Programme structure: Three Modern Languages (BA) for 2021/22 entry cohort

The 3 language units chosen at stage 3 level 6 must follow on from the language units chosen in Year 2. The 3 language units chosen 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
Choose three from the following list (total 60 credit points)
Les Miserables: Readings and Receptions	FREN30030	20	Optional	B	TB-1
Political Cultures of Early Twentieth-Century France	FREN30044	20	Optional		TB-2
French for Business and Enterprise	FREN30047	20	Optional		TB-4
Aesthetics of Revolution and Resistance: 21st-Century Images of North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean	FREN30106	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Intellectuals and the Media in France	FREN30108	20	Optional	B	TB-1
Exiles and Migrants in German Literature	GERM30058	20	Optional		TB-2
Language Variation and Change in German	GERM30074	20	Optional	B,C	TB-1
Screening the Past: Representing History in Contemporary Italian Cinema	ITAL30046	20	Optional	B,C	TB-1
The Theatre of Federico Garcia Lorca	HISP30029	20	Optional	B	TB-1
Spanish for Business	HISP30057	20	Optional		TB-4
Latin American Futurisms	HISP30103	20	Optional		TB-1
Dictatorships, prisons, and writing(s) in the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking worlds	HISP30070	20	Optional	B	TB-1
The Spanish Civil War, 1936 - 1939	HISP30076	20	Optional	D	TB-2
Oceanic Images in Modern Chilean Culture	HISP30084	20	Optional	D	TB-2
The Novels of Carmen Laforet	HISP31026	20	Optional		TB-1
Russia and the World, 1991 - present	RUSS30083	20	Optional	B,C	TB-1
Dress and Identity in Russia through the Ages	RUSS30086	20	Optional	C,E	TB-2
Independent Study 1	MODL30005	20	Optional		TB-4
Liaison Interpreting	MODL30006	20	Optional		TB-1,TB-2
Translating in a Professional Context	MODL30010	20	Optional	C	TB-1
Select one from:
French Language 3	FREN30001	20	Optional		TB-4
German Language 3	GERM30001	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Italian Language 3	ITAL30001	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Russian Language 3	RUSS30001	20	Optional		TB-4
Spanish Language for Hispanic Studies, School of Modern Languages and Joint Degrees	HISP30101	20	Optional		TB-4
Select one from:
French Language 3	FREN30001	20	Optional		TB-4
German Language 3	GERM30001	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Italian Language 3	ITAL30001	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Russian Language 3	RUSS30001	20	Optional		TB-4
Spanish Language for Hispanic Studies, School of Modern Languages and Joint Degrees	HISP30101	20	Optional		TB-4
Select one from:
German Language 3	GERM30001	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Italian Language 3	ITAL30001	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Russian Language 3	RUSS30001	20	Optional		TB-4
Portuguese Language for School of Modern Languages and Joint degrees	HISP30302	20	Optional		TB-4
Three Modern Languages (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.

Additional progress information

An oral distinction may be awarded.

The alternative classified honours degree of Arts (Modern Language Studies) may be awarded on this programme. For further details please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes