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Programme structure: Film and Spanish (BA) - what's running in 2015/16

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
Spanish Language HISP20101 20 Mandatory TB-4
Students must choose one but no more than two units from the following list:
Novels, Poetry and Politics in Twentieth Century Latin America HISP20077 20 Optional TB-1
Race, Religion, and Gender: Readings in the History of the Iberian Atlantic World, 1430-1830 HISP20062 20 Optional TB-2
The Masks of Don Juan: Representations of the Legendary Figure in Spain, 1630-1930 HISP20082 20 Optional TB-1
Nationalism and National Identity in Argentina, 1810-1955 HISP20046 20 Optional TB-1
El Siglo de las Luces: Literature and Society in Spain 1700-1814 HISP20083 20 Optional TB-2
Republic, War and Dictatorship in Spain, 1931 - 1975 HISP20076 20 Optional TB-2
From Frontiers to Football: Latin American History 1806-1916 HISP20085 20 Optional TB-1
From Football to Farandula: Latin American History 1916-2010 HISP20086 20 Optional TB-2
Languages of the Iberian Peninsula HISP20088 20 Optional TB-1
Cultural Exchange in the Lusophone Atlantic, 16th-17th Centuries HISP20089 20 Optional TB-1
Introduction to Language Technology for Students of Portuguese HISP20093 20 Optional TB-2
On the Matter of Poetry: Concrete and Material Poetics in 20th Century Brazil and Chile HISP20094 20 Optional TB-2
Choose from either:
Film History to 1960 DRAM20031 20 Mandatory TB-1
Or
Film and Television History, 1960 to the present DRAM20030 20 Mandatory TB-2
Students should take 20-40 credit points of optional units in Film
Students can select up to 20 credits worth of Open units from outside the two main departments of study. OPEN 20 Optional
Select from:
Animated Film DRAM23137 20 Optional TB-2
British Cinema and Television DRAM20049 20 Optional TB-1
Documentary Histories and Practices DRAM23135 20 Optional TB-2
Film and Television Audiences DRAM23134 20 Optional TB-2
Film and TV Comedy DRAM23122 20 Optional TB-1
The Film Director's Vision DRAM23133 20 Optional TB-1
Choose open units OPEN 20 Optional
Students may choose up to one unit from the following list:
Political Systems of Modern Europe MODL20008 20 Optional TB-2
Memory and History in the Twentieth Century MODL20010 20 Optional TB-1
Introduction to Linguistics MODL23013 20 Optional TB-1
World Cinemas: from national to transnational MODL23016 20 Optional TB-2
Woman and Nation MODL23017 20 Optional TB-2
Gender in Post-Socialist Central and Eastern Europe MODL20011 20 Optional TB-1
Students may choose up to one unit from the following list:
Catalan Language (Elementary) MODL23014 20 Optional TB-4
Czech Language (Elementary) MODL23015 20 Optional TB-4
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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).

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