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Programme code | 1ENGL005U |
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Programme type | Joint Honours (UG) |
Programme director(s) |
Anthony Everett (Philosophy)
John Lee (English) |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
School/department | Department of English |
Second School/department | Department of Philosophy |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Relevant QAA subject benchmark groups |
English (2023) (benchmark statement)
Philosophy (2019) (benchmark statement) |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 3 years (full time) |
Philosophy:
This programme is designed to offer students a thorough understanding of Philosophy as it is practised in the analytic tradition. The wide ranging and flexible curriculum provides a programme of study which has progressive intellectual challenges and consolidates previous experience at each new level.The mandatory units at level C provide all students with (a) a basic knowledge of some fundamental problems of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and political philosophy (b) a basic competence in logic and the analysis of arguments and (c) the skills of reading and writing required in analytic philosophy. At levels I and H students choose from a wide range of options, taught by specialists in the areas of their own research, some text-based and others topic-based, ranging from ethics and political philosophy to philosophy of physics. Students are also expected to write a number of final essays which give them the opportunity both to explore areas in more depth and detail and to develop their own research skills. Students successfully completing the programme will be fully competent to continue with postgraduate study, but the programme also provides training in a wide range of transferable skills which serve as the foundation for many types of career.
English:
Joint Honours students take half the Single Honours English Programme. The programme is designed to provide a general knowledge and understanding of literature in English from the earliest times to the present. In this provision, the Department of English is committed to maintaining a balance between established traditions of literary study and the latest developments in the subject. The aims of the programme are that students should develop reading skills and critical and conceptual awareness, and that they should acquire a sense of the various genres and modes of literature and of its chronology and contexts, without inertly accepting received ideas of literary history or critical approach. Students are encouraged to read many of the most widely known authors in English, while also being given opportunities to develop their own interests in particular authors and topics, under the tuition of specialists in the various areas of study.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Acquisition of knowledge and understanding through lectures, seminars and tutorials (1,2,3,4,5). Directed reading with a strong emphasis on primary materials (1,3,4,5). Regular problem classes (2). Tutorials and seminars to encourage student participation and advance understanding of difficult materials (1,3,4,5). Formative feedback on assessment is given through individual tutorials (for most units) and written comments. (1,2,3,4,5). |
Methods of Assessment | |
Coursework essays, testing understanding of a single topic in detail (1,3,4,5). Exams, testing breadth of knowledge of different subjects (1,2,4,5). Class tests and exercises in logic (2). An extended essay, testing the ability of students to research a subject of their own choice in detail (3,4,5). Coursework essays, logic exercises, and level C exams are formative; Level I and H exams and Extended essays are summative. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Lectures provide knowledge, enhance understanding, and serve to exemplify the characteristic virtues of analytic philosophy. Seminars and group tutorials aid understanding, and provide forums in which students can discuss philosophical issues with each other and with tutors. Problem classes in logic help students develop their analytical and argumentative skills. Coursework essays give students the opportunity to read widely and reflect carefully on the material covered in lectures and seminars. The extended essay gives level H students the opportunity for more intensive and independent research into chosen topics in Philosophy. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Essay writing tests the students' ability to read widely, analyse information and present reasoned arguments (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,13). Examinations test the students' ability to assimilate information, assess and present arguments, and criticise difficult material in a concise and lucid manner (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,13). Essay tutorials assist the students' ability to respond appropriately to criticism, to articulate and modify positions and arguments, and to develop a number of intellectual virtues (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13). The presentation and group discussion of seminar papers develop the students' skills in communication and virtues in intellectual debate (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13). Problem classes test the students' ability in logic (3,5,6,7). The extended Essay tests the students' ability to pursue an independent line of research, and to present the fruits of that research in a professional manner (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,13). |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Seminars and tutorials are used to develop oral communication by requiring students to engage in class discussions and to give short presentations to initiate discussion, including defending their interpretations and arguments in debate with other students and staff (1,2, 4, 5, 8, 10) Research and written communication skills are developed through feedback on essays (2,3, 6, 8, 10). Students are given guidance in the use of electronic resources, and are informed of opportunities for C&IT training (6,7). Writing essays (especially Extended essays) for set deadlines encourages self-motivation and self-reliance, as well as independence of thought (1,6, 8, 10). |
Methods of Assessment | |
Examinations test the ability of the students to provide crisp and lucid presentations of difficult ideas and arguments. (3.9.10) Essays (especially Extended essays) test the ability of students to research their materials and to present ideas and arguments in a lucid and professional manner (1,2,3,6,7,8,10). |
Embedded within the curriculum |
To follow |
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Co-curricular opportunities |
To follow |
Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
Year 1 of the programme has been designed to lay the foundations, both in terms of subject-specific knowledge and skills and in terms of more general abilities, which will allow students to fulfil the programme's aims and objectives. By the end of the year, students should have a basic knowledge of some central areas of the subject (metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and political philosophy) and some crucial philosophical skills, including competence in formal logic and familiarity with the aims and methods of analytic philosophy. They should also be developing their skills in essay-writing and in discussing philosophical issues in tutorials. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
Students further develop their skills and knowledge by choosing from a menu of options. These options are more demanding than level C units both in terms of the difficulty of the materials studied and of the amount of independent critical thinking required of the students. By the end of the year they should be capable of reading difficult and technical material (eg modern journal articles), grasping their arguments, and debating them in seminars with their peers. The two mandatory units, 'Realism' and 'Normativity', provide all level I students with basic knowledge and skills for more advanced level H units. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
Students further develop their skills and knowledge by choosing from a range of advanced options, taught by specialists in the areas of their own research. By the end of the year they should be capable of thinking critically and working independently. Students' capacity for intensive and independent research is further tested by the system of Extended essays. |
Level M/7 - Masters |
For the MSci Mathematics and Philosophy programme - all students take the 'History and Philosophy of Mathematics' unit from the PHS M.A. programme. Two finals essays (or a 20-credit project) further test their capacity for independent study. |
The intended learning outcome mapping document shows which mandatory units contribute towards each programme intended learning outcome.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials and one-to-one supervisions and consultations. Lectures provide a structured overview of core texts and critical approaches, particularly in mandatory units in Years 1 and 2. Tutorials offer opportunity for in-depth analysis and critical response in discussion with tutor and peers. Seminars and workshops offer flexible formats for a range of activities, which may include presentations, group work, open discussion and topic-based tasks. Tutorials, seminars and workshops are opportunities for deeper examination of subject content. Supplementary methods may include contributions to online forums, formative writing tasks, directed preparation tasks. Directed reading of literary texts and criticism. Independent reading, research and writing. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Coursework essays of various lengths which involve extensive written analysis, knowledge and understanding of the texts. Methods of assessment to complement coursework essays include but are not limited to: Critical commentaries, annotated bibliographies, individual and group presentations with handout, unseen examinations, take-home examinations, poster presentations, online discussions. Portfolios of short writing tasks may include critical responses, blog posts, reviews, reflective journals. At levels I and C, special subjects allow students to address research-engaged topics in detail and depth. At level H, an optional dissertation (choice between one-semester and two-semester projects). Methods are mapped to level of study; see section 17. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Intellectual skills are developed through diverse methods including lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials, seminar presentations, individual supervision, and structured online activity. Lectures promote active listening, note-taking, synthesis of information delivered orally and visually, and encourage independent investigation beyond the core curriculum; Seminars, workshops, tutorials and one-to-one supervisions and consultations cultivate the ability to work constructively with others, responding to changing individual and group dynamics; Tutorials promote confidence in collaborative analysis in a small-group setting. Studying a broad and diverse range of primary and secondary texts in printed, digital and other forms; Communication and discussion of ideas; Independent research into set and self-devised topics; Extensive use of libraries and digital resources; Direct instruction, facilitated opportunities for active questioning and debate with peers and tutors, peer critique and feedback; Occasional sessions outside the classroom (including performances, field trips to libraries, archives, exhibitions etc.). |
Methods of Assessment | |
A variety of assessment methods are used as per individual unit aims and objects. Coursework essays of various lengths which involve extensive written analysis test the ability to analyse texts and present reasoned arguments. Unseen and take-home exams test problem-solving and improvisation skills. Presentations (individual and group) test the ability to select and analyse relevant materials, to present clear arguments, and to work individually and in teams (as relevant). Research skills are assessed by means of extended written coursework and an optional dissertation. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Seminars and tutorials develop oral communication by requiring students to engage in group work, open discussions, and to give short talks/presentations to initiate discussion. The ability to think and work independently is stimulated by coursework essay and dissertation tasks. The full range of scheduled teaching, independent study and assessments promotes independent managing of multiple kinds of work and task according to deadlines. |
Methods of Assessment | |
A variety of assessment methods are used as per individual unit aims and objects. Coursework essays of various lengths which involve extensive written analysis test the ability to analyse texts and present reasoned arguments. Unseen and take-home exams test problem-solving and improvisation skills. Research skills are assessed by means of extended written coursework and an optional dissertation. Presentations (individual and group) test the ability to select and analyse relevant materials, to present clear arguments, and to work individually and in teams (as relevant). |
Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
Students are expected to acquire the foundations on which to develop appropriate expertise in line with the aims and objectives of the programme. They will acquire familiarity with some authors, themes, contexts and concepts of study in English literature from the early medieval period to the early eighteenth century. They will be introduced to some of the major theoretical and critical preoccupations informing degree-level English studies, and technical terms, literary conventions and contexts appropriate for critical analysis. Students will be introduced to the conventions of scholarly discourse and presentation, become familiar with academic writing as a critical practice, receive some training in IT skills, and begin to develop research skills and good study habits. They will also develop communication skills through formative writing exercises and group oral presentations. Students’ work may require substantial direction and guidance from tutors, but students will also take the first steps towards choosing their own topics and conducting independent research. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
Students are expected to expand the range and depth of their knowledge in core areas of the discipline, develop their capacity to evaluate material using a variety of critical perspectives, and develop their written and oral communication skills. Students will improve their familiarity with some authors, themes, contexts and concepts of study in English literature from the early eighteenth century to the present day. Students will have the opportunity to deepen and extend their knowledge and understanding of early medieval to early eighteenth century English literature through more specialised options. Working with staff on research-engaged Special Subject units, students will be expected to develop further their understanding of particular topics and authors. Students will have the opportunity to consolidate what they have learned in Year One and to use their knowledge, understanding and skills to evaluate critically and formulate evidence-based arguments. Students will extend their analytical skills and their ability to structure their work and present it fluently. They are expected to develop their capacity for self-directed learning (for example, through the researching and writing of essays and coursework assignments). |
Level H/6 - Honours |
At level H students are expected to broaden and deepen their knowledge, and to apply relevant conceptual and methodological approaches to more complex and specialised topics in literary study. Students will be encouraged to demonstrate independence as learners and in their own critical judgements, and to reflect both on the nature of literary study as a discipline and their own progress as critics of literature and culture. Students will have the opportunity to deepen and extend their knowledge and understanding of the main authors, themes, contexts and concepts of study in English literature from the early eighteenth century to the present day through more specialised options. Working with staff on research-engaged Special Subject units, students will be expected to demonstrate their ability to engage in sophisticated critical evaluation of particular texts, topics and authors. Students will also have the opportunity to undertake an independently conceived and researched dissertation conducted either over 15 or 30 weeks. Students will be able to demonstrate skills valued in graduate employment, including critical, analytic and research skills, and competence in oral and written communication, as well as time-management and organisational skills. |
Level M/7 - Masters |
Not relevant |
The intended learning outcome mapping document shows which mandatory units contribute towards each programme intended learning outcome.
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the undergraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
UG Workload Statement
Success as an undergraduate student depends on you being able to make the transition to self-motivated, independent learning. Programmes are designed to assist you in this development, in many cases by starting with units in which timetabled teaching, such as lectures and practical classes, provides the foundations of knowledge and skills in a subject, moving on to individual research-based work. Over time you will be expected to take increasing responsibility for your own learning, guided by the feedback on your work that you will receive. At the heart of your studies at every level there must be regular and disciplined individual reading, reflection and writing and it is this skill of independent studies, above all others, that will serve you best when you leave the University.
Most programmes use credits and a 20 credit unit broadly equates to about 200 hours of student input. This includes all activities related to the teaching, learning and assessment of taught units.
A component of this is the time that you spend in class, in contact with the teaching staff, which includes activities such as lectures, laboratories, tutorials and fieldwork. Some of this activity may be online and could consist of activity that is synchronous (using real-time environments such as Blackboard Collaborate) or asynchronous (using tools such as tutor moderated discussion forums, blogs or wikis).
In some programmes there are field courses and/or placements that will take place in concentrated periods of time.
Outside scheduled activities you are expected to pursue your own independent learning to build your knowledge and understanding of the subjects you are studying. Such independent activities include, reviewing lecture material, reading textbooks, working on examples sheets, completing coursework, writing up laboratory notes, preparing for in-class progress tests and revising for examinations.
We recognise that many students undertake paid employment. To achieve a sensible balance between work and study, you are advised to undertake paid work for no more than 15 hours per week in term-time.
Professional Programmes
Many undergraduates in the Faculty of Health Sciences will be following the professional programmes of:
For these professional programmes, full time attendance is compulsory unless absence is formally approved. Academic activities are timetabled throughout the 5-day week and student workload is around 40 hours per week on average. Where possible, students in the early years are permitted Wednesday afternoons for sport and extra-curriculum activities. This may not be available in later years of professional programmes as when a student progresses through the curricula there is an increasing exposure to clinical and professional activities. Students in clinic or on placements may need to stay later than core times of 08.00 – 18.00 or even overnight to observe out-of-hours activities. This increasing exposure to clinical activities means that students on these professional programmes often have longer term dates than the University standard. Individual years within programmes are likely to vary in length (for example because of the timings of placements) and further information on this will be found in individual programme regulations. Another important point to note is that many of the assessments sit outside of the standard University examination timetable and are likely to be more frequent meaning that students will more oftentimes be engaged in revision activities and self-directed learning.
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty Assessment and Feedback Statement for Undergraduate Students. University of Bristol access only.
Philosophy:
An exchange scheme exists with the university of Maryland, allowing one or two Bristol students to spend the whole of their second year in Maryland. This is primarily designed for Single Honours Philosophers, but is sometimes possible for J.S. students after proper consultation & negotiation with J.S. partner departments.
English:
The Department accepts annually a large number of Study Abroad Programme students (especially from the USA, but also from elsewhere overseas).
The Department also has special links under the SOCRATES scheme with the University of Bologna (Italy), the University of Paris-Sorbonne, the University Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand (France) and Charles University, Prague.
The Philosophy department webpage and the undergraduate handbook.
English:
Ms Julie Sealey
Admissions Secretary
Department of English
3/5 Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1TB
Tel: (0117) 928 7787
E-mail: julie.sealey@bristol.ac.uk
WWW: http://www.bris.ac.uk/english
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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List A - Take 40 CP | |||||
Logic and Critical Thinking | PHIL10032 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
Critical Issues | ENGL10017 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
List B | |||||
Introduction to Philosophy A | PHIL10005 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
List D | |||||
Approaches to Poetry | ENGL10039 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 | |
List E - Take 40 CP | |||||
Literature 1550-1740 | ENGL10043 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 | |
Introduction to Philosophy B | PHIL10006 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 | |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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You must take at least 40 CP of English and at least 40 CP of Philosophy units | |||||
List A - Take the Philosophy unit and choose 20 CP in English from list A or list D | |||||
Literature 1740-1900 | ENGL20063 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Realism and Normativity | PHIL20046 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
List B - Choose 20 CP from this list unless you take 40 CP in list A. If you choose an ENGL unit from List B, you can not also take an ENGL unit from List E2 | |||||
African American Literature | ENGL20111 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
American Literature: 1945 to Present | ENGL29007 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Creative Writing, Prose Fiction: Representing the World | ENGL20113 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
Eighteenth-Century Women's Writing | ENGL20031 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Poetry of the 1960s | ENGL20032 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Revenge Tragedy | ENGL29008 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Fairy Tale in English | ENGL20028 | 20 | Optional | TB-1,TB-2 | |
Literature and Trauma: 1900 to the present | ENGL20129 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Utopian Literature | ENGL20058 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Philosophy of Language | PHIL20017 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List C - Choose 20 CP | |||||
Writing the City: London 1550-1740 | ENGL20069 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Shakespeare | ENGL20068 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Philosophy of Mathematics | PHIL20039 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Death, dying and disease | PHIL20049 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List D - Choose 20 CP from this list or from list B. You must choose ENGL20064 from this list if you take only 20 CP in list A | |||||
Literature 1900-present | ENGL20064 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophy of Mathematics | PHIL20039 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Death, dying and disease | PHIL20049 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List E - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Arthurian Literature | ENGL20060 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Chaucer and Chaucerians | ENGL20061 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Old English Language and Literature | ENGL20065 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Ethics | PHIL20011 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Space, Time and Matter | PHIL20053 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List E2 - Choose 20 CP from this list or from list F. If you select an ENGL unit from List E2, you cannot also take an ENGL unit from List B | |||||
American Avant Garde | ENGL20114 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-2 |
Black British Literature | ENGL20041 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Border-Worlds | ENGL20135 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Contemporary Multi-Ethnic Writing of America | ENGL20019 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Creative Writing: Poetry | ENGL20051 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Dangerous Books | ENGL20023 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Drinking in the words: The pleasures and pains of alcohol in British fiction and culture | ENGL20127 | 20 | Optional | E | TB-2 |
Gender, Desire and the Renaissance Stage | ENGL20206 | 20 | Optional | E | TB-2 |
Literature and the Sea: The Seafarer to The Shipping News | ENGL20020 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Large, Loose, Baggy Monsters: Victorian Fiction and Novel Form | ENGL20128 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Author as Character | ENGL20048 | 20 | Optional | E | TB-2 |
Writing the Margins: Early Modern Race, Gender, and Nation | ENGL20131 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Writing the Working Classes | ENGL20030 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Art of Grief | ENGL20116 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List F - Choose 20 CP from this list or from list E2 | |||||
Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists A-E above | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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You must take at least 40 CP of English and at least 40 CP of Philosophy units | |||||
List A - Choose one 20cp PHIL unit from this list. You may also opt to take one 20cp English unit from this list. If you do take 2 x 20cp units from List A, this would be in place of 1 x 20cp unit from Lists C,E2,F | |||||
Victorian Fiction: Art and Ideas in the Marketplace | ENGL30117 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Novel Territories: Eighteenth-century Prose Fiction | ENGL30115 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Philosophy of Science | PHIL30049 | 20 | Optional | C,D | TB-2 |
Philosophical Issues of Physical Sciences | PHIL30052 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Philosophy of Biology | PHIL30063 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Ethics of Migration and Citizenship | PHIL30118 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Probability and Rationality | PHIL30078 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Evil, Deviance, and Crime | PHIL30127 | 20 | Optional | A,B | TB-1 |
List B - Choose 20 cp from this list - f you take an English unit from this list, you may NOT take an English unit from List E2 | |||||
Hero or traitor? Outlaws in Literature | ENGL30069 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Illness Narratives | ENGL30089 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Modernism and the Movies | ENGL30128 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Literature's Children | ENGL39015 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Representing HIV/AIDS | ENGL30141 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
Shakespearean Tragedy: Textual and Literary Criticism | ENGL39027 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Spanish Civil War in British and American Writing | ENGL30058 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Women on the Verge: Gender and Experimentation in the 20th/21st Century | ENGL30149 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
Writing the Self: Literature and Autobiography | ENGL30107 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Women on the Verge: Gender and Experimentation in the 20th/21st Century | ENGL30149 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
Writing the Self: Literature and Autobiography | ENGL30107 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Ethics of Migration and Citizenship | PHIL30118 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Probability and Rationality | PHIL30078 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Evil, Deviance, and Crime | PHIL30127 | 20 | Optional | A,B | TB-1 |
First Extended Essay | PHIL30107 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Philosophy and History of Medicine | PHIL30082 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List C - lIf you take a 40cp unit from List E, choose 1 x 20cp unit from List C, E2 or F | |||||
American Revolutions | ENGL30108 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Literatures of Decolonisation | ENGL30147 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Philosophy of Biology | PHIL30063 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Philosophy and History of Medicine | PHIL30082 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Philosophy of Science | PHIL30049 | 20 | Optional | C,D | TB-2 |
Philosophy of Psychology | PHIL30077 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophy of Mathematics | PHIL30090 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Feminist Philosophy | PHIL30123 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophy in the Digital Age | PHIL30132 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Themes in Ethics | PHIL30137 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List D - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Celebrity Culture: Icons, Industry and Aesthetics | ENGL30110 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Literature - Enslavement - Liberation | ENGL30142 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophy of Science | PHIL30049 | 20 | Optional | C,D | TB-2 |
Philosophy of Psychology | PHIL30077 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Death, dying and disease | PHIL30115 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Themes in Modern European Philosophy 2 | PHIL30117 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Feminist Philosophy | PHIL30123 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophy in the Digital Age | PHIL30132 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Themes in Ethics | PHIL30137 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophy of Mathematics | PHIL30090 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List E - Choose 1 x 20cp or 1 x 40cp unit from this list. | |||||
Creative Writing Dissertation | ENGL30126 | 20 | Optional | E | TB-2 |
Dissertation | ENGL30112 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Dissertation (English) | ENGL39024 | 20 | Optional | B,E | TB-2 |
Second Extended Essay | PHIL30108 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List E2 - If you take a 40cp unit from List E, choose 1 x 20cp unit from List C, E2 or F | |||||
Charles Dickens | ENGL39020 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Literature and Medicine | ENGL39011 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Modernist Writers | ENGL30140 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Homing Desires/Imaginary Homelands: Representing South Asia and its Diasporas | ENGL30145 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The History of the Language of English Literature | ENGL30123 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Writing the Anthropocene 1945-Present | ENGL30124 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Writing for Art | ENGL39019 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Victorian Materialities | ENGL30079 | 20 | Optional | E | TB-2 |
Medievalism in the Modern Age | ENGL30150 | 20 | Optional | E | TB-2 |
List F - If you take a 40cp unit from List E, choose 1 x 20cp unit from List C, E2 or F | |||||
Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists A-E above | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
Students may not take PHIL30115 if they have already taken PHIL20049 | |||||
English and Philosophy (BA) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
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.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
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).
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.
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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