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Programme structure: Modern Languages (Three Language Programme) (BA) - what's running in 2017/18

Please note: you are viewing unit and programme information for a past academic year. Please see the current academic year for up to date information.

The 3 language units chosen are 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
Select one from the following:
French Language FREN10029 20 Optional TB-4
German Language 1 (Post A-level) GERM10009 20 Optional TB-4
Italian Language 1A (Post A-level) ITAL10001 20 Optional TB-4
Spanish Language (Post A level) HISP10001 20 Optional TB-4
Russian Language (for qualified entrants) RUSS10036 20 Optional TB-4
Select one from the following: (It must be a different one to the one selected above)
French Language FREN10029 20 Optional TB-4
German Language 1 (Post A-level) GERM10009 20 Optional TB-4
Italian Language 1A (Post A-level) ITAL10001 20 Optional TB-4
Spanish Language (Post A level) HISP10001 20 Optional TB-4
Russian Language (for qualified entrants) RUSS10036 20 Optional TB-4
Select one from the following:
German Language 1 (ab initio) GERM19003 40 Optional TB-4
Italian Language 1B (ab initio students) ITAL10002 40 Optional TB-4
Spanish Language (Ab-initio) HISP10116 40 Optional TB-4
Portuguese Language HISP10302 40 Optional TB-4
Russian Language (ab initio) RUSS10001 40 Optional TB-4
Czech Language 1 RUSS10015 20 Optional TB-4
Students selecting Czech RUSS10015 must take the following
Czech Language and Society RUSS10026 20 Optional TB-4
Select TWO from the following:(in line with the Post A' Level language selected)
Shaping France FREN10008 20 Optional TB-1
Reading Literary and Visual Cultures in French FREN10010 20 Optional TB-2
German Literature and Film: Genres, Texts, Contexts GERM10035 20 Optional TB-1
German History and Thought GERM10037 20 Optional TB-2
The Making of the Hispanic World, from 1492 to the present day HISP10014 20 Optional TB-1
Modern Italy ITAL10029 20 Optional TB-4
Understanding Russia: Critical Approaches RUSS10039 20 Optional TB-4
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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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