Programme structure: Classics (BA) - what's running in 2014/15

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Students must take 40 credits of Greek Language and 40 credits of Latin Language at the appropriate level from:
Greek Language Level A1	CLAS12311	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level A2	CLAS12312	20	Optional		TB-2
Or:
Greek Language Level B1	CLAS12315	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level B2	CLAS12316	20	Optional		TB-2
Plus either:
Latin Language Level A1	CLAS12303	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level A2	CLAS12304	20	Optional		TB-2
Or:
Latin Language Level B1	CLAS12307	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level B2	CLAS12308	20	Optional		TB-2
Plus 40 credits from the following list:
Rome: Republic to Principate	CLAS12383	20	Optional		TB-1
The Hellenistic World	CLAS12382	20	Optional		TB-2
Homeric Society	CLAS12343	20	Optional		TB-1
Epic	CLAS12361	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek and Roman Drama	CLAS12363	20	Optional		TB-1
Comedy	CLAS12370	20	Optional		TB-2
Pagan Religions of the Roman Empire	CLAS17003	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy	THRS10043	20	Optional		TB-1
Ghosts, Death and the Afterlife	THRS11055	20	Optional		TB-2
Religious and Cultural Change in India: from Indus to Islam	THRS10033	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Sanskrit I: Grammar	THRS10017	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Sanskrit II: Texts	THRS10018	20	Optional		TB-2
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

Marks from the first year do not contribute to the final degree classification