This section describes which Units you will take in which year of study. It indicates which units are mandatory and where you will be able to choose. The overall pass marks you will need to achieve in order to progress or achieve an award are shown. The full regulations concerning progression and completion are held in the University's Regulations and Code of Practice. Any particular aspects of your programme that are unusual will be highlighted. If any Units are must pass this will be shown below. The linked unit specifications detail any additional requirements.
What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
What do the Faculty of Arts Categories mean?
Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Faculty of Arts Category | Teaching Block |
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You must take at least 40 CP of Theology and at least 40 CP of Philosophy units | |||||
List A - Choose one THRS and one PHIL unit from this list | |||||
Philosophical Issues of Physical Sciences | PHIL30052 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Philosophy and the Environment | PHIL30112 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Philosophy of Science | PHIL30049 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophy of Biology | PHIL30063 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Evil, Deviance, and Crime | PHIL30127 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Virtue and Well-Being | PHIL30126 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Philosophy and History of Medicine | PHIL30082 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Themes in Modern European Philosophy 2 | PHIL30117 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Zen Buddhism | THRS30060 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Sex, Marriage, and Deviance in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras | THRS30077 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Dead Sea Scrolls | THRS30180 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Global Islam | THRS30181 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List B - Choose 20 CP from this list, unless you choose a 40 CP unit in list E | |||||
First Extended Essay | PHIL30107 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Ethics and Literature | PHIL30094 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Feminist Philosophy | PHIL30123 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Themes in Ethics | PHIL30137 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Zen Buddhism | THRS30060 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Sex, Marriage, and Deviance in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras | THRS30077 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Dead Sea Scrolls | THRS30180 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Global Islam | THRS30181 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List C - Choose 20 CP from this list or list F | |||||
Philosophy of Science | PHIL30049 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophy of Psychology | PHIL30077 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophy of Biology | PHIL30063 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Philosophy and the Environment | PHIL30112 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Philosophy and History of Medicine | PHIL30082 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Philosophy in the Digital Age | PHIL30132 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Introduction to Sanskrit 1 | THRS30171 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
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 | |
Latin Language Level B1 | CLAS30033 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Latin Language Level B2 | CLAS30034 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Medieval Mystics and Visionaries in Medieval England | THRS30049 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Atheism | THRS30050 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Buddhism in Practice | THRS30081 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Zen Buddhism | THRS30060 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Asian Traditions of Meditation | THRS30182 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Introduction to Hebrew 1 | THRS30183 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Other languages available to years 1, 2 and 3 | |||||
Beginners Japanese | UWLP10012 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Beginners Mandarin Chinese | UWLP10013 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Pre-intermediate Japanese | UWLP20008 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Pre-intermediate Mandarin Chinese | UWLP20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Intermediate Japanese | UWLP30001 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Intermediate Mandarin Chinese | UWLP30002 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Advanced Japanese | UWLP30003 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
List D - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Texts in Modern European Philosophy 2 | PHIL30116 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophy of Psychology | PHIL30077 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Death, dying and disease | PHIL30115 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Evil, Deviance, and Crime | PHIL30127 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
What is democracy, and how should it work? | PHIL30131 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophy in the Digital Age | PHIL30132 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List E - Choose one unit from this list | |||||
Second Extended Essay | PHIL30108 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Dissertation with fieldwork or community placement | THRS30046 | 40 | Optional | D,E | TB-4 |
Dissertation | THRS30100 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Theology and Religious Studies Dissertation | THRS30026 | 20 | Optional | E | TB-4 |
List F - Choose 20 CP from this list or list C | |||||
Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists A-D above. However, you may not take THRS30026 in any combination with either THRS30046 or THRS30100 | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
Students may not take PHIL30115 if they have already taken PHIL20049. Students may not take PHIL30125 if they have already taken PHIL20053. Students may not take PHIL30131 if they have already taken PHIL20057. Students may not take PHIL30124 if they have already taken PHIL20058. | |||||
Philosophy and Theology (BA) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
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.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
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).
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.