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

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Mandatory Unit French Language is must pass. For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
Realism and Normativity PHIL20046 20 Mandatory TB-1
French Language 2 FREN20001 20 Mandatory TB-4
Students must choose at least one but no more than two units from the following list:
French Novel FREN20023 20 Optional TB-1
French Drama FREN20026 20 Optional TB-1
France 1940-44: Occupation and Resistance FREN20037 20 Optional TB-2
French Cinema: Aesthetics, Genres and Histories FREN20020 20 Optional TB-1
Race in France: Colonial and Postcolonial Perspectives FREN20038 20 Optional TB-2
Modern French Narrative FREN20039 20 Optional TB-2
Introduction to Medieval Literature FREN20042 20 Optional TB-2
The Third Republic: France 1870 - 1940 FREN20036 20 Optional TB-1
Paris 1857-1897 FREN20041 20 Optional TB-1
Introduction to Francophone African Literature FREN20043 20 Optional TB-1
The French Language: Structures and Varieties FREN20044 20 Optional TB-1
France and Europe FREN23013 20 Optional TB-2
Students may choose up to one unit from the following list:
Political Systems of Modern Europe MODL20008 20 Optional TB-2
Memory and History in the Twentieth Century MODL20010 20 Optional TB-1
Introduction to Linguistics MODL23013 20 Optional TB-1
World Cinemas: from national to transnational MODL23016 20 Optional TB-2
Woman and Nation MODL23017 20 Optional TB-2
Gender in Post-Socialist Central and Eastern Europe MODL20011 20 Optional TB-1
Students may choose up to one unit from the following list:
Catalan Language (Elementary) MODL23014 20 Optional TB-4
Czech Language (Elementary) MODL23015 20 Optional TB-4
40 credit points from:
Epistemology PHIL20009 20 Optional TB-2
Philosophy of Mind PHIL20010 20 Optional TB-2
Ethics PHIL20011 20 Optional TB-2
Political Philosophy PHIL20012 20 Optional TB-1
Philosophy of Language PHIL20017 20 Optional TB-1
Philosophy of Natural and Social Science PHIL20037 20 Optional TB-1
Philosophy of Mathematics PHIL20039 20 Optional TB-2
Logic 2 PHIL20036 20 Optional TB-2
Ancient Philosophy PHIL20040 20 Optional TB-2
Death, dying and disease PHIL20049 20 Optional TB-2
Philosophy of Religion PHIL20052 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).

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