Programme structure: Comparative Literatures and Cultures and Russian (BA) - what's running in 2023/24

Mandatory Unit Russian Language RUSS20008 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 must take at least 40cps of RUSS-coded units: these will include the mandatory language requirement
List A
Russian Language 2	RUSS20008	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Migrations of Culture	MODL20024	20	Mandatory		TB-1
List B: Choose 20 CP from either list B or list E
Russian Orthodox Culture	RUSS20044	20	Optional		TB-1
The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel	RUSS20069	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to French Cinema	FREN20056	20	Optional		TB-1
Contemporary Latin(x) American Poetry	HISP20115	20	Optional		TB-2
Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change	ITAL29007	20	Optional		TB-2
General Linguistics	MODL20016	20	Optional		TB-1
Woman and Nation	MODL23017	20	Optional		TB-1
List C: Take 20 CP from this list
Russian Orthodox Culture	RUSS20044	20	Optional		TB-1
Intermediate Czech Language	RUSS20043	20	Optional		TB-4
Revolutionary Russia, 1881-1917	RUSS20066	20	Optional		TB-1
The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel	RUSS20069	20	Optional		TB-2
Contemporary Latin(x) American Poetry	HISP20115	20	Optional		TB-2
Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change	ITAL29007	20	Optional		TB-2
List D: Choose the Mandatory unit
Engineers of the Human Soul: Soviet Culture and Politics 1917 - 1941	RUSS20060	20	Optional		TB-2
Revolutionary Russia, 1881-1917	RUSS20066	20	Optional		TB-1
French Fiction: from Realism to the 21st Century	FREN20048	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to French Cinema	FREN20056	20	Optional		TB-1
From Judgement to Trial: Selected Works by Franz Kafka	GERM20049	20	Optional		TB-2
Historical Linguistics	MODL20017	20	Optional		TB-2
Popular Representation and Institutions of Culture	MODL20026	20	Mandatory		TB-2
List E: Choose 20 CP from either list E or list B
Engineers of the Human Soul: Soviet Culture and Politics 1917 - 1941	RUSS20060	20	Optional		TB-2
French Fiction: from Realism to the 21st Century	FREN20048	20	Optional		TB-2
List F: Select one additional optional unit, which can either be taken from one of Lists B, C, D, and E above, or from the list below for the University-Wide Language Programme (UWLP). You must NOT select the same option more than once.
Beginners German	UWLP10004	20	Optional		TB-4
Post-Beginners German	UWLP10005	20	Optional		TB-4
Intermediate German	UWLP10006	20	Optional		TB-4
Beginners Modern Standard Arabic	UWLP10008	20	Optional		TB-4
Beginners Spanish	UWLP10009	20	Optional		TB-4
Post-Beginners Spanish	UWLP10010	20	Optional		TB-4
Intermediate Spanish	UWLP10011	20	Optional		TB-4
Beginners Japanese	UWLP10012	20	Optional		TB-4
Beginners Mandarin Chinese	UWLP10013	20	Optional		TB-4
Beginners Italian	UWLP10014	20	Optional		TB-4
Post-Beginners Italian	UWLP10015	20	Optional		TB-4
Beginners Russian	UWLP10016	20	Optional	F	TB-4
Beginners Czech	UWLP10017	20	Optional		TB-4
Beginners Korean	UWLP10018	20	Optional		TB-4
Beginners Catalan	UWLP10025	20	Optional		TB-4
Beginners Portuguese	UWLP10026	20	Optional		TB-4
Follow-on German	UWLP20003	20	Optional		TB-4
Advanced German	UWLP20004	20	Optional		TB-4
Follow-on Spanish	UWLP20005	20	Optional		TB-4
Advanced Spanish	UWLP20006	20	Optional		TB-4
Pre-intermediate Japanese	UWLP20008	20	Optional		TB-4
Pre-intermediate Mandarin Chinese	UWLP20009	20	Optional		TB-4
Follow-on Italian	UWLP20010	20	Optional		TB-4
Post-Beginners Russian	UWLP20011	20	Optional		TB-4
Intermediate Spanish for second and final year	UWLP20014	20	Optional		TB-4
Intermediate German for second and final year	UWLP20015	20	Optional		TB-4
Follow-on Portuguese	UWLP20016	20	Optional		TB-4
Follow-on Korean	UWLP20017	20	Optional		TB-4
Follow-on Modern Standard Arabic	UWLP20018	20	Optional		TB-4
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 in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.