This section describes which Units you will take in which year of study. It indicates which
units are mandatory and where you will be able to choose. The overall pass marks you will need
to achieve in order to progress or achieve an award are shown. The full regulations concerning
progression and completion are held in the
University's Regulations and Code of Practice. Any
particular aspects of your programme that are unusual will be highlighted. If any Units are
must pass this will be shown below. The linked unit specifications detail any additional
requirements.
What do the Levels represent?
What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
What do the Faculty of Arts Categories mean?
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Year 1 (2023/24)
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Year 2 (2023/24)
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Year 3 (2023/24)
Unit name |
Unit code |
Credit points |
Status |
Faculty of Arts Category |
Teaching Block |
Transdisciplinary Group Project 2: Solving Someone's Problem
|
INOV20002 |
20 |
Mandatory |
|
TB-2 |
Innovation at Work
|
INOV20004 |
20 |
Mandatory |
|
TB-1 |
Rethinking History
|
HIST23101 |
20 |
Mandatory |
A |
TB-1 |
Choose 20 CP from the following list: |
Africa in Global Perspective
|
HIST20141 |
20 |
Optional |
B |
TB-1 |
The Americas in Global Context
|
HIST20142 |
20 |
Optional |
B |
TB-1 |
Asia in Global Perspective
|
HIST20143 |
20 |
Optional |
B |
TB-1 |
Fear and Loathing
|
HIST20117 |
20 |
Optional |
C |
TB-1 |
Outlaws
|
HIST20120 |
20 |
Optional |
C |
TB-1 |
Crusading Cultures
|
HIST20133 |
20 |
Optional |
|
TB-1 |
Choose 20 CP from the following list: |
Aztecs, Incas and Evangelisers
|
HIST20036 |
20 |
Optional |
|
TB-2 |
Under the Covers: Sex and Modern British Print Culture
|
HIST20138 |
20 |
Optional |
E |
TB-2 |
Hong Kong and the World
|
HIST20135 |
20 |
Optional |
|
TB-2 |
Race, Migration and Diaspora in 19th and 20th Century Britain
|
HIST20136 |
20 |
Optional |
|
TB-2 |
Building Modern Ireland, c. 1850-Present
|
HIST20139 |
20 |
Optional |
|
TB-2 |
Health and Medicine in African History: Actors, Institutions, Ideas
|
HIST20147 |
20 |
Optional |
E |
TB-2 |
Modern Girls and New Women
|
HIST20146 |
20 |
Optional |
|
TB-2 |
Travel and Trade in the Global Middle Ages
|
HIST20132 |
20 |
Optional |
|
TB-2 |
The F Word: Understanding Italian Fascism Then and Now
|
HIST20140 |
20 |
Optional |
E |
TB-2 |
Speaking with Authority: Women and Power in the Middle Ages (Level I Special Field)
|
HIST26024 |
20 |
Optional |
|
TB-2 |
Rebels, Runaways, and Revolts: Agency, Resistance, and Slavery in the United States
|
HIST20129 |
20 |
Optional |
|
TB-2 |
The Age of Revolutions 1776-1848 in Global Perspective
|
HIST20128 |
20 |
Optional |
|
TB-2 |
The Black Death in England
|
HIST20125 |
20 |
Optional |
|
TB-2 |
Choose 20 CP from the following list: |
Decolonisation
|
HIST20116 |
20 |
Optional |
C |
TB-2 |
The Making of Contemporary Britain (1918-2008)
|
HIST20114 |
20 |
Optional |
|
TB-2 |
Disease, Deviance and Disability in Modern Medicine
|
HIST20134 |
20 |
Optional |
C |
TB-2 |
Diploma of Higher Education
|
|
120 |
|
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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
Whilst students may take up to 20cp of open units such as a language, please note this will take them to 130cp total for their second year