Programme structure: Liberal Arts (BA) - what's running in 2024/25

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
History of the Present	AFAC10011	20	Mandatory		TB-2
The Art of Writing	AFAC10016	20	Mandatory	B	TB-1
Language requirement
20 credit points in an ancient or modern language at appropriate level. Students beginning a language pathway in Year 1, or entering Year 2 from an overseas institution automatically meet this requirement.
Students then take a minimum of 40 credit points in their chosen pathway (see below), including 40 at level C/4:
ANTHROPOLOGY PATHWAY - must take:
Peoples, Culture and Language	ARCH10017	20	Optional	A	TB-1
Evolution in Action	ARCH10014	20	Optional		TB-2
Anthropology Options:
Archaeological Practice	ARCH10016	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Big Ideas in Anthropology	ARCH10012	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Discovering the Past	ARCH10015	20	Optional		TB-1
Kin, Friends, Lovers and Others	ARCH10019	20	Optional	B	TB-1
Material Culture (C)	ARCH10013	20	Optional		TB-1
ARCHAEOLOGY PATHWAY - Must Take
Discovering the Past	ARCH10015	20	Optional		TB-1
Archaeological Practice	ARCH10016	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Archaeology Options
Peoples, Culture and Language	ARCH10017	20	Optional	A	TB-1
Big Ideas in Anthropology	ARCH10012	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Evolution in Action	ARCH10014	20	Optional		TB-2
Kin, Friends, Lovers and Others	ARCH10019	20	Optional	B	TB-1
Material Culture (C)	ARCH10013	20	Optional		TB-1
CLASSICS & ANCIENT HISTORY PATHWAY - Two of the 20 credit optional units (40 credits)
Classics and Ancient History Options
Historical Survey: Ancient Greece	CLAS10035	20	Optional		TB-1
Historical Survey: Ancient Rome	CLAS10036	20	Optional		TB-2
Sculpture	CLAS10037	20	Optional		TB-1
Thought	CLAS10040	20	Optional	D	TB-2
Greek Language Level A1	CLAS12311	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level A2	CLAS12312	20	Optional		TB-2
Greek Language Level B1	CLAS12315	20	Optional		TB-1
Greek Language Level B2	CLAS12316	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level A1	CLAS12303	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level A2	CLAS12304	20	Optional		TB-2
Latin Language Level B1	CLAS12307	20	Optional		TB-1
Latin Language Level B2	CLAS12308	20	Optional		TB-2
Encountering Ancient Worlds	CLAS10068	20	Optional		TB-1
Literature	CLAS10038	20	Optional		TB-1
Aegean Archaeology and Greek Mythology	CLAS10070	20	Optional		TB-2
Epic	CLAS12361	20	Optional		TB-2
Ancient Historical Writers	CLAS10039	20	Optional		TB-2
FILM MANDATORY PATHWAY
Film and TV: Forms and Practices	FATV10011	40	Optional	A,D	TB-4
Film Option:
Analysing Television	FATV10010	20	Optional	B	TB-1
Analysing Film	FATV10009	20	Optional	C	TB-1
Topics in Film and TV History	FATV10012	20	Optional	E	TB-2
ENGLISH PATHWAY - students take:
One of:
Literature 1550-1740	ENGL10043	20	Optional	D	TB-2
Literature 1150-1550	ENGL10042	20	Optional	A	TB-1
You can choose to take both the above or choose one and pick another unit from the following options:
Critical Issues	ENGL10017	20	Optional		TB-1
Approaches to Poetry	ENGL10039	20	Optional	C	TB-1
English Options - choose from above or from:
Texts in a Global Context	ENGL10052	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Transformations	ENGL10046	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Reading Identities	ENGL10062	20	Optional	E	TB-2
HISTORICAL STUDIES PATHWAY - must take at least two from the following, which can include a maximum of one of each of the 'Early Modern World' or 'Medieval World' units
The Early Modern World: Europe and the Wider World	HIST10065	20	Optional	A	TB-1
The Early Modern World: The British Isles	HIST10063	20	Optional	A	TB-1
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
Episodes in Global Visual Culture 1	HART10019	20	Optional	A	TB-1
Time and the Image	HART10022	20	Optional	B	TB-1
Episodes in Global Visual Culture 2	HART10021	20	Optional	D	TB-2
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
Historical Studies Options - choose from the list above or from:
Approaching the Past	HIST13015	20	Optional		TB-1
The American Century	HIST10044	20	Optional		TB-1
Slavery	HIST10046	20	Optional	E	TB-2
War and Society	HIST10045	20	Optional		TB-1
Modern Revolutions	HIST10067	20	Optional	B	TB-1
Gender in the Modern World	HIST10069	20	Optional		TB-2
'Fight the Power': Democracy and Protest	HIST10068	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Approaching the Object	HART10007	20	Optional		TB-1
Making and Materiality: Painting	HART10009	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Making and Materiality: Photography	HART10018	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Making and Materials: Textiles and Fibre Art	HART10008	20	Optional	E	TB-2
FRENCH PATHWAY - Mandatory for students with French A-Level:
French Language and Cultures 1a	FREN10033	20	Optional	A	TB-4
French Pathway - Mandatory for students without French A-Level:
French Language and Cultures 1b	FREN10034	40	Optional	A	TB-4
French Options
French Cultures in Context	FREN10030	20	Optional	B	TB-1
Representations of Francophone Cultures	FREN10013	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Global French	FREN10011	20	Optional	D	TB-2
GERMAN PATHWAY - Mandatory for students with German A-Level
German Language and Cultures 1a	GERM10040	20	Optional	A	TB-4
German Pathway- Mandatory for students without German A-Level
German Language and Cultures 1b	GERM10041	40	Optional	A	TB-4
German Options:
German Literature and Film: Genres, Texts, Contexts	GERM10035	20	Optional	B	TB-1
Language and Power: Introductions to German History	GERM10039	20	Optional	C,D	TB-2
ITALIAN PATHWAY - Mandatory for students with Italian A-Level
Italian Language and Cultures 1a	ITAL10037	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Italian Pathway- Mandatory for students without Italian A-Level
Italian Language and Cultures 1b	ITAL10038	40	Optional	A	TB-4
Italian Options
Modern Italy	ITAL10033	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Medieval and Renaissance Italy	ITAL10034	20	Optional	B	TB-1
PORTUGUESE PATHWAY - Mandatory for students with Portuguese A-Level
Portuguese Pathway- Mandatory for students without Portuguese A-Level
Portuguese Language and Cultures 1b	HISP10018	40	Optional	A	TB-4
Portuguese Options
Key Moments in Lusophone History and Culture	HISP10015	20	Optional	B	TB-1
RUSSIAN PATHWAY - Mandatory for students with Russian A-level
Russian Language and Cultures 1a	RUSS10043	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Russian Pathway- Mandatory for students without Russian A-level
Russian Language and Cultures 1b	RUSS10044	40	Optional	A	TB-4
Russian Options
Understanding Russia: History & Identity	RUSS10041	20	Optional		TB-2
Understanding Russia: Literature & Visual Culture	RUSS10042	20	Optional	B	TB-1
SPANISH PATHWAY - Mandatory for students with Spanish A-level
Spanish Language and Cultures 1a	HISP10019	20	Optional	A	TB-4
Spanish Pathway- Mandatory for students without Spanish A-level
Spanish Language and Cultures 1b	HISP10020	40	Optional	A	TB-4
Spanish Options
The Making of the Hispanic World	HISP10021	20	Optional	B	TB-1
Critical Concepts in the Study of the Hispanic World	HISP10010	20	Optional	E	TB-2
MUSIC PATHWAY - must take:
One of:
Technical Studies I: Harmony and Harmonic Analysis	MUSI10047	20	Optional		TB-1
And one of:
Music and Society 1	MUSI10061	20	Optional		TB-1
Music and Society 2	MUSI10060	20	Optional		TB-2
PHILOSOPHY PATHWAY - must take:
One of:
Introduction to Philosophy A	PHIL10005	20	Optional		TB-1
Introduction to Philosophy B	PHIL10006	20	Optional		TB-2
And:
Logic and Critical Thinking	PHIL10032	20	Optional		TB-1,TB-2
Philosophy Options - choose from above or from:
Readings in Value Theory	PHIL10033	20	Optional		TB-1
Knowledge and Reality	PHIL10034	20	Optional		TB-2
RELIGION & THEOLOGY PATHWAY - must take:
Approaches to the Study of Religion	THRS10030	20	Optional		TB-1
And one of:
Introduction to the Religions and Philosophies of Asia	THRS10068	20	Optional		TB-2
Introduction to Judaism, Christianity and Islam	THRS10067	20	Optional		TB-1
Religion & Theology Options - choose from above or from:
Issues in the Study of Religion	THRS10031	20	Optional	E	TB-2
Introduction to Sanskrit I: Grammar	THRS10017	20	Optional		TB-2
Topics in Religion and Theology	THRS10063	20	Optional		TB-1
THEATRE PATHWAY - must take:
Making Theatre	THTR10013	40	Optional		TB-4
Theatre Options
Making Theatre	THTR10013	40	Optional		TB-4
Pitching Productions	THTR10014	20	Optional		TB-1
Analysing Performance	THTR10015	20	Optional		TB-2
Should students have credit points available once they have selected their pathway units, then they may take optional units within the Faculty of Arts which can be requested from any of the lists above or may take Open Units (not totalling more than 20 credit points) outside the Faculty of Arts.
Students are also able to select one of the 20 credit point MODL units
Classics of European Cinema	MODL10010	20	Optional	C,F	TB-2
Contemporary European Cinema	MODL10009	20	Optional	B,F	TB-1
Comparative Literature: What is it and how can we practise it?	MODL10016	20	Optional	A,C	TB-1
MUSIC PATHWAY - Must Take:
Technical Studies I: Harmony and Harmonic Analysis	MUSI10047	20	Optional		TB-1
And one of:
Music and Society 1	MUSI10061	20	Optional		TB-1
Music and Society 2	MUSI10060	20	Optional		TB-2
Music Options
Practical studies: Performance	MUSI10058	20	Optional	C,D	TB-4
Composition	MUSI10059	20	Optional		TB-4
Practical Studies: Criticism	MUSI10062	20	Optional		TB-4
Undergraduate Certificate		120

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

• 40 out of 100 – for level 4, 5 & 6 units
• 50 out of 100 – for level 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 100 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 100 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.