Programme structure: Three Modern Languages (BA) - what's running in 2025/26

The 3 language units chosen are 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
Select one from the following:
French Language and Cultures 1a	FREN10033	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Italian Language and Cultures 1a	ITAL10037	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Spanish Language and Cultures 1a	HISP10019	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Russian Language and Cultures 1a	RUSS10043	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Select one from the following: (It must be a different one to the one selected above)
Italian Language and Cultures 1a	ITAL10037	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Spanish Language and Cultures 1a	HISP10019	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Russian Language and Cultures 1a	RUSS10043	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Select one from the following:
Italian Language and Cultures 1b	ITAL10038	40	Optional	A	TB-4
Spanish Language and Cultures 1b	HISP10020	40	Optional	A	TB-4
Russian Language and Cultures 1b	RUSS10044	40	Optional	A	TB-4
Select TWO from the following:(in line with the Post A' Level language selected)
Global French	FREN10011	20	Optional	D	TB-2
Representations of Francophone Cultures	FREN10013	20	Optional	E	TB-2
French Cultures in Context	FREN10030	20	Optional	B	TB-1
German Literature and Film: Genres, Texts, Contexts	GERM10035	20	Optional	B	TB-1
Language and Power: Introductions to German History	GERM10039	20	Optional	C,D	TB-2
Modern Italy	ITAL10033	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Understanding Russia: History & Identity	RUSS10041	20	Optional		TB-2
Understanding Russia: Literature & Visual Culture	RUSS10042	20	Optional	B	TB-1
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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).

Additional progress information

Students are permitted to conditionally progress to the next year of study and make up a credit deficit where they have failed a particular unit or units provided this meets the conditions in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.