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Programme structure: Politics and Portuguese (BA) - what's running in 2021/22

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
Portuguese Language for School of Modern Languages and Joint degrees HISP30302 20 Mandatory TB-4
Students must choose one but no more than two units from the following list:
Dictatorships, prisons, and writing(s) in the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking worlds HISP30070 20 Optional TB-1
Hispanic Sociolinguistics HISP30056 20 Optional TB-1
Images and Text: Hybrid Media and Power in Latin America HISP30086 20 Optional TB-1
Culture and Politics in Luso-Africa and Brazil 18th-19th Centuries HISP30058 20 Optional TB-2
Students may choose up to two units from the following list: (Students may choose MODL30011 if they took MODL23014 in their second year of study and students may choose MODL30012 if they took MODL23015 in their second year of study) AND (Unit MODL30006 is only available to students studying Programmes of French German or Spanish).
Communism in Europe MODL30001 20 Optional TB-1
The Italian City: Medieval and Early Modern Cultures MODL30020 20 Optional TB-1
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
Multi- and Plurilingualism: Language Policies across Europe and Beyond MODL30038 20 Optional TB-1
Liaison Interpreting MODL30006 20 Optional TB-1,TB-2
Pan-Africanism: ideas and archives MODL30026 20 Optional TB-2
The Cultural heritage of Historic Towns and Cities in Europe and Beyond MODL30027 20 Optional TB-2
MODL30005 is mandatory for Single Honours Students
Independent Study 1 MODL30005 20 Optional TB-4
Gender, Sexuality and Cinema MODL30018 20 Optional TB-2
Pan-Africanism: ideas and archives MODL30026 20 Optional TB-2
Theoretical Approaches to Language Teaching MODL30036 20 Optional TB-2
Students must choose 60 credit points from the following units:
Contemporary Feminist Thought: Debates and Issues POLI30001 20 Optional TB-2
Justice between generations POLI30005 20 Optional TB-2
The Political Economy of China POLI30009 20 Optional TB-1
European Foreign Policy POLI30014 20 Optional TB-2
US Foreign Policy POLI30017 20 Optional TB-2
Secrecy, Power, Politics POLI30033 20 Optional TB-1
How to Win a Political Argument POLI30020 20 Optional TB-1
The Politics of Gender POLI31351 20 Optional TB-1
Post-Modern Political Theories POLI31367 20 Optional TB-2
Popular Culture and World Politics POLI31378 20 Optional TB-1
The Politics of Post Apartheid South Africa POLI31381 20 Optional TB-2
Critical Security Studies POLI31384 20 Optional TB-1
Dissertation POLI31555 40 Optional TB-4
Peacebuilding: Theory and Practice POLI31557 20 Optional TB-2
States and Markets POLI31559 20 Optional TB-1
Politics of Contemporary India POLI31563 20 Optional TB-1
Public Opinion and Democracy SOCI30072 20 Optional TB-2
Religion and Politics in the West SOCI30074 20 Optional TB-1
Risk, Danger and Disaster SOCI30098 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-2
Northern Ireland: conflict and resolution POLI30040 20 Optional TB-1
Gender and Security POLI30032 20 Optional TB-1
Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Transition in Latin America POLI30036 20 Optional TB-1
Apocalypse or Ecotopia? POLI30037 20 Optional TB-1
Politics of Rebellion POLI30038 20 Optional TB-1
Populism POLI30039 20 Optional TB-2
Philosopher Queens POLI30041 20 Optional TB-2
Politics and Portuguese (BA)   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.

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