Programme structure: Liberal Arts (BA) - what's running in 2019/20

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
History of the Present	AFAC10011	20	Mandatory		TB-2
Critical Writing in the Humanities	AFAC10001	20	Mandatory		TB-1
Language requirement
20 credit points in an ancient or modern language at appropriate level. Students beginning a language pathway in Year 1, or entering Year 2 from an overseas institution automatically meet this requirement.
Students then take a minimum of 40 credit points in their prospective pathway (see below):
ANTHROPOLOGY PATHWAY - must take:
Peoples, Culture and Language	ARCH10017	20	Optional		TB-1
Evolution in Action	ARCH10014	20	Optional		TB-2
Anthropology Options:
Archaeological Practice	ARCH10016	20	Optional		TB-2
Big Ideas in Anthropology	ARCH10012	20	Optional		TB-2
Discovering the Past	ARCH10015	20	Optional		TB-1
Kin, Friends, Lovers and Others	ARCH10019	20	Optional		TB-1
Material Culture (C)	ARCH10013	20	Optional		TB-1
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY PATHWAY - must take:
Epic	CLAS12361	20	Optional		TB-2
Classics and Ancient History Options - choose 20 CP from:
Ancient Historical Writers	CLAS10039	20	Optional		TB-1
Historical Survey: Ancient Greece	CLAS10035	20	Optional		TB-1
Historical Survey: Ancient Rome	CLAS10036	20	Optional		TB-2
Literature	CLAS10038	20	Optional		TB-1
Sculpture	CLAS10037	20	Optional		TB-1
The Greeks and the Supernatural	CLAS10046	20	Optional		TB-1
Thought	CLAS10040	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level A1	CLAS12311	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level A2	CLAS12312	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level B1	CLAS12315	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level B2	CLAS12316	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level A1	CLAS12303	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level A2	CLAS12304	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level B1	CLAS12307	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level B2	CLAS12308	20	Optional		TB-2
FILM PATHWAY - must take:
Filmmaking Fundamentals	FATV10001	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Film and Television Studies	FATV10005	20	Optional		TB-1
Film Options:
Close-Up on Film	FATV10002	20	Optional		TB-2
Close-Up on Television	FATV10004	20	Optional		TB-2
Filmmaking through Hitchcock	FATV10006	20	Optional		TB-2
ENGLISH PATHWAY - students take:
One of:
Literature 1550-1740	ENGL10043	20	Optional		TB-2
Literature 1150-1550	ENGL10042	20	Optional		TB-1
You can choose to take both of the Literature units above, or take only one and choose 20 CP from this list:
Critical Issues	ENGL10017	20	Optional		TB-1
Approaches to Poetry	ENGL10039	20	Optional		TB-2
English Options - choose from above or from:
Readings in Gender and Sexuality	ENGL10053	20	Optional	C	TB-1
Texts in a Global Context	ENGL10052	20	Optional		TB-1
Transformations	ENGL10046	20	Optional		TB-1
MEDIEVAL STUDIES PATHWAY - Take two of:
Literature 1150-1550	ENGL10042	20	Optional		TB-1
Literature 1550-1740	ENGL10043	20	Optional		TB-2
The Medieval World	HIST10042	20	Optional		TB-2
The Early Modern World	HIST10043	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Medieval Art	HART10215	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Early-Modern Art	HART10216	20	Optional		TB-2
Medieval Studies Options - choose from above or from:
Historical Studies 1: Western Art Music (up to 1750)	MUSI10045	20	Optional		TB-1
Medieval and Renaissance Italy	ITAL10034	20	Optional		TB-1
To take ITAL10034 you must have an A Level or equivalent in Italian
HISTORICAL STUDIES PATHWAY - must take at least two from the following:
The Early Modern World	HIST10043	20	Optional		TB-1
The Medieval World	HIST10042	20	Optional		TB-2
The Modern World	HIST10048	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Early-Modern Art	HART10216	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Medieval Art	HART10215	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Modern Art	HART10217	20	Optional		TB-1
Historical Studies Options - choose from the list above or from:
Approaching the Object	HART10007	20	Optional		TB-1
Approaching the Past	HIST13015	20	Optional	C	TB-1
Landscape (Level C Special Topic)	HART10208	20	Optional		TB-2
The Artist (Level C Special Topic)	HART10209	20	Optional		TB-2
The City (Level C Special Topic)	HART10210	20	Optional		TB-2
The American Century	HIST10044	20	Optional		TB-2
The Medieval World	HIST10042	20	Optional		TB-2
Slavery	HIST10046	20	Optional		TB-2
Urban Worlds: From Ancient Baghdad to Las Vegas	HIST10049	20	Optional		TB-2
War and Society	HIST10045	20	Optional		TB-2
LANGUAGE: CZECH PATHWAY - must take:
Czech Language 1	RUSS10015	20	Optional		TB-4
And one of:
Czech Language and Society	RUSS10026	20	Optional		TB-4
Introduction to Czech History and Culture	RUSS10038	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: FRENCH PATHWAY - must take:
French Language	FREN10029	20	Optional		TB-4
And one of:
Shaping France	FREN10008	20	Optional		TB-1
Representations of Francophone Cultures	FREN10013	20	Optional		TB-2
LANGUAGE: GERMAN PATHWAY - must take:
One of:
German Language 1 (ab initio)	GERM19003	40	Optional		TB-4
German Language 1 (Post A-level)	GERM10009	20	Optional		TB-4
If you take the Post A-level language unit, also choose 20 CP from:
German Literature and Film: Genres, Texts, Contexts	GERM10035	20	Optional		TB-1
Language and Power: Introductions to German History	GERM10039	20	Optional		TB-2
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN PATHWAY - must take:
One of:
Italian Language 1A (Post A-level)	ITAL10001	20	Optional		TB-4
Italian Language 1B (ab initio students)	ITAL10002	40	Optional		TB-4
If you take the Post A-level language unit, also choose 20 CP from:
Medieval and Renaissance Italy	ITAL10034	20	Optional		TB-1
Modern Italy	ITAL10033	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: PORTUGUESE PATHWAY - must take:
One of:
Portuguese Language	HISP10302	40	Optional		TB-4
Portuguese Language - Post A Level	HISP10307	20	Optional		TB-4
If you take the Post A-level language unit, you must also take:
Key Moments in Lusophone History and Culture	HISP10015	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: RUSSIAN PATHWAY - must take:
One of:
Russian Language (for qualified entrants)	RUSS10036	20	Optional		TB-4
Russian Language (ab initio)	RUSS10001	40	Optional		TB-4
If you take the 'for qualified entrants' language unit, you must also take:
Understanding Russia: Critical Approaches	RUSS10039	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: SPANISH PATHWAY - must take:
One of:
Spanish Language (Post A level)	HISP10001	20	Optional		TB-4
Spanish Language (Ab-initio)	HISP10116	40	Optional		TB-4
If you take the Post A-level language unit, you must also take:
The Making of the Hispanic World, from 1492 to the present day	HISP10014	20	Optional		TB-1
MUSIC PATHWAY - must take:
One of:
Historical Studies 1: Western Art Music (up to 1750)	MUSI10045	20	Optional		TB-1
Historical Studies II : Western Art Music (1750 to the present day)	MUSI10046	20	Optional		TB-2
And one of:
Technical Studies I: Harmony and Harmonic Analysis	MUSI10047	20	Optional		TB-4
Composition	MUSI10059	20	Optional		TB-4
PHILOSOPHY PATHWAY - must take:
One of:
Introduction to Philosophy A	PHIL10005	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Philosophy B	PHIL10006	20	Optional		TB-2
And:
Logic and Critical Thinking	PHIL10032	20	Optional		TB-1
Philosophy Options - choose from above or from:
Readings in Value Theory	PHIL10033	20	Optional		TB-1
Knowledge and Reality	PHIL10034	20	Optional		TB-2
RELIGION & THEOLOGY PATHWAY - must take:
Approaches to the Study of Religion	THRS10030	20	Optional		TB-1
And one of:
Living Religions East	THRS10065	20	Optional	D	TB-2
Living Religions West	THRS10064	20	Optional		TB-1
Religion & Theology Options - choose from above or from:
Issues in the Study of Religion	THRS10031	20	Optional		TB-2
Topics in Religion and Theology	THRS10063	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Sanskrit I: Grammar	THRS10017	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Sanskrit II: Texts	THRS10018	20	Optional		TB-2
Note that Sanskrit fulfils the language requirement of the Liberal Arts programme
THEATRE PATHWAY - must take:
Introduction to Performance Practices	THTR10009	20	Optional		TB-1
And one of:
Producing the Performance	THTR10007	20	Optional		TB-2
Staging the Text	THTR10006	20	Optional		TB-2
Theatre Options - choose from above or from:
Introduction to Performance Studies	THTR10008	20	Optional		TB-1
Performance Contexts	THTR10003	20	Optional		TB-1
If students have credit points available once they have selected their pathway units, then they may use these remaining credits to take optional units from any of the lists above (within the Faculty of Arts) or may take Open Units (not totalling more than 20 credits) outside the Faculty of Arts.
Undergraduate Certificate		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).

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.