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

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Students must choose 60 credit points from the following units. Please note that students cannot take more than 40 credits of independent study (dissertation units or extended essays). To take the Sociology Dissertation you must have taken `Investigating the Social' in your second year:
Dissertation	SOCI30050	40	Optional		TB-4
The Sociology of Popular Music	SOCI30048	20	Optional		TB-2
Perspectives on Power	SOCI30062	20	Optional		TB-2
Cultural Representation	SOCI30063	20	Optional		TB-2
Public Opinion and Democracy	SOCI30072	20	Optional		TB-2
Religion and Politics in the West	SOCI30074	20	Optional		TB-1
Belief in Contemporary Society	SOCI30078	20	Optional		TB-2
The Feminist Politics of Food	SOCI30079	20	Optional		TB-1
Nations and Nationalism	SOCI30082	20	Optional		TB-1
Gender and Migration	SOCI30091	20	Optional		TB-1
Modern Slavery: Issues and Debates	SOCI30097	20	Optional		TB-1
Risk, Danger and Disaster	SOCI30098	20	Optional		TB-1
Consumption, Consumer Culture and Sustainability	SOCI30103	20	Optional		TB-1
Students select 60 credit points from the following options:
Introduction to Sanskrit 1	THRS30171	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Sanskrit 2	THRS30172	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level A1	CLAS30006	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level A2	CLAS30007	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level A1	CLAS30008	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level A2	CLAS30009	20	Optional		TB-2
Beginners Mandarin Chinese	UWLP10013	20	Optional		TB-4
Beginners Japanese	UWLP10012	20	Optional		TB-4
Medieval Mystics and Visionaries in Medieval England	THRS30049	20	Optional		TB-1
The Practice of Tibetan Religion	THRS30096	20	Optional		TB-2
Theology and Religious Studies Dissertation	THRS30026	20	Optional		TB-4
Ancient Jewish Novels	THRS30071	20	Optional		TB-1
Vatican II and post-conciliar Roman Catholic debates in theology	THRS30086	20	Optional		TB-1
The Public Role of the Humanities	HUMS30001	20	Optional		TB-1
Dissertation	THRS30100	40	Optional		TB-4
Dissertation with fieldwork or community placement	THRS30046	40	Optional		TB-4
The Theology of Martin Luther	THRS30110	20	Optional		TB-2
Buddhism in Practice	THRS30081	20	Optional		TB-2
Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia	THRS30089	20	Optional		TB-1
Jewish Law	LAWD30010	20	Optional		TB-4
Theology and Sociology (BA)		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).

Degree classifications:

• First Class Honours 70 and above
• Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
• Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
• Third Class Honours 40-49
• Fail 39 and below

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.

Additional progress information

A single assessment mark is produced for each unit.