Programme structure: Politics and French (BA) - what's running in 2015/16

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
French Language 3	FREN30001	20	Mandatory	TB-4
Students must choose at least one but not more than two units from:
Racine and 17th-Century Tragedy	FREN30061	20	Optional	TB-1
Challenging the Republic: France 1929-2009	FREN30103	20	Optional	TB-1
Around Cubism	FREN30096	20	Optional	TB-1
Francophone Identities in the Visual Arts	FREN30099	20	Optional	TB-1
War Stories: Representation and Memory of Conflict in France since World War One	FREN30041	20	Optional	TB-2
Les Miserables: Readings and Receptions	FREN30030	20	Optional	TB-2
Comic Drama 1550 - 1789	FREN30052	20	Optional	TB-2
From Old to Middle French	FREN30031	20	Optional	TB-2
War Stories: Representation and Memory of Conflict in France since World War One	FREN30041	20	Optional	TB-2
Surrealism: Pleasure and Provocation in 1920s Textual and Visual Culture	FREN30040	20	Optional	TB-2
Fiction of the July Revolution: Romanticism and Realism	FREN30027	20	Optional	TB-1
African narratives of migration	FREN30039	20	Optional	TB-2
Fashion Cultures: From Haute Couture to Global Branding	FREN30038	20	Optional	TB-2
Normally 60 credit points from:
The Contemporary British Parliament	POLI31336	20	Optional	TB-2
Post-Modern Political Theories	POLI31367	20	Optional	TB-2
The Fall of Old Labour	POLI31371	20	Optional	TB-1
New Labour and After	SPAI30019	20	Optional	TB-2
Dissertation	POLI31555	40	Optional	TB-4
Contemporary Feminist Thought: Debates and Issues	POLI30001	20	Optional	TB-2
Politics of the Environment	POLI31556	20	Optional	TB-2
States and Markets	POLI31559	20	Optional	TB-1
The Politics of Post Apartheid South Africa	POLI31381	20	Optional	TB-1
The Military in Everyday Life	POLI31382	20	Optional	TB-1
Democracy, Dictatorship and Post-Communism	POLI31383	20	Optional	TB-1
Critical Security Studies	POLI31384	20	Optional	TB-2
Public Opinion and Democracy	SPAI30008	20	Optional	TB-2
Religion and Politics in the West	SPAI30010	20	Optional	TB-2
Europe in Crisis: Global, Regional and Domestic Perspectives	SPAI30021	20	Optional	TB-2
European Foreign Policy	SPAI30022	20	Optional	TB-1
Dilemmas of a nuclear-armed world	SPAI30029	20	Optional	TB-2
Politics of the Environment	POLI31556	20	Optional	TB-2
Politics of Contemporary India	POLI31563	20	Optional	TB-1
Britain and the European Union	POLI31565	20	Optional	TB-1
US Foreign Policy	SPAI30002	20	Optional	TB-1
Politics and French (BA)		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).

Degree classifications:

• First Class Honours 70 and above
• Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
• Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
• Third Class Honours 40-49
• Fail 39 and below

An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.

The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.