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

Mandatory Unit Russian 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	Teaching Block
Political Concepts	POLI11101	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction	POLI11103	20	Mandatory	TB-2
Approaches to the study of Political Science	POLI11104	20	Mandatory	TB-2
Plus
Introduction to Russian History and Culture	RUSS10033	20	Mandatory	TB-4
Russian Language (ab initio)	RUSS10001	40	Mandatory	TB-4
Students with A Level Russian must take the following units (instead of the 2 units above):
Russian Language (for qualified entrants)	RUSS10036	20	Optional	TB-4
Introduction to Russian History and Culture	RUSS10033	20	Mandatory	TB-4
One of the following:
Czech Language 1	RUSS10015	20	Optional	TB-4
Introduction to Russian Literature	RUSS10037	20	Optional	TB-4
Certificate in 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).

Additional progress information

Please note, the one politics unit that you don't choose from the optional list must be taken in year 2.