This section describes which Units you will take in which year of study. It indicates which units are mandatory and where you will be able to choose. The overall pass marks you will need to achieve in order to progress or achieve an award are shown. The full regulations concerning progression and completion are held in the University's Regulations and Code of Practice. Any particular aspects of your programme that are unusual will be highlighted. If any Units are must pass this will be shown below. The linked unit specifications detail any additional requirements.
Mandatory Unit HISP30101 is must pass. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
| Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Status | Faculty of Arts Category | Teaching Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| You must take at least 40 CP of PHIL-coded units and at least 40 CP of HISP-coded units | |||||
| List A - Take HISP30101 and one 20 CP Philosophy unit | |||||
| Philosophical Issues of Physical Sciences | PHIL30052 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Philosophy and the Environment | PHIL30112 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
| Philosophy of Biology | PHIL30063 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
| Evil, Deviance, and Crime | PHIL30127 | 20 | Optional | A,B | TB-1 |
| Virtue and Well-Being | PHIL30126 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
| The Philosophy and History of Medicine | PHIL30082 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| The Ethics of Migration and Citizenship | PHIL30118 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
| Spanish Language for Hispanic Studies, School of Modern Languages and Joint Degrees | HISP30101 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
| List B - Choose 20 CP from list B Philosophy units, or from list B/E for language units | |||||
| The Theatre of Federico Garcia Lorca | HISP30029 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
| Indigenous Histories in Latin America | HISP30106 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
| Dictatorships, prisons, and writing(s) in the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking worlds | HISP30070 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
| Black and Indigenous Religions in the Early Modern Iberian World | HISP30098 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
| The Novels of Carmen Laforet | HISP31026 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
| First Extended Essay | PHIL30107 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
| Ethics and Literature | PHIL30094 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
| The Ethics of Migration and Citizenship | PHIL30118 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
| Evil, Deviance, and Crime | PHIL30127 | 20 | Optional | A,B | TB-1 |
| List C - Choose 20 CP from either list C or list F | |||||
| Spanish for Business | HISP30057 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
| Nation and Empire in Writing and Visual Culture in Spain (1874-Present) | HISP30100 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Philosophy of Science | PHIL30049 | 20 | Optional | C,D | TB-2 |
| Philosophy of Psychology | PHIL30077 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
| Philosophy of Mathematics | PHIL30090 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Philosophy of Biology | PHIL30063 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
| Philosophy and the Environment | PHIL30112 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
| The Philosophy and History of Medicine | PHIL30082 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Philosophy in the Digital Age | PHIL30132 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Beyond Humanity | PHIL30139 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Themes in Ethics | PHIL30137 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Feminist Philosophy | PHIL30123 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Translating in a Professional Context | MODL30010 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-1 |
| Catalan Language (follow-on) | MODL30011 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
| Czech Language (follow-on) | MODL30012 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
| Follow-on Portuguese | MODL30037 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
| Liaison Interpreting | MODL30006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1,TB-2 | |
| List D - Choose 20 CP | |||||
| Oceanic Images in Modern Chilean Culture | HISP30084 | 20 | Optional | D | TB-2 |
| Philosophy of Psychology | PHIL30077 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
| Death, dying and disease | PHIL30115 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Philosophy in the Digital Age | PHIL30132 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Themes in Ethics | PHIL30137 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Philosophy of Science | PHIL30049 | 20 | Optional | C,D | TB-2 |
| Feminist Philosophy | PHIL30123 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Theoretical Approaches to Language Teaching | MODL30036 | 20 | Optional | D | TB-2 |
| Studying and Making Early Printed Books | MODL30040 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Transnational Narrative in pre-modern cultures | MODL30041 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| List E - PHIL30108 is mandatory for Philosophy, choose 20 CP from list E/B for language units | |||||
| Communism in Europe | MODL30001 | 20 | Optional | E | TB-2 |
| Sociolinguistics: Language Variation and Change | MODL30015 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
| Gender, Sexuality and Cinema | MODL30018 | 20 | Optional | E | TB-2 |
| MODL30005 is available on programmes of German, Italian and Russian only. | |||||
| Independent Study 1 | MODL30005 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
| Second Extended Essay | PHIL30108 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 | |
| List F - Choose 20 CP from either list F/C or language units in list E | |||||
| Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists A-D above | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
| Students may not take PHIL30115 if they have already taken PHIL20049 | |||||
| Philosophy and Spanish (BA) | 120 | ||||
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
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.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
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).
An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.
The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
An oral distinction may be awarded.
The alternative classified honours degree of Arts (Modern Language Studies) may be awarded on this programme. For further details please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes
