Programme structure: Philosophy and Theology (BA) - what's running in 2016/17

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
60 credit points should be chosen from the following list, with no more than 40 credits from (a), (b) or (c)
20 credit points may be chosen from:
First Extended Essay	PHIL30107	20	Optional		TB-1
Second Extended Essay	PHIL30108	20	Optional		TB-2
(a) Philosophy of Science, Mathematics and Logic. Choose no more than 40 credits from:
Philosophy of Science	PHIL30049	20	Optional		TB-2
Philosophical Issues of Physical Sciences	PHIL30052	20	Optional		TB-1
Philosophy of Biology	PHIL30063	20	Optional		TB-1
The Philosophy and History of Medicine	PHIL30082	20	Optional		TB-1
Philosophy of Natural and Social Science	PHIL30086	20	Optional		TB-2
Philosophical and Logical Theories of Truth	PHIL30122	20	Optional		TB-1
(b) Epistemology, Metaphysics, Mind, Language, History of Philosophy. Choose no more than 40 credits from:
Philosophy of Language	PHIL30047	20	Optional		TB-1
Philosophy of Psychology	PHIL30077	20	Optional		TB-2
Phenomenology	PHIL30114	20	Optional		TB-1
Scepticism	PHIL30121	20	Optional		TB-2
Philosophy of Perception	PHIL30119	20	Optional		TB-1
(c) Value Theory (Ethics, Political Philosophy, Aesthetics). Choose no more than 40 credits from:
Ethics and Literature	PHIL30094	20	Optional		TB-2
Death, dying and disease	PHIL30115	20	Optional		TB-2
The Ethics of Migration and Citizenship	PHIL30118	20	Optional		TB-1
Global Justice and Climate Change	PHIL30120	20	Optional		TB-1
Texts in Modern European Philosophy 2	PHIL30116	20	Optional		TB-2
Students select 60 credit points from the following options:
Introduction to Sanskrit 1	THRS30171	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Sanskrit 2	THRS30172	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level A1	CLAS30006	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level A2	CLAS30007	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level A1	CLAS30008	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level A2	CLAS30009	20	Optional		TB-2
Language for General Purposes (Ab-initio Mandarin Chinese)	LANG11047	20	Optional		TB-4
Japanese for General Purposes (ab-initio)	LANG11046	20	Optional		TB-4
Medieval Mystics and Visionaries in Medieval England	THRS30049	20	Optional		TB-1
Theology and Religious Studies Dissertation	THRS30026	20	Optional		TB-4
Topics in Chinese Buddhism	THRS30087	20	Optional		TB-1
Zen Buddhism	THRS30060	20	Optional		TB-2
Sisters, Saints and Sinners: Women and the Medieval Church	THRS30076	20	Optional		TB-2
Sex, Marriage, and Deviance in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras	THRS30077	20	Optional		TB-1
The True, the Good, and the Beautiful: Neoplatonism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam	THRS30078	20	Optional		TB-1
Vatican II and post-conciliar Roman Catholic debates in theology	THRS30086	20	Optional		TB-2
The Public Role of the Humanities	HUMS30001	20	Optional		TB-1
Beyond the Battlefield: Environment and Conflict	HUMS30002	20	Optional		TB-1
Dissertation	THRS30100	40	Optional		TB-4
Dissertation with fieldwork or community placement	THRS30046	40	Optional		TB-4
The Theology of Martin Luther	THRS30110	20	Optional		TB-1
The Resurgence of Antisemitism in the 21st century	THRS30150	20	Optional		TB-1
Buddhism in Practice	THRS30081	20	Optional		TB-2
Philosophy and Theology (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

A single assessment mark is produced for each unit. Students who fail in units worth more than 40CPs will fail their degree.