Programme structure: Garden History (MA) - what's running in 2009/10

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
The Archaeology of Gardens ARCHM0010 10 Mandatory AYEAR
Dissertation ARCHM0047 60 Mandatory AYEAR
The Formal Garden (1620-1720) ARCHM0101 40 Mandatory TB-1
Classical Arcadia and Gardenesque (1720-1820) ARCHM0102 40 Mandatory TB-1
Landscape Art, Aesthetics, Ideologies (1700-1850) ARCHM0104 10 Mandatory TB-2
20 credit points from the following:
Contemporary Gardens ARCHM0052 10 Optional TB-2
The Paradise and Islamic Garden ARCHM0045 10 Optional AYEAR
Twentieth Century Gardens ARCHM0042 10 Optional AYEAR
European Exchanges: Continental Influences and English Gardens Abroad ARCHM0044 10 Optional AYEAR
Horticulturalists and Botanists ARCHM0043 10 Optional AYEAR
The Edwardian Garden (1890-1914) ARCHM0041 10 Optional AYEAR
Renaissance and Renaissance Revivals in Italian Gardens ARCHM0111 10 Optional AYEAR
The Victorian Garden (1820-1890) ARCHM0040 10 Optional AYEAR
A Social History of Public Spaces Since 1800 ARCHM0046 10 Optional TB-2
The Flower Garden, 1800-1914 ARCHM0121 10 Optional TB-2
Women and Gardens ARCHM1007 10 Optional TB-2
Nature and Landscape in the French Garden 1715-1789 ARCHM0120 10 Optional AYEAR
MA Garden 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.