Programme structure: Theology (Graduate Diploma: Trinity and Bristol Baptist Colleges) - what's running in 2011/12

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Students must choose a total of 120 credits, of which at least 80 credits must be at Level 6:
Getting into the Old Testament (Trinity & Baptist College)	THRS11038	10	Optional		AYEAR
Getting into the New Testament (Trinity & Baptist College)	THRS11042	10	Optional		AYEAR
Reading the Bible in Its Context and Ours (Trinity & Baptist College)	THRS11039	10	Optional		AYEAR
Essentials of Christian Belief (Trinity & Baptist College)	THRS11040	10	Optional		AYEAR
Following Jesus: Introducing Christian Discipleship (Trinity & Baptist College)	THRS11041	10	Optional		AYEAR
Secular or Sector Placement (Trinity & Baptist College)	THRS20156	20	Optional		AYEAR
Engagement with Context Yr 2 L3 (Trinity & Baptist College)	THRS30135	20	Optional		AYEAR
Church Placement (Trinity & Baptist College)	THRS30134	10	Optional		AYEAR
Engagement with Context Yr1 L2 (Trinity & Baptist College)	THRS20155	20	Optional		AYEAR
Community Placement (Trinity & Baptist College)	THRS20154	10	Optional		AYEAR
The Saving God (Trinity and Baptist College)	THRS30155	10	Optional		TB-1
Proclaiming God's Word (Trinity and Baptist College)	THRS30157	10	Optional		TB-1
Essential Worship: Principles and Practice (Trinity and Baptist College)	THRS30164	10	Optional		TB-1
Navigating Life's Milestones: Responsible Caring (Trinity and Baptist College)	THRS30158	20	Optional		TB-1
Urban Ministry and Mission	THRS30159	10	Optional		TB-1
Integrated Learning Week: Leadership (Trinity and Baptist College)	THRS30160	10	Optional		TB-1
Theology (Graduate Diploma: Trinity and Bristol Baptist Colleges)		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.

Additional progress information

Students who have been awarded the Graduate Diploma and have achieved an average of 55% may then proceed to the Postgraduate Diploma in Theology.

Students who have been awarded the Graduate Diploma and achieved an average of 60% or above may then proceed to the MA in Theology.