Programme structure: Politics and Spanish (BA) - what's running in 2014/15

Mandatory Unit Spanish Language is must pass. For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Political Concepts	POLI11101	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction	POLI11103	20	Mandatory	TB-2
Students must do one of the following in year 1 and the other unit will be taken in year 2.
Introduction to International Relations	SPAI10001	20	Optional	TB-1
Approaches to the study of Political Science	POLI11104	20	Optional	TB-2
Plus
An Introduction to Hispanic and Latin American Studies	HISP11304	40	Mandatory	TB-4
Spanish Language (Post A level)	HISP10001	20	Mandatory	TB-4
Spanish ab initio students take the following units instead of HISP10001, HISP10011 and HISP10012:
Spanish Language (Ab-initio)	HISP10116	40	Optional	TB-4
An Introductory Survey Course of Hispanic and Latin American Studies	HISP11306	20	Optional	TB-4
Certificate of Higher Education		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

Please note, the one politics unit that you don't choose from the optional list must be taken in year 2.