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

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Take 2 of the following units:
Critical Writing in the Humanities	AFAC10001	20	Optional		TB-1
Reading the Past	AFAC10005	20	Optional		TB-2
Numeracy requirement (may be deferred to year 2) - one of:
Arts Students Count	AFAC10004	20	Optional		TB-1
Convincing stories? Numbers as evidence in the social sciences	UNIV10002	20	Optional		TB-1
Language requirement (may be deferred to year 2):
20 credit points in an ancient or modern language at appropriate level. PLEASE NOTE Students beginning a language pathway in Year 1 automatically meet this requirement.
Students then take 40 to 60 credit points in their prospective pathway (see below) and can take any other open unit if pathway choice allows:
ANTHROPOLOGY PATHWAY - must take:
Peoples, Culture and Language	ARCH10017	20	Optional		TB-1
Evolution in Action	ARCH10014	20	Optional		TB-2
ANTHROPOLOGY OPTIONS - choose from a defined list
ARCHAEOLOGY PATHWAY - must take both of the following:
Discovering the Past	ARCH10015	20	Optional		TB-1
Archaeological Practice	ARCH10016	20	Optional		TB-2
ARCHAEOLOGY OPTIONS - choose from a defined list
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY PATHWAY - must take two of the following:
Art in the Ancient World	CLAS12365	20	Optional		TB-1
Late Antiquity	CLAS12381	20	Optional		TB-1
Rome: Republic to Principate	CLAS12383	20	Optional		TB-1
The Hellenistic World	CLAS12382	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek and Roman Drama	CLAS12363	20	Optional		TB-1
Epic	CLAS12361	20	Optional		TB-2
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY OPTIONS - choose Latin/Greek units at an appropriate level or any other level 4 units in mandatory list, Classics, Classical Studies or Ancient History programmes.
ENGLISH PATHWAY - must take one of the following:
Approaches to Poetry	ENGL10039	20	Optional		TB-2
Critical Issues	ENGL10017	20	Optional		TB-1
Critical Practice	ENGL10041	20	Optional		TB-1
Literature 1150-1550	ENGL10042	20	Optional		TB-1
Literature 1550-1740	ENGL10043	20	Optional		TB-2
Texts in a Global Context	ENGL10044	20	Optional		TB-2
Transformations	ENGL10046	20	Optional		TB-2
Women Writers	ENGL10047	20	Optional		TB-2
ENGLISH OPTIONS - choose additional units from the mandatory list
FILM PATHWAY - must take:
Introduction to Film and Television Studies	DRAM10024	20	Optional		TB-1
FILM OPTIONS - choose from a defined list.
HISTORICAL STUDIES PATHWAY - must take at least two from the following:
Introduction to Medieval History	HIST13011	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Early Modern History	HIST13012	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to the History of the British Empire: Rise, Fall and Legacies	HIST13014	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Medieval Art	HART10215	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Early-Modern Art	HART10216	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Modern Art	HART10217	20	Optional		TB-2
Late Antiquity	CLAS12381	20	Optional		TB-1
Rome: Republic to Principate	CLAS12383	20	Optional		TB-1
The Hellenistic World	CLAS12382	20	Optional		TB-2
MEDIEVAL STUDIES PATHWAY - must take both:
Introduction to Medieval History	HIST13011	20	Optional		TB-1
Early and Premodern Christianity	THRS10032	20	Optional		TB-2
MEDIEVAL STUDIES OPTIONS - choose from a defined list
LANGUAGE: CZECH PATHWAY - must take:
Czech Language 1	RUSS10015	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: CZECH OPTIONS - choose any Russian level 4 units.
LANGUAGE: FRENCH PATHWAY - must take:
French Language	FREN10029	20	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: FRENCH OPTIONS - choose any French level 4 units.
LANGUAGE: GERMAN PATHWAY - must take one of the following:
German Language 1 (Post A-level)	GERM10009	20	Optional		TB-4
German Language 1 (ab initio)	GERM19003	40	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: GERMAN OPTIONS - choose any German level 4 units as long as have the required pre-requisites.
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN PATHWAY - must take one of the following:
Italian Language 1A (Post A-level)	ITAL10001	20	Optional		TB-4
Italian Language 1B (ab initio students)	ITAL10002	40	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN OPTIONS - choose any Italian level 4 units as long as have the required pre-requisites.
LANGUAGE: RUSSIAN PATHWAY - must take one of the following:
Russian Language (for qualified entrants)	RUSS10036	20	Optional		TB-4
Russian Language (ab initio)	RUSS10001	40	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: RUSSIAN OPTIONS - choose any Russian level 4 units as long as have the required pre-requisites.
LANGUAGE: SPANISH PATHWAY - must take one of the following:
Spanish Language (Post A level)	HISP10001	20	Optional		TB-4
Spanish Language (Ab-initio)	HISP10116	40	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: SPANISH OPTIONS - choose any HISP level 4 units as long as have the required pre-requisites.
LANGUAGE: PORTUGUESE PATHWAY - must take one of the following:
Portuguese Language	HISP10302	40	Optional		TB-4
LANGUAGE: PORTUGUESE OPTIONS - students may additionally choose the following unit:
Key Moments in Lusophone History and Culture	HISP10015	20	Optional		TB-4
MUSIC PATHWAY - must take one of:
Historical Studies 1: Western Art Music (up to 1750)	MUSI10045	20	Optional		TB-1
Historical Studies II : Western Art Music (1750 to the present day)	MUSI10046	20	Optional		TB-2
Plus 20CP from:
Technical Studies I: Harmony and Harmonic Analysis	MUSI10047	20	Optional		TB-1
Composition - Studio	MUSI10056	10	Optional		TB-1
Composition - Acoustic	MUSI10057	10	Optional		TB-2
MUSIC PATHWAY - must take one of:
Historical Studies 1: Western Art Music (up to 1750)	MUSI10045	20	Optional		TB-1
Historical Studies II : Western Art Music (1750 to the present day)	MUSI10046	20	Optional		TB-2
MUSIC PATHWAY - plus 20cp from:
Technical Studies I: Harmony and Harmonic Analysis	MUSI10047	20	Optional		TB-1
Composition - Studio	MUSI10056	10	Optional		TB-1
Composition - Acoustic	MUSI10057	10	Optional		TB-2
PHILOSOPHY PATHWAY - must take:
Introduction to Philosophy A	PHIL10005	20	Optional		TB-1
And one of:
Introduction to Formal Logic	PHIL10014	10	Optional		TB-1
Critical Reasoning	PHIL10030	10	Optional		TB-1
PHILOSOPHY OPTIONS - choose any Philosophy level 4 units.
RELIGION & THEOLOGY PATHWAY - must take:
Living Religions	THRS10028	20	Optional		TB-1
RELIGION & THEOLOGY OPTIONS - choose any Religion and Theology level 4, Sanskrit or Hebrew language units.
THEATRE PATHWAY - must take:
Performance Forms and Analysis	DRAM11004	20	Optional		TB-1
Production Skills for Performance 1	DRAM10028	10	Optional		TB-1A
Production Skills for Performance 2	DRAM10026	10	Optional		TB-1B
THEATRE OPTIONS - choose units from a defined list.
Undergraduate Certificate		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.