Programme structure: Anthropology (BA) - what's running in 2016/17

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Anthropological Methods	ARCH20048	20	Mandatory		TB-1
Social Theories	ARCH20057	20	Mandatory		TB-2
Evolution and Human Behaviour	ARCH20058	20	Mandatory		TB-2
Select 60 credits from:
Early Human Origins	ARCH20005	20	Optional		TB-1
Africa	ARCH20051	20	Optional		TB-2
Gender, sexuality and the body	ARCH20053	20	Optional		TB-2
The Mediterranean Past	ARCH20055	20	Optional		TB-2
Anthropology of Islam	ARCH20046	20	Optional		TB-1
Art and Symbolism in Middle and South America	ARCH20061	20	Optional		TB-1
Choose open units	OPEN	20	Optional
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).