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Programme structure: History (BA) - what's running in 2022/23

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Faculty of Arts Category Teaching Block
List A
The Early Modern World: The British Isles HIST10063 20 Optional A TB-1
The Early Modern World: Europe and the Wider World HIST10065 20 Optional A TB-1
List B
Modern Revolutions HIST10067 20 Optional B TB-1
The American Century HIST10044 20 Optional TB-1
War and Society HIST10045 20 Optional TB-1
List C
Approaching the Past HIST13015 20 Mandatory TB-1
List D
The Medieval World: The British Isles HIST10064 20 Optional D TB-2
The Medieval World: Europe and the Wider World HIST10066 20 Optional TB-2
List E - Choose 20 CP from this list
Slavery HIST10046 20 Optional E TB-2
'Fight the Power': Democracy and Protest HIST10068 20 Optional E TB-2
Gender in the Modern World HIST10069 20 Optional TB-2
List F - Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units
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

Please note that not every optional unit runs each year. Please contact Department for details on unit availability.

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.

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