Programme structure: Medieval and Early Modern History (MA) - what's running in 2008/09

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Research Skills for Medievalists AFACM1001 20 Mandatory AYEAR
Approaches to History HISTM2009 20 Mandatory TB-1
Research Methods HISTM2010 20 Mandatory TB-2
Dissertation HISTM1000 60 Mandatory AYEAR
Plus 60 credits of options from the following:
Academic and Mystical Approaches to God AFACM1004 20 Optional TB-2
The English Reformation HISTM0005 20 Optional TB-1
Supervised Individual Study HISTM1019 20 Optional TB-1
The Apocalypse in Culture and Society (1000-1500) HISTM0032 20 Optional TB-2
Jews and Judaism in Medieval and Early Modern Europe HISTM0030 20 Optional AYEAR
Introductory Latin AFACM1003 20 Optional AYEAR
The Historiography of the First Crusade HISTM2007 20 Optional TB-2
Cervantes and the Early Modern Imagination HISTM2003 20 Optional TB-1
Public History in Theory and Practice HISTM0023 20 Optional TB-1
Supervised Individual Study 2 HISTM0038 20 Optional TB-2
MA Medieval and Early Modern History   180    

Progression/award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7(M) unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Exit awards

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to exit from the programme with a postgraduate diploma or certificate.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.

Degree classifications:

An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds. An exit award with Merit or Distinction may be permitted where students are prevented by exceptional circumstances from completing the intended award.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.

Diploma/certificate stages:

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.