Programme structure: German and Russian (BA) for 2021/22 entry cohort

Mandatory Units GERM30001 and RUSS30001 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
You may take up to two MODL-coded units from lists B-E, including MODL30005. You must take at least 40 CP in each language studied within the degree programme.
List A - Take BOTH units
German Language 3	GERM30001	20	Mandatory	A	TB-4
Russian Language 3	RUSS30001	20	Mandatory		TB-4
List B - Choose 20 CP from this list
Exiles and Migrants in German Literature	GERM30058	20	Optional		TB-2
Language Variation and Change in German	GERM30074	20	Optional	B,C	TB-1
Visibility Matters: Identity, Diversity, and Power in the Cultural Marketplace	GERM30081	20	Optional	B	TB-1
Russia and the World, 1991 - present	RUSS30083	20	Optional	B,C	TB-1
Theatre and Theatricality in Russian Society	RUSS30085	20	Optional	B,C	TB-1
List C - Choose 20 CP from this list
Exiles and Migrants in German Literature	GERM30058	20	Optional		TB-2
Language Variation and Change in German	GERM30074	20	Optional	B,C	TB-1
Advanced Czech Language	RUSS30070	20	Optional		TB-4
Russia and the World, 1991 - present	RUSS30083	20	Optional	B,C	TB-1
Decadence, Decay and Rebirth: Russian & Czech Literature, 1870 - 1914	RUSS30084	20	Optional		TB-2
Theatre and Theatricality in Russian Society	RUSS30085	20	Optional	B,C	TB-1
Dress and Identity in Russia through the Ages	RUSS30086	20	Optional	C,E	TB-2
Translating in a Professional Context	MODL30010	20	Optional	C	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
Decadence, Decay and Rebirth: Russian & Czech Literature, 1870 - 1914	RUSS30084	20	Optional		TB-2
Theoretical Approaches to Language Teaching	MODL30036	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 from this list
Communism in Europe	MODL30001	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Sociolinguistics: Language Variation and Change	MODL30015	20	Optional		TB-2
Gender, Sexuality and Cinema	MODL30018	20	Optional	E	TB-2
MODL30005 is available on programmes of German, Italian and Russian only.
Independent Study 1	MODL30005	20	Optional		TB-4
List F
Take 20 CP From UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists B to E above	OPEN	20	Optional
German and Russian (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