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Programme structure: Philosophy and Portuguese (BA) - what's running in 2022/23

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Mandatory Unit HISP20302 is must pass. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
You must take at least 40 CP of PHIL-coded units and at least 40 CP of HISP-coded units
List A - Take 40 CP
Portuguese Lang for Joints/ML HISP20302 20 Mandatory TB-4
Realism and Normativity PHIL20046 20 Mandatory TB-1
List B - Choose 20 CP from either list B or list D
Latin America in the Twentieth Century: A People's History HISP20119 20 Optional TB-1
World Cinemas: from national to transnational MODL23016 20 Optional TB-1
General Linguistics MODL20016 20 Optional TB-1
Woman and Nation MODL23017 20 Optional TB-1
Philosophy of Language PHIL20017 20 Optional TB-1
Texts in Modern European Philosophy 1 PHIL20050 20 Optional TB-1
List C - Choose 20 CP from this list
Catalan Language (Elementary) MODL23014 20 Optional TB-4
Czech Language (Elementary) MODL23015 20 Optional TB-4
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
Migrations of Culture MODL20024 20 Optional TB-1
Philosophy of Mind PHIL20010 20 Optional TB-1
Philosophy of Mathematics PHIL20039 20 Optional TB-2
List D - Choose 20 CP from either list D or list B
Languages of the Iberian Peninsula HISP20088 20 Optional TB-2
Introduction to Latin American Cinema HISP20114 20 Optional TB-2
Philosophy of Mathematics PHIL20039 20 Optional TB-2
Death, dying and disease PHIL20049 20 Optional TB-2
List E - Choose 20 CP from this list
World Cinemas: from national to transnational MODL23016 20 Optional TB-1
Ethics PHIL20011 20 Optional TB-2
Political Philosophy PHIL20012 20 Optional TB-1
Ancient Philosophy PHIL20040 20 Optional TB-2
Themes in Modern European Philosophy 1 PHIL20051 20 Optional TB-1
Space, Time and Matter PHIL20053 20 Optional TB-2
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 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).

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