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Programme structure: German (BA) - what's running in 2022/23

Please note: you are viewing unit and programme information for a past academic year. Please see the current academic year for up to date information.

Students take at least 80 CP of units coded GERM

Mandatory unit GERM20001 is must pass. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
Students may take up to 40cp of MODL-coded units from the lists below, and must take at least 40 CP in each language studied within the degree programme
List A
German Language 2 for Single Honours GERM20046 20 Mandatory TB-4
List B - Choose 20 CP from the list below
Effi Briest and her Afterlives GERM20048 20 Optional TB-1
Inventing Austria GERM20051 20 Optional TB-1
World Cinemas: from national to transnational MODL23016 20 Optional TB-1
General Linguistics MODL20016 20 Optional TB-1
Woman and Nation MODL23017 20 Optional TB-1
List C - Choose 20 CP from the list below
Transnational Nation: Germany 1840 - 1990 GERM20047 20 Optional TB-2
Effi Briest and her Afterlives GERM20048 20 Optional TB-1
Inventing Austria GERM20051 20 Optional TB-1
Catalan Language (Elementary) MODL23014 20 Optional TB-4
Czech Language (Elementary) MODL23015 20 Optional TB-4
Introduction to teaching Modern Languages as Foreign Languages MODL20021 20 Optional TB-1
Beginners Portuguese MODL20022 20 Optional TB-4
Migrations of Culture MODL20024 20 Optional TB-1
List D - Choose 20 CP from the list below
Transforming the Tragic Hero(ine): 1770-1840 GERM20044 20 Optional TB-2
List E - Choose 20 CP from the list below
Transforming the Tragic Hero(ine): 1770-1840 GERM20044 20 Optional TB-2
Transnational Nation: Germany 1840 - 1990 GERM20047 20 Optional TB-2
World Cinemas: from national to transnational MODL23016 20 Optional TB-1
List F
20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists B-E above OPEN 20 Optional
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).

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