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Programme code | 1PHIL009U |
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Programme type | Joint Honours (UG) |
Programme director(s) |
Anthony Everett (Philosophy)
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Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
School/department | Department of Philosophy |
Second School/department | Department of Religion and Theology |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Relevant QAA subject benchmark groups |
Theology and religious studies (2019) (benchmark statement)
Philosophy (2019) (benchmark statement) |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 3 years (full time) |
Theology:
With its distinctive small group seminars and lectures taught by specialist academics, the Bristol programme in Religion and Theology enables its students to:
(a) think critically about the nature and variety of religions;
(b) understand, explain and analyse religion's significant shaping of and complex interaction with the modern world;
(c) explore themes (philosophy, ethics, mysticism, sex, power, and politics) across religions; and
(d) engage with different living religious communities as part of their Bristol degree.
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.
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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Acquisition of 1 is through mandatory units at Level C and I which introduce the student to the five religious traditions, as well as Biblical studies, theology and philosophy of religion (1 and 2) and the Methodology (approaches and issues) of Religious Studies (4). Optional units at Levels C, I and H provide the student with progressively more detailed studies of individual religious traditions from a variety of methodological perspectives (1-7). Units are taught by means of one or more of the following: lectures, small classes, group discussion, student presentations (both as an individual and in groups) and tutor-guided classroom debate. Not all units provide all of the Intended Learning Outcomes, or employ all the teaching methods in an identical manner or to an identical extent. Each unit provides learning opportunities for some or all of elements 1-7 and employs some or all of the teaching methods. Students have the opportunity to develop some or all of elements 1-7, and experience some or all of the teaching methods outlined through completing mandatory and optional units at level C, optional units as level I and mandatory and optional units at level H. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Assessment of the knowledge base delineated in 1-6 is achieved through employing one or more of the following methods of assessment, dependent on the learning outcomes of the unit in question: Diagnostic and Formative Assessment: Oral presentations essays (and the subsequent feedback), class tests, and class participation (3-6). 7 is assessed through class tests and regular language assignments. Summative Assessment: Written examinations, essays, class tests and dissertations (and, at Level C and I, oral presentations and class participation). 7 is assessed through class tests and examinations. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Learning/teaching methods and strategies: Intellectual skills, including discipline-specific skills, (1-8) are taught through a combination of lectures, seminars and language classes, individual essay-preparation meetings and dissertation tutorials. The combination within an individual unit is determined by the learning outcomes of that unit. Lectures introduce students to the description, summary and synthesis of information (2), assessment of arguments (3) and the evaluations of claims (4), as presented by the lecturer. Seminars then provide an opportunity for students to develop skills 1-7 in written form (through seminar papers or notes, essays and examinations) and orally (through individual or group presentations). Training in skill 4-8 is provided through language classes, and developed through the setting of, and feedback on, regular assignments. Skills 1-7 are also developed through essay-preparation meetings (at all levels), and with respect to independent study, (1 and 7), through dissertation tutorials (at level H only). |
Methods of Assessment | |
The assessment of the student’s competence in skills 1-7 is achieved through employing one or more of the following methods of assessment, dependent on the learning outcomes of the unit in question: Summative Assessment: At level C, competence in these skills is assessed through oral presentations and oral contributions to seminars (and the notes thereof), essays and written examinations. At level I, competence in these skills is assessed through oral presentations and oral contributions to seminars (and the notes thereof) essays and examinations. At level H, competence in these skills is assessed through essays, examinations, a dissertation. Language units (B8) are assessed through class tests, examinations and, for some units, essays. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Training in these skills is delivered through lectures, seminars, essay-preparation meetings, dissertation tutorials, group work and both guided and independent reading. These skills are developed through attending class and researching and preparing for one or more of the following: Not all units provide all of the above teaching methods, or employ all the methods of assessment in an identical manner or to an identical extent. Each unit provides learning opportunities for some or all of elements 1-9 and employs some or all of the teaching/assessment methods. Students have the opportunity to develop some or all of elements 1-9, and experience some or all of the teaching/assessment methods through completing mandatory and optional units at level C, optional units as level I and mandatory and optional units at level H [B] means programme outcome can be related to subject benchmark statement |
Methods of Assessment | |
The assessment of the student’s competence in skills 1-9 is achieved through employing one or more of the following methods of assessment, dependent on the learning outcomes of the unit in question: |
Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
At level C, the student is expected to have gained an introductory knowledge and understanding of the five religious traditions outlined in knowledge 1 above, Biblical studies (both Hebrew Bible and New Testament), Theology and Philosophy of Religion and the Methodology of Religion and Theology. Discipline-specific, intellectual skills and key/transferable skills (1-7 and 1-8) will have been developed at a foundational level in accordance with the aims and learning outcomes of particular units. Students opting to take language units will have been expected to gain, in addition to the above, skills 8 and 9. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
At level I, the student is expected to have further developed his/her knowledge and understanding of the religious traditions mentioned in A1 above and/or Biblical Studies (both Hebrew Bible and New Testament) Theology and Philosophy of Religion and the Methodology of Religion and Theology through mandatory units. The opportunity to develop this knowledge and understanding further is provided through optional units which take as their subject matter specific elements of the religious traditions and/or Biblical Studies. A greater degree of independent learning (Intellectual Skills 1, 7, Other Skills 3, 6 and 7) and a greater competence in some or all of the skills of research, group work and oral and written presentation (Intellectual Skills 2-6, Other Skills 1, 2, 4) is expected. Students take examinations in most units and therefore have the opportunity to further develop Other Skill 8. Those students taking language options will be expected to further develop Intellectual Skill 8 and Other Skill 9. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
At level H, the student is expected to develop his/her knowledge and understanding of one or more of the elements of Religion and Theology studied at Level I through optional units and a specified piece of research work (the dissertation unit). Each unit offers learning opportunities in one or more of the following: extensive primary source material research (Intellectual Skill 1, Other Skill 3), increasing independence (in terms of student learning and originality of thought: Intellectual Skill 7, Other Skills 6, 7) and greater competence in oral and written presentation than that expected at level I (Intellectual Skills2-6, Other Skills 1, 2, 4-6). |
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.
Workload Statement
In common with the rest of the University, units in the Faculty of Arts
adhere to the credit framework which sets out that 20 credits normally
equates to some 200 hours of student input. Some of this time will be spent
in class, with the remainder divided between preparation for classes and
preparation for, and completion of, the assessment tasks. Some of this
activity may occur within the University’s online learning environment,
Blackboard, which you may use to prepare wikis, to interact with other
students, to download tutorials or to receive feedback.
Assessment Statement
Please select the following link for a statement about assessment. This is University of Bristol access only.
https://www.bris.ac.uk/arts/current/under/assessment.html
Theology:
There is also a single honours programme in Religion and Theology
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.
Rita.Langer@bristol.ac.uk
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/thrs/
The Philosophy department webpage and the undergraduate handbook.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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Introduction to Philosophy A | PHIL10005 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Philosophy B | PHIL10006 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 | |
Introduction to Formal Logic | PHIL10014 | 10 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
Symposium I in Religion and Theology | THRS10029 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
Plus one of the following: | |||||
Living Religions | THRS10028 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Approaches to the Study of Religion | THRS10030 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Plus units totalling 20cp from: | |||||
Introduction to Sanskrit I: Grammar | THRS10017 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Sanskrit II: Texts | THRS10018 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Greek Language Level A1 | CLAS12311 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Greek Language Level A2 | CLAS12312 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Latin Language Level A1 | CLAS12303 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Latin Language Level A2 | CLAS12304 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Beginners Mandarin Chinese | UWLP10013 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Beginners Japanese | UWLP10012 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Religion and Material Culture | THRS11051 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Renaissance and the Rise of the Modern Age | THRS10041 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Bible and/as Literature | THRS10047 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Religious World of Dante | THRS10050 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Miracles in the Christian Tradition | THRS10055 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Indian Philosophy | THRS10056 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Introduction to Japanese Religions | THRS10059 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Heresy and Reform in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras | THRS10062 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Up to 10 credit points from: | |||||
Philosophical Texts 1: Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion | PHIL10003 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophical Text 3: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics | PHIL10008 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Introduction to the Philosophy of Science | PHIL10015 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophical Texts: Plato | PHIL10024 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Texts in Modern Political Philosophy | PHIL10027 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Texts in Early Modern Philosophy: Empiricism | PHIL10031 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Paradoxes | PHIL10028 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Critical Reasoning | PHIL10030 | 10 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Texts in Early Modern Philosophy: Empiricism | PHIL10031 | 10 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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Realism and Normativity | PHIL20046 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
Students must take 20 credit points from the following: | |||||
Symposium II in Religion and Theology | THRS20097 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Issues in the Study of Religion | THRS20099 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Plus units totalling 40cp from: | |||||
Introduction to Sanskrit 1 | THRS20188 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Sanskrit 2 | THRS20189 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Greek Language Level A1 | CLAS20006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Greek Language Level A2 | CLAS20007 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Latin Language Level A1 | CLAS20008 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Latin Language Level A2 | CLAS20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Beginners Mandarin Chinese | UWLP10013 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Beginners Japanese | UWLP10012 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Early and Premodern Christianity | THRS20100 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Philosophy of Religion | THRS20102 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
3000 Years of Chinese Religions | THRS20103 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Thought of John Calvin | THRS20197 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Torah through the Ages | THRS20213 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Christianity and Islam: Viewing the Other | THRS20203 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Foundations of Buddhist Thought and Practice | THRS20031 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Introduction to the Medical Humanities | HUMS20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
40 credit points from: | |||||
Epistemology | PHIL20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Philosophy of Mind | PHIL20010 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Ethics | PHIL20011 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Political Philosophy | PHIL20012 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
What is democracy, and how should it work? | PHIL20057 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophy of Mathematics | PHIL20039 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Logic 2 | PHIL20036 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Ancient Philosophy | PHIL20040 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Death, dying and disease | PHIL20049 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Texts in Modern European Philosophy 1 | PHIL20050 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Space, Time and Matter | PHIL20053 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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60 credit points should be chosen from the following list, with no more than 40 credits from (a), (b) or (c). | |||||
20 credit points may be chosen from: | |||||
First Extended Essay | PHIL30107 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Second Extended Essay | PHIL30108 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
(a) Philosophy of Science, Mathematics and Logic. Choose no more than 40 credits from: | |||||
Philosophy of Science | PHIL30049 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophical Issues of Physical Sciences | PHIL30052 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Philosophy of Biology | PHIL30063 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Probability and Rationality | PHIL30078 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Philosophy and History of Medicine | PHIL30082 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
(b) Epistemology, Metaphysics, Mind, Language, History of Philosophy. Choose no more than 40 credits from: | |||||
Philosophy of Language | PHIL30047 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Philosophy of Psychology | PHIL30077 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Death, dying and disease | PHIL30115 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Texts in Modern European Philosophy 2 | PHIL30116 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Themes in Modern European Philosophy 2 | PHIL30117 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Space, Time and Matter | PHIL30125 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Classical Chinese Philosophy | PHIL30128 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Philosophy in the Digital Age | PHIL30132 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Social Epistemology of the Internet | PHIL30133 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
(c) Value Theory (Ethics, Political Philosophy, Aesthetics). Choose no more than 40 credits from: | |||||
Philosophy and the Environment | PHIL30112 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Ethics of Migration and Citizenship | PHIL30118 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Virtue and Well-Being | PHIL30126 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Evil, Deviance, and Crime | PHIL30127 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
What is democracy, and how should it work? | PHIL30131 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Students may not take PHIL30115 if they have already taken PHIL20049. Students may not take PHIL30125 if they have already taken PHIL20053. Students may not take PHIL30131 if they have already taken PHIL20057. Students may not take PHIL30124 if they have already taken PHIL20058. | |||||
Students select 60 credit points from the following options: | |||||
Introduction to Sanskrit 1 | THRS30171 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Sanskrit 2 | THRS30172 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Medieval Mystics and Visionaries in Medieval England | THRS30049 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Practice of Tibetan Religion | THRS30096 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Theology and Religious Studies Dissertation | THRS30026 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Death and Afterlife in Buddhism | THRS30101 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Sex, Marriage, and Deviance in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras | THRS30077 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Scripture | THRS30097 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Vatican II and post-conciliar Roman Catholic debates in theology | THRS30086 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Public Role of the Humanities | HUMS30001 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Beyond the Battlefield: Environment and Conflict | HUMS30002 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Dissertation | THRS30100 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Dissertation with fieldwork or community placement | THRS30046 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
The Body in East Asian Thought and Practices | THRS30098 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Greek Language Level A1 | CLAS30006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Greek Language Level A2 | CLAS30007 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Greek Language Level B1 | CLAS30036 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Latin Language Level A1 | CLAS30008 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Latin Language Level A2 | CLAS30009 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Latin Language Level B1 | CLAS30033 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Latin Language Level B2 | CLAS30034 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Intermediate Mandarin Chinese | UWLP30002 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Intermediate Japanese | UWLP30001 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Advanced Japanese | UWLP30003 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Jewish Law | LAWD30010 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Philosophy and Theology (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.
A single assessment mark is produced for each unit. Students who fail in units worth more than 40CPs will fail their degree.
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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