Programme structure: Politics and Italian (BA) - what's running in 2015/16

Mandatory Unit Italian Language is 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	Teaching Block
Italian Language 2	ITAL20001	20	Mandatory	TB-4
Students must choose at least one but no more than two units from the following list:
Italian Memories of the 2nd World War	ITAL20016	20	Optional	TB-2
The Invention of the Renaissance Woman	ITAL20029	20	Optional	TB-2
Boccaccio and the Italian Novella	ITAL20030	20	Optional	TB-1
Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change	ITAL29007	20	Optional	TB-2
Sport, Culture and History in Twentieth Century Italy	ITAL20031	20	Optional	TB-1
Nineteenth Century Culture	ITAL20004	20	Optional	TB-1
Students may choose up to one unit from the following list:
Political Systems of Modern Europe	MODL20008	20	Optional	TB-2
Memory and History in the Twentieth Century	MODL20010	20	Optional	TB-1
Introduction to Linguistics	MODL23013	20	Optional	TB-1
World Cinemas: from national to transnational	MODL23016	20	Optional	TB-2
Woman and Nation	MODL23017	20	Optional	TB-2
Gender in Post-Socialist Central and Eastern Europe	MODL20011	20	Optional	TB-1
Students may choose up to one unit from the following list:
Catalan Language (Elementary)	MODL23014	20	Optional	TB-4
Czech Language (Elementary)	MODL23015	20	Optional	TB-4
Normally 40 credit points from the following plus the one optional unit that wasn't taken in year 1:
Approaches to the study of Political Science	POLI11104	20	Optional	TB-2
Rational Choice	POLI21203	20	Optional	TB-1
Development Studies	POLI21213	20	Optional	TB-2
Co-operation and Integration In Europe	POLI21214	20	Optional	TB-1
Politics and Policy-Making in the UK	POLI21222	20	Optional	TB-1
Democracy and US Government	POLI21226	20	Optional	TB-1
The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa	POLI21231	20	Optional	TB-1
Politics of South Asia	POLI29003	20	Optional	TB-2
International Organisations and Global Governance	SPAI20017	20	Optional	TB-2
Principles of Quantitative Social Science	SPAI20013	20	Optional	TB-1
Conducting a Research Project using secondary data	SPAI20014	20	Optional	TB-2
Contemporary Political Theory	POLI22202	20	Optional	TB-1
Contemporary International Relations	SPAI20004	20	Optional	TB-2
Power Politics and International Relations of East Asia	POLI29008	20	Optional	TB-2
The History of Political Thought	POLI29004	20	Optional	TB-2
NGO Development & Practice	SPAI20026	20	Optional	TB-2
Power Politics and International Relations of East Asia	POLI29008	20	Optional	TB-2
International Organisations and Global Governance	SPAI20017	20	Optional	TB-2
Politics of South Asia	POLI29003	20	Optional	TB-2
Russian Politics	SPAI20025	20	Optional	TB-2
Politics of the Environment	POLI31556	20	Optional	TB-2
Britain and the European Union	POLI31565	20	Optional	TB-1
Politics of Contemporary India	POLI31563	20	Optional	TB-1
US Foreign Policy	SPAI30002	20	Optional	TB-1
Public Opinion and Democracy	SPAI30008	20	Optional	TB-2
Religion and Politics in the West	SPAI30010	20	Optional	TB-2
Diploma in 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 the one politics unit that you didn't choose from the optional list in year 1 must be taken in year 2.