Programme structure: Politics and Spanish (BA) - what's running in 2013/14

Mandatory Unit Spanish 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
Spanish Language	HISP20101	20	Mandatory	TB-4
Students must take at least one but no more than two units from the following list:
Writing, Society and Politics in Franco's Spain	HISP20038	20	Optional	TB-1
Re-Making and Re-Sexing Hispanic History	HISP21311	20	Optional	TB-1
Novels, Poetry and Politics in Twentieth Century Latin America	HISP20077	20	Optional	TB-1
Race, Religion, and Gender: Readings in the History of the Iberian Atlantic World, 1430-1830	HISP20062	20	Optional	TB-1
Social Conflict and Political Upheaval in Spain 1833-1931	HISP20041	20	Optional	TB-1
Arts of Unreason	HISP21312	20	Optional	TB-2
Chilean Culture and Society: 1907 to the present day	HISP20047	20	Optional	TB-2
The Masks of Don Juan: Representations of the Legendary Figure in Spain, 1630-1930	HISP20082	20	Optional	TB-2
Women's Writing in Post-War Spain	HISP21309	20	Optional	TB-2
Nationalism and National Identity in Argentina, 1810-1955	HISP20046	20	Optional	TB-2
Students may choose up to one unit from the following list:
Introduction to Linguistics	MODL23013	20	Optional	TB-1
World Cinemas: from national to transnational	MODL23016	20	Optional	TB-2
Reading the Media	MODL23020	20	Optional	TB-2
Political Systems of Modern Europe	MODL20008	20	Optional	TB-2
Czech Language (Elementary)	MODL23015	20	Optional	TB-4
Students may choose the following unit:
Catalan Language (Elementary)	MODL23014	20	Optional	TB-4
Normally 40 credit points from the following plus the one optional unit that wasn't taken in year 1:
Rational Choice	POLI21203	20	Optional	TB-2
Development Studies	POLI21213	20	Optional	TB-2
Co-operation and Integration In Europe	POLI21214	20	Optional	TB-2
Politics and Policy-Making in the UK	POLI21222	20	Optional	TB-1
Democracy and US Government	POLI21226	20	Optional	TB-2
The Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa	POLI21231	20	Optional	TB-2
Introduction to International Relations	SPAI10001	20	Optional	TB-1
Approaches to the study of Political Science	POLI11104	20	Optional	TB-2
Politics of South Asia	POLI29003	20	Optional	TB-1
Religion and Politics in the West	SPAI20006	20	Optional	TB-1
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

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.