Programme structure: Politics and Russian (BA) - what's running in 2023/24

Mandatory Unit RUSS30001is must pass. For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the
Glossary of Terms

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Russian Language 3	RUSS30001	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Students must choose one but no more than two units from the following list:
Dostoevsky (TB2)	RUSS30073	20	Optional		TB-2
Decadence, Decay and Rebirth: Russian & Czech Literature, 1870 - 1914	RUSS30084	20	Optional		TB-2
Students may choose up to two units from the following list (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) AND (Unit MODL30006 is only available to students studying Programmes of French German or Spanish).
Communism in Europe	MODL30001	20	Optional		TB-1
Translating in a Professional Context	MODL30010	20	Optional		TB-1
Catalan Language (follow-on)	MODL30011	20	Optional		TB-4
Czech Language (follow-on)	MODL30012	20	Optional		TB-4
Follow-on Portuguese	MODL30037	20	Optional		TB-4
Liaison Interpreting	MODL30006	20	Optional		TB-1,TB-2
Studying and Making Early Printed Books	MODL30040	20	Optional		TB-2
Transnational Narrative in pre-modern cultures	MODL30041	20	Optional		TB-2
MODL30005 is mandatory for Single Honours Students
Independent Study 1	MODL30005	20	Optional		TB-4
Sociolinguistic Anthropology: Language, Culture, and Society	MODL30016	20	Optional		TB-2
Theoretical Approaches to Language Teaching	MODL30036	20	Optional		TB-2
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
The Political Economy of China	POLI30009	20	Optional		TB-1
European Foreign Policy	POLI30014	20	Optional		TB-2
The Holocaust - History and Legacy	POLI30016	20	Optional		TB-1
US Foreign Policy	POLI30017	20	Optional		TB-2
Secrecy, Power, Politics	POLI30033	20	Optional		TB-1
How to Win a Political Argument	POLI30020	20	Optional		TB-2
The Politics of Gender	POLI31351	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-2
Critical Security Studies	POLI31384	20	Optional		TB-2
Dissertation	POLI31555	40	Optional		TB-4
States and Markets	POLI31559	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-2
Gender and Security	POLI30032	20	Optional		TB-1
Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Transition in Latin America	POLI30036	20	Optional		TB-2
Apocalypse or Ecotopia?	POLI30037	20	Optional		TB-1
Politics of Rebellion	POLI30038	20	Optional		TB-1
Populism	POLI30039	20	Optional		TB-1
Philosopher Queens	POLI30041	20	Optional		TB-2
Politics and Russian (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

The alternative classified honours degree of Arts (Politics and Russian) (BA) may be awarded on this programme. For further details please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes