Programme structure: Archaeology for Screen Media (MA) - what's running in 2010/11

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Dissertation (Archaeology for Screen Media) ARCHM0025 60 Mandatory AYEAR
Project Development DRAMM1116 20 Mandatory TB-2
Mediatised Archaeologies ARCHM0048 20 Mandatory TB-2
Materialities ARCHM0049 40 Mandatory TB-1
Plus 40 credit points from the following options:
Production in Practice DRAMM1109 20 Optional TB-1
Screen Narrative Practices DRAMM3013 20 Optional TB-1
Documentary Histories and Contexts DRAMM1118 20 Optional TB-1
New Media DRAMM1121 20 Optional TB-2
Character: From Body to Avatar DRAMM1210 20 Optional TB-1
Performance Space/Place DRAMM1113 20 Optional TB-2
Production Skills: Writing DRAMM1214 20 Optional TB-2
Production Skills: Directing DRAMM1216 20 Optional TB-2
Production Skills: Producing DRAMM1206 20 Optional TB-2
Project Design and Storyboarding DRAMM1212 20 Optional TB-2
Choose from the following
Master of Arts   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.