This section describes which Units you will take in which year of study. It indicates which units are mandatory and where you will be able to choose. The overall pass marks you will need to achieve in order to progress or achieve an award are shown. The full regulations concerning progression and completion are held in the University's Regulations and Code of Practice. Any particular aspects of your programme that are unusual will be highlighted. If any Units are must pass this will be shown below. The linked unit specifications detail any additional requirements.
What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
What do the Faculty of Arts Categories mean?
Students may substitute History of Art units from the parallel options lists. Details will be provided by the School.
| Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Faculty of Arts Category | Teaching Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List A | |||||
| Rethinking History | HIST23101 | 20 | Mandatory | A | TB-1 |
| List B: Global History Optional Panel: Choose 20CP from this list | |||||
| Select from: | |||||
| Africa in Global Perspective | HIST20141 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
| The Americas in Global Context | HIST20142 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
| Asia in Global Perspective | HIST20143 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
| List C1: Medieval and Early Modern History Optional Panel: Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
| Fear and Loathing | HIST20117 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-1 |
| Outlaws | HIST20120 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-1 |
| Crusading Cultures | HIST20133 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
| List D: History in Public Optional Panel: Choose 20CP from this list | |||||
| Select from: | |||||
| The Politics of the Past | HIST20144 | 20 | Optional | D | TB-2 |
| The Public Role of the Historian | HIST20145 | 20 | Optional | D | TB-2 |
| List E: Special Fields: Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
| Aztecs, Incas and Evangelisers | HIST20036 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Under the Covers: Sex and Modern British Print Culture | HIST20138 | 20 | Optional | E | TB-2 |
| Hong Kong and the World | HIST20135 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Race, Migration and Diaspora in 19th and 20th Century Britain | HIST20136 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Building Modern Ireland, c. 1850-Present | HIST20139 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Health and Medicine in African History: Actors, Institutions, Ideas | HIST20147 | 20 | Optional | E | TB-2 |
| Modern Girls and New Women | HIST20146 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Travel and Trade in the Global Middle Ages | HIST20132 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| The F Word: Understanding Italian Fascism Then and Now | HIST20140 | 20 | Optional | E | TB-2 |
| Speaking with Authority: Women and Power in the Middle Ages (Level I Special Field) | HIST26024 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Rebels, Runaways, and Revolts: Agency, Resistance, and Slavery in the United States | HIST20129 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| The Age of Revolutions 1776-1848 in Global Perspective | HIST20128 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| The Black Death in England | HIST20125 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| List C2: Modern History Optional Panel: Choose 20 CP from this list or list F | |||||
| Decolonisation | HIST20116 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-2 |
| The Making of Contemporary Britain (1918-2008) | HIST20114 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Disease, Deviance and Disability in Modern Medicine | HIST20134 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-2 |
| List F - Choose 20 CP from this list or list C2 | |||||
| Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
| Diploma of Higher Education | 120 | ||||
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
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.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
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).
Students on the BA with Study Abroad programme must obtain an overall average mark of 60 or more in Year 2 to continue on this BA.
Students whose overall average mark in Year 2 falls below 60 will be transferred onto the final year of the BA History programme.
