Programme structure: Theology and Sociology (BA) - what's running in 2016/17

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Thinking Sociologically	SOCI10004	20	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
Issues in the Study of Religion	THRS10031	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
Language for General Purposes (Ab-initio Mandarin Chinese)	LANG11047	20	Optional		TB-4
Japanese for General Purposes (ab-initio)	LANG11046	20	Optional		TB-4
Early and Premodern Christianity	THRS10032	20	Optional		TB-2
3000 Years of Chinese Religions	THRS10036	20	Optional		TB-1
The Body, Gender and Religion	THRS10042	20	Optional		TB-2
The Bible in the Academy	THRS10058	20	Optional		TB-2
Philosophical Approaches to Religious Experience	THRS10057	20	Optional		TB-2
Choose open units	OPEN	20	Optional
Two units from the following:
Doing Social Research	SOCI10005	20	Optional		TB-2
Key Social Thinkers	SOCI10006	20	Optional		TB-2
Social Identities and Divisions	SOCI10007	20	Optional		TB-1
Certificate 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).