Programme structure: Philosophy (BA) - what's running in 2021/22

The following units are for students spending Teaching Block 2 abroad, studying at one our international partner universities: PHIL20056, PHIL20054 and PHIL20055. They are to be taken in place of unit choices in lists D, E and F.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
List A
Realism and Normativity	PHIL20046	20	Mandatory		TB-1
List B - Choose 20 credit points this list
Philosophy of Language	PHIL20017	20	Optional		TB-1
Texts in Modern European Philosophy 1	PHIL20050	20	Optional		TB-1
List C - Choose 20 CP from this list
Philosophy of Mind	PHIL20010	20	Optional		TB-1
Philosophy of Mathematics	PHIL20039	20	Optional		TB-2
What is democracy, and how should it work?	PHIL20057	20	Optional		TB-2
List D - Choose 20 CP from this list
Philosophy of Mathematics	PHIL20039	20	Optional		TB-2
What is democracy, and how should it work?	PHIL20057	20	Optional		TB-2
Death, dying and disease	PHIL20049	20	Optional		TB-2
List E - Choose 20 CP from this list
Ethics	PHIL20011	20	Optional		TB-2
Ancient Philosophy	PHIL20040	20	Optional		TB-2
Space, Time and Matter	PHIL20053	20	Optional		TB-2
List F
20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists B-E above	OPEN	20	Optional
Diploma 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.