Programme structure: Liberal Arts (MLibArts) - what's running in 2018/19

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type II: Advanced Study in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Take both of the following units:
Critical Writing in the Humanities	AFAC10001	20	Optional		TB-1
History of the Present	AFAC10011	20	Optional		TB-2
Numeracy requirement (may be deferred to year 2) - one of:
Arts Students Count	AFAC10004	20	Optional		TB-1
Convincing stories? Numbers as evidence in the social sciences	UNIV10002	20	Optional		TB-1
Students are normally expected to take AFAC10004 Arts Students Count, except in instances where timetabling arrangements prevent them from doing so.
Language requirement (may be deferred to year 2):
20 credit points in an ancient or modern language at appropriate level. PLEASE NOTE Students beginning a language pathway in Year 1 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 - choose from defined list
ARCHAEOLOGY PATHWAY - must take both of the following:
Discovering the Past	ARCH10015	20	Optional		TB-1
Archaeological Practice	ARCH10016	20	Optional		TB-2
ARCHAEOLOGY OPTIONS - choose from defined list
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY PATHWAY - students must take two from:
Epic	CLAS12361	20	Optional		TB-2
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY OPTIONS - students choose from pathway units listed above, or from a defined list of options (which included Latin and Ancient Greek units which fulfil the language requirement of the Liberal Arts programme.)
ENGLISH PATHWAY - students must take one from the following:
Critical Issues	ENGL10017	20	Optional		TB-1
Approaches to Poetry	ENGL10039	20	Optional		TB-2
Critical Practice	ENGL10041	20	Optional	C	TB-1
Literature 1150-1550	ENGL10042	20	Optional		TB-1
Literature 1550-1740	ENGL10043	20	Optional		TB-2
ENGLISH OPTIONS - choose additional units from the pathway units listed above.
FILM PATHWAY - must take:
Introduction to Film and Television Studies	FATV10005	20	Optional		TB-1
FILM OPTIONS - choose from defined list.
HISTORICAL STUDIES PATHWAY - students must take at least two from the following:
Introduction to Medieval Art	HART10215	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Early-Modern Art	HART10216	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Modern Art	HART10217	20	Optional		TB-1
HISTORICAL STUDIES OPTIONS - Choose additional options from a defined list.
MEDIEVAL STUDIES PATHWAY - must take:
The Medieval World	HIST10042	20	Optional		TB-2
MEDIEVAL STUDIES OPTIONS - choose from defined list
LANGUAGE: CZECH PATHWAY - must take:
Czech Language 1	RUSS10015	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: CZECH OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
LANGUAGE: FRENCH PATHWAY - must take:
French Language	FREN10029	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: FRENCH OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
LANGUAGE: GERMAN PATHWAY - must take one of:
German Language 1 (Post A-level)	GERM10009	20	Optional		TB-4
German Language 1 (ab initio)	GERM19003	40	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: GERMAN OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
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
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
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
LANGUAGE: RUSSIAN OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
LANGUAGE: SPANISH PATHWAY - must take one of the following:
Spanish Language (Post A level)	HISP10001	20	Optional		TB-4
Spanish Language (Ab-initio)	HISP10116	40	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: SPANISH OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
LANGUAGE: PORTUGUESE PATHWAY - must take:
Portuguese Language	HISP10302	40	Optional		TB-4
Portuguese Language - Post A Level	HISP10307	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: PORTUGUESE OPTIONS - students may additionally choose the following unit (and/or optional units from a defined list.)
Key Moments in Lusophone History and Culture	HISP10015	20	Optional		TB-4
MUSIC PATHWAY - must take one of:
Technical Studies I: Harmony and Harmonic Analysis	MUSI10047	20	Optional		TB-4
Plus 20CP from:
Practical studies: Performance	MUSI10058	20	Optional		TB-4
Composition	MUSI10059	20	Optional		TB-4
MUSIC OPTIONS - choose optional units from a defined list.
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 optional units from a defined list.
RELIGION & THEOLOGY PATHWAY - must take:
Approaches to the Study of Religion	THRS10030	20	Optional		TB-1
Living Religions East	THRS10065	20	Optional	D	TB-2
Living Religions West	THRS10064	20	Optional		TB-1
RELIGION & THEOLOGY PATHWAY - choose optional units from a defined list (which may include Sanskrit or Hebrew units which fulfil the language requirement of the Liberal Arts programme.)
THEATRE PATHWAY - students must take:
And one of:
Staging the Text	THTR10006	20	Optional		TB-2
Producing the Performance	THTR10007	20	Optional		TB-2
THEATRE OPTIONS - choose from defined list
Should students have credit points available once they have selected their pathway units, then they may use these remaining credits to take optional units (within the Faculty of Arts) or may take Open Units (not totalling more than 20 credits) outside the Faculty of Arts.
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.