Programme structure: Religion and Theology (BA) - what's running in 2014/15

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Students take the following two Mandatory units:
Living Religions	THRS10028	20	Mandatory		TB-1
Symposium I in Religion and Theology	THRS10029	20	Mandatory		TB-2
Students must also take:
Issues in the Study of Religion	THRS10031	20	Optional		TB-2
Select 60 credits from the following options:
Religious and Cultural Change in India: from Indus to Islam	THRS10033	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Sanskrit I: Grammar	THRS10017	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Sanskrit II: Texts	THRS10018	20	Optional		TB-2
Contemporary Ethics	THRS10044	20	Optional		TB-1
The Foundations of Buddhist Thought and Practice	THRS10045	20	Optional		TB-2
The Thought of John Calvin	THRS10048	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy	THRS10043	20	Optional		TB-1
Choose open units	OPEN	20	Optional
		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).