Programme structure: Liberal Arts (BA) for 2017/18 entry cohort

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Students take both of the following:
Critical Writing in the Humanities	AFAC20001	20	Optional		TB-1
History of the Present	AFAC20006	20	Optional		TB-2
Experiencing the Aesthetic	AFAC20003	20	Optional		TB-2
NUMERACY requirement - if not already taken, one from:
Arts Students Count	AFAC10004	20	Optional		TB-1
Convincing stories? Numbers as evidence in the social sciences	UNIV10002	20	Optional		TB-1
Students are normally expected to take AFAC10004 Arts Student Count, except in instances where timetabling prevents them from doing so.
Language requirement - if not already taken, 20 credit points in an ancient or modern language at a level appropriate to previous qualifications.
Students take 40 to 60 credit points in their chosen pathway (see below) including 40 at level 5:
ANTHROPOLOGY PATHWAY - must take:
Social Theories	ARCH20057	20	Optional		TB-1
ANTHROPOLOGY OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
ARCHAEOLOGY PATHWAY - must take:
Social Theories	ARCH20057	20	Optional		TB-1
ARCHAEOLOGY OPTIONS - choose any Archaeology level 5 units.
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY PATHWAY - there are no specified mandatory units for this pathway.
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
ENGLISH PATHWAY - must take one of the Literature units below, plus one Special Subject unit selected from a defined list:
ENGLISH OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
FILM PATHWAY - must take one of:
Film History to 1960	FATV20011	20	Optional		TB-1
Film and Television History, 1960 to the present	FATV20004	20	Optional		TB-2
FILM OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
HISTORICAL STUDIES PATHWAY - there are no specified mandatory units for this pathway.
HISTORICAL STUDIES OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
MEDIEVAL STUDIES PATHWAY - if THRS10032 Early and Premodern Christianity was not taken in Year 1, students must take THRS20100 Early and Premodern Christianity in Year 2.
MEDIEVAL STUDIES OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list.
LANGUAGES - CZECH PATHWAY - must take
Czech Language 2	RUSS20029	20	Optional		TB-4
Intermediate Czech Language	RUSS20043	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGES - CZECH OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list.
LANGUAGES - FRENCH PATHWAY - must take
French Language 2	FREN20001	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGES - FRENCH OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list.
LANGUAGES - GERMAN PATHWAY - must take
German Language 2 (Post A-Level)	GERM20001	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGES - GERMAN OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list.
LANGUAGES - ITALIAN PATHWAY - must take
Italian Language 2	ITAL20001	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGES - ITALIAN OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list.
LANGUAGES - RUSSIAN PATHWAY - must take
Russian Language 2	RUSS20008	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGES - RUSSIAN OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list.
LANGUAGES - SPANISH PATHWAY - students must take
Spanish Language	HISP20101	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGES - SPANISH OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list.
LANGUAGES - PORTUGUESE PATHWAY - must take
Portuguese Lang for Joints/ML	HISP20302	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGES - PORTUGUESE OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list.
MUSIC PATHWAY - there are no specified mandatory units for this pathway.
MUSIC OPTIONS - choose from a defined list.
PHILOSOPHY PATHWAY - there are no specified mandatory units for this pathway.
PHILOSOPHY OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list.
RELIGION & THEOLOGY PATHWAY - must take:
Issues in the Study of Religion	THRS20099	20	Optional		TB-2
RELIGION & THEOLOGY OPTIONS - choose options from a defined list.
THEATRE PATHWAY - must take one of:
Performance Histories	THTR20010	20	Optional		TB-1
Politics of Performance	THTR20005	20	Optional		TB-2
THEATRE OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
Should students have credit points available once they have selected their pathway units, then they may use these remaining credits to take optional units (within the Faculty of Arts) or may take Open Units (not totalling more than 20 credits) outside the Faculty of Arts.
Undergraduate Diploma		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).

Additional progress information

Students are permitted to conditionally progress to the next year of study and make up a credit deficit where they have failed a particular unit or units provided this meets the conditions in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.