Programme structure: German and Russian (BA) - what's running in 2017/18

Mandatory Units German Language 2 (Post A-level) or German Language 2 (ab-initio and post-GCSE, 40 credits) and Russian Language 2 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
German Language 2 (Post A-Level)	GERM20001	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Instead of the above, students who took German ab initio GERM19003 in their first year should take this unit
German Language post ab initio	GERM20032	20	Optional		TB-4
Students must choose at least one but no more than three units from the following list:
Franz Kafka	GERM22033	20	Optional		TB-2
'Talking to Tyrants' Politics, Thought and Drama in 1780s Germany	GERM20030	20	Optional		TB-1
From Caligari to Hitler: German Film 1919-1945	GERM20033	20	Optional		TB-1
Structures and Varieties of German	GERM20035	20	Optional		TB-1
Contemporary Politics and Popular Culture in the German-speaking Media	GERM20036	20	Optional		TB-1
'1968' in History, Word and Image	GERM20038	20	Optional		TB-2
Plus
Russian Language 2	RUSS20008	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Students must choose at least one but no more than two units from the following list:
The Struggle for Russia: 19th-century Debates on Self and Society	RUSS20012	20	Optional		TB-2
‘Hedgehogs and Foxes’: The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel 2019	RUSS20013	20	Optional		TB-1
Chekhov on the World Stage	RUSS20014	20	Optional		TB-1
Intermediate Czech Language	RUSS20043	20	Optional		TB-4
Thaws and Freezes: The Soviet Union after Stalin	RUSS20051	20	Optional		TB-2
Students may choose up to two units from the following list:
Political Systems of Modern Europe	MODL20008	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Linguistics	MODL23013	20	Optional		TB-1
Gender in Post-Socialist Central and Eastern Europe	MODL20011	20	Optional		TB-1
Students may choose up to one unit from the following list:
Catalan Language (Elementary)	MODL23014	20	Optional		TB-4
Czech Language (Elementary)	MODL23015	20	Optional		TB-4
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).