Programme structure: Politics with Quantitative Research Methods with Study Abroad (BSc) - what's running in 2021/22

The following units are must pass: POLI20001 and SOCI20069. 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
Principles of Quantitative Social Science	SOCI20069	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Conducting a Research Project using Secondary Data	POLI20001	20	Mandatory	TB-2
80 credit points from the following
Contemporary International Relations	POLI20002	20	Optional	TB-1
NGO Development & Practice	POLI20004	20	Optional	TB-2
Russian Politics	POLI20006	20	Optional	TB-1
The History of Western Political Thought	POLI20007	20	Optional	TB-2
Global Justice	POLI20010	20	Optional	TB-1
Rational Choice	POLI21203	20	Optional	TB-1
Development Studies	POLI21213	20	Optional	TB-1
Co-operation and Integration In Europe	POLI21214	20	Optional	TB-1
Modern British Government and Politics	POLI20014	20	Optional	TB-1
Democracy and US Government	POLI21226	20	Optional	TB-2
The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa	POLI21231	20	Optional	TB-1
Contemporary Political Theory	POLI22202	20	Optional	TB-1
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in South Asia	POLI20009	20	Optional	TB-1
Power Politics and International Relations of East Asia	POLI29008	20	Optional	TB-2
Governing Through Insecurity: Institutions and Issues in Contemporary Security Governance	POLI20013	20	Optional	TB-2
New Developments in International Relations Theory	POLI20016	20	Optional	TB-2
State and Non-State Violence in Latin America	POLI20017	20	Optional	TB-2
The Politics of the Environment	POLI20018	20	Optional	TB-1
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

Students are permitted to conditionally progress to the next year of study and make up a credit deficit where they have failed a particular unit or units provided this meets the conditions of the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
For further information and a definition of must pass units and conditional progression please see the Glossary of Terms.