Programme structure: Philosophy and Theology (BA) - what's running in 2021/22

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
You must take at least 40 CP of Theology and at least 40 CP of Philosophy units
List A - Choose one THRS and one PHIL unit from this list
Philosophical Issues of Physical Sciences	PHIL30052	20	Optional		TB-1
Philosophy and the Environment	PHIL30112	20	Optional		TB-1,TB-2
Philosophy of Science	PHIL30049	20	Optional		TB-2
Philosophy of Biology	PHIL30063	20	Optional		TB-1
Evil, Deviance, and Crime	PHIL30127	20	Optional		TB-2
Virtue and Well-Being	PHIL30126	20	Optional		TB-1
The Philosophy and History of Medicine	PHIL30082	20	Optional		TB-1
List B - Choose 20 CP from this list, unless you choose a 40 CP unit in list E
First Extended Essay	PHIL30107	20	Optional		TB-1,TB-2
Theology and Religious Studies Dissertation	THRS30026	20	Optional	E	TB-4
List C - Choose 20 CP from this list or list F
Philosophy of Science	PHIL30049	20	Optional		TB-2
Philosophy of Psychology	PHIL30077	20	Optional		TB-2
Philosophy of Biology	PHIL30063	20	Optional		TB-1
Philosophy and the Environment	PHIL30112	20	Optional		TB-1,TB-2
Introduction to Sanskrit 1	THRS30171	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level A1	CLAS30006	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level A2	CLAS30007	20	Optional		TB-2
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
Atheism	THRS30050	20	Optional		TB-2
Buddhism in Practice	THRS30081	20	Optional		TB-1
List D - Choose 20 CP from this list
Texts in Modern European Philosophy 2	PHIL30116	20	Optional		TB-1
Philosophy of Psychology	PHIL30077	20	Optional		TB-2
Death, dying and disease	PHIL30115	20	Optional		TB-2
Evil, Deviance, and Crime	PHIL30127	20	Optional		TB-2
List E - Choose one unit from this list
Second Extended Essay	PHIL30108	20	Optional		TB-1,TB-2
Dissertation with fieldwork or community placement	THRS30046	40	Optional	D,E	TB-4
Dissertation	THRS30100	40	Optional		TB-4
List F - Choose 20 CP from this list or list C
Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists A-D above. However, you may not take THRS30026 in any combination with either THRS30046 or THRS30100	OPEN	20	Optional
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.
Philosophy and Theology (BA)		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).

Degree classifications:

• First Class Honours 70 and above
• Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
• Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
• Third Class Honours 40-49
• Fail 39 and below

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.