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Programme structure: English and Classical Studies (BA) - what's running in 2016/17

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
Critical Issues ENGL10017 20 Mandatory TB-1
Students must select one from the following:
Literature 1150-1550 ENGL10042 20 Optional TB-1
Literature 1550-1740 ENGL10043 20 Optional TB-2
And either the other Literature unit or one from the following:
Critical Practice ENGL10041 20 Optional TB-1
Approaches to Poetry ENGL10039 20 Optional TB-2
Texts in a Global Context ENGL10044 20 Optional TB-2
Transformations ENGL10046 20 Optional TB-2
Women Writers ENGL10047 20 Optional TB-2
Students must take either both of the following:
Studying Written Texts CLAS12367 20 Optional TB-1
Epic CLAS12361 20 Optional TB-2
Or one or both of the above may be replaced by Greek or Latin language at an appropriate level:
Greek Language Level A1 CLAS12311 20 Optional TB-1
Greek Language Level B1 CLAS12315 20 Optional TB-1
Latin Language Level A1 CLAS12303 20 Optional TB-1
Latin Language Level B1 CLAS12307 20 Optional TB-1
Greek Language Level A2 CLAS12312 20 Optional TB-2
Greek Language Level B2 CLAS12316 20 Optional TB-2
Latin Language Level A2 CLAS12304 20 Optional TB-2
Latin Language Level B2 CLAS12308 20 Optional TB-2
Students must take 20 credits from the following list:
Late Antiquity CLAS12381 20 Optional TB-1
Film and the Ancient World CLAS12350 20 Optional TB-2
Economy and Society in the Ancient World CLAS12331 20 Optional TB-1
Rome: Republic to Principate CLAS12383 20 Optional TB-1
The Hellenistic World CLAS12382 20 Optional TB-2
Greek and Roman Drama CLAS12363 20 Optional TB-1
Viewing the City of Rome CLAS12357 20 Optional TB-1
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.

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