Programme structure: Politics with Quantitative Research Methods with Study Abroad (BSc) - what's running in 2016/17

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
20 credit points from the following
Rational Choice	POLI21203	20	Optional	TB-1
Contemporary Political Theory	POLI22202	20	Optional	TB-1
20 credit points from the following
Development Studies	POLI21213	20	Optional	TB-2
Contemporary International Relations	POLI20002	20	Optional	TB-2
The History of Western Political Thought	POLI20007	20	Optional	TB-2
NGO Development & Practice	POLI20004	20	Optional	TB-2
Apocalypse or Ecotopia? Green Political Thought	POLI20008	20	Optional	TB-2
Power Politics and International Relations of East Asia	POLI29008	20	Optional	TB-2
International Organisations and Global Governance	POLI20003	20	Optional	TB-2
20 credit points from the following
Politics and Policy-Making in the UK	POLI21222	20	Optional	TB-1
Democracy and US Government	POLI21226	20	Optional	TB-2
The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa	POLI21231	20	Optional	TB-1
Politics of South Asia	POLI29003	20	Optional	TB-2
Co-operation and Integration In Europe	POLI21214	20	Optional	TB-1
Plus a further 20 credit points of units in the Politics Department - please contact Department for details.
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.