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?
Mandatory Unit GERM30001 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 | Faculty of Arts Category | Teaching Block |
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You must take at least 40 CP of PHIL-coded units and at least 40 CP of GERM-coded units | |||||
List A - Take 20 CP Language and one 20 CP Philosophy option | |||||
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 | |
German Language 3 | GERM30001 | 20 | Optional | A | TB-4 |
List B - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Exiles and Migrants in German Literature | GERM30058 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Performing Germany: National Identity in Changing Times | GERM30075 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
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 | |
Communism in Europe | MODL30001 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Italian City: Medieval and Early Modern Cultures | MODL30020 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List C - Choose 20 CP from list C or from list F | |||||
Performing Germany: National Identity in Changing Times | GERM30075 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Die Mitte: Centrist German Politics and its Language | GERM30079 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
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 | |
Translating in a Professional Context | MODL30010 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Catalan Language (follow-on) | MODL30011 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Czech Language (follow-on) | MODL30012 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Follow-on Portuguese | MODL30037 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Liaison Interpreting | MODL30006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1,TB-2 | |
List D - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Visibility Matters: Identity, Diversity, and Power in the Cultural Marketplace | GERM30081 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
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 | |
Pan-Africanism: ideas and archives | MODL30026 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List E - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Second Extended Essay | PHIL30108 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
MODL30005 is mandatory for Single Honours Students | |||||
Independent Study 1 | MODL30005 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Sociolinguistic Anthropology: Language, Culture, and Society | MODL30016 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Pan-Africanism: ideas and archives | MODL30026 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List F - Choose 20 CP from list F or from list C | |||||
Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists A-D above | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
Students may not take PHIL30115 if they have already taken PHIL20049 | |||||
Philosophy and German (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.
An oral distinction may be awarded.
The alternative classified honours degree of Arts (Modern Language Studies) may be awarded on this programme. For further details please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes