What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
What do the Faculty of Arts Categories mean?
Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Faculty of Arts Category | Teaching Block |
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History of the Present | AFAC10011 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 | |
Critical Writing in the Humanities | AFAC10001 | 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 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-2 | |
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-1 | |
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
Epic | CLAS12361 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Classics and Ancient History Options - choose 20 CP from: | |||||
Ancient Historical Writers | CLAS10039 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Historical Survey: Ancient Greece | CLAS10035 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Historical Survey: Ancient Rome | CLAS10036 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Literature | CLAS10038 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Sculpture | CLAS10037 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Greeks and the Supernatural | CLAS10046 | 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 A2 | CLAS12304 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Latin Language Level B1 | CLAS12307 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Latin Language Level B2 | CLAS12308 | 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 | |
Filmmaking through Hitchcock | FATV10006 | 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: | |||||
Readings in Gender and Sexuality | ENGL10053 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-1 |
Texts in a Global Context | ENGL10052 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Transformations | ENGL10046 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
MEDIEVAL STUDIES PATHWAY - Take two of: | |||||
Literature 1150-1550 | ENGL10042 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Literature 1550-1740 | ENGL10043 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Medieval World | HIST10042 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Early Modern World | HIST10043 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Medieval Art | HART10215 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Early-Modern Art | HART10216 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Medieval Studies Options - choose from above or from: | |||||
Historical Studies 1: Western Art Music (up to 1750) | MUSI10045 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Medieval and Renaissance Italy | ITAL10034 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
To take ITAL10034 you must have an A Level or equivalent in Italian | |||||
HISTORICAL STUDIES PATHWAY - must take at least two from the following: | |||||
The Early Modern World | HIST10043 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Medieval World | HIST10042 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Modern World | HIST10048 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
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 | C | TB-1 |
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 | |
The American Century | HIST10044 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Medieval World | HIST10042 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Slavery | HIST10046 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Urban Worlds: From Ancient Baghdad to Las Vegas | HIST10049 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
War and Society | HIST10045 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
LANGUAGE: CZECH PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
Czech Language 1 | RUSS10015 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
And one of: | |||||
Czech Language and Society | RUSS10026 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Introduction to Czech History and Culture | RUSS10038 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGE: FRENCH PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
French Language | FREN10029 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
And one of: | |||||
Shaping France | FREN10008 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Representations of Francophone Cultures | FREN10013 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
LANGUAGE: GERMAN PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
One of: | |||||
German Language 1 (ab initio) | GERM19003 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
German Language 1 (Post A-level) | GERM10009 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
If you take the Post A-level language unit, also choose 20 CP from: | |||||
German Literature and Film: Genres, Texts, Contexts | GERM10035 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Language and Power: Introductions to German History | GERM10039 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
One of: | |||||
Italian Language 1A (Post A-level) | ITAL10001 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Italian Language 1B (ab initio students) | ITAL10002 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
If you take the Post A-level language unit, also choose 20 CP from: | |||||
Medieval and Renaissance Italy | ITAL10034 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Modern Italy | ITAL10033 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGE: PORTUGUESE PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
One of: | |||||
Portuguese Language | HISP10302 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Portuguese Language - Post A Level | HISP10307 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
If you take the Post A-level language unit, you must also take: | |||||
Key Moments in Lusophone History and Culture | HISP10015 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGE: RUSSIAN PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
One of: | |||||
Russian Language (for qualified entrants) | RUSS10036 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Russian Language (ab initio) | RUSS10001 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
If you take the 'for qualified entrants' language unit, you must also take: | |||||
Understanding Russia: Critical Approaches | RUSS10039 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
LANGUAGE: SPANISH PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
One of: | |||||
Spanish Language (Post A level) | HISP10001 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Spanish Language (Ab-initio) | HISP10116 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
If you take the Post A-level language unit, you must also take: | |||||
The Making of the Hispanic World, from 1492 to the present day | HISP10014 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
MUSIC PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
One of: | |||||
Historical Studies 1: Western Art Music (up to 1750) | MUSI10045 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Historical Studies II : Western Art Music (1750 to the present day) | MUSI10046 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
And one of: | |||||
Technical Studies I: Harmony and Harmonic Analysis | MUSI10047 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Composition | MUSI10059 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
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 | |
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 | 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 | TB-2 | |
Topics in Religion and Theology | THRS10063 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Sanskrit I: Grammar | THRS10017 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Sanskrit II: Texts | THRS10018 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Note that Sanskrit fulfils the language requirement of the Liberal Arts programme | |||||
THEATRE PATHWAY - must take: | |||||
Introduction to Performance Practices | THTR10009 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
And one of: | |||||
Producing the Performance | THTR10007 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Staging the Text | THTR10006 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Theatre Options - choose from above or from: | |||||
Introduction to Performance Studies | THTR10008 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Performance Contexts | THTR10003 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
If students have credit points available once they have selected their pathway units, then they may use these remaining credits to take optional units from any of the lists above (within the Faculty of Arts) or may take Open Units (not totalling more than 20 credits) outside the Faculty of Arts. | |||||
Undergraduate Certificate | 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).
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.