Programme structure: Comparative Literatures and Cultures (MA) - what's running in 2021/22

The unit pass mark for the MA in Comparative Literatures and Cultures is 50.

The programme pass mark is 50.

Students require 60 credits at the end of TB1 to progress to the next stage of the programme.

Students require 120 credits at the end of TB2 to progress to the dissertation stage.

A merit may be awarded to a student who obtains an average of 60% for stages 1 and 2, and 60% for the dissertation.

A distinction may be awarded to a student who obtains an average of 65% for stages 1 and 2, and 70% for the dissertation.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Cultural Encounters	MODLM0002	20	Mandatory	TB-2
Dissertation (Comparative Literatures and Cultures)	MODLM0019	60	Mandatory	AYEAR
Institutions of Culture	MODLM0022	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Research Skills	MODLM0021	20	Mandatory	TB-2
Students must also take three of the following optional units
Global Cultures of the Book	MODLM0015	20	Optional	TB-2
The Cultural Imagination of Gender	MODLM0023	20	Optional	TB-2
Theorizing Violence: Colonial Encounters and Anticolonial Reactions	MODLM0025	20	Optional	TB-1
Foreign Language Skills for Postgraduate Students (Beginners and Intermediate)	MODLM0030	20	Optional	TB-4
Foreign Language Skills for Postgraduate Students (Advanced)	MODLM0031	20	Optional	TB-4
Translation and International Film Distribution	MODLM0040	20	Optional	TB-2
Pan-Africanism: ideas and archives	MODLM0045	20	Optional	TB-2
Supervised Individual Study	MODLM0049	20	Optional	TB-1,TB-2
Tradition and Experimentation in Twentieth-Century European Fiction	MODLM2034	20	Optional	TB-2
The Rise of the Novel in 19th-Century Europe	MODLM2035	20	Optional	TB-1
Theories of Visual Culture: Text and Image	MODLM2048	20	Optional	TB-1
Museums and Heritage: Critical Perspectives	ARCHM0076	20	Optional	TB-2
Anthropology of Disability and Difference	ARCHM0083	20	Optional	TB-2
Cultural Heritage of the Built Environment	ARCHM0084	20	Optional	TB-1
Victorian Literature and Place	ENGLM0034	20	Optional	TB-2
Renaissance Literature: Texts and Contexts	ENGLM0037	20	Optional	TB-1
The Gothic	ENGLM0040	20	Optional	TB-2
Literature and the Environment: Diverse Perspectives	ENGLM0066	20	Optional	TB-1
Writing in the Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Uranium	ENGLM0067	20	Optional	TB-2
Rewriting the Bible	ENGLM0069	20	Optional	TB-2
Romantic Poetry and Poetics	ENGLM3009	20	Optional	TB-1
Hamlet: Text and Interpretation	ENGLM3012	20	Optional	TB-2
Intertextual Shakespeare	ENGLM3013	20	Optional	TB-2
Space, Comparison and Empire	MODLM0051	20	Optional	TB-1
Contemporary Global Chinese Literature and Visual Arts	MODLM0050	20	Optional	TB-2
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Progression/award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7(M) unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Exit awards

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to exit from the programme with a postgraduate diploma or certificate.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.

Degree classifications:

An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds but is permitted in designated programmes (as set out in the programme specification) where students choose to withdraw from the intended programme but otherwise achieve the necessary credit points for the exit award.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.

Diploma/certificate stages:

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.

Additional progress information

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.