Programme structure: Philosophy and Theology (BA) - what's running in 2018/19

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Realism and Normativity	PHIL20046	20	Mandatory		TB-1
Students must take 20 credit points from the following:
Symposium II in Religion and Theology	THRS20097	20	Optional		TB-1
Issues in the Study of Religion	THRS20099	20	Optional		TB-2
Plus units totalling 40cp from:
Introduction to Sanskrit 1	THRS20188	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Sanskrit 2	THRS20189	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level A1	CLAS20006	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level A2	CLAS20007	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level A1	CLAS20008	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level A2	CLAS20009	20	Optional		TB-2
Beginners Mandarin Chinese	UWLP10013	20	Optional		TB-4
Beginners Japanese	UWLP10012	20	Optional		TB-4
Early and Premodern Christianity	THRS20100	20	Optional		TB-1
The Philosophy of Religion	THRS20102	20	Optional		TB-1
3000 Years of Chinese Religions	THRS20103	20	Optional		TB-2
The Thought of John Calvin	THRS20197	20	Optional		TB-1
Torah through the Ages	THRS20213	20	Optional		TB-2
Christianity and Islam: Viewing the Other	THRS20203	20	Optional		TB-2
The Foundations of Buddhist Thought and Practice	THRS20031	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to the Medical Humanities	HUMS20004	20	Optional		TB-2
40 credit points from:
Epistemology	PHIL20009	20	Optional		TB-1
Philosophy of Mind	PHIL20010	20	Optional		TB-2
Ethics	PHIL20011	20	Optional		TB-2
Political Philosophy	PHIL20012	20	Optional		TB-1
What is democracy, and how should it work?	PHIL20057	20	Optional		TB-2
Philosophy of Mathematics	PHIL20039	20	Optional		TB-2
Logic 2	PHIL20036	20	Optional		TB-1
Ancient Philosophy	PHIL20040	20	Optional		TB-1
Death, dying and disease	PHIL20049	20	Optional		TB-2
Texts in Modern European Philosophy 1	PHIL20050	20	Optional		TB-1
Space, Time and Matter	PHIL20053	20	Optional		TB-2
Diploma 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

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.