Programme structure: Comparative Literatures and Cultures and French (BA) - what's running in 2021/22

Mandatory Unit French Language FREN10029 is must pass. For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
List A:
French Language	FREN10029	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Comparative Literature: What is it and how can we practise it?	MODL10016	20	Mandatory		TB-1
Introduction to Visual Cultures	MODL10018	20	Mandatory		TB-2
List B: Select 20CP optional units from lists B, D, or E
The Making of the Hispanic World, from 1492 to the present day	HISP10014	20	Optional		TB-1
Medieval and Renaissance Italy	ITAL10034	20	Optional		TB-1
Understanding Russia: Critical Approaches	RUSS10039	20	Optional		TB-4
Shaping France	FREN10008	20	Mandatory		TB-1
List D:
The Medieval World	HIST10042	20	Optional		TB-2
Representations: (Re)-Making the World	HUMS10011	20	Optional		TB-2
Living Religions East	THRS10065	20	Optional	D	TB-2
Modern German Thought and Thinkers	GERM10038	20	Optional		TB-2
List E:
Language and Power: Introductions to German History	GERM10039	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Russian Literature	RUSS10037	20	Optional		TB-2
Representations of Francophone Cultures	FREN10013	20	Mandatory		TB-2
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.