Programme structure: Anthropology (BA) - what's running in 2018/19

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Dissertation	ARCH35022	40	Mandatory		TB-4
Human Challenges	ARCH30034	20	Mandatory		TB-1
Select 60 credits from:
The Anthropology of Childhood and Youth	ARCH30025	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Forensic Anthropology	ARCH30039	20	Optional		TB-1
Anthropology and Conservation	ARCH35005	20	Optional		TB-1
Sociolinguistic Anthropology: Language, Culture, and Society	MODL30016	20	Optional		TB-2
Working in Cultural Heritage	ARCH30033	20	Optional		TB-2
Population Health and Development	ARCH30035	20	Optional		TB-2
Stimulating Anthropology: Drugs and Society	ARCH30040	20	Optional		TB-1
The Anthropology of Childhood, Learning and Becoming	ARCH30041	20	Optional		TB-2
Choose open units	OPEN	20	Optional
Anthropology (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.