Programme structure: Hispanic Studies (BA) - what's running in 2017/18

Mandatory units Spanish Language, Portuguese Language and Catalan Language are must pass. For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Students take all three language units:
Spanish Language	HISP20101	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Portuguese Lang for Joints/ML	HISP20302	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Catalan Language (Elementary)	MODL23014	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Students must choose at least one but no more than two units from the following list:
Writing, Society and Politics in Franco's Spain	HISP20038	20	Optional		TB-2
Race, Religion, and Gender: Readings in the History of the Iberian Atlantic World, 1430-1830	HISP20062	20	Optional		TB-2
Republic, War and Dictatorship in Spain, 1931 - 1975	HISP20076	20	Optional		TB-1
Novels, Poetry and Politics in Twentieth Century Latin America	HISP20077	20	Optional		TB-1
El Siglo de las Luces: Literature and Society in Spain 1700-1814	HISP20083	20	Optional		TB-2
Languages of the Iberian Peninsula	HISP20088	20	Optional		TB-2
Crime and corruption in contemporary Hispanic literature	HISP20097	20	Optional		TB-2
Identity and belonging in contemporary Venezuela	HISP20098	20	Optional		TB-1
African Presence in Latin America: Nation and Representation	HISP20100	20	Optional		TB-2
From Frontiers to Football: South American History 1850-1950	HISP20102	20	Optional		TB-1
Women's Writing in Post-War Spain	HISP21309	20	Optional		TB-1
Students must choose at least one but no more than two units from the following list:
Languages of the Iberian Peninsula	HISP20088	20	Optional		TB-2
Cultural Exchange in the Lusophone Atlantic, 16th-17th Centuries	HISP20089	20	Optional		TB-1
Urban Narratives in the Lusophone World	HISP20091	20	Optional		TB-2
Images of Power in Lusophone Culture	HISP20092	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Language Technology for Students of Portuguese	HISP20093	20	Optional		TB-2
Migration and Movement: Cultural Exchange in the Lusophone World, 19th to 20th Centuries	HISP20099	20	Optional		TB-2
Students may choose one from the following list:
Political Systems of Modern Europe	MODL20008	20	Optional		TB-2
Gender in Post-Socialist Central and Eastern Europe	MODL20011	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Linguistics	MODL23013	20	Optional		TB-1
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).