV20007 20 Optional TB-2
Screen Performance FATV20003 20 Optional TB-2
Hollywood Cinema History FATV20007 20 Optional TB-2
Screen Performance FATV20003 20 Optional TB-2
Short Fiction Film FATV20022 20 Optional TB-2
Animated Film FATV20010 20 Optional TB-2
The Film Director's Vision FATV20006 20 Optional TB-1
Choose open units OPEN 20 Optional
Diploma of Higher Education   120      

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

  • 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
  • 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

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.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

  • To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
  • To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

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).

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