Programme structure: Politics and International Relations with Study Abroad (BSc) - what's running in 2020/21

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Dissertation	POLI31555	40	Mandatory	TB-4
Select 80 credit points from:
Contemporary Feminist Thought: Debates and Issues	POLI30001	20	Optional	TB-2
The Politics of Gender	POLI31351	20	Optional	TB-1
Post-Modern Political Theories	POLI31367	20	Optional	TB-2
Peacebuilding: Theory and Practice	POLI31557	20	Optional	TB-2
The Politics of Post Apartheid South Africa	POLI31381	20	Optional	TB-2
Critical Security Studies	POLI31384	20	Optional	TB-1
Popular Culture and World Politics	POLI31378	20	Optional	TB-1
The Political Economy of China	POLI30009	20	Optional	TB-1
Justice between generations	POLI30005	20	Optional	TB-2
European Foreign Policy	POLI30014	20	Optional	TB-2
Politics of Contemporary India	POLI31563	20	Optional	TB-1
The Holocaust - History and Legacy	POLI30016	20	Optional	TB-2
US Foreign Policy	POLI30017	20	Optional	TB-2
How to Win a Political Argument	POLI30020	20	Optional	TB-1
Risk, Danger and Disaster	SOCI30098	20	Optional	TB-1
Public Opinion and Democracy	SOCI30072	20	Optional	TB-2
Europe in Crisis: Global, Regional and Domestic Perspectives	POLI30015	20	Optional	TB-2
Political Corruption	POLI30022	20	Optional	TB-1
Contemporary Chinese Foreign Policy	POLI30023	20	Optional	TB-1
The Politics of the Contemporary Labour Party	POLI30024	20	Optional	TB-1
The Politics of Human Rights	POLI30026	20	Optional	TB-1
Power, Politics and Food	POLI30027	20	Optional	TB-1
Northern Ireland: a case study in ethno-national conflict and resolution	POLI30034	20	Optional	TB-2
Gender and Security	POLI30032	20	Optional	TB-1
Politics of Rebellion	POLI30038	20	Optional	TB-1
Populism	POLI30039	20	Optional	TB-2
Politics and International Relations with Study Abroad (BSc)		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.