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Programme structure: European Literatures (MA) - what's running in 2015/16

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Not Running in 2015/16

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
The Rise of the Novel in 19th-Century Europe MODLM2035 20 Mandatory TB-1
Tradition and Experimentation in Twentieth-Century European Fiction Not available in this year MODLM2034 20 Mandatory
Dissertation (MA European Literatures) Not available in this year MODLM2039 60 Mandatory
Research Skills (Modern Languages) Not available in this year MODLM2045 20 Mandatory
Students must choose ONE English Literature unit from the following list:
Romantic Poetry and Poetics ENGLM3009 20 Optional TB-1
Hamlet: Text and Interpretation ENGLM3012 20 Optional TB-2
Intertextual Shakespeare ENGLM3013 20 Optional TB-2
Victorian Literature and Place ENGLM0034 20 Optional TB-2
Literature 1940-1970: Writing After War, After Modernism ENGLM0035 20 Optional TB-2
Renaissance Literature: Texts and Contexts ENGLM0037 20 Optional TB-1
Contemporary Literature ENGLM0038 20 Optional TB-2
Modernism, Experimentation and Form ENGLM0039 20 Optional TB-1
The Gothic ENGLM0040 20 Optional TB-2
Students must also choose TWO optional units from the following list (which also includes any ENGLM units not chosen from the list above):
Reception: Theories & Approaches CLASM0044 20 Optional TB-1
Theories of Visual Culture: Text and Image MODLM2048 20 Optional TB-2
Supervised Individual Study AFACM0008 20 Optional TB-1,TB-2
MA European Literatures   180    

Progression/award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7(M) unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Exit awards

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to exit from the programme with a postgraduate diploma or certificate.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.

Degree classifications:

An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds. An exit award with Merit or Distinction may be permitted where students are prevented by exceptional circumstances from completing the intended award.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.

Diploma/certificate stages:

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.

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