Programme structure: Classics (BA) - what's running in 2023/24

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Dissertation	CLAS32315	40	Mandatory		TB-4
Applied Classics	CLAS30039	20	Mandatory	D	TB-2
Students must also take 40 credit points of Greek and/or Latin units at the appropriate level. Students will usually take one language in each TB.
Greek Language Level C1	CLAS32405	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level C2	CLAS32406	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level D1	CLAS30041	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level D2	CLAS30040	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level C1	CLAS32407	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level C2	CLAS32408	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level D1	CLAS30073	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level D2	CLAS32343	20	Optional		TB-2
Plus 20 CP from the following units:
Greek Language Level C1	CLAS32405	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level C2	CLAS32406	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level D1	CLAS30041	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level D2	CLAS30040	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level C1	CLAS32407	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level C2	CLAS32408	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level D1	CLAS30073	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level D2	CLAS32343	20	Optional		TB-2
Sappho: Poetry and Society in Ancient Greece	CLAS30052	20	Optional		TB-1
The Persian Empire	CLAS30010	20	Optional		TB-2
Histories of Violence	CLAS30049	20	Optional		TB-1
The Minoans	CLAS37018	20	Optional		TB-1
Philosophies of Eros: Ancient and Modern	CLAS30043	20	Optional		TB-1
Dead Sea Scrolls	THRS30180	20	Optional		TB-1
The Trojan War in Ancient Literature	CLAS30026	20	Optional		TB-2
Comparative Paganism	CLAS30050	20	Optional		TB-2
Take 20 CP from the list below:
Take 20 CP from Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide units	OPEN	20	Optional
Classics (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.