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Programme structure: Theatre and Portuguese (BA) - what's running in 2025/26

Please note: Programme and unit information may change as the relevant academic field develops. We may also make changes to the structure of programmes and assessments to improve the student experience.

Mandatory Unit HISP30302 is 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
You must take at least 40 CP in Portuguese/Hispanic units and at least 40 CP in Theatre units
List A
Independent Study: Performance Project THTR30015 40 Optional TB-4
Independent Study: Dissertation THTR30018 40 Optional TB-4
Portuguese Language for School of Modern Languages and Joint degrees HISP30302 20 Optional TB-4
List B - Choose one unit from this list
Shakespearean Tragedy: Textual and Literary Criticism ENGL39027 20 Optional TB-1
Independent Study: Extended Essay THTR30017 20 Optional B,E TB-1,TB-2
Dictatorships, prisons, and writing(s) in the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking worlds HISP30070 20 Optional B TB-1
List C - Choose 20 CP from list C or from list F unless you choose THTR30015
Images and Text: Hybrid Media and Power in Latin America HISP30086 20 Optional TB-2
Translating in a Professional Context MODL30010 20 Optional C 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
List D - Choose one unit from this list
Professional Development in Theatre and Performance THTR30023 20 Optional TB-1,TB-2
Theoretical Approaches to Language Teaching MODL30036 20 Optional D TB-2
Studying and Making Early Printed Books  MODL30040 20 Optional TB-2
Transnational Narrative in pre-modern cultures  MODL30041 20 Optional TB-2
List E - Choose 20 CP from this list unless you choose THTR30018 from list B
Independent Study: Extended Essay THTR30017 20 Optional B,E TB-1,TB-2
Professional Development in Theatre and Performance THTR30023 20 Optional TB-1,TB-2
Independent Study 1 MODL30005 20 Optional TB-4
List F - Choose 20 CP from list F or from list C unless you choose THTR30015 in list D
Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists A-E above. (Not available if you take THTR30015 in List D) OPEN 20 Optional
Theatre and Portuguese (BA)   120      

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

  • 40 out of 100 – for level 4, 5 & 6 units
  • 50 out of 100 – for level 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 100 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 100 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

An oral distinction may be awarded.

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

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