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Programme structure: Philosophy and Theology (BA) - what's running in 2015/16

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
Students must take one of the following:
First Extended Essay PHIL30107 20 Optional TB-1
Second Extended Essay PHIL30108 20 Optional TB-2
Plus 40 credit points from available optional third year philosophy units:
Philosophy of Biology PHIL30063 20 Optional TB-1
Philosophy of Science PHIL30049 20 Optional TB-2
Philosophy of Language PHIL30047 20 Optional TB-1
Philosophy of Psychology PHIL30077 20 Optional TB-2
The Philosophy and History of Medicine PHIL30082 20 Optional TB-1
The Ethics of Migration and Citizenship PHIL30118 20 Optional TB-2
Ethics and Literature PHIL30094 20 Optional TB-2
Philosophy and the Environment PHIL30112 20 Optional TB-1
Phenomenology PHIL30114 20 Optional TB-1
Death, dying and disease PHIL30115 20 Optional TB-2
Global Justice and Climate Change PHIL30120 20 Optional TB-2
Philosophy of Perception PHIL30119 20 Optional TB-1
Scepticism PHIL30121 20 Optional TB-2
Students select 60 credit points from the following options:
Introduction to Hebrew 1 THRS30169 20 Optional TB-1
Introduction to Hebrew 2 THRS30170 20 Optional TB-2
Greek Language Level A1 CLAS30006 20 Optional TB-1
Greek Language Level A2 CLAS30007 20 Optional TB-2
Latin Language Level A1 CLAS30008 20 Optional TB-1
Latin Language Level A2 CLAS30009 20 Optional TB-2
Language for General Purposes (Ab-initio Mandarin Chinese) LANG11047 20 Optional TB-4
Japanese for General Purposes (ab-initio) LANG11046 20 Optional TB-4
Theology and Religious Studies Dissertation THRS30026 20 Optional TB-4
From Hell to Heaven: the Bible and spirituality THRS30080 20 Optional TB-1
Death and Afterlife in Buddhism THRS30101 20 Optional TB-2
Sisters, Saints and Sinners: Women and the Medieval Church THRS30076 20 Optional TB-1
Sex, Marriage, and Deviance in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras THRS30077 20 Optional TB-2
The True, the Good, and the Beautiful: Neoplatonism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam THRS30078 20 Optional TB-2
Buddhist Psychology and Mental Health THRS30067 20 Optional TB-1
Ancient Jewish Novels THRS30071 20 Optional TB-1
Greek Language Level B1 CLAS30012 20 Optional TB-1
Greek Language Level B2 CLAS30013 20 Optional TB-2
The Public Role of the Humanities HUMS30001 20 Optional TB-2
Philosophy and Theology (BA)   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).

Degree classifications:

  • First Class Honours 70 and above
  • Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
  • Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
  • Third Class Honours 40-49
  • Fail 39 and below

An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.

The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.

Additional progress information

A single assessment mark is produced for each unit. Students who fail in units worth more than 40CPs will fail their degree.

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