Programme structure: Spanish and Russian (BA) - what's running in 2021/22

Mandatory Language units HISP20101 and RUSS20008 are 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
Students may take up to two MODL-coded units from the lists below, and must take at least 40 CP in each language studied within the degree programme
List A - Take 40 CP
Spanish Language	HISP20101	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Russian Language 2	RUSS20008	20	Mandatory		TB-4
List B - Choose 20 CP from this list or List D
Latin America in the Twentieth Century: A People's History	HISP20119	20	Optional		TB-1
Women's Writing in Post-War Spain	HISP21309	20	Optional		TB-1
Hedgehogs and Foxes: The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel	RUSS20068	20	Optional		TB-1
General Linguistics	MODL20016	20	Optional		TB-1
Woman and Nation	MODL23017	20	Optional		TB-1
List C - You must choose 20 CP from this list
Republic, War and Dictatorship in Spain, 1931 - 1975	HISP20076	20	Optional		TB-1
Contemporary Latin(x) American Poetry	HISP20115	20	Optional		TB-2
Barcelona: Culture and Representations	HISP20117	20	Optional		TB-2
Queer Writing and Film in the Hispanic World	HISP20118	20	Optional		TB-2
Hedgehogs and Foxes: The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel	RUSS20068	20	Optional		TB-1
Intermediate Czech Language	RUSS20043	20	Optional		TB-4
Revolutionary Russia, 1881-1917	RUSS20066	20	Optional		TB-1
Catalan Language (Elementary)	MODL23014	20	Optional		TB-4
Czech Language (Elementary)	MODL23015	20	Optional		TB-4
Woman and Nation	MODL23017	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to teaching Modern Languages as Foreign Languages	MODL20021	20	Optional		TB-1
Beginners Portuguese	MODL20022	20	Optional		TB-4
List D - Choose 20 CP from this list or List B
Languages of the Iberian Peninsula	HISP20088	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Latin American Cinema	HISP20114	20	Optional		TB-2
Queer Writing and Film in the Hispanic World	HISP20118	20	Optional		TB-2
Engineers of the Human Soul: Soviet Culture and Politics 1917 - 1941	RUSS20060	20	Optional		TB-2
Historical Linguistics	MODL20017	20	Optional		TB-2
List E - You must choose 20 CP from this list
Contemporary Latin(x) American Poetry	HISP20115	20	Optional		TB-2
Queer Writing and Film in the Hispanic World	HISP20118	20	Optional		TB-2
Engineers of the Human Soul: Soviet Culture and Politics 1917 - 1941	RUSS20060	20	Optional		TB-2
List F
Take 20 CP From UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists B-E above if you have selected a language unit (Catalan MODL23014, Czech MODL23015 or Portuguese MODL20022) in list C you are not permitted to select a further language unit from this list.	OPEN	20	Optional
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).