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Programme structure: Italian and Spanish (BA) - what's running in 2019/20

Please note: Due to alternative arrangements for teaching and assessment in place from 18 March 2020 to mitigate against the restrictions in place due to COVID-19, information shown for 2019/20 may not always be accurate.

Please note: you are viewing unit and programme information for a past academic year. Please see the current academic year for up to date information.

The following units are must pass: Italian Language 2 and Spanish Language 2 . 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
Students may take up to two MODL-coded units from the lists below, and must take at least 40 CP in each language studied within the degree programme
List A - Take 40 CP
Italian Language 2 ITAL20001 20 Mandatory TB-4
Spanish Language HISP20101 20 Mandatory TB-4
List B - Take 20 CP from this list or List D
Italian Memories of the 2nd World War ITAL20016 20 Optional TB-1
Dante's Inferno ITAL20024 20 Optional TB-1
Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change ITAL29007 20 Optional TB-1
Republic, War and Dictatorship in Spain, 1931 - 1975 HISP20076 20 Optional TB-1
Conflict and Transformation in the Visual Arts of the Hispanic World HISP20103 20 Optional TB-1
Contemporary Latin-American Poetry HISP20107 20 Optional TB-1
Women's Writing and Filmmaking in Latin America HISP20108 20 Optional TB-1
General Linguistics MODL20016 20 Optional TB-1
Cinema and Revolution MODL20020 20 Optional TB-2
Woman and Nation MODL23017 20 Optional TB-1
Introduction to teaching Modern Languages as Foreign Languages MODL20021 20 Optional TB-1
List C - Take 20 CP from this list
Italian Memories of the 2nd World War ITAL20016 20 Optional TB-1
Dante's Inferno ITAL20024 20 Optional TB-1
Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change ITAL29007 20 Optional TB-1
Conflict and Transformation in the Visual Arts of the Hispanic World HISP20103 20 Optional TB-1
Contemporary Latin-American Poetry HISP20107 20 Optional TB-1
Republic, War and Dictatorship in Spain, 1931 - 1975 HISP20076 20 Optional TB-1
Catalan Language (Elementary) MODL23014 20 Optional TB-4
Czech Language (Elementary) MODL23015 20 Optional TB-4
General Linguistics MODL20016 20 Optional TB-1
Cinema and Revolution MODL20020 20 Optional TB-2
Woman and Nation MODL23017 20 Optional TB-1
Introduction to teaching Modern Languages as Foreign Languages MODL20021 20 Optional TB-1
Beginners Portuguese MODL20022 20 Optional TB-4
List D - Take 20 CP from this list or List B
The Invention of the Renaissance Woman (TB2) ITAL20036 20 Optional TB-2
Destination Italy: Cultural Responses to Migration (TB2) ITAL20039 20 Optional TB-2
Novels, Poetry and Politics in Twentieth Century Latin America HISP20077 20 Optional TB-2
El Siglo de las Luces: Literature and Society in Spain 1700-1814 HISP20083 20 Optional TB-2
Languages of the Iberian Peninsula HISP20088 20 Optional TB-2
African Presence in Latin America: Nation and Representation HISP20100 20 Optional TB-2
Women's Writing in Post-War Spain HISP21309 20 Optional TB-2
List E - Take 20 CP from this list
The Invention of the Renaissance Woman (TB2) ITAL20036 20 Optional TB-2
Destination Italy: Cultural Responses to Migration (TB2) ITAL20039 20 Optional TB-2
Women's Writing and Filmmaking in Latin America HISP20108 20 Optional TB-1
List F
Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists B-E above OPEN 20 Optional
Diploma in 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).

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