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Programme structure: History of Art and Portuguese (BA) - what's running in 2023/24

HISP30302 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
You must take at least 40 CP of HISP-coded units and at least 40 CP of Hart-coded units
List A - Take 40 CP from this list, including the mandatory language unit. Students may choose to take their 20 CP of optional units from List F instead.
Modernism and the 'Black Atlantic' HART30048 20 Optional TB-1
Art of the Northern Renaissance (Level H Lecture Response Unit) HART30043 20 Optional TB-1
Art and Fashion HART30051 20 Optional A TB-1
Art and the Natural World HART30054 20 Optional A TB-1
Portuguese Language for School of Modern Languages and Joint degrees HISP30302 20 Mandatory TB-4
List B - Choose 20 CP from this list OR from List E
Communism in Europe MODL30001 20 Optional TB-1
List C - Choose 20 CP from this list
Hispanic Sociolinguistics HISP30056 20 Optional TB-1
Physical Culture - Visual Culture HART30036 20 Optional TB-2
Artistic Exchange in the Mediterranean HART30029 20 Optional TB-2
Art and Internationalism (Level H Special Subject) HART30042 20 Optional TB-2
The Illustrated Press HART30055 20 Optional C TB-2
Translating in a Professional Context MODL30010 20 Optional TB-1
Catalan Language (follow-on) MODL30011 20 Optional TB-4
Czech Language (follow-on) MODL30012 20 Optional TB-4
Follow-on Portuguese MODL30037 20 Optional TB-4
Liaison Interpreting MODL30006 20 Optional TB-1,TB-2
List D - Choose 20 CP from this list
Approaches to the Artist (Reflective Art History Unit) HART30007 20 Optional TB-2
Religious Art (Reflective Art History Unit) HART30008 20 Optional TB-2
Prints HART30046 20 Optional D TB-2
Studying and Making Early Printed Books  MODL30040 20 Optional TB-2
Transnational Narrative in pre-modern cultures  MODL30041 20 Optional TB-2
List E - Take 20 CP Dissertation unit plus 20 CP from this list or List B
MODL30005 is mandatory for Single Honours Students
Independent Study 1 MODL30005 20 Optional TB-4
Sociolinguistic Anthropology: Language, Culture, and Society MODL30016 20 Optional TB-2
Theoretical Approaches to Language Teaching MODL30036 20 Optional TB-2
Dissertation HART31047 20 Mandatory B TB-4
List F - Choose 20 CP from either list F or from List A or B
Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units instead of 20cp optional unit from Lists A or B OPEN 20 Optional
History of Art and Portuguese (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.

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