Programme structure: Liberal Arts with Study Abroad (MLibArts) - what's running in 2021/22

This integrated Masters programme has been designated as type II: Specialised or Advanced Masters in accordance with the QAA Degree Characteristics Statement. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
History of the Present	AFAC10011	20	Mandatory		TB-2
The Art of Writing	AFAC10016	20	Mandatory		TB-1
Language requirement
20 credit points in an ancient or modern language at appropriate level. Students beginning a language pathway in Year 1, or entering Year 2 from an overseas institution automatically meet this requirement.
Students then take a minimum of 40-60 credit points in their prospective pathway (see below):
ANTHROPOLOGY PATHWAY - must take:
Peoples, Culture and Language	ARCH10017	20	Optional		TB-1
Evolution in Action	ARCH10014	20	Optional		TB-1
Anthropology Options:
Archaeological Practice	ARCH10016	20	Optional		TB-2
Big Ideas in Anthropology	ARCH10012	20	Optional		TB-2
Discovering the Past	ARCH10015	20	Optional		TB-1
Kin, Friends, Lovers and Others	ARCH10019	20	Optional		TB-1
Material Culture (C)	ARCH10013	20	Optional		TB-2
ARCHAEOLOGY PATHWAY - Must Take
Discovering the Past	ARCH10015	20	Optional		TB-1
Archaeological Practice	ARCH10016	20	Optional		TB-2
Archaeology Options
Peoples, Culture and Language	ARCH10017	20	Optional		TB-1
Big Ideas in Anthropology	ARCH10012	20	Optional		TB-2
Evolution in Action	ARCH10014	20	Optional		TB-1
Kin, Friends, Lovers and Others	ARCH10019	20	Optional		TB-1
Material Culture (C)	ARCH10013	20	Optional		TB-2
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY PATHWAY - must take:
Epic	CLAS12361	20	Optional		TB-2
Classics and Ancient History Options - choose 20 CP from:
Historical Survey: Ancient Greece	CLAS10035	20	Optional		TB-1
Historical Survey: Ancient Rome	CLAS10036	20	Optional		TB-2
Sculpture	CLAS10037	20	Optional		TB-1
Thought	CLAS10040	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level A1	CLAS12311	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level A2	CLAS12312	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level B1	CLAS12315	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level B2	CLAS12316	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level A1	CLAS12303	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level B2	CLAS12308	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level A2	CLAS12304	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level B1	CLAS12307	20	Optional		TB-1
Historical Topic: The Hellenistic World	CLAS10034	20	Optional		TB-2
ENGLISH PATHWAY - students take:
One of:
Literature 1550-1740	ENGL10043	20	Optional		TB-2
Literature 1150-1550	ENGL10042	20	Optional		TB-1
You can choose to take both of the Literature units above, or take only one and choose 20 CP from this list:
Critical Issues	ENGL10017	20	Optional		TB-1
Approaches to Poetry	ENGL10039	20	Optional		TB-2
English Options - choose from above or from:
Transformations	ENGL10046	20	Optional		TB-1
HISTORICAL STUDIES PATHWAY - must take at least two from the following:
The Early Modern World: Europe and the Wider World	HIST10065	20	Optional		TB-1
The Early Modern World: The British Isles	HIST10063	20	Optional		TB-1
The Medieval World: The British Isles	HIST10064	20	Optional		TB-2
The Medieval World: Europe and the Wider World	HIST10066	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Early-Modern Art	HART10216	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Medieval Art	HART10215	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Modern Art	HART10217	20	Optional		TB-1
Historical Studies Options - choose from the list above or from:
Approaching the Object	HART10007	20	Optional		TB-1
Approaching the Past	HIST13015	20	Optional		TB-1
The American Century	HIST10044	20	Optional		TB-1
Slavery	HIST10046	20	Optional		TB-2
War and Society	HIST10045	20	Optional		TB-1
Modern Revolutions	HIST10067	20	Optional	B	TB-1
Gender in the Modern World	HIST10069	20	Optional		TB-2
'Fight the Power': Democracy and Protest	HIST10068	20	Optional		TB-2
Landscape (Level C Special Topic)	HART10208	20	Optional		TB-2
The Artist (Level C Special Topic)	HART10209	20	Optional		TB-2
The City (Level C Special Topic)	HART10210	20	Optional		TB-2
FILM PATHWAY - must take:
Filmmaking Fundamentals	FATV10001	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Film and Television Studies	FATV10005	20	Optional		TB-1
Film Options:
Close-Up on Film	FATV10002	20	Optional		TB-2
Close-Up on Television	FATV10004	20	Optional		TB-2
French Pathway- Must Take;
French Language	FREN10029	20	Optional		TB-4
French Options
Shaping France	FREN10008	20	Optional		TB-1
Representations of Francophone Cultures	FREN10013	20	Optional		TB-2
GERMAN PATHWAY - Mandatory for students with German A-Level
German Language 1 (Post A-level)	GERM10009	20	Optional		TB-4
German Pathway- Mandatory for students without German A-Level
German Language 1 (ab initio)	GERM19003	40	Optional		TB-4
German Options:
German Literature and Film: Genres, Texts, Contexts	GERM10035	20	Optional		TB-1
Modern German Thought and Thinkers	GERM10038	20	Optional		TB-2
Language and Power: Introductions to German History	GERM10039	20	Optional		TB-2
ITALIAN PATHWAY - Mandatory for students with Italian A-Level
Italian Language 1A (Post A-level)	ITAL10001	20	Optional		TB-4
Italian Pathway- Mandatory for students without Italian A-Level
Italian Language 1B (ab initio students)	ITAL10002	40	Optional		TB-4
Italian Options
Medieval and Renaissance Italy	ITAL10034	20	Optional		TB-1
Modern Italy	ITAL10033	20	Optional		TB-4
PORTUGUESE PATHWAY - Mandatory for students with Portuguese A-Level
Portuguese Language - Post A Level	HISP10307	20	Optional		TB-4
Portuguese Pathway- Mandatory for students without Portuguese A-Level
Portuguese Language	HISP10302	40	Optional		TB-4
Portuguese Options
Key Moments in Lusophone History and Culture	HISP10015	20	Optional		TB-4
RUSSIAN PATHWAY - Mandatory for students with Russian A-level
Russian Language (for qualified entrants)	RUSS10036	20	Optional		TB-4
Russian Pathway- Mandatory for students without Russian A-level
Russian Language (ab initio)	RUSS10001	40	Optional		TB-4
Russian Options
Introduction to Russian Literature	RUSS10037	20	Optional		TB-2
Understanding Russia: Critical Approaches	RUSS10039	20	Optional		TB-4
SPANISH PATHWAY - Mandatory for students with Spanish A-level
Spanish Language (Post A level)	HISP10001	20	Optional		TB-4
Spanish Pathway- Mandatory for students without Spanish A-level
Spanish Language (Ab-initio)	HISP10116	40	Optional		TB-4
Spanish Options
The Making of the Hispanic World, from 1492 to the present day	HISP10014	20	Optional		TB-1
Critical Concepts in the Study of the Hispanic World	HISP10010	20	Optional		TB-2
MUSIC PATHWAY - Must Take:
Technical Studies I: Harmony and Harmonic Analysis	MUSI10047	20	Optional		TB-4
And one of:
Music and Society 1	MUSI10061	20	Optional		TB-1
Music and Society 2	MUSI10060	20	Optional		TB-2
Music Options
Practical studies: Performance	MUSI10058	20	Optional		TB-4
Composition	MUSI10059	20	Optional		TB-4
RELIGION & THEOLOGY PATHWAY - must take:
Approaches to the Study of Religion	THRS10030	20	Optional		TB-1
And one of:
Living Religions East	THRS10065	20	Optional	D	TB-2
Living Religions West	THRS10064	20	Optional		TB-1
Religion & Theology Options - choose from above or from:
Issues in the Study of Religion	THRS10031	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Introduction to Sanskrit I: Grammar	THRS10017	20	Optional		TB-1
Note that Sanskrit fulfils the language requirement of the Liberal Arts programme
PHILOSOPHY PATHWAY - must take:
One of:
Introduction to Philosophy A	PHIL10005	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Philosophy B	PHIL10006	20	Optional		TB-2
And:
Logic and Critical Thinking	PHIL10032	20	Optional		TB-1
Philosophy Options - choose from above or from:
Readings in Value Theory	PHIL10033	20	Optional		TB-1
Knowledge and Reality	PHIL10034	20	Optional		TB-2
THEATRE PATHWAY - students must take:
Introduction to Performance Practices	THTR10011	20	Optional		TB-1
And one of:
Staging the Text	THTR10006	20	Optional		TB-2
THEATRE OPTIONS - choose from defined list
Should students have credit points available once they have selected their pathway units, then they may use these remaining credits to take optional units (within the Faculty of Arts) or may take Open Units (not totalling more than 20 credits) outside the Faculty of Arts.
Students are also able to select one of the 20 credit point MODL units
Classics of European Cinema	MODL10010	20	Optional		TB-2
Contemporary European Cinema	MODL10009	20	Optional		TB-1
Comparative Literature: What is it and how can we practise it?	MODL10016	20	Optional		TB-1
Music Pathway- Must Take:
Technical Studies I: Harmony and Harmonic Analysis	MUSI10047	20	Optional		TB-4
And one of:
Music and Society 1	MUSI10061	20	Optional		TB-1
Music and Society 2	MUSI10060	20	Optional		TB-2
Music Options
Practical studies: Performance	MUSI10058	20	Optional		TB-4
Composition	MUSI10059	20	Optional		TB-4
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).

Additional progress information

Students are permitted to conditionally progress to the next year of study and make up a credit deficit where they have failed a particular unit or units provided this meets the conditions in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.