Programme structure: Religion and Theology (BA) - what's running in 2013/14

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-1
Students must also take:
Approaches to the Study of Religion	THRS10030	20	Optional		TB-2
Select 60 credits from the following options:
3000 Years of Chinese Religions	THRS10036	20	Optional		TB-1
Early and Premodern Christianity	THRS10032	20	Optional		TB-1
The Philosophy of Religion	THRS10034	20	Optional		TB-2
Divine Love and Ritual Sex: Hindu paths to liberation	THRS10037	20	Optional		TB-2
Clash of religions: Christianity and Islam	THRS10038	20	Optional		TB-1
Sacred Scripture and Popular Culture	THRS10039	20	Optional		TB-2
The Renaissance and the Rise of the Modern Age	THRS10041	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Sanskrit I: Grammar	THRS10017	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Sanskrit II: Texts	THRS10018	20	Optional		TB-2
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).