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

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
German Language 3	GERM30001	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Students must choose at least one but no more than three units from the following:
Representing the Holocaust	GERM32054	20	Optional		TB-1
Linguistic Variation and Change in German	GERM30060	20	Optional		TB-1
After The Wall: Remembering the GDR	GERM32060	20	Optional		TB-2
The German Sonnet	GERM32063	20	Optional		TB-1
Students may choose up to two unit from the following list:
Communism in Europe	MODL30001	20	Optional		TB-1
Ancients and moderns: cultures of humanism in Renaissance Europe	MODL30002	20	Optional		TB-2
Independent Study 1	MODL30005	20	Optional		TB-4
Translating in a Professional Context	MODL30010	20	Optional		TB-1
Sociolinguistic Anthropology: Language, Culture, and Society	MODL30016	20	Optional		TB-2
Gender, Sexuality and Cinema	MODL30018	20	Optional		TB-2
Reimagining Odysseus	MODL30019	20	Optional		TB-1
The Italian City: Medieval and Early Modern Cultures	MODL30020	20	Optional		TB-1
Histories of Translation	MODL30023	20	Optional		TB-2
This unit is only available to students studying Programmes of French German or Spanish:
Liaison Interpreting	MODL30006	20	Optional		TB-1,TB-2
Students may choose MODL30011 if they took MODL23014 in their second year of study and students may choose MODL30012 if they took MODL23015 in their second year of study:
Catalan Language (follow-on)	MODL30011	20	Optional		TB-4
Czech Language (follow-on)	MODL30012	20	Optional		TB-4
Students must choose 60 credit points from the following units:
Contemporary Feminist Thought: Debates and Issues	POLI30001	20	Optional		TB-2
Justice between generations	POLI30005	20	Optional		TB-2
Political Violence	POLI30006	20	Optional		TB-2
The Political Economy of China	POLI30009	20	Optional		TB-1
European Foreign Policy	POLI30014	20	Optional		TB-2
Europe in Crisis: Global, Regional and Domestic Perspectives	POLI30015	20	Optional		TB-1
The Holocaust - History and Legacy	POLI30016	20	Optional		TB-2
US Foreign Policy	POLI30017	20	Optional		TB-2
Secrecy, The State and Me	POLI30018	20	Optional		TB-2
Ethnic Politics	POLI30019	20	Optional		TB-2
Feminisms, Gender and International Relations	POLI30021	20	Optional		TB-2
The Contemporary British Parliament	POLI31336	20	Optional		TB-1
The Politics of Gender	POLI31351	20	Optional		TB-1
Post-Modern Political Theories	POLI31367	20	Optional		TB-2
Popular Culture and World Politics	POLI31378	20	Optional		TB-1
The Politics of Post Apartheid South Africa	POLI31381	20	Optional		TB-1
Critical Security Studies	POLI31384	20	Optional		TB-1
Dissertation	POLI31555	40	Optional		TB-4
Peacebuilding: Theory and Practice	POLI31557	20	Optional		TB-2
States and Markets	POLI31559	20	Optional		TB-1
Politics of Contemporary India	POLI31563	20	Optional		TB-1
Public Opinion and Democracy	SOCI30072	20	Optional		TB-2
Religion and Politics in the West	SOCI30074	20	Optional		TB-1
Risk, Danger and Disaster	SOCI30098	20	Optional		TB-1
Political Corruption	POLI30022	20	Optional		TB-2
Contemporary Chinese Foreign Policy	POLI30023	20	Optional		TB-1
The Politics of the Contemporary Labour Party	POLI30024	20	Optional		TB-1
The Politics of Human Rights	POLI30026	20	Optional		TB-1
Power, Politics and Food	POLI30027	20	Optional		TB-1
The Politics of HIV/AIDS in Africa	POLI30030	20	Optional		TB-1
Politics and German (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

German units: Special penalties apply for failures in language papers. An oral distinction may be awarded.