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Programme structure: Theology and Sociology (BA) - what's running in 2020/21

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
Students must choose 20 credit points from the following units:
Conceptualising the Social SOCI20016 20 Optional TB-1
Investigating the Social SOCI20064 20 Optional TB-2
Students must select 40 credit points from the following units:
Conceptualising the Social SOCI20016 20 Optional TB-1
Ethnicity and Racism SOCI20017 20 Optional TB-2
Sociology of Health and Illness SOCI20035 20 Optional TB-1
The Sociology of Gender SOCI20042 20 Optional TB-1
Environment and Society SOCI20049 20 Optional TB-1
East Asian Societies: Alternative Modernities SOCI20076 20 Optional TB-1
Investigating the Social SOCI20064 20 Optional TB-2
Principles of Quantitative Social Science SOCI20069 20 Optional TB-1
A Sociology of Crime and Justice SOCI20073 20 Optional TB-2
What is a Society? SOCI20075 20 Optional TB-2
Art and Society SOCI20087 20 Optional TB-2
Conducting a Research Project using Secondary Data POLI20001 20 Optional TB-2
Digital Society SOCI20077 20 Optional TB-2
The Sociology of Childhood and Rights SOCI20078 20 Optional TB-1
Students must take 20CP from the following:
Religion: Contexts and Perspectives THRS20214 20 Optional A TB-1
Religion: Practices and Ideas THRS20215 20 Optional D TB-2
Plus units totalling 40CP from:
Philosophical Approaches to Religious Experience and Mysticism THRS20218 20 Optional TB-1
Religion and History of Ancient Israel THRS20219 20 Optional TB-1
Introduction to Sanskrit 1 THRS20188 20 Optional TB-1
Greek Language Level A1 CLAS20006 20 Optional TB-1
Latin Language Level A1 CLAS20008 20 Optional TB-1
Greek Language Level B1 CLAS22315 20 Optional TB-1
Latin Language Level B1 CLAS22307 20 Optional TB-1
Pre-intermediate Japanese UWLP20008 20 Optional TB-4
Pre-intermediate Mandarin Chinese UWLP20009 20 Optional TB-4
Heresy and Reform in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras THRS20208 20 Optional TB-1
Miracles in the Christian Tradition THRS20111 20 Optional TB-2
The Philosophy of Religion THRS20102 20 Optional TB-2
The Renaissance and the Rise of the Modern Age THRS20108 20 Optional TB-2
Introduction to Sanskrit 2 THRS20189 20 Optional TB-2
Greek Language Level A2 CLAS20007 20 Optional TB-2
Greek Language Level B2 CLAS22316 20 Optional TB-2
Latin Language Level A2 CLAS20009 20 Optional TB-2
Latin Language Level B2 CLAS22308 20 Optional TB-2
Students also have the option of taking a Teaching Block abroad as long as they meet all grade and other requirements set by SPAIS study abroad programme
Study Abroad (Term) SPAI20030 60 Optional TB-1,TB-2
Diploma 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

A single assessment mark is produced for each unit.

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