Programme structure: History (BA) - what's running in 2016/17

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
Approaching the Past	HIST13015	20	Mandatory		TB-1
Special Topic Project	HIST13003	20	Mandatory		TB-2
Introduction to Medieval History	HIST13011	20	Mandatory		TB-1
Introduction to Early Modern History	HIST13012	20	Mandatory		TB-2
Introduction to the History of the British Empire: Rise, Fall and Legacies	HIST13014	20	Mandatory		TB-1
Students may take 20cp of Open Units in place of one of the Introductory units
Students choose one Special Topic from the following:
Rome after Rome	HIST10023	20	Optional		TB-2
Revolution and Theory: British Political Thought 1603-1689 (Level C Special Topic)	HIST14001	20	Optional		TB-2
Enlightenment Europe (Level C Special Topic)	HIST14005	20	Optional		TB-2
Culture and Civilisation of the Renaissance (Level C Special Topic)	HIST14006	20	Optional		TB-2
Expectations of the End (Level C Special Topic)	HIST14007	20	Optional		TB-2
The American Civil War (Level C Special Topic)	HIST14015	20	Optional		TB-2
Britain's Cold War (Level C Special Topic)	HIST14018	20	Optional		TB-2
Keeping the Red Flag Flying? Labour Party Thought and Practice, 1945-83. (Level C Special Topic)	HIST14028	20	Optional		TB-2
Drink and Disorder in Early Modern England (Level C Special Topic)	HIST10017	20	Optional		TB-2
The Birth of Modern America: The United States, 1917-29 (Level C Special Topic)	HIST14030	20	Optional		TB-2
China and the World in the Twentieth Century (Level C Special Topic)	HIST10030	20	Optional		TB-2
Wild Things: Humans and Other Animals in the Modern World	HIST10021	20	Optional		TB-2
Medieval Mind (Level C Special Topic)	HIST10038	20	Optional		TB-2
Please note that not every optional unit runs each year. Contact the Department for details on availability
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

Please note that not every optional unit runs each year. Please contact Department for details on unit availability.

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.