Programme structure: Liberal Arts with Study Abroad (MLibArts) - what's running in 2019/20

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type II: Advanced Study, with a formal period of study abroad, in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Ideas and Society	AFAC20002	20	Mandatory		TB-1
Experiencing the Aesthetic	AFAC20003	20	Mandatory		TB-2
Numeracy requirement (if not taken in year 1) take:
Arts in the Age of Data	AFAC20007	20	Optional		TB-1
Language requirement - if not already taken, 20 credit points in an ancient or modern language at a level appropriate to previous qualifications.
Students take at least 40 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 optional units from a defined list.
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY PATHWAY OPTIONS - There are no specified mandatory units for this pathway. Students choose optional units from a defined list (which includes Latin and Ancient Greek units which fulfil the language requirement of the Liberal Arts programme.)
ENGLISH PATHWAY - must take one of the Literature units below, plus one Special Subject unit selected from a defined list:
Literature 1740-1900	ENGL20063	20	Optional		TB-1
Literature 1900-present	ENGL20064	20	Optional		TB-2
ENGLISH OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
FILM PATHWAY - must take one of:
Film History to 1960	FATV20011	20	Optional		TB-1
Film and Television History, 1960 to the present	FATV20004	20	Optional		TB-2
FILM OPTIONS - 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 - if THRS10032 Early and Premodern Christianity was not taken in Year 1, then students must take THRS20100 Early and Premodern Christianity in Year 2.
Early and Premodern Christianity	THRS20100	20	Optional		TB-1
MEDIEVAL STUDIES OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list.
LANGUAGES - CZECH PATHWAY - must take:
Czech Language 2	RUSS20029	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGES - CZECH PATHWAY OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
LANGUAGES - FRENCH PATHWAY - must take
French Language 2	FREN20001	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGES - FRENCH PATHWAY OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
LANGUAGES - GERMAN PATHWAY - must take
German Language 2 (Post A-Level)	GERM20001	20	Optional		TB-4
German Language post ab initio	GERM20032	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGES - GERMAN PATHWAY OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
LANGUAGES - ITALIAN PATHWAY - must take
Italian Language 2	ITAL20001	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGES - ITALIAN PATHWAY OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
LANGUAGES - RUSSIAN PATHWAY - must take
Russian Language 2	RUSS20008	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGES - RUSSIAN PATHWAY OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
LANGUAGES - SPANISH PATHWAY - must take
Spanish Language	HISP20101	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGES - SPANISH PATHWAY OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
LANGUAGES - PORTUGUESE PATHWAY - must take
Portuguese Lang for Joints/ML	HISP20302	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGES - PORTUGUESE PATHWAY OPTIONS - 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 - must take:
Religion: Contexts and Perspectives	THRS20214	20	Optional		TB-1
Religion: Practices and Ideas	THRS20215	20	Optional	D	TB-2
RELIGION & THEOLOGY OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
THEATRE PATHWAY - must take one of:
Performance Histories	THTR20010	20	Optional		TB-1
Politics of Performance	THTR20005	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 the Arts) or may take Open Units (not totalling more than 20 credits) outside the Faculty of Arts.
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).

Additional progress information

Students are permitted to conditionally progress to the next year of study and make up a credit deficit where they have failed a particular unit or units provided this meets the conditions in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.