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

The following units are must pass: Italian Language 2 and Spanish Language 2 . 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
Italian Language 2	ITAL20001	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Students must choose at least one but no more than two units from the following list:
Italian Memories of the 2nd World War	ITAL20016	20	Optional		TB-2
The Invention of the Renaissance Woman	ITAL20029	20	Optional		TB-2
Dante's Inferno	ITAL20024	20	Optional		TB-1
Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change	ITAL29007	20	Optional		TB-2
Destination Italy: Cultural Responses to Migration	ITAL20032	20	Optional		TB-1
Plus
Spanish Language	HISP20101	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Students must choose one but no more than two units from the following list:
Writing, Society and Politics in Franco's Spain	HISP20038	20	Optional		TB-2
Race, Religion, and Gender: Readings in the History of the Iberian Atlantic World, 1430-1830	HISP20062	20	Optional		TB-2
Republic, War and Dictatorship in Spain, 1931 - 1975	HISP20076	20	Optional		TB-1
Novels, Poetry and Politics in Twentieth Century Latin America	HISP20077	20	Optional		TB-1
El Siglo de las Luces: Literature and Society in Spain 1700-1814	HISP20083	20	Optional		TB-2
Languages of the Iberian Peninsula	HISP20088	20	Optional		TB-2
Women's Writing in Post-War Spain	HISP21309	20	Optional		TB-1
From Frontiers to Football: South American History 1850-1950	HISP20102	20	Optional		TB-1
Conflict and Transformation in the Visual Arts of the Hispanic World	HISP20103	20	Optional		TB-2
Crime and corruption in contemporary Hispanic literature	HISP20097	20	Optional		TB-2
Identity and belonging in contemporary Venezuela	HISP20098	20	Optional		TB-1
African Presence in Latin America: Nation and Representation	HISP20100	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 in 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).